The University of North Carolina at Charlotte May 2020 Commencement Program

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte May 2020 Commencement The Graduate School College of Arts + Architecture Belk College of Business College of Computing and Informatics Cato College of Education The William States Lee College of Engineering College of Health and Human Services College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Table of Contents Greetings from the Chancellor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Student Marshals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Explanation of Honors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Greetings from The Graduate School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Candidates for Doctoral Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Greetings from The Graduate School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Candidates for Master’s Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Candidates for Graduate Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Greetings from the Graduating Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Candidates for Bachelor's Degrees

Belk College of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

College of Computing and Informatics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Cato College of Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Greetings from the Graduating Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Candidates for Bachelor's Degrees

College of Arts + Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

The Williams States Lee College of Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

College of Health and Human Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Greetings from the Graduating Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Candidates for Bachelor's Degrees College of Liberal Arts & Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chancellor Philip L. Dubois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chancellor's Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Alumni Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Greetings from the Chancellor To Our Graduates, Family and Friends: Commencement is one of our most cherished traditions, one that marks a major milestone for you, your family, and the University faculty and staff who have worked with you side by side for many years. We know you are disappointed that we are not able to celebrate in person today; we are too! We sincerely hope you will be able to attend a future ceremony which will allow us to joyfully celebrate the culmination of your transformative journey as a UNC Charlotte student, complete with all appropriate pomp and circumstance.

Chancellor Philip L. Dubois

In your time on campus, you have grown intellectually and have matured both emotionally and socially. Lively classroom discussions and topics of study may have influenced your views on social, cultural, and political issues. You have had opportunities to interact with individuals from other cultures and to engage in the greater Charlotte community.

You have witnessed important developments in the identity of this University that will strengthen its future and add to the value of your degree, including the opening of Levine Hall and the University Recreation Center, the arrival of light rail on campus, and the groundbreaking of the science building, to name just a few.

And, over the past few months, you have demonstrated true understanding and patience. Around the world and here at UNC Charlotte, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted daily life. Travel is limited, schools have closed, businesses are reimagining the way they operate, and significant events are being postponed or canceled. I am so proud of the way our campus community has come together to support and take care of one another during this unprecedented time. The enduring spirit of Niner Nation is one of resilience. We will continue to get through this together.

I hope your pride in your alma mater will continue to grow as the years go by, and I hope that you continue to cherish the friendships and memories you made on campus. I speak for the entire UNC Charlotte community when I offer congratulations to each of you and to those individuals who have supported you throughout your journey.

As you know, my time at UNC Charlotte is coming to an end as I retire next month. It has been my honor and privilege to serve as Chancellor for the past 15 years. UNC Charlotte is a special place, with outstanding faculty and staff, talented students, and loyal alumni and friends. I also have a deep affinity for this wonderful city, which my family and I have watched grow and develop in size and stature. I sincerely thank you for the support you have shown me.

Graduates of the Class of 2020, you are now ready to begin a new relationship with the University as a proud member of the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association, which is over 147,000 strong. Embrace this new identity and remember that wherever you go, you will always be a Niner!

Fondly,

Philip L. Dubois Chancellor

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UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees Michael Wilson ’93 has served on the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees since 2012.

That service has included multiple terms as chair of both the Athletics and the Academic and Student Affairs Committees. He also served three consecutive terms as vice chair of the board prior to being elected board chair in July 2019. During his first year as board chair, Wilson has also served as chair of the Chancellor Search Committee.

In addition to Wilson’s service on the Board of Trustees, he has also actively served the University as a part of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Liberal Arts & Sciences Advisory Council, and in the University’s scholarship student interview and awards process. Prior to his service on the Board of Trustees, Wilson taught business law as an adjunct professor in the UNC Charlotte MBA program for two years.

Wilson’s history of continuous service and dedication to the University began during his time as a student. While at UNC Charlotte, he served as student body president during his junior year, where he played a critical role in working with the students, the University, and the North Carolina Legislature to bring the James H. Barnhardt Student Michael L. Wilson Activity Center/Dale F. Halton Arena to fruition. Wilson also served as a student alumni ambassador during his undergraduate studies and held the William H. Barnhardt Merit Scholarship and the Alumni Merit Scholarship. Upon graduation, Wilson was awarded the Bill Mitchell Award, which is now called the Bonnie E. Cone Leadership Award. This award is presented to a member of each graduating class whose leadership, scholarship, and service to the University embodies the spirit of Bonnie Cone, the founder of the University who devoted her life to the development of UNC Charlotte.

Wilson holds a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and currently serves as the Vice President and General Counsel of Northwood Ravin, LLC, a commercial real estate company with holdings throughout the southeast. Prior to joining Northwood Ravin, he was a partner and Litigation Practice Group Leader at Johnston, Allison, & Hord, PA, with a practice concentrated in litigation related to commercial/business law, construction law, and real property. In 2009, Business North Carolina magazine named Wilson the state’s top attorney for construction law.

He has since been named by the same publication as one of the top corporate attorneys in North Carolina. He was inducted into the UNC Charlotte Alumni Hall of Fame in 2013.

As a first-generation college student who needed a scholarship to attend college, Wilson credits UNC Charlotte with making that possible. He notes, “I have never forgotten the opportunity I was given and the pointed question put to me by Ms. Bonnie: ‘Is it more important to you to be a part of something that someone built for you, or is it more important to be a part of building something yourself?’” For Mike Wilson, the answer was that he wanted to be a part of building something at this University for current and future generations of students.

Wilson, and his wife, Anna Schleunes, reside in Charlotte with their two sons.

The UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees also includes Susan D. DeVore, Vice Chair; Dennis N. Bunker III, Secretary; Sharon Allred Decker; Theresa J. Drew; Christine P. Katziff; J. Brett Keeter; Fred W. Klein, Jr.; David W. Mildenberg; Mary Ann Rouse; Carlos E. Sanchez; Teross W. Young, Jr.; and Tahlieah K. Sampson, Student Body President.

The University Logo

UNC Charlotte's logo has become one of the Charlotte region's most distinctive insignia. It symbolizes the University's links to the UNC System, the Charlotte metropolitan region, and the discipline of learning.

The logo is suggestive of a “crown,” reminiscent of Queen Charlotte, for whom the city of Charlotte is named. The “crown” also can be interpreted as a lamp of learning, a burning bush, an open book, the flowering of a plant or an individual, or a graduate in cap and gown. The letters “UNC” refer to the University of North Carolina, which opened in 1795 as the nation's first public university. The word “Charlotte” not only refers to the city but also to the surrounding metropolitan region.

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Student Marshals The Graduate School

Roshanak Ashrafi Taylor K. Ballard Lisa M. Gaskin Anjus George Wendy M. Lewis

Audra L. Miller Sathish K. Mutha Karim Nazer James R. Starnes Sara E. Wilkerson

Belk College of Business, College of Computing and Informatics, Cato College of Education Sharon F. Edmonds Andrew C. Ha Ian J. Krebs Braden A. Magee Rylee L. Neal

Taylor R. Newman Luke A. Patterson Zuleima Perez Sarah L. Putnam Madison B. Ragsdale

College of Arts + Architecture, The William States Lee College of Engineering, College of Health and Human Services Kennedy F. Beaver Savannah J. Dupree Calen D. Epting Hannah C. Jenkins Diamonn D. Josey

Kyle B. Manning Neud'S S. Saint-Cyr Rachel L. Scott Mark D. Waltermire Erin E. Wilson

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Antonio L. Acito Doaha Awad Taylor J. Coleman Gabriella R. Goodall Maria Kalogeromitros

Christina O. Lee Hannah M. Morrison Madison I. Reed Sabrina M. Sullivan Victoria T. Udomsirirat

The honor of being a student marshal goes to juniors who have the highest cumulative grade point average among full time students during the previous two semesters. Only students who have completed two semesters or 24 credit hours at UNC Charlotte prior to the current semester are considered for this honor.

Bonnie E. Cone, Our Founder (1907-2003) Bonnie E. Cone, the founder of UNC Charlotte, served the institution from its earliest days in 1946. Beginning as a teacher that year, she became director of the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina in 1947. She persuaded the legislature to keep the institution alive in 1949 when it was scheduled to close, resulting in the establishment of Charlotte College, which she served as president. The college became a four-year, state-supported institution in 1963. Cone was given her greatest acclaim for leading the successful campaign to convert Charlotte College into The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1965. She then served as vice chancellor for student affairs until her official retirement. Cone died March 8, 2003. In spring 2004, she was interred in Van Landingham Glen on the campus she loved and to which she dedicated her life.

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Explanation of Honors University Honors Program: The University Honors Program (UHP) is an interdisciplinary honors curriculum that complements any major. Students in the program strive to broaden their perspectives while developing as scholar-citizens. The program consists of a core academic curriculum, honors elective courses, a senior capstone project, and community engagement. To graduate with University Honors, a student must: complete all program requirements; maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and a 3.2 grade point average in honors courses; and receive a senior project grade of "A." uhp.uncc.edu Department/College Honors: To qualify for graduation with honors recognition in a department or college honors program, a student must: meet the grade point averages required (cumulative, in the department/college, and in honors courses); complete an honors capstone thesis or project and receive an "A" for that course; complete any additional requirements specified by the program; and be recommended by the program's honors committee for graduation with honors. honorscollege.uncc.edu/honors-programs/85/honors-programs Dual Honors: Students must complete requirements in both UHP and a department/college honors program.

Merit Scholars Programs: Albert Scholars, Crown Scholars, Levine Scholars, and Martin Scholars are recipients of major four-year merit scholarships funded by University donors. Students must participate in the program and meet all scholarship conditions. levinescholars.uncc.edu, honorscollege.uncc.edu/honors-programs/meritscholars-programs Graduation with Distinction: Undergraduate degrees are awarded Summa Cum Laude when the graduate’s cumulative grade point average is 3.9 to 4.0, Magna Cum Laude when the grade point average is 3.7 or above but less than 3.9, and Cum Laude when the grade point average is 3.4 or above but less than 3.7. To be eligible to graduate with distinction, a student must have a grade point average computed on at least 48 semester hours of credit completed in residence at UNC Charlotte. Honor cord colors are green/white for Summa Cum Laude graduates, white for Magna Cum Laude graduates, and green for Cum Laude graduates.

The commencement program must be prepared in advance. Therefore, notations for honors are based upon student achievements as of the preceding term and are tentative. Final determination of graduation with honors is made upon completion of the student’s final term.

Dean W. Colvard, First Chancellor (1913-2007)

In April 1966, Dr. Dean W. Colvard became the first chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. During his 12-year tenure, he presided over a period of rapid campus growth and development. Under his leadership, the institution was organized into colleges, residence halls were built, graduate work was initiated, and long-range planning started. His accomplishments include helping to create the University Research Park and the University’s Urban Institute, whose mission is to seek solutions to the social, economic, and environmental challenges facing Charlotte and its urban communities. Colvard joined the University from the presidency of Mississippi State University, and he also served as a dean at North Carolina State University. Following his retirement in December 1978, Colvard helped complete Charlotte’s Discovery Place Museum and was the founding board chair of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He also wrote books about his experience at NC State, Mississippi State, and UNC Charlotte. In 2001, Colvard received the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association’s Alumnus by Choice Award, and in 2004, he received the Echo Foundation’s Award Against Indifference. Colvard died in June 2007.

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Greetings From The Graduate School Doctoral Degrees Brittany A. Ernst Candidate for Doctor of Philosophy Organizational Science “I’m not a good public speaker. I could never write a 100 page paper. I don’t belong here.”

These were the thoughts running through my head during my first weeks of graduate school. Haven’t we all felt that way at some point? Starting a new job? First-time parenthood? When I started grad school I felt vulnerable, not sure whether I would make it. I was experiencing what psychologists have called a “fixed mindset” -- the belief that our abilities are static; like we are dealt a set of cards and are stuck with them. The opposite, what we should all strive for, is a “growth mindset” -- the belief that we can rewire our thoughts; we’re dealt a hand to start, but we can shuffle and exchange our cards for new ones.

I want to share a quick story to show you how easy this is to do. For the last three years, I’ve volunteered with a group of students and faculty at a fourth grade classroom in Charlotte. Like us, the fourth graders also experience a fixed mindset. But their stress is a little bit different; they told me things like, “I stink at reading,” or “I’m just not good with numbers.” We taught these kids the power of a growth mindset with a simple strategy. We taught them to say, "I’m not good with numbers YET." After just a few visits to the classroom, the fourth graders mastered the power of YET. They actually improved their test scores and were visibly more confident.

So, I want to share this superpower with you too. When we started grad school, we probably felt like we couldn’t do it. When this pandemic started, we probably thought we could never be productive at home. And here we are now, adapting and making the most of it. Every person graduating is an example of how persistence and a growth mindset can pay off.

Now, let me give you a quick update on my own fixed mindset thoughts and how a growth mindset has helped me overcome them…

I wasn’t a good public speaker YET. But I am always practicing and am getting better. In my second year of grad school, I signed myself up for a competition where I had to explain my entire thesis to a general audience in under three minutes. I took second place and now I think even my grandparents are starting to understand what I do.

I didn’t believe I could write 100 pages YET. But I've participated in writing workshops, boot camps, and now even virtual writing groups. There are so many people who have been advocating for my success and supporting me along the way. Page by page, I finished a master’s thesis and a dissertation. And yes, the final paper was over 100 pages long.

I felt like I didn’t belong YET. At first, I sat quietly in class, too nervous to ask a question for fear of looking like I was out of place. But I have gained confidence and leaned on my peers. I successfully defended my dissertation, handling intense questions from four faculty members. I’ve made lifelong relationships, and I know I will always be a part of this community.

In closing, I want to congratulate everyone else who has completed their graduate degree this semester. But it doesn’t end here - even with a new degree, we will all face setbacks and a fixed mindset may creep in. The next time you have these thoughts, I challenge you to take a moment, and listen to that voice in your head. Change your fixed mindset to a growth mindset. If the fourth graders could do it, why can’t you? I will leave you with this, even if you haven’t achieved your goal, maybe you just haven’t achieved it YET.

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The Graduate School Dr. Thomas L. Reynolds, Dean

Candidates for Doctoral Degrees DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE

Katrice Malcom Branner. . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Franz Kellermanns, Advisor Suzanne Marie Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . Mooresville Jared Hansen, Advisor Sherry Lynn Fowler. . . . . . . . . . . Fuquay-Varina Antonis Stylianou, Advisor Andrew Patrick Fraher . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Trail Moutaz Khouja, Advisor John Arthur Gory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonesville, SC Reginald Silver, Advisor Lawrence Haynes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Franz Kellermanns, Advisor Barbara Anne Boller Knight. . . . . . . Mooresville Denis Arnold, Advisor Sharon Cecelia Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . Fayetteville Reginald Silver, Advisor Kellie McCorvey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Mill, SC David Woehr, Advisor Daryl Blaine Nashold, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Justin Webb, Advisor Samantha A. Reeves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte George Banks, Advisor Lisa Lea Rolan-Wallace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy Franz Kellermanns, Advisor Delia Adriana Ruiz Munoz. . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Laura Stanley, Advisor Alan Erik Turovlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cary Reginald Silver, Advisor Benjamin David Wilhelm. . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Franz Kellermanns, Advisor Bradley Edward Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . Waxhaw Reginald Silver, Advisor

Kia Colleton-Livingston . . . . . . . . . . . . Concord Teresa Cating, Advisor Stephanie Yvonne Fisher. . . . . . . . . . Knightdale Kathleen Jordan, Advisor Josette Marie Giuffrida . . . . . . . . . . . Mooresville Teresa Cating, Advisor Tawanna Latrice Hairston. . . . . Winston-Salem Judith Cornelius, Advisor Jennifer Louise Leake. . . . . . Charlottesville, VA Kelly Powers, Advisor La Donna Anjanette McFarland. . . . . . . . . . Cary Stephanie Woods, Advisor Timothy Andrew McGuffin . . . . . . Huntersville Susan Lynch, Advisor Kimberly Ann Pate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockingham Kelly Powers, Advisor Colette Renee Townsend-Chambers. . . . Charlotte Kelly Powers, Advisor Amy Marie Winiger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Katherine Shue-McGuffin, Advisor

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Educational Leadership Tracey Ann Carney . . . . . . . . . . . . Holbrook, NY Lisa Merriweather, Advisor Marc Richard Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statesville Mark D’Amico, Advisor Yolanda Kennedy Dounebaine. . . . . . . . . Garner Lisa Merriweather, Advisor Daryl Andrea Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concord Mark D’Amico, Advisor Karen Smith Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . New London Rebecca Shore, Advisor Neda Pouraskari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Sandra Dika, Advisor Kristen Galloway Siarzynski. . . . . . . . . Charlotte Mark D’Amico, Advisor Kristina Monica Siarzynski-Ferrer. . . . . Monroe Mark D’Amico, Advisor

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Applied Mathematics Jasmine LaShon West Elder . . . . . Lancaster, SC Gabor Hetyei, Advisor Bioinformatics Ashley Shawn Chaffin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Jessica Schlueter, Advisor Biology Tyler J. Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barre, VT Adam Reitzel, Advisor Neha Mittal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concord Bao-Hua Song, Advisor Alicia Ann Sorgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Molly Redmond, Advisor Business Administration Sean Brunson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Richard Buttimer, Advisor Civil Engineering Jonathan Michael Moss. . . . . . . . . . . . Mocksville Matthew Whelan, Advisor Corey Danton Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mebane David Weggel, Advisor Computing and Infomation Systems Sarah Abdellahi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isfahan, Iran Mary Lou Maher, Advisor Omar ElTayeby. . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandria, Egypt Wenwen Dou, Advisor Abdullah Al Farooq. . . . . . . Dhaka, Bangladesh Thomas Moyer, Advisor Matthew Elliot Hawkins. . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Shaoting Zhang, Advisor

Bin Kong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jingzhou, China Shaoting Zhang, Advisor Rongcheng Lin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Jianping Fan, Advisor Laurel Boykin Powell. . . . . . . . . . . . . Mooresville Zbigniew Ras, Advisor Jaishree Ranganathan. . . . . . . . . . Chennai, India Zbigniew Ras, Angelina Tzacheva, Advisors Soroush Razmyar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Taghi Mostafavi, Advisor Fadi Yilmaz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ankara, Turkey Meera Sridhar, Advisor Counseling Rose M. Aucoin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Taryne Mingo, Advisor Corrine Jenae Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta, GA Susan Furr, Advisor Marie Angelina Huggins. . . . . . . . . . . . . Raleigh Pamela Lassiter, Advisor Jennifer R. Perry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenville Sejal Foxx, Advisor Maylee Vazquez . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winston-Salem Sejal Foxx, Advisor Curriculum and Instruction Elizabeth Frances Bumgardner. . . Kings Mountain Adalira Saenz-Ludlow, Advisor Lenora M. Crabtree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gastonia Michelle Stephan, Advisor Torrieann Martyn Dooley Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Huntersville Drew Polly, Advisor Laurie Anne Dymes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver Maryann Mraz, Advisor Jonimay J. Morgan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorain, OH Chance Lewis, Advisor Sonyia Copeland Richardson. . . . . . . . Concord Chance Lewis, Advisor Anna Sanczyk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bialystok, Poland Elizabeth Miller, Advisor Portia Marie York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Chance Lewis, Advisor Electrical Engineering Ndubueze Onwugharaonye Chuku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simpsonville, SC Asis Nasipuri, Advisor Prayag Kiritkumar Parikh. . . Ahmedabad, India Robert Cox, Advisor Arindrajit Seal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chinsurah, India Arindam Mukherjee, Advisor Ali Shuja Siddiqui. . . . . . . . . . . Karachi, Pakistan Fareena Saqib, Advisor Debarupa Som . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kolkata, India Madhav Manjrekar, Advisor

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Geography Jing Deng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jingzhou, China Eric Delmelle, Advisor Michael Richard Desjardins. . . . Waterbury, CT Eric Delmelle, Advisor Maryam Khabazi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mooresville Isabelle Nilsson, Advisor Cache Miranda Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concord Janni Sorensen, Advisor Claudio Owusu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunyani, Ghana Eric Delmelle, Advisor Daidai Shen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Jean-Claude Thill, Advisor Daniel Anthony Yonto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Jean-Claude Thill, Advisor

Abdollah Mohammadi . . . . . . . . . . . Amol, Iran Ertunga Ozelkan, Advisor Masoud Sobhani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Tao Hong, Advisor Setareh Torabzadeh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ahvaz, Iran Ertunga Ozelkan, Advisor

Health Psychology Victoria Galica Morris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concord Charlie Reeve, Advisor

Mechanical Engineering Pedram Bigdelou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concord Praveen Ramaprabhu, Advisor Shamir Bin-Karim. . . . . . . . Dhaka, Bangladesh Stuart Smith, Christopher Vermillion, Advisors Joseph Thomas Deese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stanley Christopher Vermillion, Advisor Sina Modaresahmadi. . . . . . . . Torbatejam, Iran Wesley Williams, Advisor Yue Peng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tangshan, China Friedrich Goch, Advisor

Health Services Research Leslie M. McKee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fayetteville Yvette Huet, Advisor Patrick O. Sery . . . . . . . . . . Daloa, Cote D’Ivoire Christopher Blanchette, Advisor Bryce A. Van Doren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian, MI Yvette Huet, Advisor

Nanoscale Science Margaret Kocherga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Thomas Schmedake, Advisor Keming Ren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Abasifreke Ebong, Advisor Mubin Tarannum. . . . . . . . . . . . Bangalore, India Juan Vivero-Escoto, Advisor

Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Jennifer Lynn Aldred. . . . . . New Concord, OH Martha Eppes, Advisor Babak Bahrani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shiraz, Iran Anthony Brizendine, Advisor Ok-Kyun Im . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Kyoung-Hee Kim, Advisor

Optical Science and Engineering Rajendra Joshi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Gregory Gbur, Advisor Yanzeng Li. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changchun, China Tino Hofmann, Advisor

Organizational Science Robert Michael Bickmeier . . . . . Columbus, OH Steven Rogelberg, Advisor Brittany Ann Ernst. . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendon, MA George Banks, Advisor Melissa R. Medaugh. . . . . . . . . . . Charleston, SC Franz Kellermanns, Advisor Eleanor Bliss Williams. . . . . . . . . . . McLean, VA Steven Rogelberg, Advisor Public Policy Kristine Laura Solis Canales. . . . . . . . . Charlotte Lisa Schulkind, Advisor Nejra Cekic. . . . . Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Dale Smith, Advisor Titiksha Fernandes. . . . . . . . . . New Delhi, India Suzanne Leland, Advisor Rachel Marion Schorno. . . . . . . . . . Huntersville Isabelle Nilsson, Advisor Special Education Elizabeth Nicole Reyes. . . . . . . . Winston-Salem Charles Wood, Advisor Ashley Paige Voggt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophia Charles Wood, Advisor

History of the University UNC Charlotte was one of a generation of institutions founded in metropolitan areas following World War II. Created as the Charlotte Center, the institution opened on September 23, 1946. It offered evening classes to an initial class of 278 freshmen and sophomores in the facilities of Charlotte's Central High School. In 1949, the city's pioneering business and civic leaders, aware of the region’s unmet need for a public institution of higher education, moved to have the Charlotte Center taken over by the city This 1961 photo shows the first two buildings on the Charlotte College school district and operated as Charlotte College, offering campus. Kennedy (left) and Macy shared space with an old barn. the first two years of college courses.

By 1961, the firmly established Charlotte College was experiencing rapid growth that resulted in the establishment of a campus of its own. In the same year, Charlotte College leaders moved its burgeoning student population into the first two buildings on what would become a 1,000-acre campus ten miles from downtown Charlotte. In 1963, the North Carolina legislature approved bills making Charlotte College a four-year, state-supported institution. In 1965, the legislature passed bills designating the College the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the fourth campus of the consolidated state system. Expansion continued as the University began offering master’s degrees in 1969. In 1992, UNC Charlotte received authorization for its first doctoral programs. Today, UNC Charlotte is the state’s urban research institution and the system's third largest public university with nearly 30,000 students enrolled in 75 bachelor's, 65 master's and 24 doctoral degree programs.

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Greetings From The Graduate School Master’s Degrees and Graduate Certificates Michael M. Hayes Candidate for Master of Education Teaching English as a Second Language

As we share today’s achievements with family, friends, and faculty, one question evokes a series of thoughts. How did we get here? Many of you who share this day with us played a major role during this life-changing process. Without the sacrifice, support and love of those who celebrate with us, no doubt, our accomplishments would not have been possible. On behalf of my fellow graduates, to each of you, I begin by saying thank you.

Since we embarked on our latest educational quest, all of us found ourselves in the midst of perhaps the greatest balancing act, to this point, of our lives. For me, working to maintain my roles as a husband, father, teacher, the responsibilities of two additional jobs AND part-time student was an extremely taxing endeavor.

Mikenzie and Megan, thanks for coming to class with Daddy from time to time so that I could stay on track. We all had to juggle, juxtapose and generate multiple schedules to make it work. Finding ways to keep all of the plates spinning was an improbable feat within itself, but…you did it.

Along the journey, seemingly insurmountable challenges presented themselves. We were under pressure to make decisions in response to the challenges. Often, I wondered if I could keep going, if I had what it takes to see the journey through to the end. My faith, family and wonderful friends gave me the boost of confidence that I needed to press on. I am sure each of us can recall the words of support and belief shared by someone who has been with you every step of the way. In the face of every obstacle, their support strengthened your resolve, enabled you to push through, and ultimately overcome. There was always a push, from the right source, at the right time, serving as a reminder to keep going…and, you did it.

As you move beyond today, remember what this journey revealed to you about yourself. Remember the strength of which you never knew. Remember the ability of which you did not know existed. More than anything, remember the proof of who you really are. Stronger, more intelligent and more capable than you ever imagined. Throughout my studies, I was challenged to stretch my thought process. I was charged to leave the familiar realm of my comfort zone. I felt commissioned to discover, develop, and utilize abilities I never knew I possessed. Every one of us had to embrace the belief that potential must be activated to become beneficial. Because of who you really are, you did it.

Commencement is defined not only as a ceremony in which degrees are conferred to eligible candidates, but also as the act or time of beginning. The journey you have completed has prepared you for your next beginning.

Yes, your efforts have enabled you to achieve goals. New doors will now open. The knowledge gained will benefit many in various ways. I am excited about the gift of possibilities connected to the beginning that is to come. Some of us will go on to new areas of occupation. Others will take the next steps in their educational pursuits. As you transition into the next phase, remember how you got here. I encourage you to share the story of your journey. In times like these, the best things in life are still free. What would it cost each of us to make some time for someone who needs what you needed? Inspire, encourage, support and remind others that they can keep going, overcome and successfully complete their journeys, no matter what their journeys may be. Someone needs to know how you did it.

As I am sure many of you have, I have anticipated the culmination of my efforts since I began. Although the process was daunting at times, we embraced it and stayed the course. I sincerely hope that you take the time to enjoy the blessing of this special day. Savor the preciousness of this celebratory moment in your life. Appreciate the importance of this highlight during such a difficult time in our world’s history. Today, because of your hard work, strength and perseverance, the reward is at hand. I congratulate each one of you for your accomplishment. Today, we can proudly say WE DID IT.

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Candidates for Master’s Degrees

MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY

Elisa Leonor Alomar.............................. Charlotte Oleg Havrun............................................ Charlotte Cristina Rebecca Louisos................. Huntersville Andrew Lynn Moore.............................. Charlotte Cham Nguyen......................................... Charlotte Andrew Charles Ward........................... Charlotte MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Fritz Nana Kwaku Okyere Ababio......Accra, Ghana Jonathan Scott Amari..................Vernon Hills, IL Nicole Bianca Avitabile............... Warsaw, Poland Alaa Bou Ghanem...................Ramlieh, Lebanon Sophia Alexandra Bullock............Glen Ridge, NJ Drake Pierce Cecil................................. Lexington Kristen Price Cullen......................Wellington, FL Cameron Nicole Day......................... Wake Forest Ashley Lauren DelliPaoli......................... Rye, NY Chelsea Jean Giroux...........................Margate, FL Mariel Katherine Hamer....................... Charlotte Rubaina Tasneem Humayun................. Charlotte Austin Shane Johnson.................. Pilot Mountain Alexandra Lynn King.............................. Concord Jashwanth Lakshmanan......................... Charlotte Lari T. McAbee........................................ Charlotte Kathryn Elizabeth Rodriguez McDowell .................................................................. Charlotte Daniel Clinton O’Kelly....................... Kannapolis Daniel Gillen Petric.........................Brooklyn, NY Branden Douglas Piks....................... Mentor, OH Pedro Pinera Rodriguez........... Durango, Mexico Gavin Orion Reeb.............................. Blasdell, NY Bekim Sejdiu...................................New York, NY Hunter Catherine Sigmon.........................Denton Spencer Davis Sparagna........ Mechanicsville, VA Devin Marshan Waddell........................Statesville Nicklaus Amanuel Williams................. Charlotte MASTER OF ARTS Anthropology Nicolas Michael Bowers........................ Cameron Jeri Melissa Colbert................................Cornelius Nasim Fekrat...............................Philadelphia, PA Angela M. Ferrara...............................Laurel Park Daniel Michael Fogal.............................Matthews Ashley Jensine Shults.........................Iron Station Mackenzie Ann Marie Sweitzer.......Granite Falls Communication Studies Bacarri C. Byrd............................. Winnsboro, SC Tara Capri Doubiago.............................. Charlotte Molly Margaret Farris............................. Concord Megan Nicole Foster........................... Everett, PA Haley Elizabeth Hartsell........................ Charlotte Annalisha Elizabeth Henderson..............Newton Faith Marie Klatt.........................................Raleigh Brittany Breshae Little......................... Wadesboro Hayley Marie Overman.....................Kernersville Azubeze Uchenna Uzoma................ Wake Forest Counseling Ellen Rachel Anderson.......................... Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Angermeyer................. Charlotte Justin Jay Barnes................................ Huntersville Jason Andrew Barney..............................Advance Jasmine Patrice Bryant........................... Charlotte Skylar Marie Clark........................................Clyde Cassidy Victoria Conway..........Wilmington, DE Brooklynn Haas Dease........................... Charlotte Brenna Faria Doering...........................Miami, FL Karli Fowler............................................. Charlotte

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Yazmeen A. Garcia.................................. Concord Kelsey Lynn Grant........................ Annandale, VA Kiara Charnelle Grier............................ Charlotte Courtney C. Hicklin............................... Charlotte Yasmine Shateese Huggins.......... Lynchburg, VA Cyrena Wooster Ivie............................... Charlotte Kathryn Elizabeth Green Jacobs.....Mount Pleasant Madison Elizabeth Levan........................Waxhaw Tetiana Malkova.............................. Kyiv, Ukraine Shaniqua T. Marlowe..........................Chadbourn Meredith Tysseling Pintler.................... Charlotte Hayden Elizabeth Ray..............................Belmont Julie Dumbaugh Romanin........... Pittsburgh, PA Paloma Noelia Segedy..........................Lima, Peru Emily Ann Sherrill................................. Charlotte Katherine J. Smith..................................Matthews Ty’Kei R. Spinks.................................. Greensboro Cassidy Madeline Storm........................Cornelius Aimee Joy Taylor.................................... Charlotte Kelly Crowley Taylor........................Syracuse, NY Brandon Michael Thomas..................... Charlotte

English Victoria Jean Achrane............................ Charlotte Joseph Daniel Anderson........................ Charlotte Charlotte Ellen Bedell............................ Charlotte Sarah James Brown................................. Charlotte Mouli Chattaraj....................................... Charlotte Jordan Ashlee Costanza..........................Salisbury DeNaé LeNiece Culp.............................. Charlotte Matthew G. Dinapoli.......................... Salem, MA Andrew M. Hartis............................. Huntersville Sharon A. Hayes-Brown........................ Charlotte Samantha Ashley Holt............................ Concord Paul Thompson Hunter......................... Charlotte Paul E. Kurzeja........................................ Charlotte Shannon Marie Murphy...............Middleton, WI Hayley B. Rogers................................. Mooresville Anthony Vance Tate...........................Mount Airy Keeley Anne White................................ Charlotte Sophie Anne Elizabeth Yates......... Knoxville, TN Ethics and Applied Philosophy Samuel Pierce Gordon......................... Dallas, TX Cody P. Maddox........................................Fletcher Robert Pinka III...................................... Charlotte Geography Caroline Ashley Brinegar...................... Charlotte Dipanwita Dutta............................. Kolkata, India Marlee Rose Henninge................. Cape Coral, FL Connor John Klassen............................. Charlotte Samuel Angus Nickerson...................Cotuit, MA Evan Rabun White.................................Matthews Gerontology Vondalyn Theresa Hamilton....................Monroe Althea Johnson McDonald............................ Cary Tanya Mcdonald..................................... Charlotte Erin Walsh Wichelman........................... Concord History Richard Charles Baisley III................... Aiken, SC Laura Ann Burgess ....................Southend-On-Sea, United Kingdom Natalie Sawyer Copeland..................... Goldsboro Brian William Cullinan......................... Charlotte Christopher Dylan Ellingwood........Cumming, GA Lincoln Everett Frye............................... Charlotte Joseph Edward Hyman...................... Mooresville Taylor Kristen Marks.................................... Nebo Brigitte Nicolette Oliver......................... Charlotte Keira Nicole Roberson........................... Charlotte Jacob M. Taylor........................................ Concord

Daniel Glenn Underwood.......................Belmont John Thomas Warlick IV.....................Harrisburg Tabitha Lynn Causby Wood ...............................................Boiling Spring Lakes

Latin American Studies Tirza Thalia Caceres............................ Henderson Ana L. Valdez Curiel....................................Ayden Ana Maria Vasconez Carrera-Andrade ........................................................Quito, Ecuador Liberal Studies Olivia Racnia Love.................................. Concord Susie Marie Vecchio..................................Hickory Psychology Maria Grace Alessi................................. Charlotte Lena Etzel.........................Ronnenberg, Germany Margaret Elizabeth Gigler..................... Charlotte Taryn C. Greene............................Anchorage, AK Caroline Paige Griswold................................ Cary Kalyne Brittany Lynch........................ Kannapolis Travis W. White..........................................Raleigh Psychology - Industrial/Organizational Steven John Alexander........................... Charlotte Kristin Ann Coffey................................. Charlotte Jonathan Robert Flinchum...........Waunakee, WI Kelcie Grenier...................................Fairfield, ME Karli Baumann Hahn............................. Charlotte Mary Monroe Hausfeld...........Whispering Pines Miles Mcclellan Moffit........................... Charlotte Amanda Celeste Sargent........................ Charlotte Religious Studies Joseph Michael Amezquita............. China Grove Joshua Wesley Casper...............................Monroe Samuel Barton Davis............................Emory, VA Sociology Rebekah Lynn Carpenter........... Orange Park, FL Cornell D. Dubose..............................Atlanta, GA Kyleigh Faith Moniz..................St. Augustine, FL Michael Steve Rejtig.................................Waxhaw Spanish Delfina Erochenko Gentile.................... Davidson Yennica Martinez Palmer...................... Charlotte Laura Beatriz Price.............................. Morrisville Laura N. Richiez Combas......San Juan, Puerto Rico MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING Early Childhood Education Lindsay A. Dillon................................... Charlotte Ellen Leigh McLean McAndrew....... Mooresville Kia Symone Williams............... McDonough, GA Elementary Education Sean Morgan Blatchford........................ Charlotte Anitra Damita Freeman......................... Gastonia Cierra Nicole Lacey................................ Charlotte Kelsey Lusk..............................................Asheboro Margaret K. Magee............................ Wake Forest Caroline Edwards Plyler........................ Charlotte Charlene Nicole Stamm.........................Matthews Kristen Elise Stearns.......................Rutherfordton Tynaiza Mon’e Whitaker.......................Greenville

Foreign Language Education Asari Samuel Ekpenyong....................... Charlotte Dara Jeanne Hedrick............... Harrisonburg, VA Kiara Renee Lawrence................................ Lowell Amanda Phillips Solano.................... Mooresville Middle Grades Education Jennifer Helen Kerrick Ford....................Pineville Beth Ann Luther..............................Rocky Mount Lynn Phanor............................................ Charlotte Jazmine Samone Williams..................... Charlotte Secondary Education Michael Jose Buchholz........................... Charlotte Madison Rose Cooper..........St. Clair Shores, MI Sierra Arqulle` Gary........................... Fayetteville Skylah Quinae’ Gary-Tinnin.............. Fayetteville John Walker Gourley, Jr....................... Goldsboro Krista Mae Hagin.........................Winston-Salem Holly Howell Lanier............................ Kannapolis Kendyll Christine Levra..............................Dallas Melissa June Madden...............................Pineville Ashley Nicole Michels..................... Deptford, NJ Jerod Lee Smith, Jr...................................Moncure Vinod Chandran Isaac Thomas............Cornelius Special Education Danielle H. Abbott.................................Statesville Codie Downs Brendle...................................Casar Maryam Ernestine Duran........................ Clayton Andrea Nicole Logan-Henthorn.....Winston-Salem Monika Rene Pardon...........................Harrisburg Magdalena Sztabowski...................... Huntersville Teaching English as a Second Language Ruben Campillo...................................... Charlotte Leah Michelle Probst............................. Charlotte MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Roberto Geronimo Barron Olvera ..................................................Monterrey, Mexico Chastin Bassingthwaighte........Windhoek, Namibia Paul Kenneth Boots II............... Woodbridge, VA Peter Michael Brown, Jr......................... Charlotte Laura Bukowski........................................Pineville Luis Fernando Cano Garza................... Charlotte Carlos Omar Carranza Garcia .......................................... Santa Catarina, Mexico Sasikumar Devan......................................Waxhaw Derrick Shanard Douglas.................Florence, SC Collin Eichhorn...................................... Charlotte Ryan Matthew Epperly...................... Dayton, OH Kelly June Flanders....................................Hickory José Carlos Flores Zepeda.....Monterrey, Mexico Zachary Scott Franklin...................... Hazard, KY Jaime Alberto Gomez Camargo ..................................................Monterrey, Mexico Myrthala Cecilia González Juárez ..................................................Monterrey, Mexico Vikas Gowda.................................. Frederick, MD Abdul Rahman Gulam Mohammed Hussain .................................................................. Charlotte Arturo Gust.............................Monterrey, Mexico Ajay B. Guthi............................................ Concord Brian Garrett Hatley............................... Charlotte Rashmi Havaldar.......................... Belgaum, India Jonathan Elliott Hipp............................. Charlotte Christopher Scott Hood........................ Davidson Hafiz Abdul Hye..................................... Charlotte Tristan Boyd Jansen Van Vuuren......... Davidson Alan Ray Johnson...................Fort Campbell, KY Stephanie Elizabeth Keeton................... Charlotte Shumez Khan.......................................... Charlotte Kelly Katrese Lorton...............Bloomington, MN

Patricio Antonio Madero Casas .......................... San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico Amala Miriyala....................................... Charlotte Andrew Lynn Moore.............................. Charlotte Robert Marvin Moore III....................... Concord Sarah Mulac....................................... Crest Hill, IL Jimmy Nuwelnu Nyanwapolu............... Charlotte Christopher Bennett Payne................... Charlotte Meredith Harris Pezzoni....................... Charlotte Freyan Pochkhanawalla......................... Charlotte Archana Prabhu...................................... Charlotte Nathan Randle............................. Bolingbrook, IL Carlos Gonzalo Rodriguez.........Monterrey, Mexico Itzel Rueda Aguirre......... Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Karla Nigthe Ha Sanchez Barron ..................................................Monterrey, Mexico Hala Sbai.................................................. Charlotte Cesar Schmidt Torres.............Monterrey, Mexico Luis Javier Tamez Villarreal .......................... San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico Brennan S. Templeton............................ Charlotte Jose Felipe Villarreal Flores.........Monterrey, Mexico Ryan Garrett von Trapp......................... Charlotte Trent Alexander Wakefield...............Granite Falls Brett Anthony Welch............................. Charlotte

Allysea Jhnae Thompson.................... Kannapolis Rebecca Lee-Cobin Walke..................... Charlotte Jordan Idol Walker................................ Lewisville Samantha Lee Weibel......................... Mooresville Instructional Systems Technology Olivia Taylor Valk Peeler..........................Hickory

Child and Family Studies Jennifer Reynolds Bryant...................... Charlotte Katherine Reeves Haynie....................... Charlotte Anne Marie Lambert..................... Longview, TX Brooke Elizabeth Mayhew................ Huntersville Christina Jeannine Perry................... Greensboro Kaitlyn Rose Schnabel.................. Parsippany, NJ Christine Stein........................................ Charlotte

Middle Grades and Secondary Education Ellen Elizabeth Barefoot Annas.......Granite Falls Christopher Mark Brown.....................Albemarle Kathleen Elizabeth Carosa.....................Salisbury Audrey Pomeroy Collins................. Fort Mill, SC Deborah Dawson Durham......... Mount Pleasant Jessica Darnell Enloe..............................Statesville Ashley Dawn Eyer................................... Concord Jacqueline Ann Heier............................. Charlotte Marian Lee Hough..................................Salisbury Brittany Danielle Intravaia.............. China Grove Jenna Ann Mangano.............................. Charlotte Melissa Helen Mattes............................. Charlotte D’Aulan Rasheen McCord..................... Charlotte James Earl O’Neal, Jr.............................. Charlotte Randall David Patton.......................... Kannapolis Amber Diane Quinn......................... Mooresboro Kara Danielle Reece.................................. Maiden Sara Kay Sellers........................................Salisbury Madison Sides White.......................... Kannapolis Amber Dawn Sluder....................Winston-Salem Frances Omogbai Udu............................ Concord Zachary Kyle Walker..................................Raleigh Joshua Aaron Wells.................................Salisbury Temeia LaFaye Williams........................ Charlotte Megan Nicole Woazeah............................Monroe Courtney Smith Wood............................Salisbury Kelly McKamie Youngblood........... China Grove

Curriculum and Instruction James Ellsworth Jessup III...........Winston-Salem Miranda Glynn Smith..............................Fairview Amy Marie Wells.....................................Salisbury

Reading Education Mary Batalis............................................ Charlotte Elari Bova Guy........................................ Charlotte Amanda Leigh Saxman........................Harrisburg

Educational Leadership Destiny Blue.........................................Laurinburg Michael Anderson Brackett...........Rocky Mount Anna-Marie Cabeza Foster...............Kernersville Jessica Christina Kapota..............Mandeville, LA Ryan Andrew Lucks...........................Kernersville Desirée Shanice Woodle........................Asheboro

Special Education Erin Alge.............................................. Mooresville Robin Lorraine Johnson........................Statesville Christina Michele Oliveri...................... Charlotte Kristen Nicole Pashkoff......................... Charlotte Jordan Leigh Wimsatt............................... Sanford Robert Allen Wright........................... Hope Mills

Elementary Education Melissa Bickel Amato........................ Huntersville Jordan Lillie Barnhill.............................. Charlotte Megan Antoinette Bernhard.............. Topton, PA Michele Lee Boes............................... Huntersville Jill Caldwell Browne.......................... Huntersville Aphnia Shante’ Costner....................... Inman, SC Shelly Anthony DiVito...........................Cornelius Tressa Michelle Eccher.......................... Davidson Courtney Hilburn Fulker....................Lincolnton Amber Rose Geckeler........................ Jacksonville Heather Nicole Glover...........................Cornelius Sheila Annette Haston................ New Castle, DE Anna Duplisea Hogan..................... China Grove Paige Allison Hughes............................. Charlotte Kimberly Charlotte Jordan...................... Wingate Danielle Renee Long.............................. Charlotte Lindsi Brooke McDaniel..................... Bassett, VA Savana Ashlee McVey.....................Nashville, TN Meredith Charlotte Miller..................... Charlotte Anna Sloan Moore............................. Greensboro Amanda Rose Padilla.................................Denver Kostantina Nikole Sarrimanolis.........High Point Hope Lauren Schaeffer..........................Cornelius Katherine Knight Stagg........................... Gastonia Sheila Rebecca Stover............................. Charlotte

Teaching English as a Second Language Ausetenaungkh N. Ari........................... Charlotte Yvonda S. Bland...................................... Charlotte Pamela Ann Cooper............................... Charlotte Vyvyanne A. Dinh............................. Wilmington Margaret E. Gillis.................................... Charlotte Angela Marie Gist.....................................Waxhaw Elizabeth Anne Harris...................... Huntersville Alexa Brooke Harward............................Durham Michael Maurice Hayes.................. Moultrie, GA Emily Christine Hebb............................Avon, CT Margaret Grace Infantino.........................Hickory Amy Ruth Livingston............. Owings Mills, MD Joanna Mcilvaine Loftis.......................... Concord Rachel H. Mazzola..................................Matthews Megan C. Moose........................................Newton Jennifer Nicole Nelson................................ Landis Alexandra Rose Pepin............................ Charlotte Martha Kate Phifer......................... Columbia, SC Michelle June Porcayo........................... Charlotte Amber J. Pratt................................... Mount Holly Caitlin Peay Smith.................................. Charlotte Yinong Yang....................................Beijing, China Tressie Jeneane York.............................. Deep Gap

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MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Taylor Elizabeth Bailey.................... Mount Holly Renna Yvonne Berry.............................. Charlotte Christopher V. Dinh...........................Kernersville Patrick Ryne Gitter................................. Charlotte Morganne Guinther........................... Indian Trail Serah Elizabeth Haley............................. Concord Taylor Marie Holland........... Richmond Hill, GA Bethany Nicole Houde............................Asheville Sydney Lee Eden Melton....................... Davidson Kathryn Lee Olcott.......................Bakersfield, CA Marianne Rojas Abinader...........Winston-Salem Veena Sampathkumar............................ Charlotte Cheri Lynn Todd.............................Olympia, WA Ifeanyi Obunike Umeugo...................... Charlotte Brett Anthony Welch............................. Charlotte Jalece Richelle Wherry........................... Charlotte Anne-Marie Wingate........................ Huntersville MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Kamaria Ami Ligia Clifton.................... Charlotte Savannah C. Cooper......................... Conway, AR Corey Darren Correll.................................. Lenoir Ashley Cromie........................................Statesville Mikel Graham...........................................Belmont Lieke Janssen.....................Oirsbeek, Netherlands Ashley Misa Luyindu.................................Raleigh Lisa Y. McCarter..................................... Charlotte Megan C. McClelland......................... Cramerton Darius V. Miller...................................... Charlotte Kiley Aileen Murray...................... Evergreen, CO Kelly Victoria Weston..........................Clemmons MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Emmanuel Gyasi Baah........................... Charlotte Amanda F. Blackwelder......................... Charlotte Sarah Lynn Copeland......................... Greensboro Jacob Andrew Damron...................... Jacksonville Kelly Anne Dremann........................ Canton, OH Sandra George................................................. Cary Shantoy Hansel....................................... Charlotte Glenn Khaliq Hickman.......................Sumter, SC Kayla Phylise Hicks......................Winston-Salem Angela Ruthanne Holland.....................Statesville Mikhail Saunders Hoskins.................Chapel Hill Bakthameera Kajendrakumar............... Charlotte Medjatu H. Kuyateh............................... Charlotte Akeria D. Massey-Shands.......... Spartanburg, SC Tejashri Shripad Patil............. Aurangabad, India Kelsi Kione’ Preston......................Darlington, SC Kaitlin Cora Roth................................... Charlotte Sierra Victoria Sledge......................... Greensboro Kenniesha Latrice Spencer................ Buffalo, NY Julia D. Stullken...................................... Charlotte Julia C. Waters......................................Chapel Hill MASTER OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Kassandra Johnson Arndt........................ Maiden Arsella R. Austrie.................................... Charlotte Katie Shay Carpenter.......................... Wadesboro Kathryn Earl Etters Bates.......................Salisbury Francisco Alejandro Flores................... Charlotte Samone Houston Graham................. Mooresville Jeremy Joseph Hachen........................... Charlotte Lauren Cole Hatch............................. Mooresville Alexander McCauley Hayner................ Charlotte Erika Jannelle Hedgepeth....................... Concord Jamie L. Hrbolich......................................Monroe Rebecca Hunter....................................... Concord Tawania Elaine Keitt.............................High Point Kymberly G. Melton................................Salisbury Alis Marie Mulero.................................. Charlotte

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Sharon Rose Payne................................. Charlotte Catherine Barbara Reynolds.................. Concord Jennifer Ann Ribbeck............................Statesville Ashleigh Marie Swiontek....................... Charlotte Steven Ronald Walker............................. Concord Jordan Ray White.......................................Denver Joya L. Wortham.......................................Durham Tamara Leonda Wynn................. Hendersonville MASTER OF SCIENCE Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems Sharolynn K. Hamilton........................... Gastonia Dhawal Joshi....................................Nagpur, India Smitali Patnaik............................................Raleigh Elijah K. Pfeifer........................................ Concord Bhav Sardana............................... Faridabad, India George Benzion van Arnold.............. Morganton Applied Physics Ray Gabriel Abney Fiallos..................... Charlotte Lonnie Jonathan Baker.......................... Charlotte Darrin Armitage Leer...................... Bedford, NH Architecture Seyedehsan Aboutorabi......................... Charlotte Manoj Deshpande..................... Gurugram, India Rachel Annalisa Lutes.........................Chapel Hill Saquib Sarwar........................ Dhaka, Bangladesh Bioinformatics Rachel Nicole Bartolomeo............................. Cary Rosh Caleb Chan..................................Harrisburg Connor Philip Frasier........... Charles Town, WV Sayal Guirales-Medrano...........................Hickory Chika Kariebi Igba..................................... Clayton Jonathan Edward Lee.................................Raleigh Erika Eymee Maldonado-Rosado....... Ponce, PR Claire Christel Menard.............................Hickory Lauren Roppolo Brazell......................... Charlotte Brandon Alan Turner...............................Waxhaw Biology Rachel Nicole Bare...................................Conover Mukulika Bose................................ Kolkata, India Sydney Paige Garrell..............................Asheboro Anh Ngoc Hoang Ha............................. Charlotte Akhil Gargey Iragavarapu..................... Charlotte Holden Christopher Langdon.............. Troutman Arundhati Mohanta...........................Delhi, India Tuan Ky Phan.......................................... Charlotte Nicole Lynn Stott....................... Dawsonville, GA Chemistry Alanna Hutchinson-Lundy................... Charlotte Computer Science Likhith Aalla............................. Hyderabad, India Priyank Aenugula..................... Hyderabad, India Mohammad Turab Ali............. Hyderabad, India Adithi Amuru........................... Hyderabad, India Sai Krushi Annam.................... Hyderabad, India Dhananjay Arora................................Delhi, India Anchal Atlani.......................................... Charlotte Sathish Kumar Balasubramanian..... Chennai, India Anusha Balumuri..................... Hyderabad, India Aditya Bandaru......................... Hyderabad, India Vishwas Vishwanath Banjan.......... Vadodara, India Akhil Battu................................ Hyderabad, India Ramanjaneyulu Reddy Bayapureddy Lakshmi Reddy .......................................................... Kadapa, India Sandeep Bellary.............................Kurnool, India Sayan Bhattacharya................................ Charlotte Manjunath Shrishail Birajdar.............Pune, India Swapnil Chandrashekhar Bokil.........Pune, India Hanumasri Bollepalli......................Guntur, India

Dipesh Chandubhai Chakrani........ Mumbai, India Prerana Chandrashekar............. Bangalore, India Monika Chandrashekara.......... Bengaluru, India Ramakrishna Charakupalli...........Tirunelveli, India Sanchari Chatterjee................................ Charlotte Bhavya Chawla.................................Abohar, India Jing Chen......................................Lanzhou, China Bhanu Prakash Reddy Chennam .................................................... Hyderabad, India Aravindkumar Chidambaram........ Chennai, India Dedeepya Chintaparthi............. Hindupur, India Umesh Vijaykumar Chounde............... Charlotte Saumy Dadhich.................................Indore, India Yesaswini Dandamudi..................Oceanside, CA Neha Lakshmi Debbad............ Hyderabad, India Ashish Dipak Desai................................ Charlotte Namra Kamleshkumar Desai......Kadiyadara, India Pranoti Gajanan Desai............... Khanapur, India Sahil Ajay Deshmukh..........................Pune, India Anup Vinayak Deshpande............ Gargoti, India Chaitanya Ravindra Deshpande........Pune, India Vinayini Devabhaktuni............ Hyderabad, India Anupam Dharmavaram................Chennai, India Himanshu Sunil Dhawale........... Amravati, India Sai Venkata Phaneendra Dulla ....................................................Vijayawada, India Rahel Paul Fargose........................Mumbai, India Abhishek Fulzele..............................Nagpur, India Hansagauri Jerambhai Gajera.... At-Khatli, India Sravanth Gari....................... Vizianagaram, India Manali Ganesh Ghare.........................Pune, India Rishi Kumar Gnanasundaram.......... Chennai, India Deepakraj Gobinathan..................Chennai, India Shilpa Goel....................................... Kaithal, India Jitesh Bharatbhushan Golatkar......... Vasai, India Naga Vineel Golla............. Visakhapatnam, India Shweta Mahadev Gondi............... Belgaum, India Ishan Prasanna Gote...........................Pune, India Jacob S. Greene...................................Iron Station Geoffrey Joseph Grimaud.................. Indian Trail Navit Kumar Grover.......................Rajpura, India Rakesh Gunti.......................... Miryalaguda, India Saloni Gupta......................................... Agra, India Sahithi Priya Gutta................ Bhimavaram, India Sharmistha Sapan Haldar.............Mumbai, India Urma Haldar.................................... Ranchi, India Jinraj Jain.........................................Jersey City, NJ Pranay Prafulkumar Jain..............Mumbai, India Saurabh Hemantkumar Jaiswal............ Charlotte Kshitij Jaju........................................... Durg, India Uma Sai Madhuri Jetty.................Kaikalur, India Pallav Jhaveri................................Vadodara, India Sumedh Pandurang Joglekar........Mumbai, India Nisar Kalaria........................................... Charlotte Arjun Kalidas................................Palakkad, India Nishita Naveen Kalyanpur...........Mumbai, India Anushka Parag Kamalapurkar...........Pune, India Pranav Vikas Kamble..........................Pune, India Visesh Reddy Kampally......................... Charlotte Karthik Raveendran....................... Kannur, India Sindhuja Kasula........................ Hyderabad, India Sulekha Katamreddy..................................Raleigh Harshitha Keshavaraju Vijayalakshmi ...................................................... Bangalore, India Saad Muhammad Khan.......................Harrisburg Akash Atul Khiste................................Pune, India Harshini Koduru.................................... Charlotte Ravi Teja Kolla.................................Guntur, India Jacob Kedar Krevat.........................................Apex Apurva Anil Kulkarni............................ Charlotte Prutha Ravindra Kulkarni.......... Bhusawal, India Sagar Ramchandra Kulkarni..............Pune, India Shamika Gajanan Kulkarni..............Thane, India Ankita Kumari..................................... Fayetteville Amshu Lakshmeesh................... Bangalore, India Andrew M. Lambropoulos.................... Charlotte

Andrew L. Liu......................................Chapel Hill Zerong Liu.....................................Shantou, China Harika Macharla................... Narasaraopet, India Prashant Madaan................................Delhi, India Shanmukha Praveen Madasu......Vijayawada, India Gaurav Laxman Mahadik.............Mumbai, India Vrushali Satish Mahuli.......... Maharashtra, India Tabish Gulzar Maniar...................Mumbai, India Naman Manocha............................. Mohali, India Aishwarya Reddy Maram.............Kurnool, India Dikshali Bhikaji Margaj................Mumbai, India Varsha Sureshkumar Maurya.......Mumbai, India Parth Hitesh Mehta.......................Mumbai, India Manav Rohit Mittal.......................Mumbai, India Ravikumar Mittapalli.................... Tirupati, India Sandhya Rani Munagala...............Kurnool, India Neelesh Mungoli..................................... Charlotte Medha Nagaraj........................... Bengaluru, India Rinita Rajapalan Nair....................Mumbai, India Chirag Jayantibhai Nakrani..........Mumbai, India Apurva Anant Nanajkar.....................Pune, India Srikanth Narayana Murthy...... Bengaluru, India Omkar Abhay Nene......................Mumbai, India Aarti Prakash Nimhan........................Pune, India Sanchita Dinesh Nipunage...........Kothrud, India Aishwarya Nandkumar Pachange.........Pune, India Riddhi Sanjay Panchal..................Mumbai, India Aishwarya Girish Paraspatki..............Pune, India Sourabh Ramdas Pardeshi..................Pune, India Pratik Ashok Parekh.....................Mumbai, India Hari Chandana Parimi....................Guntur, India Deepan Salilkumar Patel........................Salisbury Devraj Jagatbhai Patel............................ Charlotte Divya Vineet Patel.................. Ahmedabad, India Jugal Ketan Patel..................... Ahmedabad, India Poojan Shaileshbhai Patel...................... Charlotte Amit Rajesh Patil.................................Pune, India Neha Sambhaji Patil..................... Islampur, India Sheetal Prakash Patil..................... Khopoli, India Aashwin Ratnakar Patki.....................Pune, India Pawle Madhuri Ramesh......................... Charlotte Siva Sandeep Kumar Pereddy.........Gudivada, India Vamsi Krishna Pogula.............. Hyderabad, India Vincent John Popp................................. Charlotte Pavani Puchakayala..................Khammam, India Sai Smruthi Rajagopal...................Chennai, India Gokul Nithin Kumar Rajakumar..... Chennai, India Srisanmathi Ramachandran........Tiruppur, India Dhanya Ramesh.............................Chennai, India Aditya Pradeepkumar Rathi......... Solapur, India Rahul Ratra........................................San Jose, CA Shridevi Vithal Reddy............................ Charlotte Mason Scott Reynolds...........................Stoneville Renju Hanna Robin.......................Redmond, WA Alzarrio A. Rolle..................................... Charlotte Anil Sadasivuni.....................Rajahmundry, India Jay Ravindra Saptarshi........... Ahmedabad, India Sai Teja Sarangu........................ Hyderabad, India Anagha Ulhas Sarmalkar....................... Charlotte Nikhil Sarraf.............................. Hyderabad, India Freny Rajesh Savalia......................Mumbai, India Andrew Michael Schlesinger....................Benson Sai Supreeth Segu.............................Dhone, India Venkata Sai Meghana Setty..........Hyderabad, India Achal Siddharth Shah....................... Vyara, India Kshitij Ashutosh Shah...................Mumbai, India Amit Shetty.....................................Mumbai, India Rithesh Sadhu Shetty............................. Charlotte Sandesha Shetty.................................Udupi, India Yash Shreshthi.............................. Kolhapur, India Anshu Singh............................................ Charlotte Kishan Singh............................... Bangalore, India Tannu Dharmendra Singh.................... Charlotte Aditi Sinha............................................... Charlotte Vikas Siva Ravindran..............Coimbatore, India Sahil Sood.........................................Sirhind, India

Sowmya Sundar.............................Chennai, India Siri Chandana Sureddi............. Hyderabad, India Amit Suresh Kalyanpur.............Karnataka, India Sakshat Prashant Surve.................Mumbai, India Sri Yeswanth Tadimalla............ Hyderabad, India Sonali Subhash Tanna.........................Pune, India Adwait Sudhir Tathe...........................Pune, India Ayanjyoti Thakuria......................Guwahati, India Sriranjani Vaidyanathan...............Chennai, India Mohit Bhikamchand Varma.................. Charlotte Deepak Veerapandian...................Karaikal, India Javier Velasco.......................................... Charlotte Sathyaram Venkatesan........................... Charlotte Venkat Siddharth Vennelaganti..... Telangana, India Ranga Sai Pavan Kiran Vipparla..........Guntur, India Anusha Vudathu................Machilipatnam, India Dhwani Pranavbhai Vyas...... Ahmedabad, India Walker Torry Williams............................. Sanford Teena Xiong............................................ Charlotte Gaurav Rajendra Yadav...... Yadav Bhavan, India Herambh Yadavalli........................Mumbai, India Zhang Zhang...............................Xianning, China Construction and Facilities Management Harshitha Reddy Adapala....... Hyderabad, India Arindam Dey.................................Mumbai, India Brett David Lipman................................ Charlotte Ross Newsome........................................ Charlotte Pranay Thergaonkar.........................Indore, India Deevanshu Deepak Upadhyaya....... Mumbai, India Criminal Justice Kristen Nicole Ingram............................... Garner James McKiever Rozier.......................... Charlotte Samantha Nicole Schmidt..................... Charlotte Cyber Security Smruti Borkar....................................Thane, India Kevin Jose Cardoso................................ Charlotte Timothy Biju Chacko.......................... Morrisville Jackson G. Compton.............................. Charlotte Ryan D. Corkwell....................................Cornelius Matthew Ryan Corso............................. Charlotte Paul V. Crider II...................................... Charlotte Jacqueline Christina Rani Edward Raja .........................................................Chennai, India Paul William Franklin............................ Charlotte John Alexander Frye.............................. Charlotte Timothy Spicer Hargett......................... Charlotte Faheem Faisal Kapdi.............................. Charlotte Zachary Daniel King..............................Asheboro Parag Vijay Mhatre........................Mumbai, India Hadi Z. Nasrallah................................... Charlotte Nnamdi Michael Nwokocha................. Charlotte Olakunle Oluwadiya.............................. Charlotte Karthik Sadananda Patil........................ Charlotte Shokofeh Sefidi Diznab.......................... Charlotte Sai Sharan Thota....................... Hyderabad, India Justin W. Toler........................................Greenville Allen Jeffrey Uta.................................Thomasville Bharath Venkata Narasimha Sai Varanasi .................................................................. Charlotte Gabon Williams...................................... Charlotte Data Science and Business Analytics Kaci Taylor Allen.................................... Charlotte Sai Smaran Annamraju.......................... Charlotte Anjali Bapat........................................Ujjain, India Ronald J. Barton........................ Soddy Daisy, TN Joseph Benet............................................ Charlotte Akash Narendra Bhardwaj....................Pinehurst Jeremiah Isaiah Maurice Canty.......Winston-Salem Arturo Cardenas..................................... Charlotte Sivateja Chennupati........... Chilakaluripet, India Natarajan Shanthi Coimbatore............. Charlotte Blake Wayne Cope................................... Concord

Jeffery Caleb Dease................................. Charlotte Elif Demir................................................ Charlotte Roma Dutta..................................... Kolkata, India Gabriel Paul Fair..................................... Charlotte Divya Garg..........................................Delhi, India Ankit Gupta............................................. Charlotte Smitakshi Gupta..................................... Charlotte Maggie Brooke Hakas.................. Southern Pines Noble Joy.................................................. Concord Mehmet Aydin Karakus......................... Charlotte Sudha Kishorekumar.......................... Oviedo, FL Xinxin Lai................................................ Charlotte Andrew Maximilian Lawrence............. Charlotte Julian R. Mucha...................................... Charlotte Kabita Paul.............................Cooch Behar, India Chandrajeet Pawar................................. Charlotte Manideep Varma Penmathsa................ Charlotte Lyndsay Anne Richter...............Washington Park Ibrokhim Sadikov...........Samarkand, Uzbekistan Zachary James Serapin..................... Wake Forest Balya Prem Kumar Shukla............................ Cary Muralidharan Singaravel....................... Charlotte Kelsey Monique Summey............Winston-Salem Marie Susan Tomasik.....................................Apex Srivan Vavilala........................................ Charlotte Kovidh Vegesna........................ Hyderabad, India Jacqueline Mikia Venigalla..................Harrisburg Chunqiu Xia.......................................Jinan, China Diwen Xiao...................................Huaihua, China Earth Sciences Samantha E. Berberich................ Niskayuna, NY Spencer Kennard Kiessling........ Mount Pleasant Richard Anthony Sirico III ......... Lake Wylie, SC Eric James Webb.................................. Fayetteville Patrick Cole Webster.............................. Charlotte Matthew Robert Yankech...................... Charlotte Economics Namita Bindlish........................ Hyderabad, India Kyle Douglas Bowman...........................Matthews Elena Brambilla.................................Lissone, Italy Jonathan S. Brownstein.......................... Charlotte Raj Chopra.............................................. Charlotte Jasper Peter De Bles.......... Alkmaar, Netherlands Andrew Worthington DeMurry............... Hubert Benito Lopez.............................................Waxhaw Johnson Opadere.......................Agbamu, Nigeria Micah Daniel Thomas............................ Charlotte Santosha Naomi Trewin................Rochester, NY Felipe Augusto Lopes Veloso ............................................ Belo Horizonte, Brazil Narayanan Venkatraman............... Kolkata, India Engineering Management Deeksha Dharmapal............................... Charlotte Donald James Dickes.................................Raleigh Anthony James Funk.............................. Charlotte Gaurav Pramod Ghase..................... Alibag, India Madhur Jain.............................Chandigarh, India Harshit Jetley........................................... Charlotte Sruthi Kilambi........................... Hyderabad, India Yike Li..............................................Leshan, China Vue Lor................................................. Morganton Alexander Lee McGirt.......................... Pembroke Karan Hitesh Panchal...................Mumbai, India Shaunak Dinesh Prabhudesai....Porvorim, India Fire Protection and Safety Management Abdullah Shaya Al Ati......... Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia Fuad Mohammed Alshammari .........................................Dammam, Saudi Arabia Michael Truman Walton.......................... Valdese Health Informatics Alicia Beranek......................................... Charlotte Anne-Marie Wingate........................ Huntersville

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Health Informatics and Analytics Mercy Aba Buckman.......................... Indian Trail Sean Robert Daley................................... Concord Amanda Nana Duku Grant................Austell, GA Sally Ann Henson.................................... Concord Christy Lea Hoke.......................................Hickory Nisha Elizabeth Kurian............ White Plains, NY Samyuktha Nandhakumar............................ Cary Christine Personett............................ Huntersville Julia Izabella Ribeiro.............................. Charlotte Michael Benjamin Sholes........ Johnson City, TN Derek Thomas Stranton....... Fort Lauderdale, FL Swornim Thapa............................................ Shelby Chen Xue........................................ Datong, China Information Technology Seyedehsan Aboutorabi......................... Charlotte Preethika Adapa..................................... Charlotte Tejashri Arote.....................................Thane, India Tejaswini Atluri....................................... Charlotte John Robinson Bailey............................. Charlotte Jessica Avent Ballard............................... Concord Sagar Bhaskar Belote............Navi Mumbai, India Shikha Bhattarai.....................Kathmandu, Nepal Rohit Bogadhula..................................Seattle, WA Pawan Ramesh Bole......................Mumbai, India Manoj Deshpande..................... Gurugram, India Nadia Caterin Dorado........................ Bristol, TN Hemapriya Durairajulu................... Fort Mill, SC Matthew Samuel Fried............................ Gastonia Rishika Gangashetty................. Hyderabad, India Zhongqi Hao......................................Jinan, China Weston Allen Harmon............... Kings Mountain Daniel Christopher Higinson............... Charlotte Sai Harshith Jakka.................... Hyderabad, India Chella Archana Kandaswamy......... Chennai, India Upendra Sai Ram Kilaru........ Nandigama, India Jashwanth Lakshmanan......................... Charlotte Rachel Annalisa Lutes.........................Chapel Hill Joshua Isaiah McCray............................ Charlotte Gopala Krishna Meda................Telangana, India Shrav Shreeroop Mehta..............Vadodara, India Kevin Patrick Meyer....................................... Cary Audra Leah Miller.................................. Charlotte Sparsha Reddy Muppidi.......... Hyderabad, India Pooja Pant................................................ Charlotte Akshata Ganesh Parab..................Mumbai, India Anant Ulhas Paradkar...................Mumbai, India Priya Samirbhai Patel..................Vadodara, India Viraj Satish Pathak........................Mumbai, India Mandar Pandurang Phapale...............Pune, India Premkumar Sreedhar Vemula......Hyderabad, India Priyanka Pradeep Rane.................Mumbai, India Ormelia Debrietta Robinson................ Charlotte Saquib Sarwar........................ Dhaka, Bangladesh Garima Silewar....................................... Charlotte Aman Singh...................................... Bhopal, India Srihari Srithar.......................................... Charlotte James Ryan Swaim.....................................Dobson Sai Krishna Telukuntla................Nalgonda, India Srishti Tiwari......................................Thane, India Espoir C. Tomenou................................. Concord Abinaya Vaidhyanathan......................... Charlotte Shraddha Verma...............................Indore, India Kinesiology Maresa Mary Bowen......................... Rutland, VT Matthew Choe......................................... Charlotte Kelsey Noelle Davies........................... Mercer, PA Jessica Kay Martin.................................. Charlotte Benjamin Stewart Patterson................... Concord Mary Anna Sobus................................... Charlotte Anna Ruth Villanella................................Waxhaw

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Management Sofia Ali............................................................ Cary Alexis Briana Atwell..................... Pilot Mountain Corey Lashon Bias........................Milwaukee, WI Haley Ann Boram....................................Asheville Victoria Joy Bracken.......................... Mooresville Jordyn Ashley Brown...............................Durham Anna Francesca Buico...............................Raleigh Miles D. Butler........................................Statesville Keyshawn Deonn’tae Dixon................Burlington Hunter Stone Dyson...................................Denver Annalee Thayer Garrison.......................Salisbury Emilia Maria Hernandez...........................Raleigh Ariana Khadeejah Hosseini............... Lumberton Carly June Johnson....................................Dobson Jennifer Ann Jones................................. Charlotte Alyssa Lee Kasko......................................Waxhaw Wing Yin Lee.......................................... Charlotte Jordan Katherine Manley............Manhattan, NY Mildred Mitzi Martinez..................... Indian Trail Nancy Christine McGuire................... Oak Ridge Ajani Nisbett ...................... Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis Anna Weeks................................................Raleigh Delaney Wollinger.................................. Charlotte Mathematical Finance Samvedh Ammisetti................. Hyderabad, India Manas Bhamare...................................... Charlotte Xinyue Chen............................... Shanghai, China Giulia Crippa.............................Bernareggio, Italy Sunjun Dai................................... Shanghai, China Jiamiao Deng..............................Changsha, China Zhijie Fang..........................................Hefei, China Haishu Fei.................................... Shanghai, China Weijia Gong........................................Jinan, China Andrea Gritti......................................Merate, Italy Katrina A. Hartley....................................Waxhaw Yangming Liu.............................. Shanghai, China Xinting Luo................................. Shanghai, China Yuhe Ma................................... Zhengzhou, China Caitlyn Paige Mercier........................ Wilmington Akshay Dnyaneshwar Patil...........Mumbai, India Wenxuan Ren.............................Dongying, China Yu Shao.......................................Yangzhou, China Songkai Sun......................... Zhangjiagang, China Felipe Augusto Lopes Veloso ............................................ Belo Horizonte, Brazil Guoxin Wang.............................. Shanghai, China Quming Wen............................... Shanghai, China Carter R. Wiles........................................ Charlotte Di Wu........................................... Shanghai, China Jiaqi Yang..................................... Shanghai, China Jing Yang...................................... Ganzhou, China Nan Zhang................................... Shanghai, China Mathematics Brennon Gilchrist Benfield................... Charlotte Rory Michael Casey................................... Hubert Daniel John Kelly III............................. Dover, PA Saumya Kandarp Maniar....... Ahmedabad, India Akshay Dnyaneshwar Patil...........Mumbai, India Alexey Smirnov........... Moscow, Russian Federation Zhiqiang Wang....................................... Charlotte Optical Science and Engineering Kevin Frank Dunnill.............................. Charlotte Real Estate Sammy G. Jackson III............................ Charlotte Ian Crawford Parry................................ Charlotte Respiratory Care Tammy Moore Bailey...........................Burlington Shelia Lowe Ball............................................Dallas Vickie Bell....................................................Purlear

Kaitlin James Mays..............................Germanton Kevin Stephen Parrish............................... Garner Maria M. Perkins.................................Wilkesboro Jimmy Wade Strickland, Jr.......................Tarboro Jennipher Latisha Surface.........................Monroe Amy Jo Witschey..................................Harrisburg MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING Abdulwahab KH B. A. Alqitami ................................................ Kuwait City, Kuwait Alaa Bazuhayr..................... Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Ercie Grace Brooks....................................Monroe Timothy Dinsmore................................. Charlotte Sarvani Venkata Sai Subha Duvvuri ............................................ Visakhapatnam, India Mark Jeremy Fitzner........................... Kannapolis Catherine Lemke......................................Waxhaw Gregory D. Loflin, Jr. .................................Denton Jasmine Stephanie Mira......................... Charlotte Brandyn Michael Munford...... Woodbridge, VA Kiavash Riahipour............................. Tehran, Iran MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Ahmed Taha Abd-Elkader.................... Charlotte Talal Jasem Alatiah..........Sabah Alsalem, Kuwait Abhijith Ramchand Bagepalli.........Bangalore, India Shafaan Zakir Bhai...................... Kolhapur, India Ushma Sunil Bharucha.................Mumbai, India Ekta Prakash Bhojwani.......... Aurangabad, India Chaitanya M. Bhure..........................Thane, India Mary Deanna Broyhill........................Chapel Hill Reid Anthony Cashion II.............................. Cary Pooja Chereyamane Nanaiah........Bangalore, India Sai Prasad Dayabaran...................Chennai, India Surya Vardhan Reddy Desham .................................................... Hyderabad, India Soumya Susheel Deshpande.................. Charlotte Ryan Christopher Hill............................ Gold Hill Omkar Kakde.................................Mumbai, India Gayathri Kalidindi.................... Hyderabad, India Saisha Kamat......................................Ponda, India Sagar Sharad Kanade.....................Mumbai, India Matias Andres Mendieta................... Indian Trail Kaustubh Manohar Mhatre.................. Pen, India Shruthi Keerthi Muchandi...... Hyderabad, India Sathish Kumar Mutha.............. Hyderabad, India Nitin Laxmidas Naik.......................Karwar, India Hossein Niakan.................................. Tehran, Iran Venkata Sasank Pamulapati...........Guntur, India Ganesh Koushic Papashastry Hariprasad ..................................................... Bengaluru, India Ronak Vijay Raheja.............................Pune, India Suhas Raju..................................Mangalore, India Kiran Ravikumar.................................... Charlotte Sam Reji Joseph.............................Chennai, India Edgar Alejandro Salazar Rea.......Quito, Ecuador Vikram Chintamani Sanikoppa ..................................................... Bengaluru, India Anbumalar Saravanan........ Virudhunagar, India Prashant Tanaji Sawant..................Nilanga, India Aneri Parag Sheth................... Ahmedabad, India Andrew Benton Simms.......................Chapel Hill Nithya Sri Srinivasan............................... Concord Abarajithan Thamarai Manalan....... Chennai, India Jhanani Thiagarajan......................Chennai, India Rohit Thulasiram...........................Chennai, India Dushyant Singh Tomar..................Gwalior, India Asheesh Tripathi.........................Mankapur, India Neha Ashok Ughade.......................Nagpur, India Gayathri Viswanathan..................Chennai, India Sai Chaitanya Yendluri............ Sattenapalli, India

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Bailee Emelle Kitchens Lauersdorf........Atlanta, GA Tina N. Le..................................................Belmont Lafayette Long......................................... Charlotte Camilla Ferreira Luppi........................... Charlotte Loden R. Malone.....................................Asheville Helen Stavros Mantis............................. Charlotte Tania Janeth Martinez................................Raleigh Terrelle NeQue’ McCain........................ Charlotte Jillian Ann McDowell............................ Charlotte Esmeralda Méndez................................ Lexington Kelsey Dawn Miller................................ Charlotte Grayson Marie Montgomery....................Raleigh LaToya Michelle Morrison.................... Charlotte Tyler Sinclair Muse................................. Charlotte Brittney Allison Nash......................Andover, MA Ashley Taylor Nelson...............................Stanfield Katherine Lanore O’Reilly.......................Midland Geraldine Akinyi Oyoo......................... Charlotte Kaley Breean Parkes..................................Raeford Joanna Renee Patcha......................... Weddington Hannah E. Pegram.................................Matthews Cortlin Polo............................................ New Bern Noël Kristen Powell................... Palmetto Bay, FL Nicole G. Prah-Ennin............................. Concord Samantha Mae Reinier......................... Goldsboro Briana Danielle Richmond..................Burlington Jennifer J. Riebesell................................. Charlotte Katheryn Julissa Rios................................ Clayton Kenia Evelin Rios.................................... Charlotte Kathleen Paige Robinson....................... Charlotte Danyell Nicole Rozier............................. Concord Sarah Christine Sailer...............................Castalia Jason Leonard Scianno..................... Huntersville Monika Rae Shontz..............................Burlington Kim Goforth Simpson............................ Concord Ashley Lynn Tatum...................................Murphy Indiana Torres......................................... Charlotte Jasmine Monee’ Townsend.................... Charlotte Maxine Valencia..................................... Charlotte Cody Walker...................................... Huntersville Hannah Ashlin Walker................Winston-Salem Abby Charles Waters.............................. Charlotte Jimena Amanda Watts........................... Charlotte Maritza Rivera Whitsell......................... Charlotte Alaina Thompson Williams.................. Charlotte Ikia Arianna Williams............................ Lilesville Rodney K.Williams, Jr. ...................Bridgeton, NJ Tanisha M. Williams....................... Suwanee, GA Nakalah Sade Wilson......................... Jacksonville Madalyn Rebecca Wise........................... Concord Kathryn Marie Wooten.......................... Charlotte Shamira Nichole Wright......................High Point Ilana Brooke Yanku................................ Charlotte Desiny Lynne Yates.................................. Concord Kristen Brooke Yates.............................. Charlotte

The University Nickname - 49ers

The "49ers" nickname was chosen in recognition of the importance of the year 1949 in the history of the University. UNC Charlotte, which began as an off-campus center of the University of North Carolina, would have died in 1949 had Bonnie Cone and her supporters not convinced the N.C. Legislature that Charlotte needed a permanent institution of higher learning. Charlotte College was established that year. It is fortuitous that the University campus is located on N.C. Highway 49 and that Charlotte has a rich gold mining history.

A bronze statue of the 49er Gold Miner sits in the Cato College of Education and College of Health and Human Services Plaza. The statue recalls the region’s history as a gold mining center and symbolizes the pioneering spirit and determination that has led to UNC Charlotte’s dramatic growth.

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Candidates for Graduate Certificates Alejandro V. Aguilera..............................Belmont Robert Edward Alexander...............Syracuse, NY Shaun Alf........................................Melbourne, FL Denishie LeSal Allen.............................. Charlotte Kaci Taylor Allen.................................... Charlotte Mark De Lon Lee Allen...............Milwaukee, WI Nicholas Jay Allen.............................. Mooresville Talmadge M. Anderson......................... Charlotte Adam Kristopher Atwell......................... Concord Christina Barber Austin........................Reidsville Forrest Richard Baker........................Iron Station Rachel Nicole Bare...................................Conover Kimberlee Bareika.................... Mount Kisco, NY Maria C. Barnes...................................... Mint Hill Patricia Marie Barrier..........................Harrisburg Megan Bates.........................................Bishop, CA Robert Franklin Bennett.....................Germanton Jessica Maria Bethea............................... Charlotte Lavanya Bommareddy........................... Charlotte Colleen Rebecca Boyea.......................... Charlotte Kathleen Vivian Bradley-Volz...............Salisbury Jessica Ashley Bronte........................ Rocklin, CA Adeline Brown.................................. Fort Mill, SC Jonathan S. Brownstein.......................... Charlotte Joycelyn D. Bryant.................................. Charlotte Jennifer E. Bumgardner............. Kings Mountain Danielle E. Butler.................................... Charlotte Jennifer Cabrera...................................... Charlotte Edward Leo Case.................................... Charlotte Anastasiya Chernyak............................. Charlotte Tiffany Branson Clark............................Asheboro Tyler G. Cline.......................................... Charlotte Diann Sawyers Cockerham................... Charlotte Abisola Coker................................Ibadan, Nigeria Jennifer Deloris Coles..................... Irvington, NJ Sonja Regina Collins.............................. Charlotte Staci Jeannette Collins........................ Kannapolis Regina Marie Colombo............Douglasville, GA Mary Catherine Patterson Connery...........Charlotte Angela Cortez Childress........Panama City, Panama Victoria Harris Cox.............................. State Road Noemi Cruz............................................. Charlotte Laytora O’Neal Dash............................... Concord Samuel Barton Davis............................Emory, VA Amina DeBurst-Banks............................ Concord Elizabeth L. Deloach.......................... Mooresville Emily Megan Deluca.............................. Charlotte Joshua Zachary Dulin............................ Charlotte Judy Duren.............................................. Charlotte Dipanwita Dutta............................. Kolkata, India Margaret Taylor Dye................................Waxhaw Tonya Ballew Dye....................... Kings Mountain Micah D. Fagan....................................... Charlotte Daniel Michael Fogal.............................Matthews Amber-Kay Margaret Fox..................... Charlotte Jyoti Gangur............................................ Charlotte Maria P. Garcia...........................................Monroe Sydney Paige Garrell..............................Asheboro Barbara Garrison.................................... Charlotte Sierra Arqulle` Gary........................... Fayetteville Erica Jeanne VanPelt Giles..................... Concord Nicholas Clay Golden................................Grifton Angelia D. Grant..................................... Charlotte Jerrica Graves.......................................... Charlotte Melanie Smith Gray..................................Hickory Eric Gregory.............................................Carrboro Jennifer Suzanne Grimes.......................Matthews Colleen Elisabeth Grosse........................Brick, NJ Anh Ngoc Hoang Ha............................. Charlotte Serah Elizabeth Haley............................. Concord Jennifer Fowler Hallman.....................Lincolnton Michael William Hamilton-Genson..... Mooresville Jon-Michael Hancock........................ Mooresville McKinley Brook Harris.........................Stoneville

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Sylke Haverkock.....................................Matthews Sharon A. Hayes-Brown........................ Charlotte Emily Marleen Herba............................. Charlotte Katelyn Armbrister Hester.......................Hudson Jessica Foust Hicks...............................Harrisburg Jennifer Barrett Hodges............................Dobson Cayla Jhané Hollis-Emery....................... Wendell Alison Faith Hooker..................... Pilot Mountain Takischa Lynnetta Hopper........ Kings Mountain Sara Elizabeth Howarth......................... Charlotte Erin Ann Howell..................................... Concord Mark Kenneth Huether......................... Charlotte Meagan Driggers Humphrey................ Charlotte Franck O. Idohou................................ Lome, Togo Thandiwe I. Irvin................................. Fayetteville Stephanie Lea Jarvis.............................. Lexington Memunat Jenrola........................................Raleigh Victoria Nicole Jeter............................... Charlotte Claudia Milena Jimenez Zapata...........Statesville George H. D. Johnson............................ Charlotte Ian Johnson........................................ Huntersville Kaylee Barlow Johnson.......................... Charlotte James Crozier Johnston.......................... Gastonia Deondra Shanice Jones.......................Laurinburg Elinda Mildred Jones............................. Charlotte Tenequa Simone Jones........................... Charlotte Noble Joy.................................................. Concord Daniel J. Jutson II ............................... Fayetteville Dipin Vedram Kasana.................. Gurgaon, India William Clay Kellerman.........................Asheville Akira Lawson Kirk.................................. Concord Emily Elise Kiser...................................... Gastonia Amy Lorraine Klock........................... Kannapolis Nicole Renee Kniep................................ Charlotte Bailey Krieg............................................. Charlotte Tomay R’Nita Lace Gowens............ Andrews, SC Stephanie Ann Laica............................... Concord Holly Annette Lambert.......................... Charlotte Morgan Elizabeth Ledbetter................. Charlotte Taylor Lilly.......................................... Huntersville John Jacob Tyler Lineberger.................. Mint Hill Holly Renee’ Loomis.................... Carolina Beach Samuel Ludwig........................................ Charlotte Brittany Stephens Lutzweiler............Kernersville Loden R. Malone.....................................Asheville Ashley Marie Maney.......................... Weaverville Delee Hall Marciano.................................. Stanley Robert Paul Markus............................... Charlotte Michael Anthony Marsh........................ Charlotte Christina Frazier Mason.................. China Grove Ashley Michele Matson......................... Charlotte Cheryl Marie McBride...........................Matthews Gary Bret Meek.................................... Cramerton Leslee N. Melgar.....................................Statesville Madeleine Rose Michalik.........................Monroe Evan Michael Milch............................... Charlotte Edwin Donald Miller.................................Raleigh Kelsey Dawn Miller................................ Charlotte Jennifer Louise Millmann..................... Charlotte Elouise Nicole Miny................ Southampton, NY Nicole Renee Briana Mitchell..............Kailua, HI Jennifer Michelle Monick...................... Charlotte Rhonda Felicia Morrison....................... Cameron Mitra Mostafavi...................................... Charlotte Todd Philip Nasife............................. Huntersville Eric Neal................................................... Concord Ashley Taylor Nelson...............................Stanfield Haley Nelson........................................... Charlotte Tammy Campbell Nichols...................Forest City Christopher Hal Oakley..................... Henderson Hayley Marie Overman.....................Kernersville Alyssa Rose Paige Treager...................... Concord Andrew Joseph Pappas........................Harrisburg Amy Parente Morgan.............................Cornelius

Iris Jamese Paul....................................... Charlotte Paola Esther Peguero........................... Bronx, NY Torrie Latesse Pennington..................... Charlotte Margarita M. Perez-Padilla.................Harrisburg Danielle Nicole Ponte................................Raleigh Neda Pouraskari..................................... Charlotte Ramya Prakash........................... Bangalore, India Heather Bumgarner Raby....................... Gastonia Shagufta Yasin Raja................................ Charlotte Daylet Reyes.................................................... Cary Shereeka L. Rice................................. Huntersville Samantha Brooke Richards...............Thomasville Sonyia Copeland Richardson................. Concord Jonathan Ryan Ricks................................. Norlina Erin Riley................................................. Charlotte Chase Alexander Romano..................... Charlotte William Alejandro Romero........................ Lenoir Emily Lynne Round............................... Charlotte Patty Russell-Blau...................................Norwood Amanda Dawn Rutland..................... Jacksonville Tanya Santos...............................................Monroe Morgan Fahy Sarantopoulos...................Waxhaw Elizabeth Ansley Sargent.................. Huntersville Aprel Michelle Schlueter........................ Concord Lauren Rearick Schultz.......................... Mint Hill Tamequa Marchae Sexton..................... Charlotte Jacob Adam Shaika.................................Cornelius Olivia Paige Shaw................................... Charlotte Hannah Oleen Siders.....................Bessemer City Kaitlen B. Sigmon.........................................Dallas Michael Daniel Smith..............................Durham Michelle Ward Smith................................ Maiden Erica Stanczuk.........................................Cornelius Stephen George Stephenson.................. Charlotte Amanda Kristen Styles.......................... Charlotte Danielle Marie Summerville...................Belmont Tara L. Sweeney.......................................Asheville Rasheda Renea Sykes............................. Charlotte Vinod Chandran Isaac Thomas............Cornelius Charity McKenzie Thompson............Chapel Hill Shruti Thukral..............................Rudrapur, India William Henry Thurmond IV......... Huntersville Cheri Lynn Todd.............................Olympia, WA Taisha Danielle Townsend................. Mooresville Stephen Alexander Trotman........................ Duck Jennifer Jackson Tyler...................... Augusta, GA Youlia Kalinova Tzenova....................... Charlotte Ifeanyi Obunike Umeugo...................... Charlotte Susie Marie Vecchio..................................Hickory Kristen Gail Venditti.............................. Charlotte Andrew Scott Vinson............................. Charlotte Bryan Chase Walden.......................... Mooresville Hannah Simpson Walton...................... Charlotte Jessica Taylor Ward................................ Charlotte Rachel Logan Weidenhammer........ Weddington Debra D’Amore Whisnant.........................Marion Taylor Christine Whitmire............ Lake Toxaway Rebeccah Shierson Wickerham............ Davidson Katie Marie Willett................................. Charlotte Daryl Xavier Williams, Jr. ..................... Charlotte Emily Williams.......................................Matthews Heather Day Williams.......................... Louisburg Katina Natasha Williams........................ Concord Tina M. Giuliano Willis.................Rochester, NY Hannah Rose Wilson....................... Mount Holly Shamira Nichole Wright......................High Point Olivia Hayes Wylie........................... Mount Holly Lilly Xiong............................................ Morganton Paola R. Yanez......................................... Charlotte Kenya Simone Yisrael....................... Huntersville Yongqi Zhang..........................................Matthews Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Zhyk......... Charlotte

Greetings From The Graduating Class

Belk College of Business, College of Computing and Informatics, and Cato College of Education McKenna A. Kohler Candidate for Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance Graduates, I ask you to take a moment and reflect on the time you shared with our fellow classmates. We are the world’s future educators, software engineers, and business professionals. We will soon become the CEOs, principals, and data experts that we have aspired to be from the start of our college journey. As of today, we will no longer be known as students of UNC Charlotte; instead we are graduates.

I challenge all students, faculty, and staff to stop and think about your favorite memory of being a part of the 49er family . . . the first sporting event you attended.

When you found out you aced that exam you studied so hard for. Or the moment that you met your now lifelong friends. In my four years at this school, I have had countless memories, friendships, and experiences that will stay with me forever, but there is one in particular that I will never forget.

While being a Niner Guide for the past three years, I have been asked a lot of the same questions. Recently, a dad asked me why I chose to come here, so I gave him my usual answer. I picked UNC Charlotte because academically it was a smart choice for my degree and the career I wanted to pursue. Additionally, everyone was so friendly when I visited the school that I knew I would be welcomed. But I stood there for a moment and realized that after being a student here for the past four years, it was so much more. I continued with, “but that is not why I chose to stay." I realized I stayed because I had been a part of the change and growth that we are continuing to see from our school. All of us are one in the many that have helped shape the traditions of this campus that we will see carried out for many years to come. I realized that I am a 49er because I have gotten to be a part of defining what a 49er truly is.

My fellow classmates, I want you to remember those times that you participated in a part of something brand new to this university and hold on to that feeling. In our time here, we have overcome difficult decisions, such as deciding on what major to pursue or whether to go to that 8:00 am class on Friday morning. We have endured moments of stress and uncertainty, like whether we would actually make it up the hill on Craver Road or the best escape route from the notorious geese. Moving past the comfort of our school, friends and classmates can seem extremely unsettling. To think that all this time we had one purpose, to graduate, and this part of our lives has come to an end. Wherever your journey takes you next, always remember what you have accomplished here at UNC Charlotte.

I want to thank, on behalf of myself and my classmates, all the faculty and staff at UNC Charlotte. The qualities that you all contribute to this university speak volumes to how giving and supporting the community at UNC Charlotte is. So truly, thank you.

To parents and anyone we call family in our lives, thank you for sticking by us throughout this entire journey.

Thank you for answering those phone calls in the middle of the day when we said we were “just walking to class,” but in reality, we missed you and were too proud to say it. Most importantly, thank you for forgiving us for being dumb college kids from time to time. Without your love and support, we would not have all grown into the independent and capable individuals we have become.

My fellow classmates, I challenge you to never be content with where you end up.

We are all Niners, so we have the strength, courage, and drive to achieve whatever goals or challenges lie before us. I want to leave you with this final thought-each and every one of us used that strength, courage, and drive to accomplish something incredible-we graduated from college! I encourage you to become your own boss, create the program that has been deemed impossible, and make an impact in a future student’s life. We are all capable of achieving our own personal goals in this life and so much more. I have one last question . . . what’s next for you?

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Candidates for Bachelor's Degrees Belk College of Business Dr. Jennifer L. Troyer, Interim Dean

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Accounting Entesar Ali Alamri......... Al Namas, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude Michael D. Allison, Jr.............................Statesville Narvin Dev Amatya.................................Pineville Magna Cum Laude Spencer Drake Ard....................Weatherford, OK Eva Parisa Azmoudeh.................................... Cary Cum Laude Ryan Barnaby.................................. Mansfield, LA Summa Cum Laude Marisol Barrientos................................Harrisburg Bristol Knox Batson.................................Waxhaw Emily Anne Beyer..........................................Apex Cum Laude Adam Michael Blackledge..................Tucson, AZ Wesley Thomas Bost............................Harrisburg Hanna N. Ceule.................................Shawnee, KS Summa Cum Laude Olivia Nichole Chiarolanzio......................... Cary Cum Laude, Business Honors Niang San Cing....................................... Charlotte Stephanie Elise Cooley...............................Raleigh Noah Aaron DeGrace............................ Charlotte Lyubov A. Draga..................................... Charlotte Jamie Dragoi........................................ Mooresville Cum Laude David Alexander Emmer....................Falcon, CO Brandon James Foster............................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Joshua M. Gardina..............................Akron, OH Rachel A. Gause........................................Catawba Carlos David Gonzalez...............Hempstead, NY Magna Cum Laude Danelle Marie Gross.................................. Clayton Kaylyn Elizabeth Groth........................Seneca, IL Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Maureen Gustafson................................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Mary Elizabeth Haley...............................Fletcher Evettra Johonna Hamilton...................Smithfield Jordyn Alexa Harris...........................Somers, NY Kelsey Nicole Hayes.............................. Lexington Cum Laude Russell Eric Helderman.........................Matthews Caleb Jeremias Holloway....................... Charlotte Sadie Marie Hooker...........................Mount Airy Racheal Christine Marie Huggins..........Dublin, OH Taylor Thomas Itschner............................Moyock Cum Laude Anish Jagath......................................... Morrisville Cum Laude Yevgenia Stepanovna Kasko.................. Charlotte Cum Laude Rebecca Baruti Kasongo ..........Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo Jocelyn Denise Kearney...................... Fayetteville Haylea Lyn Harly Kirkland................ Lumberton Cum Laude, University Honors Ginamarie Eileen Klos........................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude McKenna Alexandria Kohler.......Schwenksville, PA Heather Ann Lambert............................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Tyler Chase Lawwill................................Asheville Hannah N. Leviner........................... Rockingham

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William J. Lundquist....................... Alameda, CA Cum Laude Joshua Graham Maciejewski.............. Morrisville Jim Marin................................................Statesville Cum Laude Danny Yousef Massry........................Kernersville Summa Cum Laude Dominique Janelle McCormick............Lillington Cum Laude, Business Honors Zoe Rose McDaniel................................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors Pierre McDowell............................... Beckley, WV Colby Ann McMillan.......................New London Alexes Devone McNeill..................Rocky Mount Cum Laude Karla Fabiola Mendiola.......................... Charlotte Hunter N. Mikels.................................Germanton Summa Cum Laude, Honors in History Jermaine Donta Monroe........................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Jordan Ashley Morrison...........................Spencer Patrick John Murphy..................... Souderton, PA Taylor Margaret Murrmann.................. Charlotte Sean Christopher Nalesnik........................... Cary Aissatou Myriam Ndiaye...........................Raleigh Carson Lee Pace....................................High Point Magna Cum Laude Allyson Kristina Pannell................................ King Eshan Manish Patel........................................ Cary Brett Thomas Polk.................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Rachel Amelia Powell........................ Mooresville Summa Cum Laude Sabrina Danielle Pridgen..........................Monroe Cum Laude Jason James Pullen................................. Mint Hill Cum Laude Amy Elizabeth Ray................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Ryan Benjamin Nelson Robinson...........Hickory Lindsay Anne Rogich............................. Charlotte Cum Laude, Business Honors Samuel Joseph Ryan................................Archdale Anthony Ray Scott, Jr. ............................... Garner Matthew Walker Seaton.............................Raleigh Eric Joseph Simanskis.................Ottawa, Canada Jacob Alexander Smith.................... China Grove Summa Cum Laude Monica Dalsten Sorensen.................Minneapolis Magna Cum Laude Daniel Holland Strawn..............................Raleigh Cum Laude Hakeem Q. Strickland....................... Wake Forest Jonathan Cole Strickland...................... Evergreen Coleman duPont Thompson................. Charlotte Cum Laude Michael J. Tivnan, Jr........................... Mooresville Laura Juliana Vega Tejada ............................... Armenia, Quindio, Colombia Magna Cum Laude Sharee Ann Waggoner.................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Ryan Alexandra Wallace........................ Charlotte Bryce Andrew Walton............................. Gastonia Magna Cum Laude Dayna Sadler Watkins................................ Oxford Summa Cum Laude Jack Spencer Weir.....................................Waxhaw

Jeremy Michael White, Jr. ..................... Charlotte Brian Allen Whorton, Jr.................... Jacksonville Tamara Hope Wilber..............................Matthews Bingqing Xu................................ Kunming, China Cum Laude Jenna Leigh Youngblood.................. Huntersville Magna Cum Laude Economics John Zachary Bourdeau......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Tiffany Ashton Bramblett...................... Charlotte Alec James Castillo............................ Huntersville Nickolas Anthony Connochie....... Levittown, NY Jacob Davis Delli Colli........................... Charlotte Roberto Omar Escobar.......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Willie Aaron Green II................................. Shelby Hunter Michael Hahn................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Jonathan Sherrill Hahn.......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Joshua Matthew Hansell........................ Charlotte Rachel Lea Hardy....................................... Liberty Jada Marie Harris..................................Greenville Mason Paul Heavener...................... Walnut Cove Cum Laude Timea Honeycutt................... Budapest, Hungary Emma Johnson..................... Fort Lauderdale, FL Cum Laude Katelyn Marie Jones..................................Dobson Magna Cum Laude Riley Fasolt Jones.............................. Fort Mill, SC Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar, Honors in Mathematics, Business Honors Brandon T. Kahill......................................Newton Ryan Joseph Kessler.................................Waxhaw Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kogan............. Gastonia Richard John Laibson............................ Charlotte Jamison Grant Lemmond........................... Locust Matthew C. Longley..................New Orleans, LA Yeibin Ghero Macedo............................ Charlotte Krisann Nicole Mason................................... Cary Leonardo Barbosa De Menezes........Salvador, Brazil Cum Laude Clark Crews Mooney......................... Mooresville Samantha Marie Morris......................... Charlotte Uyen Nguyen Phuong Ngo...................Cornelius Anthony Nicholas Orefice, Jr..............Harrisburg William Isaac Parker.....................Moravian Falls Steven Gregory Patton........................... Charlotte Business Honors Riley Thomas Pearson...................Fuquay-Varina Cum Laude Daniel John Peccerilli........................ Shelton, CT Jarod Theodore Ritenbaugh.................. Charlotte Autumn Irene Robertson............ Hendersonville Magna Cum Laude Saleema O. Sabakada..............................Salisbury Saba Solaimani........................................ Charlotte Jared Hillaire VanHee................................Denver Cum Laude Anne Elizabeth Wade........................... Cullowhee Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, History Honors, Crown Scholar James Patrick Walter...................................... Cary Magna Cum Laude Robert Yardley........................... Cocoa Beach, FL Justin Andrew Zeltner........................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Business Analytics Emily Lakyn Ball............................................Apex Cum Laude Brendan James Barrett................................... Cary Dalton Cole Broadway.......................... Lexington Cum Laude Jake Peter Castro-Giovanni................... West End Autumn Marie Fleshman.................. Spring Lake Cum Laude Brant Thomas Goforth........................ Morganton Evangelos Aristotle Harakas................. Charlotte Ahmad Rashad Hill..................................Camden Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors Sana T. Iqbal..........................................High Point Daniela Mari Palafox Lyall.................... Charlotte Peyton DeVault Mull........................... Morganton Joseph A. Mulligan................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Michael Ryan Prendergast................. Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Samuel Raymond Rosentreter..................Raleigh William Paul Sample.............................. Charlotte Dandrell Hosea Utley........................ Wilmington Finance Gabrielle Leigh Adams.......................... Charlotte Entesar Ali Alamri......... Al Namas, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude Bader Hassan Alhazmi.......................... Charlotte Brady Wayne Allen.............................. Yadkinville William Henry Allen III............................ Gaston Michael D. Allison, Jr.............................Statesville Saad Abdulrahman S. Alrakayan ..............................................Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Hassan Fuad Alsinan............ Qatif, Saudi Arabia Harish Dev Amatya..................................Pineville Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors Narvin Dev Amatya.................................Pineville Magna Cum Laude Hunter D. Andrews............. Broward County, FL Sarah Ashley Arnette..............................Archdale Cum Laude Amrit Arora........................................... Lewisville Hunter James Arroyo...............................Waxhaw Emily Lakyn Ball............................................Apex Cum Laude Nancy Barranco...................................... Charlotte Marisol Barrientos................................Harrisburg Ashley Marie Batten........................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Sean Michael Bellemore................Haverhill, MA Cum Laude John Bennett...............................................Denver Cum Laude Taylor Nicole Berg..................................Statesville Magna Cum Laude Joshua Tyler Berkowitz.................................. Cary Nicholas Salvatore Berlen................Norwell, MA Adam Michael Blackledge..................Tucson, AZ Kristen L. Blake........................................ Concord Cum Laude Bryant Summey Bowman........................Belmont Dalton Cole Broadway.......................... Lexington Cum Laude Cuc Nguyen Brown...................... Dalat, Vietnam Cum Laude Travis Scott Brown...................................Catawba Cum Laude Ryan Richard Jon Brush........................ Charlotte Tyler Jackson Burke................................Matthews Mason Ryan Campbell............................ Ramseur Christopher Michael Campione...... Huntersville

Kaitlyn Marie Carrai.............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Dustin Jeffrey Caudle................................. Liberty Marcus Chance...........................................Raleigh Neel H. Chauhan.....................................Salisbury Summa Cum Laude Michael Anthony Chavis............................... Cary Lisa K. Chu.............................................. Charlotte Niang San Cing....................................... Charlotte Jacob Michael Collins............................ Charlotte Jaymz Edward Colvard, Jr. .................Chetek, WI Johnathan Cuartas...................... Kings Mountain Ryan Douglas Cunniff............................Matthews Micaylah Lynn Cunningham..................Waxhaw Summa Cum Laude Jacob Daniel Curtis................................ Charlotte Matthew James Davis.............................Statesville Jacob Steven DeLuca..............................Matthews Disha Desai............................................. Jonesville G’arrid Tenaj’ Andrade Dixon.............. Charlotte Christian O. Duvick............................... Charlotte Antoinette Blossom Dyer..........................Raleigh Brian Joseph Ellis....................................Statesville Jaslyn Gisselle Escobar........................... Charlotte Alexander Mackenzie Faircloth.................Trinity Jake Harrison Feder.......................................Apex Ricky Marlin Fish III......................................Apex Magna Cum Laude Brandon James Foster............................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Sean Noah Gelband....................................Raleigh Samuel Jonas George...................................Siloam Christian James Ghartey....................Atlanta, GA Brant Thomas Goforth........................ Morganton Luisana Gonzalez..................San Jose, Costa Rica Magna Cum Laude Andrew James Goodman.......................Asheville Magna Cum Laude John Austin Green................................... Richfield Megan Elizabeth Greene...Lakewood Ranch, FL Magna Cum Laude Larry Alexander Griffin III...................Cornelius Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors H. Kirby Guill.........................................Statesville Bailey Morgan Hadding.......................Smithfield Magna Cum Laude Andrew Jeffrey Hanson.................... Huntersville Joshua James Harper................................Advance Hannah Marie Hawkins........................ Charlotte Cum Laude Rebecca A. Hayes........................... Deer Park, NY Ryan A. Helder........................................... Clayton Cynthia Yaneth Henriquez..................Burlington Ahmad Rashad Hill..................................Camden Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors Taylor Chandale Hill............................High Point Zachary Michael Himes..........................Midland Raeyven K. Hobbs.............................. Mooresville Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors Evan Monroe Hollar.............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Justin Michael Hollis.....................Cleveland, OH Mason Reese Holmes........................ Wilmington Magna Cum Laude Nelson P. Ingram V.................................... Climax Jaylen Amari Jackson............................. Charlotte Anish Jagath......................................... Morrisville Cum Laude Mikayla Renae Januzys..........................Reidsville Abigail Mariah Johns..................................... Cary William Harris Johnson......................... Charlotte Julie Anna Jones..........................................Hamlet Jacob Andrew Jordan............................. Charlotte Christopher Anthony Jorgensen..............Denver Cum Laude, Business Honors

Razan Sameer Kasem............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Elijah James Kennedy..............................Advance Ramtin Keshavarz............................... Greensboro Erick Johnathan Koeun.............................. Lenoir Magna Cum Laude McKenna Alexandria Kohler.......Schwenksville, PA Samuel James Lair....................................Waxhaw Troy Donald Lake............................... Greensboro Jacob Andrew Lequire.........................Lincolnton Cum Laude, Business Honors Kirsten Meghan Lim....................Winston-Salem Katelyn Elizabeth Logan......................Clemmons Tyler John Lukowski................................Beaufort Sy Ngoc Luong........................................ Charlotte Chantel Moné Lynn............................. Knightdale University Honors James Michael Magri..................................Marvin Kyle Adam Maraghy........................... Mooresville Alexis Angel Martin................................Rockwell Trevor David Martin.............................. York, ME Tariq Ahmad Masood.................. Columbia, MD Cum Laude Austin Maxwell...........................Middletown, DE Hannah Marie McAbee................... Mount Holly Maxwell J. McArthur......................... Buffalo, NY William Brantley McCurry.................. Burnsville Christopher Daniel McManus.............. Charlotte Cum Laude Robert McPartland......................................... Cary Therese M. Meister-Meredith.......................Apex Cum Laude Robert James Messier..................................... Cary Landon Duff Michael............................ Lexington Kelvin Brandon Mikell.......................... Charlotte Mark Christopher Miller....................... Charlotte Carson Lee Moore..................................... Sanford Kaylee Marie Moore........................... Mooresville Crystal Raven Symone Moungle.......... Charlotte Audry Mamba Moyenge ..........Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo Christina Rose Muster.........................Clemmons Sean Christopher Nalesnik........................... Cary Doan T. Nguyen...................................... Charlotte Thu Ngoc Anh Nguyen.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Connor James Noble......................... Huntersville Conner James O’Donnell................. Huntersville Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors Mosaab Badr Omar...........................Cairo, Egypt Joshua James Parker...............................Matthews Cum Laude Apurva J. Patel...................................... Morrisville Dhruvik Patel.......................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Eshan Manish Patel........................................ Cary Hetvi J. Patel..............................................Waxhaw Janki Patel................................................ Jonesville Cum Laude Connor Dallas Paul..................................Waxhaw Cum Laude Randolph E. Paul.................................... Charlotte Dalton Pearman..................................Kernersville Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors Cameron T. Peterson................. Simpsonville, SC Marco Antonio Pineda-Sierra ...................................................North Wilkesboro Erick William Pisauro............................Matthews Marius Rafael Pitas................................. Davidson Kendell Jarred Porter............................. Charlotte Michael Ryan Prendergast................. Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Brandon L. Price.................................. Mill Spring Ashwin Kasthuri Rangan............................... Cary Zachary J. Rebottini.....................Perryopolis, PA Frederick H. Rhew, Jr............................. Charlotte

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Randall Davis Riggins II........................ Charlotte Alejandro J. Rivas-Chavez..................... Charlotte Claudia Josephine Rivera Romero....... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Tyrell Cory Robertson............................... Oxford Nehemiah James Robinson..................Albemarle Ryan Benjamin Nelson Robinson...........Hickory Molly Rose Ryan.........................Shrewsbury, MA Christian Sanchez.....................................Waxhaw Cum Laude Robin Singh Sandhu................Chandigarh, India Nicholas Andrew Savoie............................Denver Logan Troy Seiler.................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Daniel Miles Self...................................Harrisburg Johana G. Sellers......................... Kings Mountain Grant Matthew Shadduck.........................Raleigh Summa Cum Laude Cody Daniel Sifford...................................Newton Anthony T. Silk...............................................Apex Kyle William Smith....................................Raleigh Cum Laude Shari Alexandria Smith........... Kingston, Jamaica Elena Sofroni........................................... Charlotte Camilo Alexander Soto.......................... Gastonia Alexander L. Speer................................. Charlotte Business Honors Derric Stone...................................... Belleville, NJ Cum Laude Jonathan Cole Strickland...................... Evergreen Taelar N. Strong...................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Tyler Austin Stuchel.......................... Wake Forest Diana Svarishchuk.................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Tammy Tang............................................ Charlotte Peter Alexander Teis.......................... Mooresville Carlos Tejada.......................................Queens, NY Malak J. Ternanni................................ Cramerton Cum Laude Coleman duPont Thompson................. Charlotte Cum Laude Gregory Kyle Thompson........................ Gastonia Cum Laude Jamari Alexa Thorne........................... Morrisville Tyler Tran To........................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude George Alexander Ray Tomas..............Matthews Michael Chandler Torres....................... Charlotte Lucas A. Trantham....................................Candler Jasmina Turkovic.................................... Charlotte Austin Joseph Turner............................. Charlotte Benjamin Roy Turner.................................Blanch Cum Laude Mark Paul Tyulyu............................... Indian Trail Lukas Willem Van Beek......................... Charlotte Jared Hillaire VanHee................................Denver Cum Laude Giovanni Viveros........................................Raleigh Linh Khanh Vu.......................................Matthews Cum Laude William Jason Waldrop, Jr..................... Charlotte Aldane Errol Anthony Watson............. Charlotte Judith Caroline Webster......................... Madison Cum Laude Jeremy Michael White, Jr. ..................... Charlotte Tamara Hope Wilber..............................Matthews Arrik N. Wilkins.......................................Durham Olin Jordan Williams................................ Brevard Joidan V. Williamson...........................High Point Seng Yang....................................................Hickory Yi shui Yun............................................Clemmons Patrick Robert Zalinov.......................... Charlotte

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International Business Zena Sadek Ali.................................Rocky Mount Cum Laude Jacob Robert Cook....................................Hudson Cum Laude Marissa Suzanne Harris...........................Waxhaw Cum Laude Daniel James Harter............................... Charlotte Cum Laude Emily St. John Kidd................................ Charlotte Andrew Howard Kotula........................ Charlotte Desiree Paloma Lopez De Castilla..........Lima, Peru Ayomide S. Madugu.................................Durham Anastasia Tolstova Mayorova......... Madrid, Spain Lizbeth Mejia Trejo...................................Hickory Byron M. Melbourne................Sydney, Australia Katherine Lee Norwine......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Camila Ortega Bolanos................ Hendersonville Jakob Scott Pasley........................................ Efland Danilo Cabello Piva...................Sao Paulo, Brazil Magna Cum Laude Shani Allegra Reel.................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Rolando Mauricio Sorto Alferez.......... Charlotte Myrah St-Onge........................ Montreal, Canada Summa Cum Laude Chase Kellogg Textor..................................... Cary Daniela Vargas-Beltran................Winston-Salem Sydney Taylor Williams.............................Raleigh Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors Management Theresa A. Adams................................... Charlotte Rosa Emilia Astacio............................... Charlotte Cum Laude Heath James Austin............................. Banner Elk Cum Laude Thomas Dylan Austin.......................... Marshville Christopher Andrew Avila...............Yonkers, NY Cum Laude Jennifer Balaj........................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Gregory N. Ballas.........................Winston-Salem Nashid Malik Barrow............................... Zebulon William Brannon Biesecker................. Lexington George Pasquale Bournazian.................Pittsboro Lavernia V. Boyd..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Elese Janae Brown.................................. Charlotte Nicholas Jacob Bryant...............................Hickory Holly Anne Bullock............................. Fayetteville Brandon Alexander Burnette.................. Graham Austin M. Burns.............................. Holly Springs Shakira Alexandra Carter............ Hendersonville Kacey Cashin.............................................Waxhaw Lorena Castillo....................................Mount Airy Cum Laude Hunter Ryan Church.................................Hudson Maria Alejandra Cortes.......... Bogota, Colombia Alexandria Nicole Council.....................Pittsboro Chandler Alan Crean.......................... Fayetteville Hayley Crickard........................................Waxhaw Richard Tyler Crook.......................... Greensboro Tanner Matthew Cross....................... Mooresville Alyssa Teresa Curtis............................... Charlotte Harrison Chase DeHart...........................Catawba Cum Laude Kyle Walter Dora................................ Mooresville Arthur Dzhanumov............................ Indian Trail Mary Elizabeth Edwards...........................Denver Paige A. Eggerstedt De Alvarez......... Nashville, GA Bailey Hope Elmore............................... Charlotte Emily M. Faggart..................................... Concord Summa Cum Laude

Jamie Marie Fankhauser....................Kernersville Magna Cum Laude Jonathan Michael Felkins.........................Hickory Parker Douglas Foland...................... Mooresville Kathryn Cheryl Freeman..........................Denver Kyle Martin Gallis.............................. Greensboro Rachel A. Gause........................................Catawba Kaylin Elizabeth Gibson........................... Sanford Bryson David Goins......................... Rockingham Ethan Tyler Francel Goude.................High Point William Kenneth Graham II...................Durham Mark Douglas Haas......................................Dallas Dylan Gray Hakala............................. Greensboro Tyler Barnette Hawk.............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Alexandria Lauren Higgins....................Asheville Arthur Charles Hirst..................................Denver Sydney Adair Hodges...........................Mills River Jordan Austin Hudson............................... Garner Magna Cum Laude Gouvana Hani Ibrahim.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Nia Richelle Johnson..............................Pinehurst Cum Laude Donte Christopher Jolly, Sr. ........Cleveland, OH Katelyn Grace Kania.......................... Indian Trail Tiffany Khounphachansy...................... Charlotte Hayley Nicole King.................................Salisbury Cum Laude William Baird King, Jr. ....................... Fayetteville Tyler Adam Langford...............................Catawba Sallie Tuyetmai Le................................... Charlotte Spencer Mclain Lisk...............................Matthews Landon Van Loukos, Jr.......................... Charlotte Ryan Pascal Lowe............................ Leesburg, VA Olivia JarĂŠ Mainor.................................. Charlotte Morgan Kinley McCalla............ Indian Land, SC Magna Cum Laude Kyle P. McCormick................................. Charlotte David William McGarty........................ Charlotte Ikemba Chimereze Megwara................ Charlotte Tephanie Marie Mims........................ Mooresville Michael Claybon Moore........................Reidsville Michael Anthony Mosk............. Kings Mountain Cum Laude Trevor Michael Nations.................................Apex Nicole E. Newhouse............................Chapel Hill Tina Nie................................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Gabrielle Marie Otero...............Miami Beach, FL Xander Christian Owenby.................Randleman Hannah L. Parker................................... Mint Hill Magna Cum Laude Ruhi D. Patel.........................................Harrisburg Summa Cum Laude, University Honors Ryan C. Persaud......................................Matthews Jacob A. Phil..................................................Dallas Logan Reeves Plattenburg.......................Waxhaw Hayley Payton Popp........................... Mooresville Cum Laude Natalie Marie Powell............................Clemmons Tyler Lee Randle......................... Kings Mountain Kourtney Y. Ray................................Roanoke, VA Mackenzie Lauren Reaume ................................... Brownstown Township, MI Magna Cum Laude Andrew R. Ripley...........................................Apex Benjamin Raymond Ritchie...................Salisbury Fernanda RodrĂ­guez Navarrete ............................. San Miguel De Allend, Mexico Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors Ann-Marie Rust......................................Matthews Summa Cum Laude Brooke Gabrielle Ryan............................ Concord Savanah Marguerite Sendek.............. Mooresville

Michaela Brooke Smith.....................Kernersville Ryan Watson Smith............................Mount Airy Benjamin James Stephens................. Huntersville Magna Cum Laude Abigail Marie Surovec..................... Holly Springs Taylor Katelyn Teague.............................Salisbury Cum Laude Joseph Q. Thompson........................Ashburn, VA Timothy James Trexler................................ Shelby Hannah Lynn Tysinger......................Thomasville Cum Laude, Business Honors Kyle C. Van Ryn.............................................. Cary Caroline Rebecca Walsh........................ Charlotte Taylor Nicole Wix................................... Charlotte Michael Andrew Young............................Hickory Management Information Systems Bryan Aguilar........................................... Gastonia Magna Cum Laude Will Albright....................................... Mooresville Wafa Khaleel Ataiwi............................... Charlotte Theresa Lee Avallone...............................Waxhaw Cum Laude Glorianne Frances Reyes Bernabe ...................................................... Wallingford, CT Alexis Nicole Bowman...................................Apex Cum Laude Mason James Buffaloe....................................Apex Jake Peter Castro-Giovanni................... West End Travis Dean Christman...................... Greensboro Cameron Evan Clark.............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Parker Alexander Coleman..................... Graham Ryan Christopher Davis........................ Charlotte Alec John Delben................................ Mooresville YiFei Dong........................................... Puer, China Greeshma Sai Gaddam.................................. Cary Brett Matthew Gendoes, Jr.................... Charlotte Taylor Chandale Hill............................High Point Cameron Michael Hryb.............................Raleigh Sayali Arun Jadhav......................................... Cary Andrew Kirch.................................... Huntersville Matthew James Lawson.............................Denver Sanjay Arjun Lohar........................................ Cary Jonathan Tyler Lopez....................... Cedar Grove Daniela Mari Palafox Lyall.................... Charlotte Adrianna Maxine McKeown................. Charlotte Braxton A. Payton......................................Raleigh Cum Laude Mitchell Boyd Roberts........................... Charlotte Ronnie Roy................................................Durham Sarang Rajesh Selukar.................................... Cary Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors Stephen Paul Stanish.............................. Charlotte Katherine Patricia Stehle...............................Apex Gregory Kyle Thompson........................ Gastonia Cum Laude Avi P. Tilva....................................................... Cary Priya Tilva....................................................... Cary Cum Laude Rutu Tilva........................................................ Cary Nathan Corneilius Williams................. Greer, SC Cum Laude Nicole Ann Woodlief...............................Waxhaw Ian Neal Yount......................................Lincolnton Cum Laude Marketing Bridget Marie Abbatiello......Fredericksburg, VA Melisa Seher Akduman...........................Asheville Cum Laude Jacob Patton Babb................................ Knightdale Kameran Elizabeth Bailey...........Winston-Salem Cum Laude Jenine Eyad Barghouthi......................... Charlotte Haleigh Nicole Barnhardt......................Salisbury Cum Laude

Killian Patrick Barry..............................Pinehurst Nicholas Benton..................................... Charlotte Dylan Reese Biggerstaff............................Hickory Logan Andrew Bills........................................ Cary Cum Laude Jessica Jean Binkley.................... Glen Carbon, IL Carson Scott Boykin...................Greeneville, TN Kaylan Nicole Bradley.................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Coleman Maitland Brann.......................Pittsboro John Kyle Brewer............................... Wake Forest Alyssa Marie Bride....................... Hendersonville Cum Laude Kyle A. Brupbacher................................ Charlotte Hailee Lynn Buffett..................................Salisbury Cum Laude Megan Elizabeth Byrne...................... Shelton, CT Cum Laude Spencer Tate Callahan.............................Asheville Sean Alexander Cammann................... Charlotte Christopher Michael Carnes..........Lake Wylie, SC Arletty Annette Chirole..................... Indian Trail Bradley Stephen Clark........................ Yadkinville Madison Taylor Clark............................Statesville Harper Linwood Cole.................................... Cary Madison L. Cook..........................Winston-Salem Ella Renee Crosby........................................... Cary Cum Laude Cody E. Cunningham.............................Pittsboro Magna Cum Laude Kayla Lynn Dabbs..............................Thomasville Magna Cum Laude Ashley S. Daniels..................................Harrisburg Lisa K. Dao.............................................. Charlotte Mahogany Da’Jewel Darnell.................. Charlotte Theodore Matthew Delavigne...................Raleigh William Kepley Denny.......................... Charlotte Andrew Steven DeVercelly.................... Charlotte Sierra Price Dewitt........................................Staley Fero Ebraheem........................................ Charlotte Bailey Hope Elmore............................... Charlotte Austin D. Eudy......................................... Oakboro Kayla Alison Evett................................Harrisburg Quinn Burke Feeley.................................Waxhaw William P. Floyd III.............................Laurinburg Cassandra Kelly Forbis............................Durham Logan Robert Frey.............................. Mooresville Cum Laude Andrew David Gallimore.......................Archdale Hannah E. Ginn..........................................Denver Jessica Nichole Gipson......................... Goldsboro Cum Laude Fausto Gonzalez Torres...............................Ararat Jesse Judson Greenlee.............................Pittsboro Jacob Harris Gupton......................... Tobaccoville Kayla Milan Hatton............................Kernersville Cum Laude Luke Roger Henkel......................................... Cary Courtney Lauren Hill............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Markia Rene’ Hodge............................... Charlotte Julia Alexis Hunkler...............................Matthews Summa Cum Laude Billy Huynh................................................. Wilson Cum Laude Savannah Lee Hyder...............................Archdale Pierina Alexandra Imparato.................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Andrew David-Dodd Insull...................... Stanley Ferris J. Israel........................................... Charlotte Michael Edward Kazimir..........................Mebane Tyler Shannon Kelly....................................... Cary Abbi Elisabeth Kinder.................................... Cary Cum Laude Tyler Kirschner...........................Woodstock, MD

Madison Ann Kosh........................... Wilmington Cum Laude Leah Gehrum Kresser..............................Waxhaw Cum Laude Madeline Deanna Kurtz........................Matthews Payton Danielle Lea...........................Hurdle Mills Worth Lineberry.........................................Raleigh Kristen Michelle Logan...............Winston-Salem Rodolfo Guadalupe Macias..................Columbus Rex Richard Malson II........................ Fayetteville Ethan W. Mantek................................ Greensboro Michael James Marcin........................Chapel Hill Magna Cum Laude Andrew McAdoo.....................................Asheville Amari Simone McLain............................Waxhaw Mackenzie Cameron Meier............... Indian Trail Glenn Odell Mitchell IV.....................Chapel Hill Tiffani AnnMarie Moore............................ Saluda Antonio Morris............................................... Cary Magna Cum Laude Christina Rose Muster.........................Clemmons Samuel Grayson Nash...................... Summerfield Riley Kathleen Orr............................. Mooresville Cum Laude Meredith Frances Pack.............................Dobson Magna Cum Laude Dennis Papadatos................................... Charlotte Stefan Parsons.........................................Cornelius Cum Laude Kavi D. Patel............................................ Charlotte Macy Christine Pavelock.................. Huntersville Elizabeth Anne Peck............................... Gastonia Nathan Charles Pilsy..............................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Luigi Anthony Pinello, Jr.......................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Benjamin Patrick Pittman.............................Apex Danilo Cabello Piva...................Sao Paulo, Brazil Magna Cum Laude Hannah Claire Quick........................ Huntersville Cum Laude Courtney Jane Raatz.................................Hickory Camille Nicole Reynolds................. Parkland, FL Anna Kathryn Richardson............................ Cary Holly Brook Robinette........................Taylorsville Madeline E. Robinson........................ Mooresville Emily Rocchio......................................... Charlotte Fernanda Rodríguez Navarrete ............................. San Miguel De Allend, Mexico Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors Richard Andrew Rust.............................Matthews Robert Salazar-Guevara..................... Greensboro Cum Laude Elizabeth Ann Sawyer..............................Waxhaw Rachel Grace Sellers...................................Denver Meaghan Kaylie Sempowich.................. New Hill Cum Laude Savanah Marguerite Sendek.............. Mooresville Marley Foster Shattuck..............................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Sara Siharat..............................................Aberdeen Bailey Sito................................Wrightsville Beach Hilton Benjamin Smith........................ Marshville Brandon Austin Smyre........................... Concord Elizabeth Anne Snotherly..........................Raleigh Conner Stickler..................................... Oak Ridge Hannah Grace Stines....................................Dallas Kaitlyn Elizabeth Stuart...........................Waxhaw Cameron Joseph Stutts...............................Raleigh Ellen Elizabeth Sudderth........................... Stanley Oliver Anh Ta .............................................Raleigh Grant L. Tarvin.....................................Clemmons Dominic Kyle Taylor.......................Snellville, GA Jamari Alexa Thorne........................... Morrisville Noah Michael Todd................................. Concord Magna Cum Laude

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Lauren Patricia Tooley.............................. Brevard Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors, Levine Scholar Sydney Renee Treadaway..................... Lewisville Christiane Marie Trumper.................... Charlotte Jessica C. Tweed................................Pisgah Forest Winter S. Vang......................... Grand Rapids, MI Michael Dustin Vernon.................... Sandy Ridge Kayla Deann Walker............................... Gastonia Summa Cum Laude Edward William Walsh.......................Detroit, MI Timothy David Walsh............................ Charlotte Jason Aaron Watts.................................. Charlotte Burke Noble Whaley............................. New Bern Cum Laude Jacob B. Whitcomb............................. Mooresville Bryant K. Wicker III............................Taylorsville Cum Laude Dante’ Anthony Williams................. Wake Forest Magna Cum Laude Justin R. Wohlfarth.................................. Concord Olivia Ann Worsham..................................... Cary Jenna Grace Chen Zamin........................Waxhaw Operations and Supply Chain Management Khaled Samir Al Abdrabbuh ................................................ Jubail, Saudi Arabia Vincent Salvatore Alaimo II.............. Indian Trail Magna Cum Laude Emily Lenore Allder.......................... Huntersville Cum Laude

John H. Argo.........................................High Point Dennis Argueta........................................ Concord Glorianne Frances Reyes Bernabe ...................................................... Wallingford, CT Trevor S. Black........................................ Charlotte Brandon Christopher Bohnert............. Charlotte Nicholas Fredrick Borgen............Winston-Salem Cum Laude Carsten J. Bowers............................Middlesex, NJ Joshua Harold Bryant............................. Mint Hill Mason James Buffaloe....................................Apex Austin Dean Campbell......................Thomasville Cum Laude Travis Dean Christman...................... Greensboro Cameron Evan Clark.............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Thomas Sean Danca.................................Waxhaw Joseph S. Dobbratz...................................Waxhaw Neal Stephen Duncan.........................Chapel Hill Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Michael James Dunlevy......................... Charlotte Jonathan Taylor Dunn..............................Monroe Jacob Thomas Eischen..................Fuquay-Varina Gavin Drew Everingham.........................Pineville Robert Thomas Faber..................................... Cary Jamal DeQuan Fryar................................. Clinton Raeyven K. Hobbs.............................. Mooresville Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors De’Aaron LaShawn Hodges.............. Dayton, OH Grayson Scott Jenkins................................. Shelby Kaylah Sky Jenkins...................................Advance Summa Cum Laude

Andrew Wayne Jones.................................Denver Andi Kastrati....................................................Elon Cum Laude Michael Phillip Kurinyj......................... Charlotte Matthew Hopkins Lewis......................... Concord Cum Laude Jarrett Lowery......................................... Charlotte Basel Mahmoud..........................................Raleigh Tate D. McAllister............................... Indian Trail Jonah Michael Nelson............................ Charlotte Ryan James O’Hare................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Hayden Thaddeus Pitera........................Matthews Matthew J. Rasmussen....................... Mooresville Cum Laude Frederick H. Rhew, Jr............................. Charlotte Darius Robinson...................................... Concord Sarang Rajesh Selukar.................................... Cary Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors Kelsey Morgan Shirley........................Seattle, WA Sean Kenneth Simmons...........Lewis Center, OH Kelsey Maree Stanton............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Katherine Patricia Stehle...............................Apex Benjamin Roy Turner.................................Blanch Cum Laude Joseph Scott Whitley................................Advance Ian Neal Yount......................................Lincolnton Cum Laude Daniel Alexander Ziskind......................Rockwell

E.K. Fretwell, U.S. Higher Education Leader (1923-2012)

Dr. E.K. Fretwell used his national higher education leadership to gain recognition for UNC Charlotte. He became the University’s second chancellor in January 1979 after serving as president of State University of New York College at Buffalo, and before that as assistant commissioner for higher education of the New York State Education Department. During his career, he led some of America’s most prominent higher education associations - president of the American Association for Higher Education, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, chair of the American Council on Education, and chair of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation. In addition, Fretwell was named one of the 100 most effective chancellors and university presidents in the United States in a national study.

After retiring in 1989, he served as interim president of the five-campus University of Massachusetts, authored several books on university management, and consulted on higher education around the country and the world. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree during UNC Charlotte’s spring 1998 Commencement ceremonies. In 2002, he received the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association’s Alumnus

by Choice Award. Fretwell died October 18, 2012.

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College of Computing and Informatics Dr. Fatma Mili, Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS Computer Science Aiman A. Abou-Samra..................................Eden Colin Yussuf Ajakaiye..........................Harrisburg Nabeel Ali..............................................High Point Ammar Alsheikh Altayeb...................... Charlotte Christina Anne Andre........................... Charlotte Cum Laude Kevin Alexlander Arreola...................Mocksville Ikechukwu F. Asiegbunam.................... Charlotte Brooke Ashton Bassinger........................Midland Levi D. Bollinger.......................................Conover Hailey Nicole Brown.................................Murphy Summa Cum Laude Nailah Emon Calhoun........................... Cameron Kevin Ryan Capuano.................................Denver Audrey Duquette Cauthen..................... Concord Cum Laude Alec Jay Cerruto.....................................Aberdeen Corey Hunter Clay................................. Charlotte Laiken Emilie Cleary......................................Apex Kaylan T. Durham..................................Matthews Landen Charles English, Sr...................Asheboro Brandon James Fierros..........................Statesville Tyler Jacob Gandy................................. Lexington Briana R. Garnett................................ Jacksonville Jared Christopher Garris..................... State Road Neha Hafeez.....................................Brooklyn, NY Cum Laude Sardaris Tariq Montez Haynes.......Goose Creek, SC Sidney Norman Keane Henderson......... Henderson Magna Cum Laude Cody James Hill...................................... Charlotte Noah Franklin Howell....................... Greensboro Hannah Joy Hutcheson.......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Sabda Prashanth Karkera.................. Greensboro Cum Laude Matthew Terence King................................... Cary Alden Taylor Lee...........................................Boone Cum Laude Chouathong Xeemlav Lo.................... Kannapolis Saba Mahmood....................................... Charlotte Matthew T. McCoy................................. Charlotte Adonis Tyree Robert McKelvey................Grifton Briona LaChe’ McRae........................Red Springs Cheyenne Brittany Milanovits...... Bloomington, IN Magna Cum Laude MacKenzie Maria Milligan................ Mooresville Joseph Mondli Msomi...............................Raleigh Aaron Geoffrey Oldfield..............Jacksonville, FL Glen Anthony Olsen.......................... Greensboro Cum Laude Ridha Paracha..................................... Mooresville Haaris Patel............................................... Gastonia Madeline Carly Rayfield........................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Britny Leigh Rominger................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Sean Thomas Scott.............................Kernersville Oswaldo Joseph Silva, Jr........................ Charlotte Sangat Preet Singh.................................. Charlotte Rebecca Dare Snead.....................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Parker Starr....................................Moravian Falls John Tan................................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Kevin Tran........................................... Greensboro Ger Vang.................................................Albemarle Justin R. Vega..................................... Wilmington Cum Laude

Thomas Frederick von Schmeling........Matthews Joshua Shane Weatherford.............. Rockingham Alexander David White......................... Charlotte Madison Elizabeth Wilson.................... Charlotte Christopher L. Wright........................... Charlotte Thomas Xiong........................................Albemarle BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Computer Science Syed Jawad Ahmed...............................High Point Patrick D. Alarcon.................................. Charlotte Rohit Sainath Alavala.................. Collierville, TN Abdulla Alhajri.................................. Doha, Qatar David William Allemang............................... Cary Cum Laude Gabriel Carro Almeida....................... Morrisville Mahmood Mustafa Alsaftawi................ Charlotte Osman Hassan Ahmed Alwan.............. Charlotte Norman Ananda........................................Hickory Sara M. Ashcraft.....................................Statesville Cum Laude Thomas Everett Avery.................. Carolina Beach Paul-Louis Azra...................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Olin Wayne Ballentine III..................... Charlotte Cum Laude Christopher A. Bare.................................Conover Seth Michael Bass...................................Matthews Dillon Lee Beam............................... China Grove Robert James Beckham III...........Darlington, SC Magna Cum Laude Eric Michael Behrensen............................ Clayton Daniel Harrison Benz.............................Nashville Luis Enrique Sanchez Beristain........ Indian Trail Cum Laude Joseph Michael Blackledge..................... Gastonia Daniel Blackman, Jr. .............................. Charlotte Angie M. Boger........................................Carthage Garrison Keith Bolick.......................... Claremont Nicholas Tod Bolick..................................Hickory Sunil Sambireddy Bontu................................ Cary Mason Tanner Bowman.........................Westfield Soumya Boyanapalli.....................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Daniel Justice Brady................................Salisbury Tyler Patrick Brewster......................New London Jackson Tyler Brickey............................. Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Daniel Wayne Browning......................Harrisburg Magna Cum Laude Madison Haley Bryant...................... Huntersville Tyler Wayne Burns.............................. Fayetteville Cum Laude Dylan Huntley Campfield...................Forest City Cum Laude Kevan Justin Capotosta.............. Kings Mountain Summa Cum Laude Ivan Carbajal Benitez................................Mebane Logan William Carlson............................... Lenoir Magna Cum Laude Hunter Douglas Carlton.........................Salisbury Ryan Lee Carriere..........................Loganville, GA Hari Prasad Chamlagai.......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Amee Chande.................................... Huntersville Don Christian Chavis........................... Pembroke Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Jonathan Lawrence Chickie......... Moncton, Canada Cum Laude Ara G. Chung.......................................... Charlotte Cum Laude

Hyun Shik Chung................................... Charlotte Zachary Scott Clayton......................... Inman, SC Summa Cum Laude WG Clemons III.................................. Morrisville Taylor Cobb...........................................High Point Cum Laude Philip Kwame Coker..................................Raleigh Cum Laude Kevin Michael Connell..................................Apex Summa Cum Laude Duriel Jeremiah Covington.....................Durham Anna Elizabeth Cox............................ Kannapolis Tyler John Cox..................................Hillsborough Tanner Roger Craig................................ West End Josias Cruz...................................................Raleigh Marcelo Joshue Cueva Lucas ................................ Bahía De Caráquez, Ecuador Magna Cum Laude Jordan Blaine Cutler...............................Asheboro Cum Laude Kyle Dahlgren.................................................Apex Cum Laude Isaac Steven Damiani......................... Indian Trail Debabrata Das..................................... Mooresville Cum Laude Jay Dave........................................................... Cary Andrew F. Davis.....................................Albemarle Thais Rocha de Souza....... Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Magna Cum Laude Adrian Delgado Robles........Guanajuato, Mexico Jacob Denton............................................ Gastonia Cum Laude Christian Dlugosz...................................Matthews Tan Do..................................................... Charlotte Ian Scott Donovan............................. Wilmington Ali Doroodchi...............................Milwaukee, WI Dylan Zachary Drum............................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Brenna Hope Dwyer................................Waxhaw Cum Laude Karan R. Edikala.................................. Morrisville Cum Laude William O. Elder...................................... Gastonia Noah Bryson Eldreth................................ Lansing Erik Lawrence Ellis................................. Charlotte Kelly Virgil English........................................ Cary Summa Cum Laude Steven Louis Esposito....................... Weddington Xavier David Esquilin........................ Greensboro Cum Laude Hamilton Ray Anthony Evans...........Timberlake Cameron Frederick Falls....................... Charlotte Jose L. Figueroa................................... Indian Trail Cum Laude Nicole Marie Fisichella.............................Fletcher Miles Philip Foret................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Christopher Day Fortenberry............... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Michael Seth Frady..............................Cherryville Matthew Gregory Frazier.............................. Cary Magna Cum Laude Tyler J. Fulton........................................... Flint, MI Connor Scott Gallimore............................Raleigh Cum Laude William Taylor Garrison........................ Gastonia Efrem T. Gebrekidane............................ Charlotte Cum Laude Judy Nicky Gerbier................................. Charlotte Katherine Lynn Gibb.......................Hillsborough Damien Lee Gibbs.................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude

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Carter Joseph Gray................................ New Bern Kyle Lawrence Grewe.................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Daniel Paul Guinan........................................ Cary Dezmon Derice Hall.............................. Charlotte Jordan Tyler Hall....................... Ellicott City, MD Magna Cum Laude Zachary Kyle Hamilton........................... Gastonia Cum Laude Ashley L. Harmon.................................. Davidson Magna Cum Laude Kaylyn Dawn Harper....................... Beckley, WV Reginald Jules Harper, Jr. ......................... Clayton Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar William Linwood Harris.................. Bedford, VA Summa Cum Laude Conner Wilson Hart........................Ashburn, VA Daniel Charles Head...............................Salisbury University Honors Michael A. Henderson........................... Charlotte Mason Daniel Herron............................ Charlotte Cum Laude Alexander Robert Hertzog.................... Charlotte Grayham Bradford Hill.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Riley Cooper Hood................................ Charlotte Adam Michael Hoogstraal.................... Charlotte Cum Laude Jared Gentry Howard.............................. Gastonia Brian Cassidy Huitt........................................ Cary Summa Cum Laude Alexander Khiem Huynh...................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Valentina M. Ibarra............................ Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Yannick Irakoze...................................Chapel Hill Paul Benjamin Jamison.......................... Mint Hill Cum Laude Harika Jampani.....................................Harrisburg Summa Cum Laude Joshua Nathanael Jenkins.........................Monroe Cum Laude Leonel Jerez, Jr. .................................... Fayetteville Adrian Quinn Johnson............................Waxhaw Cum Laude David Andrew Johnson.............................Raleigh Paul David Jones III............................Creedmoor Cum Laude Riley Holcombe Jones........................ Greensboro Summa Cum Laude Nolan Ray Jordan......................................Dobson Abhishek Joshi........................................Statesville Cum Laude Priyanksinh Gajendrasinh Kapletiya.....Surat, India Martin Lawrence Katz........................ Kannapolis Summa Cum Laude Samuel G. Kaufman............................... Charlotte Farhaana Khan........................................ Charlotte Malika Akram Khan.................... Hendersonville Seokhyun Kim........................Seoul, South Korea Cameron Scott King.............................. Lewisville Michael David Kleinhandler............. Mooresville Cum Laude Justin Chithakonh Kongmany...............Salisbury Flora Kunjumon..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Yuehan Lan................................. Kunming, China Halee Lapinsky........................................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Duke Huynh Le..........................................Raleigh Carson Lane Leedy...................................Belmont Cum Laude Jason William Lefenfeld.................... Beverly, MA Alex Anthony Lemp....................................... Cary Cameron L. Lengyel....................................... Cary Magna Cum Laude

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Jonathan James Liedke........................... Charlotte Khai M. Lim............................................. Concord Magna Cum Laude Marcus K. Lofton......................................Durham Cum Laude Juan Irineo Longoria............................. Lexington Isaiah Javar Looney................................. Newport Magna Cum Laude Carlos David Lopez-Rosario............Barceloneta, PR Cum Laude Richard Carter Loveless III............... Denver, CO Riley Luna Lucadou..................................Hickory Magna Cum Laude Nicholas Keyan Maleki.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Kairu Ngumi Wa Mambo...................... Charlotte Cum Laude Brandon David Maness...........................Belmont Thomas Wayne Marsh........................... Charlotte Cum Laude Cory E. Martin................................... Walkertown Cable Xavier May.....................................Durham James Parker Maynor................................ Sanford Timothy Cayce McCrickard..........................Eden Thomas Alfred McCullough III....................Apex Glenn Lee McCurdy.................................Advance William Brantley McCurry.................. Burnsville Michael Kevin McGee.............................. Maiden David Alexander McKee.....................Harrisburg Cum Laude Alex David McNeely...........................Stony Point Babatomiwa Ayorinde Medaiyese..........Durham Hardik Jagdip Mehta............................... Gastonia Perrin Michael Mele............................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Joshua N. Melton.................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Deepak Mirchandani.......................... Cramerton Summa Cum Laude Keri Nicole Misenheimer.......................Salisbury Cum Laude William Misenheimer.............................Salisbury Kevin Edward Mitchell...........................Rockwell Cum Laude Ovidiu-Mihai Mocanu........................Chapel Hill Cum Laude Ahmed Abdullahi Mohamed................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Maxwell Park Davidson Mohr.............. Charlotte Joshua Muma.......................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Pooja Murarisetty........................................... Cary Magna Cum Laude Samuel Alan Yourd Murray.................Columbus Christopher Mark Neal.............................Monroe Devan Tyler Nesbit................................. Charlotte Lukas James Newman....................... Weddington Cum Laude Ngoc Diep Thi Nguyen........................High Point Magna Cum Laude Hunter G. Nichols.........................Fuquay-Varina Nathaniel Odom..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Filippo Olivi........................................Pesaro, Italy Alex Onghena.................................. Holly Springs Summa Cum Laude Pa Pa Oo..................................................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Kwame Agyei Owusu............................. Charlotte Hunter D. Pace......................................High Point Akshay Patel...................................... Rockingham Summa Cum Laude Harsh Bharatkumar Patel...................Wilkesboro Summa Cum Laude Radha Vinay Patel...................................Salisbury Magna Cum Laude

Ronak K. Patel................................................. Cary Cum Laude Rushi Patel........................................... Greensboro Cum Laude Blake Patterson............................................... Cary Jacob R. Patterson.......................................Denver Jason Donald Patterson..................... Indian Trail Cum Laude Mary Hoang Pham................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Benjamin E. Pickard.........................Hillsborough Rom Profesorsky............................................ Cary Cum Laude Nandinerdene Purevtseren................... Charlotte JunJie Qin..............................................High Point Jonathan Ryan Quinn....................... Huntersville Summa Cum Laude Shravan Naresh Rajan....................... Huntersville Cum Laude Chris Ramirez......................................... Charlotte Jordan Paul Ramos..............................Youngsville Cum Laude Timothy J. Raquet................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Tarun Naidu Ravada........ Visakhapatnam, India Joah G. Reason......................................... Elm City Gavin Reid..................................... Southern Pines Cum Laude Caleb James Renfrow..................................Supply Magna Cum Laude Nathan Jon Richardson........................ Oak Ridge Michael Hobson Ridenhour.................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Daniel John Rigolini.............................Mocksville Cum Laude Wesley Harlow Ring............................. Oak Ridge Cum Laude Lis Florent Rizvanolli............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Desmond Rasheed Roberts................... Charlotte Jose Edgardo Rosario............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Chad Rose..........................................Hillsborough William Russell Ross.............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Alexander James Roy...................... Holly Springs Noah Austin Rozelle.............................. Charlotte Anna Catherine Rubin........................... Charlotte Cum Laude Cameron Lee Safrit.................................. Gastonia Rebecca Jane Schmidt.................................... Cary Vinit Shah................................................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Matthew Ryan Shangle...................... Mooresville Summa Cum Laude David Richard Shryock.................................. Cary Cum Laude Steven Neerincx Sigmon...........................Hickory Sakshi Singh.................................................... Cary Anthony Craig Singletary, Jr.............. Lumberton Courtney RĂŠ Singleton...............................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Brandon William Sisk...............Connelly Springs Luke Eric Sloop...................................... Lexington Shaquiel Casbert Smith.......... Kingston, Jamaica Oliver Stalenget....................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Zachary Allen Steele.............................. Charlotte Chase J. Stodden........................................Moyock Cum Laude Joshua Sun............................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Crown Scholar Arvindkanth Suriakanth.................... Morrisville Amanda M. Theobald.................................... Cary Cum Laude

Aaron Renny Thomas............................ Charlotte Ryan J. Thomson.......................................... Lenoir Summa Cum Laude Thao Trong Tran..........................Hanoi, Vietnam Summa Cum Laude Glenn Raksa Um................................ Greensboro Cum Laude Eric Thanh Ung....................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Connor David Vail............................. Greensboro Austen Miles Valletta......................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude George Sebastian Vargas...................Paterson, NJ Magna Cum Laude Khang Nhu Vo................................... Huntersville Nguyen Phan Vo.....................................Matthews Magna Cum Laude

Rachel E. VonCannon............................Pinehurst Kaleb Frederick Wainright................. Winterville Cum Laude Matthew William Walter............................... Cary Summa Cum Laude Dustin Earl Walters............................ Rougemont Cum Laude Herman Homan Wan............................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Roberta Gabrielle Watkins................. Knightdale John Tyler Watson................................... Concord Dawson Thomas Webb.................................. Cary Matthew Ellis Wells..............................Burlington Summa Cum Laude Colton Laramy White............................ Charlotte Lorenzo Tykeith Williams............. Anderson, SC Noah B. Williams....................................... Maiden

George Knuckles Cefric Wilson, Jr. ..........Charlotte Ryan Evan Wolverton..............................Waxhaw University Honors Jeong Yun Won....................................... Charlotte Thomas James Woods..................................... Vass Cum Laude Chakong Xiong..........................Connelly Springs Jeff Xiong.................................................. Concord Cum Laude Marvin X. Yang.................................... Fresno, CA Magna Cum Laude Zhaocong Yang....................................... Charlotte Matthew Yazejean......................................Monroe Frederick Scott York..................................Monroe Cum Laude QingLian Yu....................................... Wilmington Ahmad M. Zaghary......................................Dallas

Cato College of Education Dr. Teresa M. Petty, Interim Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS Child and Family Development Stephanie Rae Alexander....................... Charlotte Cum Laude Gianna Latasse’ Bell.................................. Marston Rebecca A. Berkeley............................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Megan Elizabeth Bright.................... Huntersville Summa Cum Laude Riley N. Byrnes....................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Rebeca M. Coletti.......................................Raleigh Chloe Marie Collins............................... Charlotte Kelly Anne Content........................................ Cary Anna Kaitlyn Corrado........................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, Education Honors Ashley Allison Gray........................... Mooresville Brittney Renee Phillips.......................... Charlotte Elayna Nicole Rivera...................................Angier Cum Laude Matida Devone Sanneh....................... Knightdale Cum Laude Shmia Alexis Scott.................................. Charlotte Anna Kathryn St. Onge......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Hannah B. Wareham......................... Wilmington Summa Cum Laude Elementary Education Anna Gail Cooper Beard........................ Concord Cum Laude Emily Miranda Biggerstaff......................Belmont Summa Cum Laude Maggie Elizabeth Brandon......................Midland Magna Cum Laude Stephanie Hurst Brooks...................... Kannapolis Summa Cum Laude Shannon Michel Burpeau....................... Concord Magna Cum Laude Sydnie Nicole Cannada..............................Denver Magna Cum Laude Kayla Marie Carter..................................Rockwell Cum Laude Cassidy L. Carvalho.........................Hillsborough Summa Cum Laude Calysta Helen Castillo....................... Bedford, VA Magna Cum Laude, Education Honors Hannah Christine Champion................ Gastonia Cum Laude Kailey Joy Childress...........................Thomasville Summa Cum Laude

Brittney Elaine Clark..............................Statesville Summa Cum Laude Emma Kate Cooper..............................Burlington Cum Laude Avery Jo Ann Cornatzer......................Clemmons Cum Laude Rachel Lawing Dawes............................ Charlotte Cum Laude Caroline Victoria DiFoggio.................... Concord Cum Laude Hailey Margaret Dilena..................... Indian Trail Abigail Sophia Doyle..................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Jennifer Drye............................................ Concord Camden Thomas Duchesneau..................Raleigh Rebecca Duemmler....................... Wesley Chapel Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Caroline Eller.......................... Linwood Nina Rena Ezell........................................Salisbury Brianna Elizabeth Farr................................ Lenoir Magna Cum Laude Jessica Anne Foster............................. Mooresville Magna Cum Laude, Education Honors Abigail Brianna Freeman........................ Concord Magna Cum Laude Ashleigh Joe Freeman...............................Hickory Cum Laude Brittany Ruth Freeman........................... Concord Cum Laude Nicholas Scott Gathings........................ Charlotte Cum Laude Chloe Isabella Gentry......................... Kannapolis Magna Cum Laude Brett Michael Gleason....................................Apex Cum Laude Nicholas Marcel Gordon.....................Harrisburg Cum Laude McKenzie Lynn Grant....................Campbell, CA Magna Cum Laude Morgan Suzanna Greene...................Waynesville Magna Cum Laude Thomas Joseph Gresham.................... Knightdale Kara Lynn Gullion.................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Brittney Taylor Hall................................. Concord Cum Laude Christina Noreen Hellowell.........Fuquay-Varina Magna Cum Laude Caroline Elizabeth Horne................. Huntersville Summa Cum Laude Alexandra Morgan Hunter..........Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude

Julieta Carolina Isoler..........................Lincolnton Magna Cum Laude Jessica Renee Jackson...............................Durham Summa Cum Laude Amilia Ketpanom Keomuongchanh ..........................................................Rochester, NY Magna Cum Laude Kacey Gene King............................... Wake Forest Magna Cum Laude Deja Alexis Kissiah....................................Monroe Cum Laude Jessica Ann Kompare...............................Waxhaw Cum Laude Hyeju Lee...................Changwon-si, South Korea Summa Cum Laude Katelynn Mackenzie Long.......................Waxhaw Cum Laude Mackenzie Grace Marlowe.................. Clarendon Magna Cum Laude Kelly Lynne Mathewson...........................Hickory Magna Cum Laude Peyton Nicole Mayeski....................... Mooresville Haley Elizabeth McCall...................... Knightdale Cum Laude Lauren Huffman McPherson........................ King Magna Cum Laude Natalia Pilar Mejia................................... Concord Summa Cum Laude, Education Honors Dina Melyanets....................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Cally Miranda Merricks..................... Winterville Magna Cum Laude Abigail Grace Moyers.............................. Brea, CA Cum Laude Ashley Nicole Myers........................Syracuse, NY Summa Cum Laude Jenna Nichole Myers....................... Holly Springs Magna Cum Laude Samantha Catherine Naso........ East Northport, NY Cum Laude Lois Renee Ostendarp............................Cornelius Abby M. Pate........................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Camrey Brooke Pauley...........................Salisbury Cum Laude Brooke Alexandria Peacock......................Denton Cum Laude Samantha Ryann Pickron........................Waxhaw Cum Laude Timothy Scott Radley, Jr........................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude William Henry Regnery III................... Charlotte

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Heather Ann Rhodes......................... Jacksonville Magna Cum Laude, Education Honors Mercedes L. Ross......................................... Shelby Magna Cum Laude Courtney D. Sandbo................................Waxhaw Magna Cum Laude Caitlin H. Strange..................................Albemarle Cum Laude Kevin Bradford Terrell........................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Laura Ann Thomas............................ Wake Forest Magna Cum Laude Katie A. Thornburg............................ Mooresville Cum Laude Salem Whitney Troxler.................................. Cary Magna Cum Laude Mikala A. VanDyke............................. Kannapolis Cum Laude Kayleigh Correll Vodochodsky..............Salisbury Summa Cum Laude Victoria DiAnn Waren............................ Concord Summa Cum Laude Brittany Diane Wensil............................. Concord Cum Laude Hanna Collins Whitaker....................... Charlotte Cum Laude Meagan Ashley Wilson.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Ashley Brooke Witherspoon................ Lexington Cum Laude Ashley Morgan Wolfe....................... Huntersville Katelyn Brooke Younts...................... Indian Trail Middle Grades Education Elisabeth West Bulkin....................................Apex Bryan Sungjun Chung........................... Charlotte Molly Jane Hartness.............................Mocksville Summa Cum Laude Emily May Hoar..................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude

Makenna Marie Horkan...........................Monroe Cum Laude Renee LeeAnn Mosher.............................Raeford Magna Cum Laude Janet Perez..............................................Miami, FL Drew Polischak................................... Greensboro Cum Laude Lauren Slater........................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Brittney Lee Stephens............................ Charlotte Kasady Grace Turner...........................Mocksville Suzanne Beth West................................. Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Special Education Zina Abualeinan.....................................Matthews Magna Cum Laude, Education Honors Shakira I. Alvarez................................ Salinas, PR Cum Laude Bethany Carter........................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Darien Cook.............................. Moore Haven, FL Cum Laude Skylar Marie Davis........................ Tabernacle, NJ Magna Cum Laude Caleb Zachary Fogle............................. Lexington Jillian Nicole Geyer..............................Clemmons Summa Cum Laude Timothy Rivers Hall.....................................Biscoe Mariah Kay Hoyle.....................................Hickory Magna Cum Laude Alexis Lee Kisiah................................ Mooresville Juan Jordan LeBron................................ Charlotte Taylor Danielle Lee...................................Belmont Carolann Nicole Mercuri....................... Concord Magna Cum Laude Steven Edwin Ortiz................................. Concord Miranda Irene Pouncey...............Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude

Chressy Alise Rayfield........................Cherryville Summa Cum Laude Sophia Riddell......................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Keri Elise Roe........................................... Concord Cum Laude Kate Davis Stickney........................................ Cary Cum Laude Brianne Whitley...................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Marguerite Taylor Whortan.................. Charlotte Sarah Lynn Womack................................. Sanford Special Education and Elementary Education Danielle Brook Ahuna..............................Monroe Summa Cum Laude Kristina Elyse Bon.......................................... Cary Summa Cum Laude Julia Nicole Brady........................................Trinity Magna Cum Laude Delaney Ann Burns........................................ Cary Summa Cum Laude Rachel Michelle Cohen.................................. Cary Sara Elizabeth Downs............................. Concord Magna Cum Laude Amanda Marie Dry........................Willow Spring Summa Cum Laude Brianna Lynn Gosden.....................Rockaway, NJ Magna Cum Laude Noah T. Horn........................................Harrisburg Magna Cum Laude Shelby Taylor Lattimore.............................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Kayla Marie Pendleton............................Waxhaw Summa Cum Laude Hillary Margaret Pruette........................ Concord Summa Cum Laude

James H. Woodward, Building for the Future

Dr. James H. Woodward became UNC Charlotte’s third chancellor in 1989, immediately establishing himself as one of the leading executives of the Charlotte metropolitan region. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he worked in private industry and taught at North Carolina State University, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he was a senior vice president for academic affairs, prior to coming to UNC Charlotte. Under his leadership, UNC Charlotte launched ambitious plans for both physical and intellectual growth. Woodward built strong support among the region’s corporate and political leaders, obtained approval to expand the University’s mission to include doctoral programs, and raised the University to doctoral/research intensive status. He established UNC Charlotte Uptown to serve students in the central business district. An engineer, Woodward generated support to build the James H. Barnhardt Student Activity Center and the Irwin Belk Track and Field Center, obtained state funding for doubling the size of Atkins Library, and was instrumental in garnering public support to pass a $3.1 billion statewide bond referendum that enabled UNC Charlotte to construct or renovate nearly a dozen buildings. He retired in 2005.

Woodward has received numerous honors, including the naming of the science and technology building in 2005 as James H. and Martha H. Woodward Hall in recognition of his 16 years of service. In May 2011, UNC Charlotte awarded him an honorary degree, Doctor of Public Service. Woodward received the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association’s Alumnus by Choice Award in 2012. In November 2017, he was awarded the North Carolina Award for Public Service, the highest award a civilian can receive from the Governor.

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Greetings From The Graduating Class

College of Arts + Architecture, The William States Lee College of Engineering, and College of Health and Human Services Elizabeth G. Hammock Candidate for Bachelor of Fine Arts This isn’t how this speech was supposed to be given, but we all know that.

These are strange times that we are living in. This global event has robbed us of many things these past few months, but time keeps moving and we must go forward with hope.

To my fellow graduating seniors, I am sad that our time here together is ending this way. We have missed so many final moments that we were looking forward to; our last late night study sessions and hangouts with friends, our last sporting events, last art show, last final projects, and our last time to say goodbye to our friends and professors who have helped shape the future of our lives. No, we didn’t get to walk out of our final exams and leap for joy, knowing we had given it our best. Yes, we missed out on our original graduation ceremony, getting to celebrate with our loved ones and say goodbye to our time at UNC Charlotte.

We lost a lot of moments that were supposed to happen and it sucks. But this unforeseen ending should not let us forget all the hard work, late nights, and friendships that got us here in the first place. This is an incredible accomplishment that we all have achieved. This degree that each of us has earned is not just a piece of paper to display on the wall; it is a head full of freedom to think and make informed decisions, to be creative and show off your wonderful skills.

This journey has looked different for each and every one of us. For some, it has been a struggle to wake up for an 8:00 a.m. class, or to stay up all night to finish that project that really should not have been procrastinated, or to keep up with a class that you weren’t interested in but needed the credit. For myself, there were times that I said I was ready to drop out and be done; these were always met with eye rolls and a sarcastic remark. I was so ready to be done and move on with my life because things were hard and I was frustrated, yet also eager. But now, we are done and part of me wants to take back all those times I said I was ready. Honestly, I’m scared. I’m sure a lot of you are too, even if you won’t say so.

In spite of this, I am hopeful. I have hope in my professors who have taught me what they could. I have hope in myself that I am ready for the challenges that life will keep throwing at me. I have hope in all of you, that you too are ready. And I have hope in all of our inspiring minds that the future we are creating will be good and full of creativity, innovation, sustainability, equality, love, and kindness.

I am glad that I chose UNC Charlotte to have spent my undergraduate years. Lastly, I want to say thank you to my professors for aiding in my future, to my friends who helped me laugh my way through the struggles, and to my parents who have been there for me every step of the way.

Thank you to everyone and congratulations to the UNC Charlotte Class of 2020!

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Candidates for Bachelor's Degrees College of Arts + Architecture Mr. Brook W. Muller, Dean

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE Bailey Olivia Bostian.............................. Charlotte Jonathan Seth Byrd.....................................Raleigh Cum Laude Manuel Alexandro Gomez.................... Mayodan Joel R. LaBombard............................ Wilmington Chante’ C. Lombre.................................. Concord Cum Laude Adam Michael Pullen............................. Concord Aleah Nicole Pullen................................... Garner Nicholas Schwartz.................................. Davie, FL Ronald G. Washington, Jr. ................. Hope Mills Erin Hope Wietman...................... Providence, RI BACHELOR OF ARTS Architecture Shelby Elizabeth Adair..............................Newton Hisham Ghassan Anabtawi .................................Nablus, Palestinian Territory Spencer P. Bauer..................................... West End Natalie Monroe Black............................Norwood Brandon Maxwell Blocker..................... Charlotte Briaunna Surél Boyd....................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Alejandra Casar Rodriguez..... Cuernavaca, Mexico Summa Cum Laude Fabiana Chabaneix......................................... Cary Sara Chafi................................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Emily Dobbs............................................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Teagan MacAllister Dorsch.......................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Makenzie Anane Elam.............................Durham Austin Farr.............................................. Charlotte Sarah Feiner......................................Pittstown, NJ Magna Cum Laude Brian Michael Ferrell........................ Huntersville Wesley Logan Flippin..............................Salisbury Lindie L. Fredericks..............................Harrisburg Shreya Gupta........................................ Morrisville Anna Rebekah Hair................................Stoneville Hailey Nicole Helms............................High Point James Chang Hung................................. Charlotte Carlos Eduardo Islas Ramirez....................... Cary Alexus K. Jones..........................................Raeford Magna Cum Laude Christina Marie Kavanagh........Wood-Ridge, NJ Magna Cum Laude Ross Alexander LaBree......................Waynesville Claire La Fontaine Chiarini.................. Davie, FL Cum Laude Griffin Keyes Lichtenfelt................Greenville, SC Abigail J. Loftis.....................................Gibsonville Margaret Louise Martin.................................Apex Cum Laude Davis Burke Millard.............................. Lexington Cum Laude Marc LeeAndrew Moore......................Smithfield Cum Laude, University Honors, Martin Scholar Anthony William Murphy..................... Charlotte Cum Laude Tia Nicole Neal...........................................Raleigh Noah Breading Nelson...................... Wake Forest Magna Cum Laude Kailey Sophia Olbrich-Daniels..................... Cary Jack Nelson Schappell......................Hillsborough

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Andrew D. Shook............................Anaheim, CA Cum Laude Christina Lauren Slotkowski...............Harrisburg Magna Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors Jaylon Maurice Smallwood...............Kernersville Tyler Joseph Trudeau.................................Raleigh Zachary Paul Urban............................Chapel Hill Magna Cum Laude Austin Blake Vogelsang............................ Sanford Lachelle Denise Weathers..............New York, NY Cum Laude Lindsey Allen Weeber................................Raleigh Cum Laude Art Rebecca Alina Brinkel............................ Charlotte Marlene Cecelia D’Silva ................................Dubai, United Arab Emirates Jillian Kelsey Lefler......................................... Cary Cum Laude Joshua Weldon Martin....................... Greensboro Andre Demetrice Powell.................... Fayetteville Dara Sherrin............................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Jacqueline Grace Stephens...................... Concord Ellen Tsz Yee Yan.......... Hong Kong, Hong Kong Magna Cum Laude Art History Clarke Madison Armstrong................... Concord Cum Laude Alexander Anthony Cichan.................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Denise Yvette Crosby............................. Charlotte Veronica May Ellis...........................Nashville, TN Cristina Martin del Campo................... Charlotte Louis Alexander Shockley..................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Morgan Leigh Hensley Whitted.......Hendersonville Dance Lea Rose Bernardo Allbaugh....................Etowah Cum Laude Kayla Nicole Clark..................................Ellenboro Cameron Jelese Corbett...................Castle Hayne Madison Frances Forbes....................Kernersville Lydia Marie Heidt................................... Charlotte Heather Lynn Kincaid....................... Huntersville Cum Laude Alexis J. Logan........................................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Chelsea Victoria Manchester................. Concord Caroline Marolda.......................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Cara Eileen McMahon................................... Cary Magna Cum Laude Kelly Nicole Monette..............................Matthews Cum Laude Emma Raye Montecalvo...................... Naples, FL Cum Laude Meredith Frances Pack.............................Dobson Magna Cum Laude Davian Jaquel Robinson...........................Newton Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors, Martin Scholar Krysta Danielle Rogden............................Monroe Summa Cum Laude Lauren Patricia Tooley.............................. Brevard Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors, Levine Scholar

Music Andrew Boyd Abernethy....................Taylorsville Serena Kaur Barringer........................... Davidson Summa Cum Laude Scott Allen Brumfield........................ Indian Trail Magna Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors Alexander Caviness.................. Johnson City, TN Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Marcio M. Cervantes............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Lyubov A. Draga..................................... Charlotte Ian Preston Gragg................................ Kannapolis Michaela Danielle Meadows.......Cincinnati, OH Summa Cum Laude Raven Nicole Pfeiffer.......................... Mooresville Summa Cum Laude Madison Bailey Snelson.......................Harrisburg Cierra Skye Stevenson..............................Pineville Amber Nicole Ward...................................Raleigh Theatre Amber Patrice Coleman.....................Bowie, MD Shaye La’Ren Ellerbe.............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors Anthony Louis Ficken......................Fremont, CA Marcus Christopher Fitzpatrick...... Wilmington Artis Levern Hill, Jr............................. Fayetteville Kyra Renee Hubert.............................. Kannapolis Magna Cum Laude James Andrew Michels.......................... Charlotte Angela G. Mincey.....................................Belmont Cum Laude Miracle Somtochukwu Okafor-Paul ..........................................................Lagos, Nigeria Christina Kouni Smith................Phillipsburg, NJ Xavier Rashad Stinson........................... Charlotte Marques James Sydnor..............................Raleigh Mia Isabella Todarello............................Pinehurst Cum Laude BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS Breanna Gabrielle Andrea.............................Apex Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors Dmitriy Andronik.....................................Monroe Cum Laude Clarke Madison Armstrong................... Concord Cum Laude Sarah Irene Bednarz............................... Charlotte Cum Laude Patrick R. Bowman...................................Durham Cum Laude Brooke Lee Burrows........................ Belews Creek Chauncey Malik Carter.................................Eden Robert Laird Caudle............................... Charlotte Lauren Mckenzie Cooper...................... Charlotte Ashley Denise Dennis..................................Dallas Cum Laude Mallory Ann Gee.......................................Hickory Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors Alayna Kiwi Gorospe............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Grace Hammock.................Harrisburg Summa Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors Cheryl O’Neal Hoke............................... Charlotte Cum Laude Kathryn Anne Hood..................................Raleigh Cum Laude Ashley Kimberley Jung.......................... Charlotte

Kaitlyn Jill Linscheid................................ Stallings Magna Cum Laude Teresa Deanne Villarino Lopez............ Charlotte Cum Laude Natasha Marie Morehouse...... Middletown, MD Magna Cum Laude Erin Elizabeth Nicholas.......................... Concord Magna Cum Laude Katelynn Riley Pennington......................Mebane Summa Cum Laude Madison Lee Price.............................. Indian Trail Magna Cum Laude Yasmine T. Royal.................................. Goldsboro

Abigail Lea Sarro.....................................Rockwell Cum Laude Maya Lee Shefet.............................................. Cary Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors William B. Stocker.......................................... Cary Crystal Sabrina Zapata........................... Charlotte BACHELOR OF MUSIC Kevin Michael Butler............................. Charlotte Jackson Alexander Cini................................. Cary John Riley Kirwan..................................Matthews Magna Cum Laude

Charles Lane Mashburn.............................Trinity John Samuel Mooney............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Regan Susana Sawyer...................... Sherrills Ford Cum Laude Hannah Camille Shuskey....................Mocksville Summa Cum Laude James Everett Thomas............................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Peyton Nicole Wulff............................Hampstead

The William States Lee College of Engineering Dr. Robert E. Johnson, Dean

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING Ali Mohammed Fouad A. Alnahash ................................................. Qatif, Saudi Arabia Joud Abdulaziz Alorainy.........Riyadh, Saudi Arabia John Benjamin Baker............................. Davidson Magna Cum Laude Seth Anderson Barrier............................ Concord Magna Cum Laude Adam J. Brooks............................................ Shelby Christopher Ty Brooks................ Pilot Mountain Summa Cum Laude Seth Charles Cathey...................................Canton Saad Iftikhar Choudhery....................... Charlotte Gibson Leigh Conner................ Kings Mountain Michael Bradley Cook........................ Elkader, IA Amanda Lorraine Dare...............Middletown, NJ Eric Obed Dominguez......... Chihuahua, Mexico Andrew Robert Drda................................ Clayton Jared M. Forehand................................High Point Madison Leigh Frank...............................Conover Cum Laude William Parker Graham........................ Charlotte Skylar Mackenzie Greer.......................Lincolnton Ailia Sheehan Halpern.......................Mount Airy Cum Laude Calvin Benjamin Hamblet................ Wake Forest James Thomas Huntley III................ Walkertown Jason M. Irish................................... Portland, ME Cody L. Jessup....................................... Oak Ridge Mary Claire Kerns.................................. Charlotte Bailey Scott Lankford.............................Statesville Cum Laude Megan K. Lowther..................................Matthews Natalie Rachel Lyne............................ Mooresville Cum Laude Cameron Alan Marcy................................ Garner Kyle Tristan McGregor............................. Clayton Ryan David McMichael.............................Denver Erik Matthew Milde...............................Matthews Robert Joseph Mitchell................. Acushnet, MA Cum Laude Susanne Ndovya..................................... Charlotte Zackery Jackson Norris.................... Wilmington Cum Laude Heather Sharmon Oakes................... Mooresville Cum Laude Darin Austin Parker........................Rocky Mount Roger Codie Oglesbee Radloff.........Madison, IN Eric R. Reichenbach...............................Reidsville

Izaiah Griffith Ruskin........................ Jacksonville Cum Laude Carlos A. Santos Corral..................... Marina, CA Cum Laude Nicholas Scheopner.............................. Oak Ridge Dalton Lowell Scherer..........................Mocksville Laurel Emily Shakespeare....................... Concord Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Engineering Thomas Noah Shaver.................. Mount Pleasant Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Nathan James Silvestri...........................Matthews University Honors Natalie Ann Smalley....................................... Cary Brylan Robert Teague................................. Lenoir Benjamin Dale Temple......................... East Bend Peter Theilgard.........................................Pittsboro Cum Laude Charles Arthur Thornton................. Weddington Samantha Ara Amigo Tonog................. Concord David Vences........................................Randleman Cum Laude Carver James Warren III........... Kings Mountain Joshua Aaron Wendt......................... Flanders, NJ Seth Alexander Whitley....................... Marshville Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Jayon Antonio Woodard............................Raleigh Ryan Thomas Yost........................... Holly Springs BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING Mohammed Sufian Abualdahab........... Charlotte Daniel Eugene Arrington...................... Charlotte Michael Cody Auten........................ Mount Holly Jacob S. Beach.........................................Matthews Cum Laude Justin Bennett............................................. Clayton Jacob Avander Broach.........................Cherryville Donald Fernando Cardona................... Charlotte Cole A. Cooper.....................................Harrisburg Christopher G. Daniel, Jr. ................. Indian Trail Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Physics Khoa Dang Do........................................ Charlotte Ludgi Nels Eugene.................................. Mint Hill Dylan Michael Fendrich......................Jamestown Cum Laude Yaw A. Frempong....................................Asheville Phillip Timothy Gaskin.........................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Brodie Lee Gerloff.........................Fuquay-Varina Magna Cum Laude

Preston Anthony Gerritsen-Willen......... Parkton David Gonzales....................................... Charlotte Kevin Vladimir Granados................ Wake Forest Gregory Albert Hagins II..........................Hamlet Cum Laude Christopher Allen Hankins.................... Concord Nicholas Scott Hopper..........................Greenville Joshua Jerome Hutchins......................High Point Cum Laude Shiv Harshkant Kalaria.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Shradhda Karki.............................Pokhara, Nepal Hamza Altaf Khawaja..........................High Point Cum Laude Francis George Kizhakkekara.................Pineville Matthew LaCorte................................. Weavervile Cum Laude Joshua A. Lassiter...................................... Clayton Cum Laude Douglas Lee............................................. Charlotte Joshua K. Martin.................................Kernersville Cum Laude John Richard Middleton III................... Concord Amitabh Mishra............................................. Cary Nagendra Mishra.......................................Monroe Derik F. Munoz Solis...................................Angier Jakob D. Myer................................Fuquay-Varina Cum Laude Duy Quoc Nguyen................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Colton Edward Opel.............................. Charlotte Lionardo Daniel Pacheco-Abundes........ Salem, OR Sani Patel.....................................................Marion George Armas Pollard...............................Raleigh Harrison Thoreau Read......................... Charlotte Cum Laude John Paul Rodriguez.............................. Charlotte Austin James Shell..............................Kernersville Uriel Simon Garcia................................. Charlotte Zephaniah Michael Spencer............ Summerfield Magna Cum Laude Thomas Asher Stephenson............... Huntersville Eric Paul Swepston................................. Charlotte Pavithra Balaji Tatachari........................ Charlotte Priyanca Balaji Tatachari....................... Charlotte Danielle O. Uzor.........................................Raleigh Sunny S. Virani.......................................Matthews John Benjamin Vossers........................Burlington Dustin Philip Wilgus............................Jamestown Cum Laude Shanle Yao................................... Shanghai, China

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT James Allen Allison................................ Charlotte Miller Ivan Boyd..................................... Charlotte Noah Gunn Carlson.............................Warrenton Nicholas Daniel Docabo................... Huntersville Colin Martin Dowty...................................Raleigh Merritt Chaplin Duncan..............Winston-Salem Abishai Nahaliel Hernandez.............Mount Airy Garrison Martin Hurd....................... Greensboro William Joseph Johnson IV........................... Cary Cum Laude Brian David Lawton............................Laurel, MD Bradley Michael Lay................................Pittsboro Lukas Scott Major.......................................Raleigh Charles J. Martin..................................Laurinburg David P. Nguyen.........................................Raleigh Matthew D. Nicholson, Jr.............. Elizabeth City Joseph Dylan O’campo........................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Eli Pemberton......................................... Charlotte Ethan Christian Pinckney...............Richburg, SC Matthew Blake Plott..................................Monroe Colby Thomas Proctor..............................Bahama Cum Laude Casey E. Schilder........................................Raleigh Summa Cum Laude Hugo Solano Avila................................... Concord Allison A. Summers.......................... Emerald Isle Magna Cum Laude Chase Lanier Thompson.....................Hampstead Orlando Verastegui Castillo.......................... Cary John Morgan Wassilchak...............................Apex Evan Joseph Wells...............................Waynesville Walker Douglas Yates...........................Clemmons BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Ahmed Adil Albouri.............................. Charlotte Ali Hassan Almubarak......Dammam, Saudi Arabia James Y. Anderson......................................Raleigh Razwan Asim........................................... Ramseur Matthew Robert Baker............................. Wingate Magna Cum Laude Corey Austin Ballesteros....................... Henrietta Tyler Beach.................................................Newton Elijah Vireak Bun................................... Charlotte Maksim Vasilyevich Chayun................. Charlotte Cum Laude Andy Mathew Christovale.................Laurinburg Jason Boyd Clemens...................................Raleigh Jeffrey De La Rosa Garcia........................Durham Adriana De Oleo...........................Winston-Salem Stuart Alden Draughn.........................High Point Summa Cum Laude James Alexander Drezner........................Durham Tieire S. Ennels...........................Washington, DC Joaquina Raquel Obono Esono Nchama ......................................... Bata, Equatorial Guinea Amber Galeana........................................ Concord Evan H. Gray............................................ Concord Sarah Juliana Grempels.......................... Charlotte Erick V. Hernandez, Jr............................ Charlotte Ibrahim Hodzic....................................Lincolnton Matthew James Holland........................... Sanford Nicholas Scott Hopper..........................Greenville Michael Aaron Humphrey................ Jacksonville Ramsey Mark Kurdi..................................Mebane Christina R. Lawson............................... Charlotte Cum Laude Scott C. Lewis............................................. Sanford Aunilie Grace Linehan........................Hampstead Cum Laude, University Honors, Engineering Honors, Albert Scholar

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Nicolas Mantilla Gomez......... Bogota, Colombia Cum Laude Jacen Matthew Mott...........................Rocky Point Michael Victory Nguyen..........................Newton Israel Nsenga Nzala................................ Charlotte Cum Laude David William Onsrud...................... Mooresville Nicholas James Parker....................... Indian Trail Robert Perkins.................................. Summerfield Arsentiy Jonathan Pomerlyan............... Charlotte Austin Tyler Radford........................ Mooresboro Anthony J. Richardson............................ Gastonia Jerry A. Rivera.............................................. Lenoir Marcos Vinicius Rodrigues................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Isabel Grace Rommel......................Rocky Mount Cum Laude Aly Saleh.................................................. Charlotte Gregory James Seymour................................ Cary Roman Shevchenko...................................Monroe Shahpor Abdi Shiraz.............................. Charlotte Antonio Manuel Tanzella Davila............Durham Eric L. Tate............................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Tedros Estifanos Teklay......................... Charlotte Zachary Ryan Teresko....................... Wake Forest May Thao Theologidy.........................Chicago, IL Summa Cum Laude Daniel A. Uribe-Campos.................... Morganton Dalton Ray Vance............................... Collettsville Cum Laude Benjamin Garrett Walden........................Monroe Taylor Chablis Winters....................Marietta, GA Cum Laude Joshua S. Zhang...................................... Charlotte BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Civil Engineering Technology Jeffrey Colton Brewer....................... China Grove Cum Laude Craig Cline Connell......................... Mount Holly Thomas Kenneth Dabolt.......................... Sanford Alex Lee Deal...........................................Rockwell Jacob Patrick Donnelly..........................Asheboro Wyatt Sidney Eudy.....................................Denver Abishai Nahaliel Hernandez.............Mount Airy Rick Joseph Hilgendorf................Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Damon Thomas Jenkins.............................Trinity Andrew Joseph Lawrence...................Randleman Austin D. Locklear................................. Pembroke Amberleigh Ashton Mays..........................Marvin Sara Nicole McInerney..................... Wake Forest Mohamed Nafsi...................................... Charlotte Rodney Michael Shaver......................... Charlotte Amanda Rose Shealy...........................Cherryville Cum Laude Nathan Drew Spencer............................. Seagrove Nicole Suzanne Spinella.......... Baldwinsville, NY Alkis Scott Stankosh.............................. Troutman Justin Gray Venable......................Winston-Salem Shane Michael Werran.........................High Point Randy Garrett Williams............. Roanoke Rapids Electrical Engineering Technology Gramiani Alexander Diaz..................... Charlotte Alexis Gerardo Fortoso..................Brooklyn, NY Vaughan Lamont Greaves, Sr.........Brooklyn, NY Corey Devin Hunt..................................Statesville Cum Laude Gregory Michael Lay...............................Pittsboro John Westly Lowdermilk.................... Morganton Jimmie J. McKinney II...................... Wilmington

Lorenzo E. Rios Olivares....... Patamban, Mexico Magna Cum Laude Spencer Tolppi....................................Kernersville William Bradley Webber....................... Charlotte Fire and Safety Engineering Technology Essa Ali Alsaihati.................................... Charlotte Mohammad Ahmed Bindawoud ................................... Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia William Jared Bruce.......................... Huntersville David Patrick Budd........................... Huntersville Abdullatif Essam Bugis.......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Tristan Hanes Grubbs................................... Elkin Cum Laude Israel Jeremiah Harthorne................. Toledo, OH Connor Klengson................................... Charlotte William Blake Koch...................................Raleigh Daniel Mccoy Todd........................... Huntersville Cum Laude Mechanical Engineering Technology Abdullah Mousa Abu Thiyab ...............................................Al Ula, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude Tyler Emily Ainsworth..........................Cornelius Ahmad Saad Alhajeri........... Kuwait City, Kuwait Mohammad Rashed Almerri ................................................ Kuwait City, Kuwait Magna Cum Laude Musaed Abdulhameed Alotaibi ................................................ Kuwait City, Kuwait Cum Laude Safra Polon Ambros............................... Charlotte Christopher Thomas Azuaje...................Waxhaw Andrew Tyler Barrell.................................Raleigh Nicolas Michael Barwell................Rutherfordton Roman C. Block....................................... Gastonia William Jacob Brown............................. Charlotte Eric Dale Bryant...................................... Concord Matthew Alexander Cerbin.........Assumption, IL Elijah Timothy Childers.............. Pilot Mountain Joel Louis Clark....................................... Davidson Matthew Jordan Clermont................ Mooresville David William Clifton.............................Durham Richard Caleb Croffut..............................Waxhaw Raymond Joseph Essma.............Browns Summit Daniel Edward Farrell........................Kernersville Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Joshua Edward Frias................................Calabash Ryan Patrick Giggey.......................... Wilmington Peter M. Gonzalez.................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Benjamin G. Gravel............................. Morrisville Hugo Nelson Guevara................................Raleigh Hunter James Hughes......................... Morganton Ciarra Rose Huhman......................... Navarre, FL Alaa Yasir Jamal Alhariry........ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude Evan Richard Jingle................................ West End Cum Laude Jordan James Kalenian............................Salisbury Magna Cum Laude Austin Leonard Kiser.................................. Terrell William Caleb Landis..........................Forest City Payton Alexander Leo........................ Buffalo, NY Albert Allen Lewis, Jr............................ Deep Gap John Elliot Martin.................................. Charlotte Taylor James Mayhew...............................Newton Coby Daniel Mente....................................Denver Diego Manuel Ng Gonzalez.............. Indian Trail Magna Cum Laude Ryan Mackendrick Page............................Denver Austin Wade Patrick..................................Hamlet Magna Cum Laude Austin R. Perez........................................ Charlotte

Matheo Trystan Petit.............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Landon Paul Polinski................................. Linden Corbin Lee Richardson...............................Sophia Avery Keith Rising, Jr. .......................... Louisburg Blen Rlan................................................. Charlotte Thornton D. Saffer.........................Richmond, VA David Gonzalo Silva.................................Belmont Jackson R. Smith....................................Albemarle Ryan Charles Smith......................Winston-Salem Michael Dakota Trantham........................Canton Nicholas Traylor................................. Greensboro Joseph Taylor Valle...................................Conover Andrew Jae Waege.......................................... King Grayson A. Ward......................................... Shelby William Luther Webb....................... Macclesfield Michael Louis Whittaker....................... Charlotte Troy Neil Wolverton.................................Advance Niandre Rondrell Woods................... Greensboro BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Eric M. Adkins.........................................Siler City Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Abdulrahman Omar S. Alabdullatif .........................................Dammam, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Hamad Abdulaziz Alalyan ......................Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Ali Jamal Alblooshi.............. Kuwait City, Kuwait Cum Laude Ahmed Zaki Aldarwish........ Qatif, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude Mohammed Ali Al Hashel .............................................. Najran, Saudi Arabia Hussam Ahmed Alhussami .............................................. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Cum Laude Faisal B. F. R. A. AlJulaipi...................... Charlotte Sheanna Leann Allen............................... Wingate Hussain Abdullah Almutawa ................................................Saihat, Saudi Arabia Omar Sadoun Alnamasi........Ha’Il, Saudi Arabia Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Nazar M. Al-Sadeg...........Al-Qatif, Saudi Arabia Magna Cum Laude Faisal Alsarraf....................... Kuwait City, Kuwait Cum Laude Eric J. Anderson.................................. Mooresville Joseph Michael Anderson......................Asheville Justin Ashby..........................................Clemmons Magna Cum Laude Ahmed Ayman Bajodah.........Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mason Alexander Beard..........................Conover Magna Cum Laude Eric Avery Beresid.......................................... Cary David Hampton Boies............................ Charlotte Cum Laude Jonathan Robert Borkowski.................. Charlotte Cum Laude Charles Patrick Bounds......................Youngsville Summa Cum Laude Jeremy Mckenzie Brake.................. Sherrills Ford Cum Laude Nicholas Jacob Brummitt...................... Charlotte Cum Laude Charlton Christian Buckler...........................Apex Cum Laude Parker James Burns..........................New London Jacob Austin Burwell...............................Westfield Stephen Michael Cardell................Bessemer City Clayton Nathaniel Cartner..................... Concord

Margeory Lilieth Castellanos Figueroa ........................................................Winston-Salem Alexander Caviness.................. Johnson City, TN Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Loren Michael Chester..................... Huntersville Mitchell Tyler Christenberry................. Gastonia Cum Laude Nelson Cody Clemons............... Kings Mountain Carrie Marie Cohlmia........................ Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Georgia N. Cooke......................................Hickory Anthony Joseph Cortina................................ Cary Cum Laude, University Honors, Engineering Honors Edwin Cruz-Diaz.................................. Haw River Carter McCalmont Daley.............................. Cary Alexander Jerome DeChant.................. Charlotte Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Shan Singh Dhillon..................................... Colfax Ryan Joseph Dixon.............................Norfolk, VA Cum Laude Bryan Joseph Doria Gomez.................. Charlotte Cum Laude Nicolas Drizake.......................................Reidsville Marc T. Duemmler............................. Indian Trail Summa Cum Laude Eric Lippincott Duncan......................... Charlotte Samuel Reece Faries................................Westfield Magna Cum Laude Tom Lawrence Fisher................................Monroe Spencer Charles Fogleman...........Charleston, SC Gordon Robert Forbes...............................Raleigh Luke Alexander Foushee.......................... Sanford Justin Micheal Fox............................Hillsborough Cum Laude John Hardin Fridy................................. Lewisville Magna Cum Laude Matthew Taylor Gardner..........................Monroe Grant Connor Glaza................................ Gastonia Michael Alexander Goetz...................... Charlotte Cum Laude Timothy A. Groff..............................Bernville, PA Cum Laude Donovan Ryan Gurganus......................Norwood Sianna Elizabeth Haws.......... Virginia Beach, VA Magna Cum Laude William Paul Heidtmann..................... Lewisville Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Christopher Shaver Heiner......Huntington, WV Alexander Falkner Honeycutt..............Norwood Cum Laude David Andrew Jessick.................................... Cary Samuel Madison Johnson..................Waynesville Cum Laude Zachary Kupper Johnson.................. Greensboro Sean A. Kolesar................................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Claire Elizabeth Krawczyk.......................Mebane Kevin Gray Kroncke.................. Whitehouse, OH Andrew Richard Kuhn.....................Ashburn, VA William David Ladd............................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Joseph Truong Lam..................................Conover Thomas A. Lawe................................. Greensboro University Honors, Crown Scholar Eann Michael Lawing..............................Waxhaw Cum Laude Javier E. Leon.......................................... Charlotte Samantha Alexis Malmfelt............................Apex Cum Laude Ezron D. Manco....................................... Concord Summa Cum Laude Hannah Marie Mathew...................... Mooresville Varnell McGee.................................. Mount Holly

Shane McManus...................................Mocksville Jennifer Mericle..................................Kernersville Tucker Doby Merriman.......................Clemmons Cum Laude Chad Aaron Messick..............................Statesville Daniel Christopher Midgette.......................Tyner Brock A. Miller...............................Bessemer City Abdulatif A. M. I. Mohammad ................................................ Kuwait City, Kuwait Hamad A. S. A. Mohammad ................................................ Kuwait City, Kuwait Mitchell R. Morgan........................... Huntersville Matthew Todd Mullins..........................Pfafftown Cum Laude William Liles Neal, Jr.............................. Concord Cum Laude Tara Lynn Newman................................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Dai Duc Nguyen..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Anthony R. L. Nicolas............................. Concord Chioma Ogechukwu Nwakalor ................................................... Anambra, Nigeria Megan Renea Ogle................................ Lexington Summa Cum Laude Ezequiel Oruez......................................Lincolnton Connor Patrick Owensby........................Belmont Cum Laude Clayton Gabriel Parrish......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Vrajesh J. Patel...................................... Morganton Joshua Clay Peterson......................... Huntersville Summa Cum Laude Maxwell Scott Peterson.............. Kings Mountain Cum Laude Jonathan Plaxton............................... Wake Forest Magna Cum Laude Benjamin Matthew Rankin............................Elon Justin Mario Rattrovo............................. Concord Timothy Jesse Redford.......................... Floyd, VA Melissa Brianne Rincon.............................Denver Michael Tilghman Rodriguez................ Concord Ayoub N. F. A. F. Rustum.......... Kuwait City, Kuwait Janessa Christina Schwallie............... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude, University Honors, Engineering Honors, Albert Scholar Austin Michael Simmons............ Pilot Mountain Cum Laude William Kirk Slack....................................Raeford Summa Cum Laude Eric James Smith..................................... Charlotte Brendan Harrison Spencer.................. State Road Cum Laude Nicholas Craig St. Clair......................... Charlotte Steven Michael Swagler......................... Cameron Summa Cum Laude Patrick David Swanger...................... Huntersville Magna Cum Laude Jared James Thomas...................................Denton Celeste Elizabeth Tietz................ Washington, NJ Kyle Edward Tucker.............................Harrisburg Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Engineering, Crown Scholar Kyle Remington Ward............................. Newland Tyler Harley Watkins...........................Burlington Scott David Willard................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Chase Alexander Gentry Wrenn......... Wilmington Maggie Renee Wyatt............................... Concord Cum Laude Yat Kit Yeung........................................... Charlotte Ellis Harrison Young............................Mills River Cum Laude

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Youstina Colta Abdelsayed.................... Charlotte Ifedayo Oluwagbolahan Ajasa................Durham Mohammed Ali Almalki.........Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tariq Mofrih Alzahrani ........................................ Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Roberto E. Baez............................Quito, Ecuador Cum Laude Muhannad Saber Bazuhayr................... Charlotte Drew Joseph Begin.....................................Raleigh Brandon M. Boyce..................................Ellenboro Jonathan Nathaniel Broome.....................Hickory Joshua Tracy Cockman.................... Summerfield Yazid Derouiche................. Casablanca, Morocco Alzubair Abdulkarim Fadel ...........................................Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Benjamin James Fasel........................... Lewisville Levine Scholar

John Gavin Feldman III......................... Charlotte Nicolas Kole Furr....................................Cornelius Logan Austin Garland..........................Bakersville Cum Laude Matthew Gordon........................................Raleigh Trevor B. Harris........................................Catawba Magna Cum Laude Reid J. Hibbard..........................................Bahama Alaina Rose Huey.............................. Huntersville Noah Benjamin Hyman..........................Asheville Desmond M. Ingle...................................Asheville James Christian King, Jr. ................... Greensboro Mary Elizabeth Manser..................... Mooresville Summa Cum Laude Samantha Maria McKinney......................Raleigh Tony Jerome Mebane............................... Graham Oliver Mejia............................................. Charlotte Nicholas Rosario Miceli.............................. Colfax Cum Laude

Dillon Keith Minehart..................... China Grove Jonah A. Morgan..............................New London Magna Cum Laude Austin Grant Nelli.......................................... Cary Alp Ozgunduz................................................. Cary David Sebastián Proaño......................Chapel Hill Paul Francis Salerno...............................Matthews Summa Cum Laude Zachary Taylor Sandifer............................. Shelby Cum Laude Kevin Blake Smith.......................................... Cary Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Marcus Lavon Spell........................... Wake Forest Logan David Stevens............................... Danbury Samuel J. Vandesande.................... Elizabeth City Victoria Lynn Ward..................................... Shelby Summa Cum Laude Anna Elizabeth Williamson..................Norwood

BE A PART OF 49ER WAY Dedicated in 2016, 49er Way is one of UNC Charlotte's landmarks. This brick walkway is located between Cameron Boulevard and Jerry Richardson Stadium. These bricks, honoring UNC Charlotte alumni, lead the 49er football team, Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band, students, alumni, faculty, staff and fans from Hauser Alumni Pavilion to the stadium. Commemorate the hard work and dedication of your UNC Charlotte student through a personalized brick. Make a gift to honor a graduate and leave their legacy as a part of 49er Way. For more information and to purchase your brick, visit Crowdfund.uncc.edu/Classof2020.

History of the Alma Mater Creation of UNC Charlotte’s Alma Mater is rooted deep in the University’s history. It is part of the “Academic Festival March” that was composed for UNC Charlotte by James Helme Sutcliffe, a Charlotte composer and music critic who lived in Germany at the time.

Dr. Loy Witherspoon, professor of religious studies, commissioned the march in 1965 after he learned Charlotte College would become a campus of the consolidated UNC system. The march was initially performed in 1967 for the installation of Dean W. Colvard as UNC Charlotte’s first chancellor. Afterward, it was performed as a recessional at every commencement held during Chancellor Colvard’s tenure.

UNC Charlotte founder Bonnie Cone, upon hearing the march, remarked, “I can hear an alma mater in it,” referring to a hymn-like final refrain. Dr. Robert Rieke, a professor of history, also heard an alma mater in the march. During a 1990 trip to Germany, Rieke visited march composer Sutcliffe, where he picked up a recording of the march. Rieke began writing words to fit the final refrain. On Christmas Eve 1991, Rieke sent Bonnie Cone the words and music as a Christmas present to her and the University, from which he had retired a year earlier.

Chancellor James H. Woodward approved Rieke’s composition as the University’s Alma Mater in April 1992. It was sung for the first time at the following May commencement and has been performed at every commencement since.

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College of Health and Human Services Dr. Catrine Tudor-Locke, Dean

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Exercise Science Matthew C. Abel........................... Hendersonville McKenzie Paige Alexander...............Thomasville Cum Laude China Allford............................................ Zebulon Lily An Armington.....................................Raleigh Cum Laude Danielle Jade Audain.................................Raleigh Cum Laude, Honors in Kinesiology Amaka Odinaka Awuruonye................ Charlotte Mallory Jane Bailey..................................Catawba Zain Joshua Bass................................. Greensboro Magna Cum Laude Maurice Lee Belk IV.................................Monroe Cum Laude Ashley Nicole Benton............................ Charlotte Leslie Elizabeth Blalock.................... Wake Forest Justin Robert Bloos..................................Waxhaw Cum Laude Jack Leonard Brady, Jr.........................Kitty Hawk Jenna Grace Bridges.................................... Shelby Cum Laude Tyler Scott Britner............................... Winterville Cum Laude Breanna D. Brown.......................Browns Summit Cum Laude Geno R. Brown..........................................Kinston T’era L. Brown..............................Chesapeake, VA Cum Laude Joseph R. Bruner...................................... Concord Cum Laude Elaina Michelle Burgess..................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Ann Capps...............................Belmont Cum Laude Zachary Bryan Carver................................ Locust David Michael Cavins............................ Charlotte Cum Laude Adam T. Chase........................................Matthews Kathy Hoang Anh Chau........................ Charlotte Kiondra Cherry..................................... New Bern Thomas Benford Chilton.........................Pinnacle Cum Laude Emily Suzanne Clark................................Belmont Cum Laude Katherine Clark...................................... Charlotte Paxton L. Colley..............................Ellsworth, ME Catherine Carol Collins.............................Raleigh Anthony Devin Connors..........................Murphy William Ryan Cope..................................Advance Kyle David Corum.................................Stoneville Heath Patrick Cosby..................................Denver Mikayla Ann Creswell................................Grover Samara Kae Critcher....................................Boone Maya Janori Daniel............................. Greensboro Tyler Charles DeAlmeida.......................Brick, NJ Tovah Brendon Dembe...........Hamilton, Canada Summa Cum Laude Reagan Lee Dennis................................. Mint Hill Magna Cum Laude Patterson Taylor Dickerson............... Mooresville Cum Laude Steven Lamont Dubose.........................Rural Hall Alexis Christina Eaddy..............................Raleigh Adam Steven Ellis................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Vanecia Satori’ Ellis.............................Laurinburg Sarah Ann England..............................High Point Cum Laude

Jennifer Estrada Arellano................... Morganton Magna Cum Laude Brittany Skylar Exline........................ Mooresville Malli Kothapalli Fowler................................. Cary Magna Cum Laude Lucas Hunter Froehlich.......................Harrisburg Juan J. Gomez.......................................... Mayodan Julia Rose Grainda..................................Cornelius Summa Cum Laude Austin Dion Isaiah Griffin..................... Charlotte Kalyn Marie Haas........................ Sleepy Eye, MN Cum Laude Saeed Hafez...........Dubai, United Arab Emirates Summa Cum Laude Divine Jewell Harper.....................Cleveland, OH Shawn Micah Hicks............................. Olney, MD Samuel Alexander Highsmith.......... Wilmington Kayla Renee Hill....................................... Robbins Rebekah N. Ho........................................ Charlotte Ashley Tyler Hobbs................................ Charlotte Sedia Advertine Debra Hoff.................. Charlotte Courtney Morgan Hrabec.............................Apex Jordan A. Hughes.................................Harrisburg Carlyle Suzanne Huneycutt............... Mooresville Cum Laude Jeremy Michael Hyland.................... Huntersville Natalie M. Italiano....................................Waxhaw Ulises Jardon-Ramirez...................... Huntersville Alexandra Nicole Karhnak....................Matthews Madhavi Keerthivarman....................... Charlotte Erica G. Kelly.......................................... Mint Hill Nadine Ndona Kisamba........................ Charlotte Rachel Catherine Knapp......................High Point Cum Laude Allison M. Knuckles............................ Morrisville Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Kinesiology Jessica Susan Knutelsky..................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Larrysa Brianne Gabriel Lankhamdeng ................................................................Burlington John Tyler Lauffenburger.........................Hickory Magna Cum Laude Benny P. Le.............................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Amy Elizabeth Lee............................ Wilmington Magna Cum Laude Kaylee A. Lopez-Rosario............ Barceloneta, PR Kylie A. LoPorto..................................... Charlotte William Lawrence Mackey........................ Stanley Cum Laude Michael Charles Malkin.................... Indian Trail Lauren Anne Maltzahn................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Blake A. Marion............................ Pilot Mountain Magna Cum Laude Matthew Christopher Martin.......... Huntersville Cum Laude Kayla B. McDougald-Davis................ Lumberton Catrisse Caroline McDowell............. Greensboro Summa Cum Laude, University Honors Maija Iman McGlone............................Greenville Shawn Lee McKiddy................. Glendale Springs Magna Cum Laude Ashley Taylor Michael...................... Wake Forest Emma Raye Montecalvo...................... Naples, FL Cum Laude Jared Ross Mooney..............................Taylorsville Cum Laude Cayla Joethel Moore...................................Raleigh Wesley K. Moore, Jr. ....................Winston-Salem

Brittany Amelia Moose...................Hamptonville Arianna N. Mork............................... Huntersville Cum Laude Lauren Michelle Mortell................... Wake Forest Jasmine Leighann Mumford............. Gower, MO Cum Laude Déja Symone Michelle Myers.................Durham Nidonna P. Nicholson........................ Greensboro Molly Ann Northcutt........................ Wake Forest Mmesoma Gloria Okonkwo................. Charlotte Cum Laude Marcos Andres Pabon Velez................. Charlotte Khusboo U. Patel.................................... Charlotte Sonali K. Patel.............................................Raleigh Mackenzie Patton...........................................Apex Luke William Paulus................. Spencerport, NY Colleen Victoria Pecoraro................ Wilmington Jeffrey Alan Petroski............................ Fayetteville Summa Cum Laude Emily June Pettis.....................................Pinehurst Ramon Pino-Lueza.............................. Yadkinville Cum Laude Margo Poleway........................Valley Cottage, NY Cum Laude Rachel Claire Poston.............................. Charlotte Lyndsi Danette Pound...............................Denver Summa Cum Laude Yassah Reed...............................................Durham Summa Cum Laude Ju’Anisha A’Shawn Reels.......................... Harlowe Erica Naomi Renkenberger.....................Waxhaw Magna Cum Laude Zachary Blake Riggs............................Youngsville Karen Maria Rivera........................................ Cary Magna Cum Laude Davian Jaquel Robinson...........................Newton Cum Laude, Arts + Architecture Honors, Martin Scholar Madison Avery Sain........................................ Vale Magna Cum Laude Maria G. Sanchez......................................Waxhaw Cum Laude Jordan Scott............................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Kiana C. Scott.....................................Thomasville Megan Michelle Sefton.................................. Cary Cum Laude Molly Danielle Shaw........................... Bristol, TN Alexa Nickole Shook..............................Pinehurst Paige Nicole Shook................................. Charlotte Monica Faye Skipper.............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Bryce Raymond Paul Spesock.............High Point Tobias Bruno Stapel.................................Belmont Magna Cum Laude Jocelyn Faith Stoner........................... Greensboro Magna Cum Laude Emma Ruth Teague................................. Concord Summa Cum Laude Andrew James Terry............................... Charlotte Abel A. Tessema..........................................Raleigh Cum Laude Savannah Hope Thigpen.....................Harrisburg Adriana Sariah Tonga..................... Holly Springs Long Cam Truong.................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Toshja Tussey................................Winston-Salem Zachary Dean Tyson................................Waxhaw Cum Laude Allison F. Valeri................................... Indian Trail Magna Cum Laude

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Dana Christine Van Dyck......................... Crouse Angela Patricia Vargas Zapata ................................................... Bogota, Colombia Catiana Izhari Vick................................... Wendell Justin Lamont Vick.....................................Raleigh Kathryn Joy Vollrath.............................. Charlotte Kennett Eugene Washington.......... Lancaster, SC Jonovan Maurice Watts............................Durham Joshua David Williams........................... Concord Magna Cum Laude Dalton Seth Wilson......................................Dallas Herniah Kathon Louise Wright..........High Point Ze Yang....................................................Statesville Health Systems Management Iyanna Ashlee Aiken.................. Long Island, NY Kera Alyse Anderson....................Glennville, GA Maria M. Andrade-Figueroa.................Asheboro Cum Laude Frishta Arifi.............................................. Concord Maria Angela Beja Ariola...................... Charlotte Paul Robert Arredondo...................... Fayetteville Jeremiah Battista Atiles..................... Huntersville Kyra Danielle Atkins....................................Dallas Trimone Reneshea Avery................... Fayetteville Andres Banuelos..........................................Angier Praier LaFaith Barnwell............................Monroe Leah Taylor Barry............................... Indian Trail Anna Michelle Beane............................Albemarle Lauren Elizabeth Billy.................................... Cary Noralis Elidenis Bodden................... Huntersville Meredith Riley Bond..................................Raleigh Abigail Marie Boushee................... Excelsior, MN Cum Laude A’lishia Ty’ese Bowman...................... Mooresville Cum Laude Sarah Catherine Brewer.......................... Gastonia Quentin Darius Bridges............................Newton Gabriela Annette Brissette................ Huntersville Brian Clifton Britt....................... Pleasant Garden Darrien Jade Bruner.................................... Locust Cum Laude Kamryn Lee Bruner................................ Concord Magna Cum Laude Katelynn M. Bruno...................................Conover Cum Laude Ha’Sheem Delon Brunt........................... Gastonia Garrison Jordan Burgess........................ Charlotte Lindsay Morgan Burleson...................... Gastonia Cum Laude Amber Maya Burnette........................ Fayetteville Jerrel Garnet Charles Bushel.....................Raleigh Christopher D. Byron...................... Mount Holly Yasmine Nshuti-Anta Byungura................ Colfax Yasmine Corina Campbell............................Apex Brent Avery Carroll................................ Charlotte Conor Michael Castronovo................. Naples, FL Magna Cum Laude William Roberto Cevallos......... Long Island, NY Mary Chang...............................................Newton Teddy Jimmy Sebastien Chaouche ..................................... Loriol-du-Comtat, France Alexandra Hope Cheek..........................Rockwell Pauline G. Ciavolino...................... Scarsdale, NY Dalephine Christione Coffin...................Durham Krista Alexandria Colvin.......................... Sanford Cum Laude Alexis Nicole Comer.............................. Mint Hill Cum Laude Jacob Dennis Cornell............................ Lexington Andrew Ryan Cottrell..................Winston-Salem Sydney Leigh Courts.......................... Greensboro Zachary Craft..........................................Cornelius Courtney Ann Curtis............................. Charlotte Donovan Chance Daniels....................Harrisburg Casey Christine Davidson................. Mooresville

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Donna Deramgozzin.............................. Charlotte Nicole Doolittle.......................................Matthews Summa Cum Laude Michael Dransfield II............. Wall Township, NJ Jordan Ann Easter..............................Mount Airy Cameron Nicole Edwards......................Pfafftown Koffi Fernand Egloh............................... Charlotte Valencia Demoya Ellis............... Atlantic City, NJ Natalia Erazo............................................ Gastonia Katherine Marie Fiedler......................... Concord Kachelah Amari Flournory................ Cicero, NY Carly Nicole Foy.....................................Statesville Sergio E. Gallo, Jr. ............................. Huntersville Cum Laude Avah Jane Gardelle.................................... Polkton Brenyanah Gassaway.............................. Charlotte Tyler Lee Gerhardt.................................Matthews Rachel Morgan Giroux............................Waxhaw Shonaziea Goss....................................... Charlotte Desiree L. Green...................................High Point Alicia Greene........................................... Charlotte Rachel Lauren Gruner........................... Charlotte Nancy Tuyet Ha.......................................Salisbury Cum Laude Payton Elizabeth Hall.................. Mount Pleasant Courtney Elizabeth Hamrick......... Lancaster, SC Cum Laude Ryan Demetruis Harrington...............High Point Jasmine Nicole Harshaw...........................Hickory Teressa Lynette Hartgrove.......................... Shelby Magna Cum Laude Amal H. Hasan.......................................Matthews Jasman Keyana Hayes.............................Fairmont Brianna Rose Hemric.................................... Elkin Karina Herrera......................................... Gastonia Chase C. Jones Hewlin........................... Charlotte Jacqueline Ruth Hine............................. Charlotte Jalen Rayshon Hinkson......................... Charlotte Morgan Marie Hoffman......................... Gastonia Leslie G. Huezo-Arias.........................Wilkesboro Magna Cum Laude Keyue Huo............................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Anh Ky Huynh.................................... Greensboro Cum Laude Emily Brooke Isley.................................. Charlotte Sayali Arun Jadhav......................................... Cary Taliyah Jant.............................................. Charlotte Landon McKlain Jensen............................Raleigh Meredith Jamal Johnson........................ Charlotte Quenten D. Johnson............................... Charlotte Briana Abigail Jorge...............................Matthews Minji Kang............................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Brittany Nicole Kiefer............................. Concord Kyungho Kim....................... Suwon, South Korea Jason Alexander King............................. Gastonia Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kogan............. Gastonia Daniel Eduardo Lacayo....................... Stokesdale Heidi Price Lackey.....................................Monroe Savannah Margaret Lawing................Cherryville Jasmine Nicole Lawton.......................... Charlotte Kaylynn Michelle LeClair........................Waxhaw Sequoia Cheyenne Locklear..................Matthews Cameron Lanier Locust............................ Sanford Cum Laude Marcelle F. Louba..................................Harrisburg Allen Lu................................................... Charlotte Victoria Chioma Madueke................ Greensboro Cum Laude Donna Logan Mangum......................... Charlotte Monique Michelle Mann................Murfreesboro Zachary Miles Marchinko......................Salisbury Taylor Alisha Lee Martin....................... Charlotte Marissa Nicole Matthews..................... New Bern

Emily Morgan McCallops...................Easton, PA Makana Ashley McClellan.................... Charlotte Hannah Jane McComas............. Kings Mountain Magna Cum Laude Kaleigh Elizabeth McDonald............. Cramerton Magna Cum Laude Mary Grace McKusick........................... Charlotte Alexis M. Carson-McMorris................. Charlotte Sarah Elizabeth Melendez........................ Warsaw Coleman J. Merrill........................................Dallas Brianna Alicia Molina.............................Calabash Christian Moore................................. Greensboro Andrea Fabiola Morales......................... Charlotte Mackenzie Brooke Morgan............... Greensboro Danielle Morrell................................. Huntersville Evet Mutezinka....................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Marie Estella Newman-Woolcock........ Charlotte Cum Laude William Herbert Newsom..................... Charlotte Anastasia Nirean.....................................Matthews Cum Laude Jacquelyn Dora Osborne........................ Concord Aswi Vinod Patel.................................... Charlotte Bhargavi Yagnesh Patel.................... Fort Mill, SC Hetvi J. Patel..............................................Waxhaw Parth Janakkumar Patel............... Hendersonville Magna Cum Laude Alivia Carolyn Peay......................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Sotheara Romduel Pich........................ Lexington Elaina Svetlana Putnam.............................. Shelby Helen Ramage................................................. Cary Omar Ramirez...........................................Monroe Amanda Lilly-Anne Reno...............Gastonia, MI Bryanna Elaine Richardson...................... Clayton Sarah Elizabeth Rifield...................... Arnold, MD Evan Ray Roberts........................................ Shelby Hallie N. Rogers........................................... Shelby Magna Cum Laude Shaidaijah E. Rozzelle..............................Pineville Melissa Jane Rubio.....................................Raleigh Ahmad Yacoub Saleh............................. Charlotte Maylecia Denise Samuel............ Frederiksted, VI Archana Sapkota...................................... Concord Cum Laude Robert Matthew Schaefer..........................Raleigh Hannah Michelle Schirmer...........................Apex Magna Cum Laude Nicole Alyse Shachtman.........................Pittsboro Lydia Reagan Sharpe..............................Statesville Michael R. Shaw................................ Huntersville Larisa Ella Marie Simmons................ Fayetteville Allison Kay Simpson........................... Wadesboro Nylah S. Singleton.................................Greenville Cameron Lain Slate.................................Salisbury Jalen M. Smith.........................................Pittsboro Laney Carroll Smith..............................Albemarle Marissa Charmelle Smith....................... Gastonia Maurice Ravelle Smith II............................... Cary Rachel Olivia Smith......................................Boone Cum Laude Jefferson Sophannou Sokphat.............. Lexington Kristina M. Solera.................................Lincolnton Madisyn Alexis Spagnola................ Summerfield Caleb Adam Spears..................... Mount Pleasant LaRoyal Chalan Spruiell..........................Durham Cum Laude Jasmine Janee’ Stancil................................. Garner Cum Laude Jacqueline Grace Stephens...................... Concord Madelyn Ruthann Stevens................ Huntersville Quenell Lammara Stroman................... Charlotte Natasha Devi Sukhram........................Harrisburg Hayley R. Summerville............................Waxhaw Cum Laude

Insheena Monique Tate..................... Gaffney, SC Isabel Marie Tenorio........................... Morrisville Magna Cum Laude Cameron Heath Hinson Threadgill...... Concord Cindy Tinoco Perez.................................... Liberty Diane Udechukwu.................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Anton Uzzle.....................................Jersey City, NJ Ryan P. Vermillion, Jr.............................Cornelius Chloe Magdalena Wallace.......................Waxhaw Christina Williams................................. Charlotte Ryan Hunter Williamson.........................Durham Lindsey Beth Wise........................................Dallas Bailey L. Woodie......................................Salisbury Anisia E. Wright................................. Jacksonville Sidney Erica Wright.................................... Shelby Wendy Yang...................................................... Vale Cum Laude Aderian K. Young-Farrington.................Durham Ibrahim Ali Zaghari............................... Charlotte Melissa Zaman................................................ Cary Xinyi Cindy Zhu...................................Harrisburg Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science Enkutatash Alemayehu.......................Bowie, MD Valeria Cano.......................................Santa Fe, TX Michele A. Carey........................Bloomington, IL Jacquelyn Currall........................................Raleigh Melissa Marie Curran............................Cornelius Tasha Denise Frye.....................................Hickory Kacynta Elizabeth Gardner....................... Garner Robert Wayne Goodrich................................ Vass Shu Ching Hanberry......................Little Elm, TX Kristal Anne Jackson.................................Hickory Emilie Kathryn Lanham............................Raleigh Rabeha Noor.....................................Houston, TX LeeAnna Nicole Peirce......................... Olathe, KS Lucas Aaron Polaski..................Cedar Rapids, IA Ryan Michelle Putnam................................. Alexis Melissa Vicoria Stalls............................Greenville BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Nursing Emily Ann Adams................................... Gastonia Magna Cum Laude Melissa Marie Aime............................ Fayetteville Cum Laude Maria Araujo-Victoria............................ Gastonia Magna Cum Laude Nagathushara Arja.......................................... Cary Cum Laude Evelina Glory Badzuh..............................Waxhaw Summa Cum Laude Kala Madyson Bailey................................... Shelby Cum Laude Casey Breann Barneycastle.................Mocksville Magna Cum Laude Austin Joel Beck..................................Thomasville Summa Cum Laude Brennan Taylor Benfield......................... Gastonia Magna Cum Laude Brianna Marie Browning........................ Concord Cum Laude Megan Dempsey Burroughs............. Greensboro Summa Cum Laude Erin Dianne Calhoun....................... Mount Holly Cum Laude Bailey Sarah Campbell................................Leland Cum Laude Kailee S. Champigny...........................Gibsonville Summa Cum Laude Anna Lee Christian........................................ Cary Magna Cum Laude Abigail Marguerite Doerrmann.........Hampstead Cum Laude

Rhema Elizabeth Douglas............................. Cary Summa Cum Laude Alissa Colby Dunn.............................. Morrisville Magna Cum Laude Jea Feb Betil Garcia........Davao City, Philippines Cum Laude Mary Caroline Gentry........................... Charlotte Cum Laude Johnathon Jere Gibbs.....................................Apex Magna Cum Laude Diana Michele Gonzalez....................... Charlotte Cum Laude Christina Leigh Martin Hart....................Hickory Summa Cum Laude Ashlyn Jane Heitman............................. Mayodan Magna Cum Laude Hallie Noelle Hnatek..................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Kailey Nichole Humphries........ Rutherford College Cum Laude Jordan Nicole Johnson.........................Lincolnton Magna Cum Laude Jessica Kharnas....................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Madelyn Luise Morgan...............................Trinity Magna Cum Laude Megan Danielle Mull...........................Harrisburg Magna Cum Laude Sarah Catherine Mullen......................Chicago, IL Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar, Nursing Honors Pretty Taylor Ramirez............................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Rebecca Lee Redmond....................................Olin Summa Cum Laude Dawn Michelle Sebastian................ Union Grove Summa Cum Laude, Martin Scholar, Nursing Honors Katherine Olivia Spencer..................Granite Falls Cum Laude Briana Danielle Sutton........................... Rolesville Magna Cum Laude Morgan Chase Targhetta.................. Wilmington Magna Cum Laude Jacob Benjamin Thomas...............Royersford, PA Cum Laude Aleah Joan Thorburn.........................Thomasville Magna Cum Laude Alina Klyuykova Thorman.................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Caitlin Taylor Wall...............................High Point Summa Cum Laude Katelyn Paige Watters..................Winston-Salem Summa Cum Laude Alexis Ryan Whitley.................................Stanfield Magna Cum Laude Olivia Rose Wiggins.................................Waxhaw Magna Cum Laude Breanna K. Williams.................... Hendersonville Magna Cum Laude Soren Brooks Williams.......................Timberlake Cum Laude Makenzie Lane Young................ Kings Mountain Magna Cum Laude RN to BSN Completion Lacey Elizabeth Boaron......................... Charlotte Jenna Danielle Carter...............................Belmont Rachael Goodrow.....................Belchertown, MA Andrea M. Harrell Nielsen............. Rock Hill, SC Wanda Lynn Henderson......................... Shannon Lauren Elizabeth Lomuscio.................. Charlotte Alexis Corinne Marko.............................Waxhaw William Harold McPhatter III..................Raleigh Phillippa M’Maitsi................................Jamestown Lisa Bryant Moore.................................. Charlotte Yessenia Guadalupe Morales Saldaña ............................................................ Mount Holly

Vanessa Lee Pethel................................... Concord Alicia Dyan Phillips............................... Charlotte Katherine Ann Prisco............................ Charlotte Logan Jade Saldana.................................... Stanley Cum Laude Jordan Scearce.............................................Pelham Chelsea Marie Self..................................Lawndale Callie Jordan Shope.................................Asheville Morgan Spence Landry........................Lincolnton Sarah Jordyn-Mary Street......................... Valdese Ruvi R. Suarez........................................... Robbins Maria Isabella Reyes Syquia.............. Greensboro Ilona Whetstone..................................... Charlotte Reaghan Leigh Witmore Herring............Monroe BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH Kyle Thomas Anderson............................... Lenoir Sherlie K. Arauz Sanchez....................... Charlotte Amia Janee’ Braswell.................................. Wilson Cum Laude Cameron Elizabeth Burnette.............Chapel Hill Cum Laude Zoe Hana Cantu-Backhaus................Chapel Hill Alexandra Hope Cheek..........................Rockwell Abigail Faith Coffey................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Maria Ysabelle Cristobal Cruzat.....Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Kruti Hemeshkumar Dave................ Greensboro Cum Laude Julian Michael Hardy.................... Piscataway, NJ Cum Laude Rachel V. Hudson..................................Albemarle Summa Cum Laude Lindsey Nicole Johnson...........................Belmont Cum Laude Areeba Laghari....................................Boston, MA Cum Laude Victoria Ayesha Love.................................Dudley Magna Cum Laude Afra Mahmood....................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Languages and Culture Studies Honors, Crown Scholar Jahnita-Zenia Lashea Melvin.............Laurinburg Jordana Ashley Molai..........................Wilkesboro Magna Cum Laude Faith Leslie Morgan........................... Huntersville Cum Laude Evet Mutezinka....................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Arianna Nieuwsma................................Matthews Jacqueline Marie Noe............................. Stow, OH Magna Cum Laude Ayushi G. Patel...........................................Hickory Jalpa Patel..............................................Harrisburg Magna Cum Laude Nishi Niket Patel..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Lauren Janice Reid......................................... Cary Cum Laude Jasmine Arianna Sanchez............ Hendersonville Cum Laude Meagan Breann Smith............................ Gastonia Sarah Lea Smith...................................... Charlotte Veronica Lea Stringfield.............. Southern Pines Magna Cum Laude Anna Leigh Taylor..................................Matthews Cody Alexander Williams........Connelly Springs Luke Tyler John Wilson......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN RESPIRATORY THERAPY Tara Elizabeth Albrecht...............Winston-Salem Rachel Nicole Barrett.......................... Fayetteville Kimberly Smith Beck.................................Marion Kitt C. Beesley...........................................Whittier Eliezer Benitez................................ Havana, Cuba Beth Hare Bizzell....................................... Clayton Mark Andre Bodnar...............................Statesville Christy Lynn Brown............................... Maysville Melissa Purdy Burroughs......................Stoneville Alicia Carrese.............................. Johnsonville, SC Melody Ann Carter............................. Hope Mills Ryan James Clayton........................... Walkertown Kristen Lanier Collins.....................Rocky Mount Mindy Brooke Comer.........................Taylorsville Taryn Lynn Cooper..................................Durham Sharon D. Cornelison..................Winston-Salem Joseph Robert DeRosa...........................Cornelius Cassandra S. Diaz................................ Fayetteville Sydney Logan Dunn..............................Albemarle Heather Nicole English.................... Rockingham Donna Joyce Enloe.................................. Ramseur Marcus J. Ferguson................................ Southport Travis Blake Furr.................................... Charlotte Angela B. Greenlee...................................... Locust Donna Lynn Hayden...................................... King Pamela Browning Holly...........................Catawba Lisa M. Hoyle......................................Bryson City Diontay Isaac...........................................Aberdeen Rayna H. Jessup....................................... Concord Victoria Kay Johnson........................Warrensville Jodie Jones.......................................................Apex Sheree Dashaun Kendall.................... Indian Trail Laura Ann Kerley................................Taylorsville Wendy D. Kirby.........................................Newton Domonique Rechael Kirkpatrick.....Hendersonville Santiseng Kongphet........................................ Cary Melissa Ann Kroll.......................................Denver Joyce Mccullers Lanier..............................Mebane Jamie Renee Larsen............................ Greensboro Tashia Lynn Locklear.............................. Shannon Wendy Gail Matthews............................ Jonesville Victoria Small McCue......................... Knightdale Heather D. Melton..................................Ellenboro Nicole Anderson Miller.......................Harrisburg Hannah Morketter Kennedy.............. Fayetteville Lisa N. Moser...................................... Jacksonville Richard William Moses....................... Cullowhee Rexanna Michelle Murphy............... Sandy Ridge Tara Baity Norman................................. Boonville Jeffrey Lawrence Oaks........................... Charlotte Jessica Lynn Otero..................................Stoneville Jessica Dawn Overcash............... Mount Pleasant Ashley Alexis Parker................ Myrtle Beach, SC Wendy Ann Patric.............................. Bergen, NY Sabrina Piccolo.......................................... Clayton Lisa B. Powell.............................................Hickory Omar Abdu Powell....................................Raeford Joshua Pylant...................................Scotland Neck

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Ashland Leigh Rice...................................Monroe John Walter Ross....................................... Sanford Daniel Robert Smith.................... Glen Allen, VA Rhonda Smith..............................................Ennice Miranda Rodatz Tarvainen.......... Connelly Springs Christy Cox Taylor.................................... Clayton Ashley Nicole Teague..........................Wilkesboro Cori Lynae Teague...................................Siler City Antoinette Amelia Rachel Thomas.........Chicago, IL Latasha A. Thompson..........................High Point Larina Enriquez Vega...............................Pineville Jonathan A. Vissman.......................... Grimesland Jenna Marie Watts...........................Trumbull, CT Tiffany Huneycutt Wayne........................... Locust Malorie Delane Whitaker................... Winterville Cynthia Elaine Williams-Alexander..........Charlotte Wesley Leroy Womeldorf, Jr. ........... Wake Forest BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Carla Nekisha Alexander....................... Charlotte Cum Laude Michelle N. Anthony.............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Vildina Lasadie Baldwin.........................Fairmont Jasmine Ti’Quasia Brown.....................Greenville Stephanie Marie Bryan.......................... Charlotte Ashton Grace Byrd.................................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Chandradai Chandler........Georgetown, Guyana Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Social Work Jennifer Nhi Chau.....................................Hickory Summa Cum Laude Diana Mercedes Chew.................Winston-Salem Meranda Sue Collins............................... Concord Cum Laude Irene Duker............................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Olivia Catherine Gadd............................ Concord Magna Cum Laude Sesen Alazar Gebremariam................... Rolesville Magna Cum Laude Kira Narisse Green................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Allison Ivy Gregory............................. Banner Elk Cum Laude Stephen Kyle Harden.................................Mebane Magna Cum Laude Sarah Anne Hauge.................................. Charlotte Cum Laude Kaitlyn Marie Hooker............................Stoneville Veronica Hurtado-Aguilar......................... Lenoir Magna Cum Laude Jourdan Johnson..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Sydney Arizona Laney........................Cherryville Emma Dorothy Leddy...................... Wilmington Erin Cierra-Rechelle Lee....................... Charlotte Cum Laude Morgan Elizabeth Low................. Baltimore, MD Cum Laude

Gabrielle Jasmine Martin......................Statesville Summa Cum Laude Esmeralda Martinez............................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Erin A. Meehan....................................... Mint Hill Summa Cum Laude Haley Meredith Meyers.......................Clemmons Magna Cum Laude Abby Grace Miller................................ Claremont Magna Cum Laude Isela Mogollon........................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Megan Elizabeth Mulhall...................... Charlotte Cum Laude Misty Autumn Leia Nickowski......... Greensboro Cum Laude Lydiah Moraa Nyamisoa........................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Aishah Maryam Abimbola Omotosho........Apex Magna Cum Laude Renee Peters................................. Maplewood, NJ Cum Laude Mallory Elizabeth Price.............................. Shelby Magna Cum Laude Kendyl Lynn Purcell............................Creedmoor Magna Cum Laude Sidney L. Rice........................................... Concord Summa Cum Laude Diane E. Richardson............................... Concord Cum Laude Quincy Ridley......................................... Cameron Bailey L. Roberts...........................Winston-Salem Summa Cum Laude Elba Celeste Santana.............................. Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Kristina Ann Schmoeller.................... Palatine, IL Magna Cum Laude Brenna M. Siek........................................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Amber Nichole Sigmon.......................Lincolnton Magna Cum Laude Ilona A. Silva Alvarez............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Tyra D. Singletary.........................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Anna Grace Slack................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Precious Jewell Stewart............................Conover Jasmine Renee Thagard.............................Raeford Cum Laude Brittany Maree Walls.................................Hickory Anna Elizabeth Cook Warren.......... Wilmington Cum Laude Kumisha Lynita Washington...............High Point Cum Laude Prince Lee Whitley.............................. Winterville Brandi N. Williams.......................Winston-Salem Morgan Christine Wooten........................Raleigh Summa Cum Laude Rebecca Lynn Wright............................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude TyZhane’ S. Young................................High Point

Greetings From The Graduating Class College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Katherine R. Baker Candidate for Bachelor of Arts, English I’ll start by acknowledging that graduation is a joyful and inspiring occasion in the midst of a time of fear and confusion. The class of 2020 has contended with multiple shocking and unprecedented events. At the end of last spring semester, tragedy struck our campus and we lost the lives of two members of the Niner family. None of us will ever forget that day.

The beginning of this spring semester ushered in a global pandemic that dealt its hand indiscriminately and upset the daily lives of people around the world, causing many to suffer and extensively altering the course of our academic experience. UNC Charlotte met dramatic institutional changes with resilience, compassion, and our usual indomitable spirit. When classes made the transition online, our professors redesigned their courses midway through the semester to meet the needs of their students. Students entered this irregular class structure with an equally engaged and hardworking attitude. Though we were all impacted by these somber and unnerving moments to varying degrees, Niner Nation would not allow them to derail our intellectual pursuits and our commitment to education.

When I was young, my mother gave me one of her favorite novels, T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, which reimagines Arthurian legend. In one scene, Merlin explains to Arthur that, “The best thing for being sad is to learn something. [It’s] the only thing that never fails. You may grow old … You may miss your only love, [or] you may see the world about you devastated by evil … There is only one thing for it then--- to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust… never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.” This homage to education carried me through some of the most difficult parts of my college experience. When relationships prove challenging or opportunities fall short, no one can take away my education and love of learning.

Merlin’s words embody exactly what I love so much about our College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. While it’s easy to see college as a means to a degree, a rung on the ladder to professional success, those of us pursuing work in science and the humanities understand the value of learning, the power of knowing. Our education here is not simply about memorizing facts and circling the correct multiple-choice answer; it is about adapting to change, asking the right questions, acknowledging what we don’t know. Here, we seek to answer that ever-present question asking “why the world wags and what wags it,” while simultaneously exploring what it means to be human and responding with compassion. As we graduate and go out into the world during times so volatile yet ripe with potential, let our capacity for education be our solace, and the knowledge we have gained here be our stability.

Most importantly, as we each pursue our various talents and vocations, let us remember pastor and writer Frederick Buechner’s conviction that your purpose in life exists “where your greatest joy meets the world’s greatest need.”

Let our passion for learning drive us all towards finding ways to create positive change in a world that, as we have learned so well, yearns for it.

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Candidates for Bachelor's Degrees College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dr. Nancy A. Gutierrez, Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS Africana Studies Christian Kyle Bass................................. Rolesville Dante Tavor Brodie.................................... Oxford Imani Maxine Brooks........................ Jacksonville Mason L. Brown, Jr...............................Harrisburg Terry Lamar Ford II....................Cartersville, GA KaLee Jeanette Harris................................Raleigh Gregory Jones.......................................... Charlotte Brian Keith McDonough II.................Mocksville Dominque D. Moore............................ Bronx, NY Cum Laude, Honors in Africana Studies Marquill Anthony Osborne...................Cornelius Warren R. Scott....................................... Charlotte Brianna Underwood........................... Fayetteville Brandon Eugene Zackery...................... Charlotte Anthropology Lexi Rose Arbajian................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Erica Michelle Archer.............................Salisbury Charlene R. Barclay............................. Fayetteville Cum Laude Loubeants Celestin..........................Brooklyn, NY Logan Myranda Clark............................ Davidson Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Anthropology Sarah Margaret Dandurand.................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Dale DontĂŠ Darrington......................... Charlotte Rebecca Kathleen Garber...................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Paige Malloy Gondek..........................Chapel Hill Elizabeth Marie Hoffman......................Lawndale Magna Cum Laude Mohit D. Khatri.........................New Delhi, India John Anthony Kulikowski..................... Mint Hill Savannah Victoria Logan.........................Monroe Summer Leighann McAnulty................ Concord Magna Cum Laude Jakia Ida-belle McCray.......................... Charlotte Bryn Marie Philiotis............................Chicago, IL Magna Cum Laude Caroline Brooke Poteat..........................Statesville Kimberly Lindsay Savage....................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Anthropology Brad Glenn Sozanski............................... Concord Tiffany Grace Stansell....................................Apex Lauren C. Stewart................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Tiffany Gail Thompson............... Mount Pleasant Magna Cum Laude Jamie Elizabeth Wilkins.............. Mount Pleasant Shaila Elizabeth Willis...............................Canton Erin R. Wood-Cattell....................Cleveland, OH Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Anthropology Biology Kaelyn Kristin Alexander...................... Charlotte Cum Laude Brittney Ann Andino-McBride............ Charlotte Briana Denise Anthony.................... Walkertown Cum Laude Taslima Elisha Bacchus......................... Lexington Magna Cum Laude Kiely Maureen Bjork...........................Laurinburg Magna Cum Laude Kiera Anne Bjork.................................Laurinburg Magna Cum Laude

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Adrianne Payseur Blackhorse............... Charlotte Britanie Marie Blackhurst..................... Charlotte Cum Laude Mckaela A. Braswell................................ Concord Devon Jenny Choltus.............. Montreal, Canada Magna Cum Laude Jamie Jordan Church..........................Thomasville Matthew Jordan Danze.......................... Charlotte Cum Laude Kruti Hemeshkumar Dave................ Greensboro Cum Laude Kenia Dominguez Navarrete.......... Winston-Salem Madeline Grace Dunn........................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Aysheh J. El Asmar...................................Belmont Sageda Elabed......................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Karli A. Fekete..................................... Mooresville Cum Laude Mel B. Felipe.......................................... Goldsboro Emily Joan Florio........................ Robbinsville, NJ Amber Lyne Adah Gilley....................... Charlotte Morgan Emily Grodowsky.................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Madison Hall.......................................Mount Airy Cum Laude MaKayla Shavon Hughes................Rocky Mount Cum Laude Candice Noel Huth................................. Charlotte Renee Ann Johnson..................................Monroe Summa Cum Laude Priscille Mujinga Kabongo.................... Charlotte Cum Laude Elizabeth Mary Kay........................................ Cary Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Amani Lashae Lake-Nestor................... Charlotte Ishan Bimal Lala..................................... Charlotte Ia Ong Lee..................................................Hickory Maria Kuhtine Legaspi........................... Charlotte April Renee Long....................................Matthews Ratha David Loun.................................. Charlotte Lessy Lwea............................................... Charlotte Jonathan Allen Kekoa Martin.........Kings Mountain Faith Joanna McCain........................ Wake Forest Sydney Ellen Mcentire...............................Marion Magna Cum Laude Arthur Glenn McVearry, Jr. ................ Clover, SC Arianna Moazzami................................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Courtney LaTrese Moore...................... Charlotte Jennifer J. Murray............................ Winslow, ME Cum Laude Sir Jaeland Larenz Newson................. Fayetteville Michelle Hoang Nguyen........................ Charlotte Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Psychology Nidonna P. Nicholson........................ Greensboro Hari P. Parmar.................................... Weddington Divya Anilkumar Patel.......................... Charlotte Bryn Marie Philiotis............................Chicago, IL Magna Cum Laude Daaud Qureshi........................................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Spencer L. Roberts................................Burlington Cum Laude Brianna G. Schmitt-Keller...............Seymour, CT Julia Leigh Spor..............................Fuquay-Varina Cum Laude Abigail Marie Taylor............................Swansboro Cum Laude

Samantha Ashley Taylor........................ Charlotte David Richard Tilley............................Harrisburg Sofia Ilias Tsambounieris.................. Mooresboro Brionna J. Umstead............................Queens, NY Zelyn Valdes Roldan...........................Caguas, PR Nancy Pajnra Vang....................................Hickory Cum Laude Torri Dion Weathers.............................. Charlotte Katrina D. Williams.............................. Southport Chania Renee Witherspoon............. Wake Forest Cum Laude Alea G. Wolfe-Browne.......................Conway, SC Anthony Xiong.................................... Morganton Emma C. Zalecki.................................... Charlotte Chemistry Kirk John Villaflor Arcena..........Winston-Salem Summa Cum Laude Elizabeth Brooke Batianis..................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Janay M. Clegg.........................Valley Stream, NY Cum Laude Keri Nicole Dowling.............................. Charlotte Evan Michael Grimm............................. Charlotte Cameron David Hampton........... Hendersonville Magna Cum Laude Farren Amara Jenkins........................ Greensboro Magna Cum Laude Sean P. Jones............................................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Mary Kay........................................ Cary Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Lessy Lwea............................................... Charlotte Emily Matzan.................................. Macedon, NY Camilla Marie Middleton............ Lake Placid, FL Kamuanya Sandrine Mungedi.............. Charlotte Cassidy Lynn Oliverio................ Clarksburg, WV Cum Laude Mary Tess Overton.....................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences, Crown Scholar Spencer L. Roberts................................Burlington Cum Laude Taylor Marie Strauss........................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude Rahmatulla Tawkaliyar.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Alane Jopel Tchomnou Kontchou........ Charlotte Nguyen Thi Hong Truong..................... Charlotte Cum Laude Egan J. Turner......................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Gabrielle Grace Wylie...................... Mount Holly Communication Studies Gregory Dow Adams.........................Kernersville Taylor Dechelle Adams..................... Huntersville Alessandro Agati.................................... Charlotte Nicholas Charles Aldrich......................Asheboro Samantha Marie Aldridge................. Greensboro Kyle Mitchell Ali............................... Windsor, CT Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Lea Rose Bernardo Allbaugh....................Etowah Cum Laude Justina Korkor Amponsah................. Greensboro Ajalene Tiana Anderson-Monk........ Jacksonville Magna Cum Laude, Honors is Sociology Sean Dawood Arshed............................. Charlotte Stevon Murrell Baldwin......................... Charlotte

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International Studies Tirajane’ Lavelle Albany.............. Hendersonville Yara Raed Al Bayyari................................Raeford Cum Laude Spencer D. Atha.................................. Mooresville Cum Laude Iva Leigh Austin........................................Whittier Ameera Safiya Bartholomew................. Charlotte Christian Lee Brody...................Punta Gorda, FL Cum Laude Christopher Cledaras............................. Charlotte Brandon William Cox....................................Apex Maria Ysabelle Cristobal Cruzat.....Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Kaleb Jeffrey Dato..........................Gainesville, FL Tiffani Morgan Earnhardt...................... Concord Cum Laude Shantanu P. Gajjar.......................................... Cary Destiny Elaine Harden................................. Selma Nicholas J. Hewitt................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Global Studies Cayla Jhané Hollis-Emery....................... Wendell Gracie A. Hood.......................... Birmingham, AL Sonja Katariina Hyvärinen......Tampere, Finland Magna Cum Laude Michaela Rose Kerrigan................... Huntersville Hayden Kohnle Lawrence.....................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Cade Garrett Lee..................................... Charlotte Samantha Marie Lee.................. Ellicott City, MD Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Brittany Jade Lynch................................ Charlotte Sidrah Hodges Marotti.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Leilani Veney McGhee........................ Fayetteville Cum Laude Samantha Rose McKnew................. Owings, MD Nico Menzel...................... Leverkusen, Germany Magna Cum Laude William Speight Murdoch III................Salisbury Maya Danielle Robinson...............Arlington, TX Honors in Language and Culture Studies Clara S. Rourk.................................... Wilmington Katherine Yvonne Rush......................... Charlotte Shalini Sarkar..................................................Apex Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Language and Culture Studies Arturo J. Tornero-vila.........................Chapel Hill Carlos Patricio Villacis Alvarez............ Charlotte Korkalia Yang.......................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Japanese Patrick D. Alarcon.................................. Charlotte Spencer D. Atha.................................. Mooresville Cum Laude Deyaneira Barreto Saldana.................Fajardo, PR Cum Laude Robert Osborn Britt............................. Marshville Cum Laude Morgan Alyce Cruz..................................Shallotte Cum Laude, Honors in Language and Culture Studies Nathaniel K. Dew................................ Fayetteville Joy F. Fleet................................................ Charlotte Sonja Katariina Hyvärinen......Tampere, Finland Magna Cum Laude Vicky Khounsombath............................ Charlotte Andrew Howard Kotula........................ Charlotte Erik Scott Martin..................................Clemmons Summa Cum Laude Taylor Steven McNeill...........................Greenville Nicholas Rosario Miceli.............................. Colfax Cum Laude William Speight Murdoch III................Salisbury Connor Lawrence Pittman........................ Wilson Cum Laude Maya Danielle Robinson...............Arlington, TX Honors in Language and Culture Studies

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Shalini Sarkar..................................................Apex Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Language and Culture Studies Arianna Jané Wells.............................. Fayetteville Latin American Studies McKenna Dean Hoppes......................... Charlotte Cristina Lima.......................................... Charlotte Robert Salazar-Guevara..................... Greensboro Cum Laude Mathematics Jordan Paul Astler............................. Fort Mill, SC Madison Grace Barnett..................Mableton, GA Cum Laude Taylor Cobb...........................................High Point Cum Laude Michael Lee Finney...............................Albemarle Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Mathematics Keywan Gharavizadeh........................... Charlotte Kirsten Wallace Gilmore..........................Monroe Gerardo Guzman, Jr............................... Charlotte Alex McKinley Harn............................Harrisburg Cum Laude Kaitlyn Renee Houser...................................Casar Cum Laude Nikita Lama............................................. Charlotte James Andrew Michels.......................... Charlotte Steven Alex Owens........................... Walnut Cove Magna Cum Laude Julia Faulk Pappalardo...............................Raleigh Cum Laude Janvi Patel..............................................Harrisburg Cum Laude Jacob Alexander Press........................Chinquapin Cum Laude Aidan Philip Ray..................................Chapel Hill Karlton Matthew Suits.............................. Clayton Ruari Swift-christian......................... Huntersville Stephen Andrew Swoope................... Indian Trail Cameron Andrew Wilson.........................Raleigh Collin Jay Winslow..................................... Liberty Mathematics for Business Leenora Elaine Arnold........................Hampstead Cum Laude Jacob Alexander Bostick........................ Charlotte Bestman Olusegun Eze-Emelogu ........................................................ Baltimore, MD Kelsey Elizabeth Little............................. Concord Christopher David Parish............... Stamford, CT Regan Mckenzie Redmond...................Statesville David Michael Schmida..............Sturbridge, MA Philosophy Kevin Alexlander Arreola...................Mocksville Allana Paige Carroll........................... Greensboro Cum Laude Drew Avery Dalton............................. Fayetteville Sukrity Dhungel......................................Matthews Eric Ethan Earhart.......................... Plainview, TX Cum Laude Micah Timothy Gibson......................... Charlotte Taylor Chari Lindsay....................Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Yissett A. Mercedes-Maria.......................Hickory Chase Alexander Nicholas Nelon..........Asheville Carlecia Annie Spivey......................... Fayetteville Physics Jeremy Edward Richard.................... Huntersville Political Science Tylah Simone Adams..................................... Cary Yara Raed Al Bayyari................................Raeford Cum Laude Kyle Mitchell Ali............................... Windsor, CT Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Katherin Elaine Almond.....................Harrisburg Cum Laude

Sarah Anwar............................................ Charlotte Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology Ian Charles Barrett..................................Salisbury Melika Barshooi...................................... Charlotte Matthew Lawrence Basel................... Buffalo, NY Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Frederic Beaulieu......................................Waxhaw Jared Samuel Blank.................................Cornelius Cum Laude Mitchell Robert Blaszyk...........................Waxhaw Hannah Ruth Brady.................................Waxhaw Cum Laude Tyler Robert Bridge..............................High Point Bryan Umberto Canales..................Plainfield, NJ Magna Cum Laude Noah Gabriel Cartagena................Bessemer City Taylor Briana Colleton...............................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Collin Scott Deal....................................Statesville Jocelyn Delgado......................................Asheboro Othmane Derouiche............... Meknes, Morocco Michael Desantis............................................Apex Izabella Anna Drogoszewski.....................Raleigh Tanner William Drum............................... Stanley Magna Cum Laude Erica Drummond............................Bayshore, NY Cum Laude Neal Stephen Duncan.........................Chapel Hill Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Clayton Thomas Durboraw................... Charlotte Megan P. Edmiston................................ Troutman Anas M. El-Kahlout............................... Charlotte Stephan Lee Ervin.............................. Mooresville Cum Laude Rachael Lorene Evans............................ Charlotte James Ryce Felker................................... Charlotte Grace Patricia Fendrick................................. Cary Renata Juliana Mendonça Fitchett........ Huntersville Collin Thomas Fowler................................Leland Zachary Shane Goforth............................Hickory Cum Laude Connor Wallace Green............................Waxhaw Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Leanna Lee Griffin................................... Concord Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Edward Gutierrez...................................Asheboro Sarah Beth Halbedl................................ Charlotte Matthew L. Hall....................................... Gastonia Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Denali Mone’ Hamilton...................... Fayetteville Aliyah Monet Harmon.......................... Charlotte Ryan Kelly Hasson............................... Morganton Simon William Horrabin.......................Matthews Noah Derek Huggins............................. Charlotte James Caleb Humphrey......................... Charlotte George Henry Humphries, Jr............. Henderson Ashley Kathryn Monique Hutchinson ................................................................Jamestown Donovan Keisean Jackson..................... West End Magna Cum Laude Jorge Emmanuel Jaimes Benitez............Salisbury Emily Jordan Joshi...............................Cheraw, SC Brandon T. Kahill......................................Newton Elizabeth Jeanelle Karriker................ Mooresville Cierra Jean Keating................................ Charlotte John Unyangunga Kitoko..............................Apex Hilda Taiwo Kolawole................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Riley Anne Kramer..............................Swansboro Magna Cum Laude Kira M. Ladley.................................... Jacksonville Bilal Laghari........................................Boston, MA Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Samantha E. Le.....................................Jamestown Cade Garrett Lee..................................... Charlotte Jessica Marie Leli...........................Fuquay-Varina Cum Laude Taylor Chari Lindsay....................Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science

Booster Tex Lindsey IV................Fuquay-Varina Carrington Adele Luster........................ Charlotte Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Jordan Mackney............................Portsmouth, RI Ydanes Katherina Madero.........................Raleigh Christian Ezra Malcolm........................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Jordan Thomas Maple............................ Charlotte Sidrah Hodges Marotti.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Madeleine Christine Martin................. Charlotte Carlos F. Martinez.................................. Charlotte Gregory Joseph Mateo..............................Monroe Ian Spencer McAdoo..............................Asheville Maggie Elise McCray..................................... Cary Ryan Phillip McDaniel................................... King Chase T. Melton.........................................Monroe Elissa Lee Miller....................................... Gastonia Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Charles Mitchell III....................................Raleigh John Alexander Muckenfuss...................Durham Ognen Nastoski...................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Asuncion Johana Ndjocu Nguba.......... Charlotte Rahsaan Renard Nelson......................... Charlotte Cooper William Nugent...............Charleston, SC Elizabeth Lauren O’Briant.....................Asheboro Devin Maurice Anthony O’Donoghue ............................................................... Fayetteville Calvin John Thomas Pardue................. Jonesville Hunter Bryan Pearce..................................Raleigh Cum Laude Amber Lynn Pendlay............................. Charlotte Collin Alexander Petruska..................... Gastonia Zachary Thomas Plott..........................Mocksville Courtney Alexandra Poole.................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Sarah Ashley Reynolds.............. Farmingdale, NJ Sarah Elizabeth Rifield...................... Arnold, MD Erick D. Rodea Sandoval....................... Charlotte Elizabeth Ann Roush.....................................Apex Teannah L. Sampson............................... Concord Cum Laude Zachary Drew Saunders......................... Concord Cum Laude Kimberly Lindsay Savage....................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Anthropology Samuel Payne Schifando..................... Kannapolis Anzario Bernard Serrant ..........................Quartier d’Orleans, Saint Martin Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science Rebekah Ashley Sidden................... China Grove Andrew Thomas Simmons............Rutherfordton Caleb A. Smith.................................. Bremen, OH Cameron Martin Smith......................... Mint Hill Lauren Grace Smith................New Ringgold, PA Cum Laude Yesika Areli Sorto Andino..................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar, Honors in Political Science Mary Catherine Spain........................ Grimesland Cum Laude Nicholas George Spath........................... Charlotte Mary Catherine Stamey........................... Graham Kyla Cassara Stewart............................. Lexington Tori Nkechi Strickland...............................Raleigh Margaret Frances Struempf Wilson ........................................................Atascadero, CA Emma C. Szewczyk................................ Charlotte Zachary Taylor................................... Wilmington Madison Lorenzi Tesar..................... Huntersville Magna Cum Laude Lauryn Tamia Thompson................... Knightdale Kamarzi Da’Mont Tillery........................... Halifax Angie Valeria Torres...............................Matthews Madison Taylor Townsend..........Winston-Salem Jacob Tyler Tully............................................. Cary Wendy L. Vindell.................................... Charlotte Shueyeng Vue.............................Connelly Springs

Jalon Djaton Ward......................................Raleigh Andrew C. Warren.......................Winston-Salem Gerald De Aun’dre’ Warren................... Charlotte Bailey Marie Watson......................... Wilmington Samuel Aaron Weisberg..........................Waxhaw Maya Ocean Wells.................................. Charlotte Joshua Brett Wiggins........................... Lumberton Summa Cum Laude Cody Wiktorek.....................................Harrisburg Madison Wright...................................... Charlotte Isaac A. Ybarra..................................... Kannapolis Religious Studies Matthew Webster Spielman Argonauta.....Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Religious Studies Adam Nicholas Beason.............. Kings Mountain Madison Claire Bohlmann..........Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude Maggie Elizabeth Brandon......................Midland Magna Cum Laude Kaile Marie Driscoll.................... Mount Pleasant Emily M. Faggart..................................... Concord Summa Cum Laude Malia K. Gaddy.......................................... Polkton Magna Cum Laude Grace Vivian Harrell............................. Cleveland Cum Laude Michaela Rose Kerrigan................... Huntersville Christopher Alexander Morgan.........Brooklyn, NY Trina Marie Rumfelt.................................Belmont Magna Cum Laude Shannon Marie Aycoth Williams...........Stanfield Magna Cum Laude Sociology Macy Briana Adams................................ Concord Magna Cum Laude Ajalene Tiana Anderson-Monk........ Jacksonville Magna Cum Laude, Honors is Sociology Kirschan Austin Blyden......................... Davidson Johnetta Michelle Britton........................Durham Leahnora Maria Azad Brown................ Charlotte Reuben Daniel Brown...................Charleston, SC Summa Cum Laude Haziina Aziza Daneen Butler................. Concord Magna Cum Laude Coreth Yasmin Cerecedo Perez..........Harrisburg Summa Cum Laude Chandradai Chandler........Georgetown, Guyana Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Social Work Julianna Bree Cohen..............................Norwood Cum Laude, Honors in Sociology Rahquelah Clemeenah Conyers............Asheville Cum Laude Auden Corbett................................ Arlington, VA Pablo Octavio Coria............................... Charlotte Tiffany Tremaine Crump................... Greensboro Mary Zapata Diaz......................................Monroe John E. Dockery....................................High Point Mary Noelle Driver.......................Fuquay-Varina Erica Rae Fleischacker........................... Charlotte Mason McKenzie Fleming............................ King Samantha Clarisse Floyd....................... Charlotte Beatriz Amalia Fuentes.......................... Charlotte Joshua Briond Gaskin......................... Kannapolis Joya’ Andre Gilchrist................................Marietta James Michael Goldwire III.................. Charlotte Jacob P. Harden.......................................Matthews Kristen Michaela Heuer.................... Wilmington Jesse Lee Hodges III...........................Queens, NY Kaitlyn Renee Houser...................................Casar Cum Laude Alison Renee Ivester................... Kings Mountain Matthew Jean-Gilles..............................Miami, FL Hilda Taiwo Kolawole................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Stephen Deandre Langford................... Charlotte Shikerrah L’sha Maultsby.................... Hope Mills Elizabeth Michele McLean............Willow Spring Cum Laude

Samantha Renee McLean................... Fayetteville Imani Nicole Mitchell........................... Lexington Cum Laude, Honors in Sociology Tamara Janeen Mobley.......................... Charlotte Madison Hamer Moore......................... Charlotte Catherine Grace Neely.................................Boone Hunter James Norris..................................... Elkin Kristen Rae Petrizzo.................................Waxhaw Summa Cum Laude Jamelia Q. Porter-Ward.......................... Charlotte Rhea Roy.......................................................... Cary Magna Cum Laude Asiannia Lashuna Rush.........................Norwood Magna Cum Laude Mykia S. Sidbury-Williams................ Fayetteville Aaliyah NyAsia Smith...........................Greenville Brandon LaMarr Smith...................... Fayetteville Yesika Areli Sorto Andino..................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar, Honors in Political Science Julianna Michelle Sosa........................... Charlotte Jontavious A. Starr....................................Belmont Emma C. Szewczyk................................ Charlotte Ilyasah Ja’killa Thomas........................... Charlotte Cum Laude Diana Elizabeth Tilley..................... Sherrills Ford Madison Leigh Turner................................Ellerbe Rafael Joseph Vazquez................. Annandale, VA Julianna N. Ventresca.........................Cedar Point Keyana Donya Sandra White........... Huntersville Antwanesha S. Whitmire....................... Charlotte Shannon Marie Aycoth Williams...........Stanfield Magna Cum Laude Terrance Eric Winchester...................... Charlotte Ibrahim Ali Zaghari............................... Charlotte Spanish Zuany Cesibel Acosta Cruz......................Monroe Cum Laude Tirajane’ Lavelle Albany.............. Hendersonville Jose Castaneda Baltazar........................Albemarle Summa Cum Laude Tidenek Marco Barra............................. Charlotte Kelly Turrubiartes Cielo........................ Charlotte Maria Ysabelle Cristobal Cruzat.....Winston-Salem Magna Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Tyra Necole Davis.......................................Raleigh Susan Eileen Di Donato..................... Indian Trail Cum Laude Maria Jose Duran................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Abigail Mae Dyer.......................................Monroe Nathan Isaiah Foster..................................Raleigh Emily Claire Goebelt............................... Concord Magna Cum Laude Paige Malloy Gondek..........................Chapel Hill Evelyn Yvonne Guidry...................... Tarzana, CA Summa Cum Laude Stephanie Guzman.......................... Holly Springs Joli R. Hatcher...............................Winston-Salem Meghan Mackenzie Hendry................... Concord Cum Laude, Honors in Communication Studies Kathryn Anne Hood..................................Raleigh Cum Laude Najir Akili Johnson........................................ Cary Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Language and Culture Studies Riley Fasolt Jones.............................. Fort Mill, SC Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar, Honors in Mathematics, Business Honors Samantha Marie Lee.................. Ellicott City, MD Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Cristina Lima.......................................... Charlotte Booster Tex Lindsey IV................Fuquay-Varina Victoria Ayesha Love.................................Dudley Magna Cum Laude Afra Mahmood....................................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Languages and Culture Studies Honors, Crown Scholar

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Neariah Amadika Hasana Mandisa-Drummond ................................................................ Bronx, NY Magna Cum Laude Armani Bristol Martin........................... Charlotte De’Shanta Ashan Milam......................Warrenton Vivian Gisela Morales............................ Charlotte Areanna Denise Nixon.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Language and Culture Studies Camila Ortega Bolanos................ Hendersonville Olivia Margaret Parks....................... Huntersville Deborah Jasmine Perez..........................Cornelius Cum Laude Elizama Perez-Perez............................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Hannah Nicole Perryman...................High Point Cum Laude Tiajma Emani Poindexter..........................Raleigh Amy Lynn Reisman..............................Mills River Magna Cum Laude Siwar Rios................................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Melissa Jane Rubio.....................................Raleigh Mark Franklin Sealey II......................... Charlotte Veronica Marie Shoemaker............... Livonia, MI Magna Cum Laude Isabel Marie Tenorio........................... Morrisville Magna Cum Laude David Torres-Gallegos..................Morehead City Manuel A. Ubaldo.................................Albemarle Michael Dustin Vernon.................... Sandy Ridge Sharee Ann Waggoner.................Winston-Salem Cum Laude Haley Jordan Wheeler............... Summerville, SC Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Sydney Taylor Williams.............................Raleigh Summa Cum Laude, Business Honors Alexis E. Wilson................................... Kannapolis Justin Andrew Zeltner........................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Business Honors BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Biology Nour Alaa Abufoul.................................Matthews Cum Laude Joseph James Allender........................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Amer Dirar Alnajjar.......................... Huntersville Rachel Marie Anderson............................ Clayton Cum Laude BryAnna L. Ballard................................. Gold Hill Karina Michelle Macedo Benitez.........Statesville Magna Cum Laude Kayla Sue Blackburn...............................Salisbury Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences, Crown Scholar Jacob Sherwin Blackman.................... Fayetteville Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences, Crown Scholar LoriAnn Bobins................................. Huntersville Magna Cum Laude Evan Reece Brandhorst.............................Monroe Summa Cum Laude Savannah A. Buchanan.......................... Mint Hill Magna Cum Laude Dyson Lee Butler..................................... Concord Rachel Lauret Caputo..............................Waxhaw Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Paige Viola Nancy Carmen.......................Raleigh Tonya Chang...................................... Huntersville Summa Cum Laude Ami Mitulkumar Changela.....................Pineville Magna Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences

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Morgan A. Chunn................................... Concord Cum Laude Manuel Antonio Ciudad, Jr................... Charlotte Jordan Michele Lee Clark....................... Katy, TX Steven M. Clemens, Jr.........................Chapel Hill Davis Pate Cockrell.................................. Wendell Cum Laude Justin Curtis Daniels......................Powhatan, VA Levi Diggins..............................................Waxhaw Magna Cum Laude Jacob Amos Dobbs.......................Grandview, TN Magna Cum Laude Lauren Clairise Ducoste............................Raleigh Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences, Crown Scholar Kara Lynn Dunkle................................... Concord Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences Kylie Summerville Fackrell................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Zaiesha Zolita Faison.................................Raleigh Jared Robert Filip......................................Newton Evan N. Fiore..................................... Wilmington Magna Cum Laude Lucendi Florveus..................................High Point Emily Paige Floyd...............................Thomasville Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Mariya A. Gashimova........................ Indian Trail Cum Laude Christopher Haywood Gatewood..........Durham Magna Cum Laude Madison Clarice Greene................Bessemer City Cum Laude Karina Vladimirovna Gurdyumov.....Spokane, WA Summa Cum Laude Jocelyn M. Guzman............................ Mooresville Grayson Keith Henley............................Matthews Erin Elizabeth Howard........................Clemmons Jennifer K. Huynh.................................. Mint Hill Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Sang Trong Huynh................................. Charlotte Ahmed Ibrahim...................................... Charlotte Daniel Jarrahi.......................................... Charlotte Christian Andrew Jenkins...........Winston-Salem Michael Frederick Jerrett...........................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Samuel Austin Kitchens.......................Harrisburg Cum Laude Sharon Mushiya Kuete...........................Matthews Samuel Lucas Kunkleman..................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Kiana Monét Lee.......................... Tarrytown, NY Sarah Kimberley Lotz............................ Charlotte Cum Laude Gerald Branden Mabe....................Laurel Springs Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences Ahmed K. Mabrok.................................. Charlotte Callie Elizabeth Marhenke.................... Boonville Magna Cum Laude Symonne Cori-jenné Martin.............Atlanta, GA Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Abbigail Amanda Mattfeld........................ Stanley Summa Cum Laude Matthew Lee McCall..............................Matthews Erin Jenae McDonald............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Matthew John Mills....................................Raleigh Cum Laude Jack Douglas Morin........................................Apex Julia Louise Nelson.......................Cincinnati, OH Magna Cum Laude, Levine Scholar, Honors in Biological Sciences

Erin Taylor Nesselroade.................... Wilmington Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Cassidy Lynn Oliverio................ Clarksburg, WV Cum Laude Mary Tess Overton.....................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences, Crown Scholar Ernest Blake Pereira............................... Charlotte University Honors Marlene V. Perez..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Mariana Perez Barco.............................. Charlotte Malik Raimi Chitou............................... Charlotte Cum Laude Meghan Brittany Reese.................Muskogee, OK Cum Laude Zakary Scott Runyon................................Hickory Josette Ally Ryall..................................... Charlotte Ryan Alexander Sacchere................ Mount Holly Jason A. Samaroo..................................Harrisburg Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Dominique Neal Sanchez.................. Mooresville Miguel Angel Sanchez........................ Indian Trail Tanisha Monsserat Santos..................... Charlotte Yassmin Sarabadan...............................Harrisburg Summa Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Biological Sciences Avery Alexander Sisk................Connelly Springs Aaron Michael Stecher....................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Rahmatulla Tawkaliyar.......................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Krishna Ajitsinh Thakor........................ Charlotte Nguyen Thi Hong Truong..................... Charlotte Cum Laude Daniel Velasquez-Escobar..................... Charlotte Kelli Nicole Waddell.........................Coeburn, VA Haley Jordan Wheeler............... Summerville, SC Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Biological Sciences Carmel Tashandah Woodard......... Rock Hill, SC Syed O. Zaidi........................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Guadalupe Lizet Zambrano Muñoz.........Raleigh Natalie Ann Zoesch................................ Charlotte Chemistry Jason Nicholas Cannon........................ Lewisville Summa Cum Laude Ciara E. Conway..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Kimberly Focke....................................... Charlotte Natalie Lynn Herr.................................Oak Island Cum Laude Deannh Marie Mihalke...............................Sparta Cum Laude Kristin Ann Sandor................................. Gastonia Earth and Environmental Sciences Remy Adrian..........................................Highlands Mark Alexander Allbaugh.........................Etowah Elizabeth Brooke Batianis..................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Emma Dawn Beightol............................ Charlotte Cum Laude Sarah Megan Cash............................... Mill Spring Cum Laude Austin Donald Dacier............................ Charlotte Veronica Christina Gore................. Holly Springs Cum Laude Emma Nicole Johnson........................Chapel Hill Magna Cum Laude Mia Malic............................................. Greensboro Sierra Sky Matteson................................. Rota, AE Cum Laude

Erin Jenae McDonald............................. Charlotte Cum Laude Amber Lousie Millett............................. Charlotte Hannah Sofie Perrens............. Stavanger, Norway Jonese D. Pipkin................................... Knightdale Andrew Michael Robinson................Horse Shoe Cum Laude Daniel Martin Schiffner................ Allentown, PA Cum Laude Senon Tinoco III .................................... Seagrove Catherine Jeanette Watts...................Conway, SC Magna Cum Laude Geography Stephen Alexander Burke, Jr........... Summerfield Summa Cum Laude Eric Dontarus Dill.................................. Charlotte Izabella Anna Drogoszewski.....................Raleigh Luis Raul Franco............................................Dunn David Michael Jerrido III........................Durham Magna Cum Laude Linda Lin.........................................New York, NY David M. Powers...................Moncks Corner, SC Jordan Paul Smith.....................................Whitsett Kenley Rae Triplett....................................Hudson Trevor Nathaniel Trott.......East Stroudsburg, PA Magna Cum Laude James Edward Webber...............................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Geology Carsen Thomas Adams.................... Rockingham Magna Cum Laude Ian C. Callaway..............................Fuquay-Varina Erik Matthew Milde...............................Matthews Amber Lousie Millett............................. Charlotte Lisa Marie Picariello..................................Raleigh Mathematics David William Allemang............................... Cary Cum Laude Vance Franklin Eugene Ayscue............ Charlotte Jacob Joseph Beamer............................. Southport Canaan Tyler Birchett.............................Siler City Gabrielle Diane Briz............................... Charlotte Isabella Grace Burton..............................Durham Peter Anthony Caruso................... Blowing Rock Summa Cum Laude Parker Wyatt Deaton.......................... Mooresville Christopher Patrick Dugan................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Joseph Femia.............................................Waxhaw Summa Cum Laude Caitlin Jill Gilman.................................. Charlotte Evelyn Yvonne Guidry...................... Tarzana, CA Summa Cum Laude Paul Benjamin Jamison.......................... Mint Hill Cum Laude Riley Fasolt Jones.............................. Fort Mill, SC Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Honors in Mathematics, Business Honors Kidus Z. Kidane...................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Michael A. Linke.................................Jackson, NJ Mason D. Marcantel..................Lake Charles, LA Christopher P. McGuire...........................Waxhaw Read Oliver McLain................................ Concord Tess Elizabeth Mendoza.........................Rockwell Summa Cum Laude Bryce Andrew Miranda............................Monroe Kevin Edward Mitchell...........................Rockwell Cum Laude Gloria Murekatete.................................. Charlotte Cum Laude John Patrick Chase O’Donnell.............Jarvisburg Jacob D. Page........................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude

Pooja Subba Pasupula................................Raleigh Cum Laude Jayshawn Drew Pickett............................Durham Hannah Eugenia Powell..................... Mooresville Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Mathematics Jessica Grace Rogers................................ Oakboro Ruben Miguel Vilchez Verastegui........ Charlotte Shanne Ayshell Walker.......................... Charlotte Greg Wolcott...............................................Raleigh Magna Cum Laude Zhaocong Yang....................................... Charlotte Mathematics for Business Abdoulie Njie Ceesay........... Banjul, The Gambia Joshua David Cole................................Lincolnton Cum Laude Eden Rose Elmore..................Charlottesville, VA Summa Cum Laude Ryan Christopher Felts..........................Statesville Sarah Elizabeth Hoops...............................Raleigh Keon Doreece Howe.............................. Charlotte Cameron O. Leblanc................................Durham Rachael Elizabeth Leonard........................Raleigh Ryan T. McKellar.......................................Monroe Kate Angelica Ortiz................................. Concord Summa Cum Laude Turnner Nghi Pham........................... Mooresville Nicole Angela Priore....................... Sherrills Ford Alexis Nicole Vasquez-Morgan......... Fayetteville Magna Cum Laude Madison Joy Walton................................ Gastonia Matthew David Williams....................... Charlotte Sabrina Lynsey Williams.....................Mocksville Summa Cum Laude Jodie L. Winchester................................. Gastonia Adam Aiman Zeid.............................. Franklinton Magna Cum Laude Meteorology Alavia Danyale Hooks............................Rose Hill Gabrielle A’ishah Keaton.........................Durham John Austin McCormick................... Clinton, SC Cum Laude Najah Yasmeen Ullah.............................. Concord Loren Alexandria Williams.............. Wilmington Physics Hussain Abdullah Almutawa ................................................Saihat, Saudi Arabia Justin Bennett............................................. Clayton Christopher G. Daniel, Jr. ................. Indian Trail Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Physics Kenan Darden.......................................Harrisburg Magna Cum Laude Alexander Jerome DeChant.................. Charlotte Cum Laude, Honors in Engineering Amber Galeana........................................ Concord Michael Alexander Goetz...................... Charlotte Cum Laude Tyler Joseph Grear................................. Lima, OH Honors in Physics Claire Elizabeth Krawczyk.......................Mebane Riley Q. McKeough................................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Physics Jennifer Mericle..................................Kernersville David William Onsrud...................... Mooresville William Thomas Sutton..................................Troy Chase Alexander Gentry Wrenn......... Wilmington Psychology Aria Marie Acosta............................. Huntersville Cum Laude Macy Briana Adams................................ Concord Magna Cum Laude Kaelyn Kristin Alexander...................... Charlotte Cum Laude

Justina Korkor Amponsah................. Greensboro Naomi Maria Anthony....................... Fairfax, VA Cum Laude Sarah Anwar............................................ Charlotte Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology Luke Aulbert..............................................Mebane Joselyn Aida Avila.................................. Charlotte Margaret Ruth Baughan........................ Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Jaylaan Nicole Bennett............................ Irmo, SC Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology Jasmine Renae Benton.............................Stanfield Isolde Elizabeth Blake........................... Lexington Jessica Rose Boardman........................Clemmons Magna Cum Laude Emily Marie Boening...........................Clemmons Cheyenne Symone Marie Boozer.....Davenport, FL A’lishia Ty’ese Bowman...................... Mooresville Cum Laude Dasia Boyd.............................................. Charlotte Kinzey Tillman Branham.......................Asheville Blake Andrew Brewer................. Mount Pleasant Cum Laude Taylor Michelle Brizendine...................Statesville Cum Laude Shelby Monet Brooks.................... Frederick, MD Cum Laude Andre Benjamin Brown..................... Mooresville Camile Brown......................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Kayla Lauren Brown............................... Charlotte Morgan Lynn Brown............................... Concord Cum Laude Kelly A. Bruno........................................ Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Vanessa Allyson Calderon..................... Charlotte Tasia M. Campbell.........................Fuquay-Varina Grayson Neely Capps........................Hanover, PA Brittany Elizabeth Carroll.....................Matthews Summa Cum Laude Stephanie Elidet Castillo........................ Charlotte Kelly Lynn Castleberry........................Harrisburg Conner Marie Clarken........................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Marissa Ovita Collins............................ Charlotte Imogen Claire Cowper ...............................Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Cum Laude Elizabeth Catherine Crage.................... Charlotte Keely A. Craig.................................Bessemer City Magna Cum Laude Kayla K. Cummo................................ Mooresville Sarah Margaret Dandurand.................. Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Emma Jayne Davis.....Maidstone, United Kingdom Brooke Josephine DelCastillo...............Cornelius Olivia Monae Dillard.................................Raleigh Laura Grace Dodson....................Winston-Salem Summa Cum Laude Alana Marie Dolan........................Fuquay-Varina Brittani Amber Donley........................High Point Cum Laude Kyanna Renée Ebanks............................Matthews Cum Laude Victoria Catherine Eddy................... Gaylord, MI Brooke Nicole Edwards.................Willow Spring Cum Laude Sasha El-Hamalawi...................................Durham Michael Todd Elwood........................ Indian Trail Natalia Erazo............................................ Gastonia Mariyah Shawn Evans................................Raleigh Bailey Madison Exline....................... Mooresville Cum Laude Karli A. Fekete..................................... Mooresville Cum Laude Caleb M. Fisher..........................................Candler Cum Laude

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Andrea Nicole Flores............................. Charlotte Denise Flores...........................................Matthews Chloe Noel Franks......................................Raleigh Cody Gillum French.................. Indian Land, SC Ja’cione Jeffrey Fugate......................Hampton, VA Kendal Marie Furtado....................... Newport, RI Brittany Nicole Garcia..........................Destin, FL Camila Yumi Kamiya Garcia............. Bristol, TN David Garcia......................................... Stokesdale Brantley David Garrett..............................Raleigh Anastasia Antia Kay Gatlin................... Charlotte Devyn Nicole Gaydon....................... Wake Forest Caroline Marie Gilland.......................... Charlotte Morgan Makenzie Giordano.....................Raleigh Shaina L. Glass..........................................Waxhaw Summa Cum Laude Alaisha Lanel Glenn............................... Charlotte Emily Claire Goebelt............................... Concord Magna Cum Laude Sara Ora Goins....................................... Lexington Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology Elisabeth Julianna Gold......................Chapel Hill Jessica Lucero Gonzalez...............................Ararat Brice LeAnne Goudy............................. New Bern Cum Laude Spenser M. Gray.........................Quakertown, PA Cum Laude Alexis Danielle Gustin................................... Cary Jamie Lynn Haas..............................Naperville, IL Darius Edward Hampton...................... Charlotte Amalia Rose Harsany..................................Foxfire Krystal Angelica Hassell.....................Hampstead Sarai Hernandez......................................Asheville Magna Cum Laude Julian R. Hill............................................ Charlotte Samantha Ann Horenstein.................... Charlotte Cum Laude Julia Alanja Horton......................... Eagle Springs Cum Laude Naomi Danielle Irizarry........................ Charlotte Meshia K. Jackson........................Winston-Salem Mariah Renee James............................ Fayetteville Honors in Psychology Ellie Anna Marie Joensen...................... Charlotte Katelyn Renee Johnson...................... Greensboro Justin Johnson-Bradshaw................... Fayetteville Magna Cum Laude Channing Cierra Jones...................... Greensboro Rachel Leigh Jones............................. Mooresville Katty M. Jurado...................................... Charlotte Katlyn Ann Kanupp..................... Hendersonville Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Mary Kay........................................ Cary Summa Cum Laude, Levine Scholar Emily Deanna Kelly...........................Iron Station Shaila Brieshae Kennedy................ Eagle Springs Cum Laude Tara Alyss Kirk......................................... Gastonia Magna Cum Laude Hailey Louise Knox................................. Concord Cum Laude Aurora Nicole Krec.............................Youngsville Kati Lynne Lam...................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Jamison Leigh Lancaster.............................Leland Jenna Sydney Lane................................. Charlotte Summa Cum Laude

Katerina Rose Lantz......................... Lebanon, PA Cum Laude Elizabeth Danielle LaPrade.............. Walkertown Cum Laude Vanessa Lara.........................................Randleman Magna Cum Laude Mariah N. Lewis.............................................Apex Jalen Tyrone Little.................................. Charlotte Marcela Samantha Lizano..................... Charlotte Jordan Taylor Lo Faso............................ Davidson Summa Cum Laude Savannah Victoria Logan.........................Monroe Sarah Dearstyne Long...................Morehead City Magna Cum Laude Danielle Ly...............................................Matthews Magna Cum Laude Fizah Mahmood..................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Samuel Andres Maldonado......... Connelly Springs Melissa Jean Martin........................... Wake Forest Magna Cum Laude, Levine Scholar, Honors in English Keyara D. Massey........................................ Shelby Ethan T. Mastin.............................................. Elkin Cum Laude Gretel Stephanie Maya Farfan............ Kannapolis Cum Laude Gilxin McCarthy-Hwang....................... Charlotte Summa Cum Laude Jasmine Nefratia McGregor...................... Garner Hannah E. McReed................................ Charlotte Nico Menzel...................... Leverkusen, Germany Magna Cum Laude Imani Nicole Mitchell........................... Lexington Cum Laude, Honors in Sociology Nicolas Felipe Moreno Agaton............. Charlotte Camille Alexandra Munoz.................... Charlotte Lydia Grace Murray.......................... Mooresboro Cum Laude Johnna Leann Murtagh.................... Huntersville Leila Rana Mustafa.....................................Raleigh Cum Laude Alexandra Pierson Myers........................Waxhaw Diegoluis Romano Nacionales .....................................Joint Base Lewis-Mcc, WA Brennan Marie Nebrig........................Gibsonville Cum Laude Michelle Hoang Nguyen........................ Charlotte Cum Laude, University Honors, Honors in Psychology Jasmine Somone Pankey..............Winston-Salem Nicholas L. Pauling............................. Greensboro Madalyn Marie Payden..................................Apex Cum Laude Aileen Perez.........................................Thomasville Michael J. Persin..................................... Charlotte Magna Cum Laude Brittany Nicole Pillow............................. Gastonia Jane Elizabeth Pugh...................................Raleigh Lauren Elizabeth Raborn....................... Charlotte Malik Raimi Chitou............................... Charlotte Cum Laude Angel Marie Raines............................ Greensboro Malaikah Rehman.................................. Charlotte Grace Baxter Rettew........................... Greensboro Magna Cum Laude

Bailey Gabrielle Richardson.................. Charlotte Kayla Renee Rickman........................Thomasville Michelle Mikaela Rios......................... Fayetteville Siwar Rios................................................ Charlotte Cum Laude Amanda Melone Roberts................Rocky Mount Cum Laude Hannah Nicole Romano................... Wilmington Cum Laude Crystal L. R. Serna.................................. Charlotte Rhea Roy.......................................................... Cary Magna Cum Laude Kerrigan V. Rummage..............................Conover Isaiah Lavon Saunders.................Winston-Salem Joshua D. Scott.........................................Elgin, SC Lauren Elizabeth Sells............................ Charlotte Rachel Selzer.............................................Pineville Shivani Sheth.........................................Forest City Magna Cum Laude Madeline Rose Shirley........................... Charlotte Cum Laude Hugo Armando Silva............................. Charlotte Jhazmine Khiari Smith..............................Raleigh Kenya Nicole Soto Nieves...............Aguadilla, PR Tori Elizabeth Sparks.............................. Concord LaRoyal Chalan Spruiell..........................Durham Cum Laude Brittany Mikayla Stanley............ Mount Pleasant Emma Windham Stewart.......... Kings Mountain Lauren C. Stewart................................... Charlotte Cum Laude Christopher Lucas Sweeny..........Winston-Salem Cum Laude Cameron E. Tanjong....................... Holly Springs Jordan Merzia Tavana....................................Apex Kayla A. Taylor........................................Matthews Staranna Stephfire Taylor.........................Monroe Ilyasah Ja’killa Thomas........................... Charlotte Cum Laude Beighley Harrison Thornock........... Huntersville Magna Cum Laude Jordan Rashad Tyler................................ Gastonia Jalen Tyson...........................................Laurinburg Dario Esteban Umana..........San Jose, Costa Rica Alyssa Marie Ungrady.......................Aurora, OH Cum Laude Hannah Louise Kriskie Wagers.................... Cary Kwanisha Aunte’ Waller..................... Greensboro Emily G. Watt..................................... Huntersville Cum Laude Olivia Claire Watt.............................. Huntersville Cum Laude Sierra Jade Weavil....................................Asheville Summa Cum Laude Patrick Kayson Wheeler...............Fuquay-Varina Cum Laude Cody Alexander Williams........Connelly Springs Kimberly Jane Williams........................ Southport Summa Cum Laude O’Shannus A. Wood................................Rockwell Emorie Nicole Worthington................ Lewisville Cum Laude Kayanat Yaseen...........................Lahore, Pakistan Magna Cum Laude

The Commencement program is printed prior to administering final examinations. Therefore, the inclusion of names of degree candidates in the program is not certification that degree requirements have been satisfactorily completed.

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Chancellor Philip L. Dubois Philip L. Dubois became UNC Charlotte’s fourth chancellor in July 2005.

A native of Oakland, California, Dubois attended the University of California, Davis, where he graduated with highest honors in 1972 with an undergraduate degree in political science. He then earned master’s (1974) and doctoral (1978) degrees in the field from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dubois began his academic career in 1976 at the University of California, Davis.

Over the next fifteen years, he rose through the faculty ranks to full professor and held various administrative posts, including associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. In 1991, Dubois was recruited to UNC Charlotte to be its chief academic officer, the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. He left UNC Charlotte in 1997 to serve as president of the University of Wyoming, a post he held for eight years until returning to Charlotte.

Now completing his fifteenth year as Chancellor, Dubois has focused his efforts on building the University’s visibility and support in the Charlotte region; longrange planning for an expected enrollment of 35,000 students; completion of key capital construction projects including UNC Charlotte Center City, the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC), industry partnership hub PORTAL, and the University Recreation Center (UREC); implementation of an intercollegiate football program starting in the fall of 2013; and, as of March 2018, the expansion of light rail onto our campus, connecting us to Center City as never before.

Among the recent community recognitions for Dubois and UNC Charlotte are: Charlotte Business Journal (CBJ) Most Admired CEO Lifetime Achievement Award (2020), City of Charlotte Mayor’s Award (2019), Charlotte Magazine Charlottean of the Year (2019), inclusion on the CBJ’s list of "Most Admired CEOs" (2019) and on their list of "Who to Watch in 2019" (2018), the North Carolina Power 100 List (2018 and 2019), the Eileen Tosney Award for Career Service in Higher Education Leadership (2018), the Higher Education Civic Engagement Award from the Washington Center (2016), the World Affairs Council of Charlotte’s World Citizen Award (2016), the CASE III Inclusion and Diversity Leadership Award (2015), the Leo M. Lambert Engaged Leader Award (2014), the Belk Innovation in Diversity Award (2013), the Charlotte Energy Leadership Award (2013), the Charlotte Cornerstone Award (2012, for positive economic impact), the Creative Thinker’s Award (2012, for UNC Charlotte—Center City), and the Charlotte Regional Partnership “Jerry” Award (2009, for public sector contributions to economic development).

Earlier this semester, the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees decided to honor Chancellor and Mrs. Dubois with the naming of the UNC Charlotte Center City building, which was the first facility constructed during the Dubois’ tenure.

Dubois and his wife, Lisa Lewis Dubois, reside on campus in the Sara H. Bissell House. They have three adult children - Logan, Taylor, and Ali - and twin grandsons. Dubois has announced his retirement as chancellor, effective June 30, 2020.

Chancellor’s Cabinet

Kevin W. Bailey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Kim S. Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief of Staff Michael S. Carlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Betty M. Doster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Constituent Relations Shari L. Dunn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Executive Assistant to the Chancellor Elizabeth A. Hardin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs R. Michael Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Athletics James E. S. (Jesh) Humphrey IV . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for Institutional Integrity and General Counsel Joan F. Lorden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Colleen B. Penhall . . . . . Chief Communications Officer/Associate Vice Chancellor for University Communications Niles F. Sorensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for Advancement Richard A. Tankersley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of 17 campuses within the University of North Carolina System. William L. Roper serves as interim president.

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Welcome to the Alumni Association Congratulations, Class of 2020! After years of hard work and sacrifice, you’ve earned your degree from UNC Charlotte. We are so excited to welcome you to the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association, which includes more than 55,000 fellow young alumni — graduates of the last 10 years! We applaud and celebrate you for reaching this incredible milestone.

Your 49er experience doesn’t end when you graduate. Did you know that your Alumni Association membership begins at graduation when you automatically become a member for life and at no cost to you? It’s a new chapter in your lifelong relationship with your alma mater. Once a Niner, always a Niner.

What We Do The UNC Charlotte Alumni Association, which consists of a network of more than 147,000 alumni, is committed to helping you stay connected to Niner Nation throughout the many stages of your life. Our top priority is to build and sustain relationships that connect, engage and inspire loyalty, tradition, and pride between our University and our alumni. We do this to help advance our institution and to advance the careers and lives of our outstanding graduates, just like you!

As a new graduate, you will receive invitations to participate in activities and events hosted by our Young Alumni Chapter (YAC). The YAC is advised by the Young Alumni Chapter’s Board of Advisors who partner with the Alumni Association, the University, and the Student Alumni Association to represent the interests and ideas of graduates from the last 10 years, who we define at UNC Charlotte as young alumni.

Niners, Now and Always We offer a variety of exciting alumni events and resources that will make you want to stay involved with Niner Nation, even if you no longer live in Charlotte. These include but are not limited to: • • • • • • • • • •

Networking events in Charlotte and locations across the nation A lifetime of career resources Homecoming and Oktoberfest Green Tie Gala, annual scholarship fundraiser 49er Tailgate Village at the Hauser Alumni Pavilion 49ers on the Road game day experiences Alumni award programs (including the 10 Under Ten Awards) The opportunity to purchase your official 49er class ring Opportunities to give back as a Niner volunteer And more!

Stay Informed • Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn by searching for @49erAlumni.

• Visit us at 49erAlumni.uncc.edu for a more complete listing of the many ways you can get involved!

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