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Pacific Northwest College of Art - Commencement 2022
Willamette University
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Commencement and Hooding Ceremony
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 4 p.m.
Emerald Ballroom, Tiffany Center, Portland
PROCESSIONAL WELCOME REMARKS Jennifer Cole, Jordan Schnitzer Dean,
INTRODUCTION OF BFA STUDENT SPEAKER Linda Kliewer, Director, BFA Thesis
BFA STUDENT ADDRESS Emma Wiseman, BFA in Graphic Design PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS Linda Kliewer
INTRODUCTION OF GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER Sharita Towne, Program Head MFA Visual Studies GRADUATE STUDENT ADDRESS Elizabeth Arzani, MFA in Visual Studies
PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS Jessie Spiess Werner, Administrative Director of the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies CONFERRING OF EMERITUS DIPLOMA Jennifer Cole
INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Jennifer Cole
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Kimberly Howard Wade, Executive Director, Caldera Arts CONFERRING OF DEGREES Stephen E. Thorsett PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Ron Rutter, Registrar INTRODUCING Kelvin Clark, Associate Dean of Students HOODING Jennifer Cole
PRESIDENTIAL VALEDICTORY & CONCLUSION Stephen E. Thorsett RECESSIONAL Last Regiment Drum Corps
Reception to follow at the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design, 6–7:30 p.m.
Commencement Speaker
KIMBERLY HOWARD WADE
Executive Director, Caldera Arts
Kimberly Howard Wade
Prior to coming to Caldera, Howard Wade led PGE Project Zero, Portland General Electric’s social impact initiative to empower the next generation to create cleaner, greener, more equitable communities. As part of the Community Impact Team at PGE, she provided leadership, project management and community engagement strategies for education and workforce development. She also served as the program officer for the PGE Foundation. Howard Wade is excited to lead Caldera to inspire and support young people to awaken the potential of their creative voice through a unique fusion of arts, environment and mentorship. She has worked in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. She was the Trust manager of the Oregon Cultural Trust, managing director at Portland’s Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, education/outreach director for Artists Repertory Theatre and the Director of Catering for Il Solito (formerly known as Pazzo Ristorante,) part of the Kimpton Group. She currently serves as chair of the Oregon State Board of Education; she also serves on the board of directors for Portland Playhouse, and the Center for Performance and Civic Practice. She previously represented Oregon on the Western States Arts Federation’s Regional Multicultural Advisory Committee. In addition, Howard Wade is an accomplished actress, with credits in New York, the Williamstown Theatre Festival and several Portland theaters. After attending Wellesley College, she received her BA from Pacific Union College in political economic history. She holds an MFA in acting from Columbia University and has taught theater at Walla Walla University.
Student Speakers
EMMA WISEMAN BFA in Graphic Design
Emma Wiseman
ELIZABETH ARZANI MFA in Visual Studies
Elizabeth Arzani
Emeritus Faculty
ROSE BOND Department Head of Animated Arts
24 years of service
Rose bond
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Katherine Elizabeth Andersen Painting Laguna Niguel, California Degree Awarded January 2022
Lisa Arroyo General Fine Arts Sumas, Washington
Sage Ascar Illustration Rancho Cucamonga, California
Mercury Baxley Illustration Hampton, Virginia
Brianna Benjamin Video & Sound Portland, Oregon
Ashley Blender Illustration Portland, Oregon
Madison Rose Brooke-Willbanks Photography Minor in Art & Ecology Portland, Oregon
Quandre Brown-Rhone Animated Arts Portland, Oregon
Idit (‘Casper’) Beracha Cahana Painting Portland, Oregon
Sasha Makoto Campbell Illustration Minor in Creative Writing Huntsville, Alabama Degree Awarded January 2022
Geovanna Alexis Carrasco Creative Writing Gladstone, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Ellie Cayo Animated Arts Happy Valley, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Riley Jasper Daniel Clark Illustration Minor in Drawing Portland, Oregon
Kathryn Z Close Animated Arts Bend, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Jesse Cobb Photography Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Ashley Conjugacion Graphic Design Battle Ground, Washington
Autumn Bonner Cornell Painting Minor in Art History Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Neil Cox Graphic Design Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Jakob Dawahare Graphic Design Las Vegas, Nevada Degree Awarded January 2022
William Dowsett Animated Arts McHenry, Illinois Degree Awarded January 2022
Shannon Rose Driscoll Painting Minor in Art & Ecology Oysterville, Washington Degree Awarded January 2022
Angelina Dukhonina Animated Arts Vancouver, Washington
Luna Enriquez General Fine Arts Ukiah, California
Taylor Evans Painting Bozeman, Montana
Nicolás Falquez Hidalgo Animated Arts Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Rachel Gering Painting Tigard, Oregon
Sarah Christine Graham Graphic Design San Francisco, California
Sydney Grimsley-Kattine Illustration Missoula, Montana
Bernadette Haley Painting Vancouver, Washington
Sara Heili Illustration Casper, Wyoming Degree Awarded January 2022
Peter Roslyn Henig Illustration Casselberry, Florida
Canon Herbold General Fine Arts Boise, Idaho
Mazey Hoffman Printmaking Bothell, Washington
Eveline Reid Aldeguer Hooper Sculpture Beaverton, Oregon
James Houghton Sculpture Portland, Oregon
William Grant Inman Printmaking Portland, Oregon
Connor Jeffries Painting Santa Rosa, California
Camryn Kaufman Graphic Design Ridgefield, Washington
Diego E. Keen Intermedia Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Hayato Kikkawa Painting Nagoya, Japan
Rowan Eleanor Kingsbury Illustration Duvall, Washington Degree Awarded January 2022
Camryn Wanda Kirkpatrick Illustration Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Madelief Kruidenier Illustration Minor in Graphic Design Cambridge, United Kingdom
Jodi Noel Kuchenbecker Animated Arts Hillsboro, Oregon
Bailey Lawlor Illustration Knoxville, Tennessee
Layna Lewis Intermedia Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Kiara Lime Illustration Spokane, Washington
Ada Lan McCall General Fine Arts Minor in Art & Ecology Berkeley, California
Charlie Theodore Miller Animated Arts Hillsboro, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Griffin Wickström Morse Photography Portland, Oregon
Vincent Morse Photography Battle Creek, Michigan Degree Awarded January 2022
Marnie Elizabeth Pagter Intermedia Coburg, Oregon
Lane Palmer Animated Arts Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Kaylie Pendleton Illustration Minor in Graphic Design Ventura, California
Charlie Pugliese Illustration Minor in Graphic Design, Game Design Portland, Oregon
Jackson Joseph Pyryt Painting Minor in Graphic Design Milwaukie, Oregon
Michael Connor Edwardo Ray Video & Sound Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded on Completion
Tabitha Rickard Animated Arts Portland, Oregon
Alim Ringgold Intermedia Ellicott City, Maryland
Dustin Rivera Photography Ocala, Florida
Brandon Alan Roberts Graphic Design Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Riley Eugene Rohrbacher Graphic Design Sonoma, California
Elene Shavgulidze Illustration Tbilisi, Georgia
Lauren Simmons Intermedia Minor in Art & Ecology Grand Rapids, Michigan
Alexander Ian Smith Intermedia Columbia, Missouri Degree Awarded January 2022
Skylar MacGregor Smith Illustration Minor in Graphic Design Sherwood, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Eduardo Soto Illustration San Dimas, California Degree Awarded January 2022
Abbie Soule Video & Sound Waterbury, Connecticut Degree Awarded January 2022
Shanna Spiering General Fine Arts Banks, Oregon
swan staveski General Fine Arts Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Rudolf Szilvasy Graphic Design Minor in Fashion San Rafael, California
Victoria Alexandra Taylor Painting Saint Paul, Minnesota
Veronica Taylor General Fine Arts Alameda, California
Marty Trammel Sculpture Minor in Ceramics Tallahassee, Florida
Alicia Isabella Vidal Graphic Design Baltimore, Maryland Degree Awarded on Completion
Kayla Marie Waddleton Animated Arts Sammamish, Washington Degree Awarded January 2022
Emelia Mary Mae Whiteside Printmaking Austin, Texas
Elizabeth Catherine Whitney Graphic Design Lake Oswego, Oregon
Maxwell Wickstrom Intermedia Grass Valley, California Degree Awarded January 2022
Talor R. Williams Illustration Minor in Fashion Warner Robins, Georgia
Aspen Willows Illustration Portland, Oregon
Emma Grace Wiseman Graphic Design Salem, Oregon
Ryker Charles Woodward Painting San Diego, California
Eva Miranda Wrzesinski Illustration Portland, Oregon
Zisheng Xu Sculpture Guan, China Degree Awarded January 2022
Mohamed Belal Yahya Animated Arts Tigard, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022
Julia Yusem Painting Portland, Oregon
Lin Yuxin Graphic Design Beaverton, Oregon Degree Awarded on Completion
Tongyao Zhang Illustration Guagnzhou, China Degree Awarded January 2022
Jordan Zinn Illustration Germantown, Tennessee
Master of Arts
Subject to the successful completion of all degree requirements
Erin Bodfish Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BA, Oregon State University
Heaven-Leigh Carey Critical Studies BA, Touro College
Ameenah Aishah Carroll Design Systems BSS, Ohio University
Justin Duyao Critical Studies BA, Harding University
Teague Napier Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BS, Southern Oregon University
Alexis Neumann Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BA, University of Washington
Sarah Russell Critical Studies BA, MA, The New School
Heidi Scheidl Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BA, University of Oregon MLIS, San Jose State University
Inbar Soffer Sharon Design Systems BA, Tufts University
Master of Fine Arts
Subject to the successful completion of all degree requirements
Kasey E.L. Anderson Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University
Sarah Bat Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art
Elizabeth Arzani Visual Studies BFA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Wenefred R. Battles Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University
Erin Bodfish Visual Studies Also receiving Master of Arts BA, Oregon State University
Janel Brubaker Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University
Isabel Diana Campos Bedard Print Media BFA, Ontario College of Art
Amirah Chatman Visual Studies BFA, Arizona State University
Katherine Curry Visual Studies BFA, University of North Texas
Jeremy Cushman Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, University of Oregon
Cheryl Irene David Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University
Kelsey Davis Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Lewis and Clark College
Holli Dougan Applied Craft and Design BAS, Robert Morris University, Illinois
Cassandra Ferguson Print Media BS, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Elena Marnin Ferry Applied Craft and Design BA, San Jose State University
Olivia Lindsey Fishwick Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Arizona State University
McKenzie Jerofke Visual Studies BFA, Northern Arizona University
Joanna Kaufman Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BS, Northern Arizona University
Ryan William Kitson Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BFA, Southern Oregon University
Eric A. Lelack Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University
Tanner Lind Visual Studies BFA, North Dakota State University
Rosalie Scarlett Lingo Visual Studies BFA, Oregon State University
Janna Beth Lopez Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University
Robert Maciel Applied Craft and Design BA, Santa Clara University
Christina Martin Print Media BFA, University of Texas at Austin
Margaux Mellott Print Media BA, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Thomas Moshe Copeland (trey) Visual Studies BFA, Kansas City Art Institute
Larry Brian Moore Jr. Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BM, Eastern Oregon University
Julia Morgans Applied Craft and Design BS, University of Oregon
Oliver Myhre Visual Studies BA, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
Teague Napier Print Media Also receiving Master of Arts BS, Southern Oregon University
Alexis Neumann Visual Studies Also receiving Master of Arts BA, University of Washington
Ilsa Payne Visual Studies BA, Eastern Washington University
Madison Queen Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, The Evergreen State University
Heidi Scheidl Print Media Also receiving Master of Arts BA, University of Oregon MLIS, San Jose State University
Wade Schuster Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Madeline Silberger-Franek Collaborative Design BS, University of Oregon
Cheyenne Singree Print Media BFA, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Rowan Solana Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University
Alexandra Stone Applied Craft and Design BA, San Francisco State University
Rob Summerlin Visual Studies BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design
Amelia Sutherland Print Media BS, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Scott W Talley Visual Studies BA, The Colorado College JD, Lewis and Clark College
William Washburn Visual Studies BA, California State University, Los Angeles
Douglas Matthew Gordon Wiltshire Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, University of Oregon
Christopher Zimmerly-Beck Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Prescott College
