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The University of Vermont
and State Agricultural College
May 2024
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COMMENCEMENT BANNERS, FACULTY MARSHALS AND
STUDENT BANNER BEARERS:
PATRICK LEAHY HONORS
COLLEGE
Faculty Marshals:
Eliana Castro
Ian Grimmer
Student Banner Bearer:
Adam B. Zuchowski
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES
Faculty Marshals:
Meghan Cope
Meaghan Emery
Pamela Fraser
Peter Henne
Student Banner Bearer:
Kelly H. Eddy
GROSSMAN SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS
Faculty Marshals:
Carolyn Bonield
Thomas Chittenden
Student Banner Bearer:
Aedan Jack Knowlton
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND
SOCIAL SERVICES
Faculty Marshals:
Nicole Conroy
Haley Woodside-Jiron
Student Banner Bearer:
Kendra May Keelty
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Faculty Marshals:
Dennis Clougherty
Jerey Marshall
Student Banner Bearer:
Wayne Murfy Peterkin Jr.
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
Faculty Marshals:
Jon Erickson
James Murdoch
Student Banner Bearer:
Soham Mehta
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND
HEALTH SCIENCES
Faculty Marshals:
Mary Val Palumbo
Susan Whitman
Student Banner Bearer:
Maya Isabelle Klatsky
LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Faculty Marshal:
Jillian Sullivan
Student Banner Bearer:
Sam Afshari
GRADUATE COLLEGE
Faculty Marshals:
Alicia Ebert
Jennifer S. Laurent
Student Banner Bearer:
Joy Nwannediya Emmanuel
Honors College
(Purple)
Rubenstein School of Environment
and Natural Resources
(Russet and Yellow)
School of Business Administration
(Drab)
Graduate College
(Green and Gold)
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND LIFE SCIENCES
Faculty Marshals:
Terrence Delaney
Eric von Wettberg
Student Banner Bearer:
Sophia Teresa Sinibaldi
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
(Maize)
College of Education and Social Services
(Light Blue / Citron Yellow)
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
(Seafoam and Apricot)
College of Medicine
(Green)
College of Arts & Sciences
(White and Yellow)
COMMENCEMENT BANNERS, FACULTY MARSHALS AND STUDENT BANNER BEARERS
COMMENCEMENT 2024 3
Commencement Banners, Faculty Marshals, and Student Banner Bearers ......................................inside front cover
Message from the President ............................................................................................................................. 4
Order of Exercises ........................................................................................................................................... 5
The Board of Trustees, University Leadership, Deans of the University,
Governance and Leadership Groups ................................................................................................................. 6
Honorary Degree Recipients ............................................................................................................................ 7
Emeriti Faculty of the University of Vermont Class of 2024 ................................................................................. 10
Faculty Honors............................................................................................................................................... 9
2024 Latin Honors Graduates .........................................................................................................................10
University Awards to Graduates ..................................................................................................................... 12
College and School Order of Exercises, Graduates, and Awards
Patrick Leahy Honors College .......................................................................................................................14
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ......................................................................................................... 16
College of Arts and Sciences ........................................................................................................................22
Grossman School of Business ...................................................................................................................... 35
College of Education and Social Services ....................................................................................................... 38
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences ........................................................................................ 43
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources ............................................................................... 49
College of Nursing and Health Sciences .........................................................................................................52
Larner College of Medicine ......................................................................................................................... 56
Graduate College .......................................................................................................................................61
Honor Societies and Scholars Programs
Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key International Honour Society, Mortar Board, Boulder Society,
Tower Society, Order of Omega, Green and Gold Scholars, Vermont Scholars, Patrick Family Scholarship,
Justin Morrill Scholarship .............................................................................................................................78
Academic Regalia and Ceremonial Symbols
The Academic Costume, The Class of 1927 Memorial Mace, The University Seal, Banners of the
Colleges and Schools.................................................................................................................................. 80
Message from the Alumni Association President ..............................................................................................81
Song
Universitas V. Montis (alma mater) .............................................................................................................. 82
Commencement Survey ................................................................................................................................ 82
Contents
4 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Dear Graduates,
Today we recognize you and celebrate all you have
accomplished during your time at UVM—the explorations and
discoveries, academic milestones and personal achievements,
and the lifelong relationships made with mentors and friends.
For you, perhaps more than for any graduating class before
yours, today’s ceremony is greatly anticipated. We hope that
you sense the pride that all of us at the university feel as we
celebrate you alongside your families and friends. We stand
ready to watch you carve out your unique path in the world,
and we know first-hand that you have much to offer. The
passage of time will bring your moments here into sharper
relief, and you will realize that the tools you used to succeed
here—perseverance, focus, discipline, and commitment to
community—will serve you well in life beyond UVM too.
Don’t minimize the impact you will have on the world. Your
contributions—large and small, daily and long-term, individual
and collective—will make a difference. Simply put: you will
make the world better.
A commencement celebration is an occasion for joy and for
reflection. I hope today is full of both for you. As you step out
on your next journey, and wherever the path leads, we know
you will make your alma mater proud.
With all my best wishes,
Suresh Garimella
President, University of Vermont
COMMENCEMENT 2024 5
The University of Vermont Commencement Ceremony
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024  9:00 AM  UNIVERSITY GREEN
PRELUDE
David Neiweem
Professor of Music Emeritus
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Thomas A. Borchert
President, Faculty Senate
and Professor and Chair,
Department of Religion
UNIVERSITY HERALD
Lisa J. Schnell
Associate Professor of English
FACULTY MARSHALS
Jane Ellen Knodell
Professor of Economics and the
Mark J. Zwynenburg Green and
Gold Professor of Financial History
Louis deRosset
Professor of Philosophy
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
The University Brass Ensemble: Yutaka Kono, Director of Orchestra and Associate
Professor of Music
The University of Vermont Police Services’ Honor Guard
Green Mountain Pipes and Drums
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
The Star-Spangled Banner
Isabella C. Dunn, Class of 2024
GREETINGS
Ron E. Lumbra, Class of 1983, Chair of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees
Olivia Eisenberg, Class of 2024, President of the Student Government Association
Ijaz Ul Haq, Graduate Class of 2025, President of the Graduate Student Senate
PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Suresh V. Garimella, President of the University of Vermont and Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
CONFERRING OF DEGREES HONORIS CAUSA
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
University Distinguished Professor: Patricia A. Prelock, Provost and Senior Vice
President, Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Outstanding Student Leader Awards: Patricia A. Prelock, Provost and Senior Vice
President, Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE
Doctoral Degrees | Doctor of Medicine | Master’s Degrees | Bachelor’s Degrees |
Honors College Scholars
ALMA MATER
Universitas V. Montis
Text by David Cox, Music by Jane Oppenlander
arr. by D. Neiweem
Members of the 2024 University Commencement Choir
Andrea Maas, Music Education Program Coordinator, Senior Lecturer,
Director of Choirs
RECESSIONAL
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The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Ron E. Lumbra ’83
Chair of the Board
Suresh V. Garimella
President
The Hon. Philip B. Scott ’80
Governor of the State of Vermont
Cynthia Barnhart ’81
Vice Chair of the Board
The Hon. Catherine Toll G’87
Secretary of the Board
Susan M. Brengle ’85
The Hon. Kevin Christie
Frank J. Cio ’77
Matthew G. Devost G’95
John M. Dineen ’86
R. Stanton Dodge ’91
Carolyn K. Dwyer G’18
Katelynn M. Giroux MD’25
Jodi H. Goldstein ’89
Jennifer Ha G’29
The Hon. Stephanie Jerome ’84
Donald H. McCree ’83
The Hon. Carol B. Ode ’78
Ed Pagano ’85
Kristina M. Pisanelli ’97
The Hon. Monique E. Priestley
The Hon. Lucy Rogers ’18
The Hon. Shapleigh Smith, Jr. ’87
The Hon. Tristan D. Toleno
The Hon. Samuel R. Young
UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP
President of the University ................................................ Suresh V. Garimella
Provost and Senior Vice President. ...................................... Patricia A. Prelock
Vice President for Finance and Administration ............. Richard H. Cate ’71, G’18
Vice President for Research and Economic Development .......... Kirk Dombrowski
Vice President for Legal Aairs and General Counsel ........ Trenten D. Klingerman
Chief Ocer for Professional and Continuing Education ........... Bettyjo Bouchey
Chief of Sta to the President ........................................... Jonathan D’Amore
Chief Human Resources Ocer ................................................ Chris Lehman
Chief Safety and Compliance Ocer ................... Michael E. Schirling ‘92, G’06
Chief Communications and Marketing Ocer ......................... Joel R. Seligman
Director of Athletics .................................................. Je Schulman ’89, G’03
Executive Director of Government Relations ............................ Wendy L. Koenig
Executive Director of International Partnerships and Programs ...... Jamie McGowan
Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ......................... Amer F. Ahmed
Vice Provost for Student Aairs ................................................ Erica Caloiero
Vice Provost for Academic Aairs and Student Success ...... Jennifer A. Dickinson
Vice Provost for Enrollment Management .................................. Jay M. Jacobs
Vice Provost for Faculty Aairs ................................................. Jane E. Okech
Chief Internal Auditor ......................................................... William Harrison
UVM Foundation President and Chief Executive Ocer ............... Monica Delisa
DEANS OF THE UNIVERSITY
Graduate College ................................................................... Holger Hoock
Larner College of Medicine .................................................... Richard L. Page
Patrick Leahy Honors College .............................................. David Jenemann
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ................................... Leslie V. Parise
College of Arts and Sciences .................................................. William A. Falls
Grossman School of Business ................................................. Sanjay Sharma
College of Education and Social Services ........................... Katharine Shepherd
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences ................. Linda S. Schadler
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources ........ Allan Strong ’83
College of Nursing and Health Sciences ............................. Noma B. Anderson
University Libraries .................................................................. Bryn Geert
Students ............................................................................ David A. Nestor
GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP GROUPS
Student Government Association President ........................ Olivia Eisenberg ’24
Student Government Association Vice President ..................... Carter Purple ’25
Graduate Student Senate President ....................................... Ijaz UI Haq G’25
Graduate Student Senate Vice President .............................. Cara Simone G’25
Faculty Senate President ................................................. Thomas A. Borchert
Faculty Senate Vice President .................................................... A. Evan Eyler
Sta Council President ........................................................ Monika Donlevy
Sta Council Vice President ..................................................... Jennifer Main
Alumni Association President ............................................ Cathy Tremblay ’85
Alumni Association Vice President ........................................ Deb Mignucci ’82
Student Alumni Association President .................................. Aylin Arifkhan ’24
Student Alumni Association Vice President ................................ Zoe Alpert ’25
COMMENCEMENT 2024 7
WOLFGANG MIEDER
Doctor of Letters, honoris causa
The proverb “Practice what you preach” is an apt descriptor
for the teacher/scholar career of University Distinguished
Professor of German and Folklore emeritus Wolfgang Mieder,
an esteemed faculty member at the University of Vermont for
53 years.
Mieder is a widely recognized scholar of international
folklore, the history of the German language, the Middle Ages,
and especially the study of proverbs. He is the celebrated
author and editor of more than 200 books written in his
native language of German as well as in English on such
varied writers as Shakespeare, Cervantes, Goethe, Dickens,
Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, the Grimm Brothers, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Bismarck, Nietzsche,
Churchill, Brecht, Martin Luther King, Kennedy, and Willy
Brandt. He has also published studies on fairy tales, legends,
and folk songs, and several proverb dictionaries. He is
longtime editor of Proverbium, a yearbook of international
proverb scholarship, and is the first scholar to receive the
three highest and most prestigious international awards for
folklore studies.
Mieder finds proverbs—which he defines as distilled
generalizations and observations of human behavior
and experiences expressed so concisely that they are
easily repeated—to be endlessly fascinating. They span
the history of human civilization, with some of the early
recorded proverbs—including “Big fish eat little fish” and
“One hand washes the other”—dating back to ancient times.
The decidedly contemporary proverb “Go big or go home”
underscores the enduring power of the form.
International scholars credit Mieder with spreading
the critical concept of the paremiological minimum—a
minimal set of sayings, the learning of which is necessary
for mastering any language, whether native or foreign. This
scholarship established the central role proverbs play in the
formation and understanding of cultures. Mieder also coined
the term “anti-proverb,” the result of playing with the words
in a proverb to create an entirely different meaning.
In 2019, Mieder donated to UVM his vast and unique
collection of 9,000 books, which is now housed in the
International Proverb Library in Billings Library.
Mieder chaired the Department of German and Russian for 31
years and has been a member of UVM’s Center for Holocaust
Studies board of advisors for more than two decades. He has
served on innumerable UVM committees associated with
departmental, college-based, or university-wide activities. A
longtime and generous donor together with his wife, Barbara,
he is a current member of UVM Foundation’s Leadership
Council. A beloved and deeply respected academic, he has
been honored with the university’s awards for excellence
in teaching and scholarship, including in 2013 receiving the
highest honor of University Distinguished Professor.
A treasured colleague to many and a mentor to generations of
UVM students since he joined the faculty in 1971, through his
distinctive scholarship, generous leadership, and infectious
spirit Wolfgang Mieder is leaving an indelible legacy at UVM—
his academic home for more than five decades—and on all who
know him.
BEVERLY RUBENSTEIN
Doctor of Humane Letters,honoris causa
Few have made as big an impact on the University of Vermont—
and specifically the university’s national reputation as a
leader in the environment—as Beverly Rubenstein and her
late husband, Steve. Beginning with a leading capital gift in
1997 that established UVM’s fully equipped ecosystem science
laboratory on the shores of Lake Champlain, the Rubensteins’
transformative investments have made the University of
Vermont one of the pre-eminent institutions worldwide for the
study of environmental science.
In 2003, Beverly and Steve Rubenstein made a $15 million
commitment in support of environmental education and research
at UVM, a gift that resulted in the renaming of the School of
Natural Resources to the Rubenstein School of Environment and
Natural Resources. One component of this visionary gift was the
creation of the Steven and Beverly Rubenstein Professorship in
Environment and Natural Resources, a three-year appointment
that has attracted exceptional tenure-track, research, and
Extension faculty to UVM.
Upon Steve’s passing in 2008, the Steven and Beverly Rubenstein
Charitable Foundation was launched by Beverly Rubenstein and
her son, Andrew. They are deeply dedicated to further advancing
UVM’s position as one of the premier environmental schools in
the country. A devoted supporter of both the Rubenstein School of
Environment and Natural Resources and the university, Beverly
Rubenstein is a member of the RSENR board of advisors and
has served as an active member of national campaign steering
committees for UVM and the UVM Foundation. Most recently,
through her philanthropic direction the Rubenstein Charitable
Foundation has provided special support for UVM’s efforts in
lake research, including its new state-of-the art research vessel,
the Marcelle Melosira, launched last year.
Beyond her support for environmentally focused teaching and
research, Beverly Rubenstein demonstrates deep commitment
to research and practice in medicine and psychology and
organizations dedicated to Jewish life and culture.
Thanks to the transformative philanthropy of Beverly Rubenstein
and the Rubenstein family, UVM is at the forefront of educating
leaders, scientists, and advocates to be catalysts for positive and
equitable change in taking on the complex environmental and
ecological challenges of our time.
Honorary Degree Recipients
8 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Emeriti Faculty of the University of Vermont Class of 2024
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
Jane M. Kolodinsky
Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Emerita
Deborah A. Neher
Professor of Plant and Soil Science Emerita
Bruce L. Parker
Professor of Entomology Emeritus
Jane Petrillo
Associate Professor of Community Development and Applied
Economics Emerita
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Jan Lynn Feldman
Professor of Political Science Emerita
Kathryn J. Fox
Professor of Sociology Emerita
William E. Mierse
Richard and Pamela Ader Green and Gold Professor of Art
History Emeritus
Eleanor M. Miller
Professor of Sociology Emerita
Lori Stevens
Professor of Biology Emerita
Timothy R. Stickle
Associate Professor of Psychological Science Emeritus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Haley Woodside-Jiron
Associate Professor of Education Emerita
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
Clare Ginger
Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning
Emerita
Adrian J. Ivakhiv
Professor of Environmental Thought and Culture Emeritus
J. Ellen Marsden
Professor of Fisheries Biology Emerita
Patricia A. Stokowski
Professor of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Emerita
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Mary Val Palumbo
Professor of Nursing Emerita
ROBERT LARNER, M.D. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Ellen E. Black
Assistant Professor, Education Scholar Pathway Emerita
Joseph D. Dickerman
Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus
Wolfgang R. Dostmann
Professor of Pharmacology Emeritus
Nancy A. Drucker
Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar Pathway Emerita
Gregory M. Gilmartin
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Emeritus
Curtis E. Green
Professor, Clinical Scholar Pathway Emeritus
Sally D. Herschorn
Professor of Radiology Emerita
Gregory L. Holmes
Professor of Neurological Sciences Emeritus
Benjamin Littenberg
Henry and Carleen Tufo Chair in General Internal Medicine
and Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Christopher S. Morris
Professor, Clinical Scholar Pathway Emeritus
Catherine F. Nicholas
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences Emerita
Thomas Orfeo
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus
Thomas C. Peterson
Professor of Family Medicine Emeritus
Charlotte A. Reback
Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar Pathway Emerita
Norman V. Sturtevant
Professor of Radiology Emeritus
Marc D. Tischler
Associate Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Russell P. Tracy
University Distinguished Professor of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine and Biochemistry Emeritus
Matthew W. Watkins
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
COMMENCEMENT 2024 9
KROEPSCH-MAURICE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
AWARDS
The Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Awards
recognize faculty members for their excellence in teaching,
including creating an environment conducive to and
encouraging learning. Each year, one faculty member in the
four faculty ranks (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Clinical Instructor,
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor)
receives this honor.
Glenn Levine-West, Lecturer, Program in German, Russian,
and Hebrew, School of World Languages and Cultures,
College of Arts and Sciences
Nicole Conroy, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling,
Human Development and Family Science, College of
Education and Social Services
Kate Nolfi, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy,
College of Arts and Sciences
Tyler Doggett, Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of
Arts and Sciences
OUTSTANDING FACULTY ADVISOR AWARD
The Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award recognizes a faculty
member who has achieved excellence in displaying and
enacting responsiveness, availability, concern, respect, and
depth of knowledge in undergraduate academic advising.
This award is a collaboration of the Office of the Provost, the
Faculty Senate Student Affairs Committee, and the Student
Government Association.
Dana Rowangould, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
and Mathematical Sciences
OUTSTANDING PART-TIME FACULTY TEACHING AWARD
The Outstanding Part-time Faculty Teaching Award recognizes
the teaching contributions of part-time United Academics–
represented faculty. The award is presented to a faculty
member who has demonstrated a record of excellence in
teaching, commitment to student learning and pedagogy
innovation, evidence of inclusive practices in teaching and
commitment to diversity, and notable achievement(s) in
teaching, scholarship, or service recognized beyond the
university that bring recognition to the department, program,
college, or school.
Katherine Elmer, Lecturer, Department of Plant & Soil Science,
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PRESIDENT’S DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY CITIZENSHIP
AND SERVICE AWARD
Nominees for the President’s Distinguished University
Citizenship and Service Award are lecturers or clinical faculty,
full-time tenure or tenure-track faculty, research faculty, library
faculty, or Extension faculty who have worked at the University
of Vermont for at least five years and have demonstrated
Faculty Honors
sustained and exceptional leadership and service to our
community. This includes, but is not limited to, service at
the department, college, school, or university-wide level as
a member of committees, governance groups, and advising
student organizations or committees.
Stephen Everse, Associate Professor, Department of
Biochemistry, Larner College of Medicine.
PRESIDENT’S DISTINGUISHED SENIOR LECTURER AND
LECTURER AWARDS
The President’s Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Lecturer
Awards recognize the distinguished accomplishments of
faculty who hold the Senior Lecturer or Lecturer rank for their
outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service.
Amy Tomas, Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate
Programs at Grossman School of Business.
UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AWARD
The University Distinguished Professor Award is the highest
academic honor that UVM bestows upon a faculty member.
Holders of this title are recognized for having achieved
international eminence within their respective fields of study
and for the truly transformative nature of their contributions to
advancing knowledge.
Kirk Dombrowski, University Distinguished Professor of
Anthropology, and Vice President for Research and
Economic Development
Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, University Distinguished
Professor of Geography and Geosciences, and Vermont
State Climatologist
Pramodita Sharma, University Distinguished Professor and
Schlesinger-Grossman Chair of Family Business
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS AWARDS
The University Scholars Awards recognize distinguished UVM
faculty members for sustained excellence in research and
creative and scholarly activities in the following two categories:
Social Sciences, Humanities, Creative Arts, and Basic and
Applied Sciences (including biological, medical, and physical
sciences).
Social Sciences, Humanities, and Creative Arts:
Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, Professor and Program
Coordinator, Department of Education, College of
Education and Social Services
Basic and Applied Sciences:
Josh Bongard, Professor and Graduate Student Advisor,
Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering
and Mathematical Science; and
Christopher Danforth, Professor, Department of Mathematics
and Statistics, College of Engineering and Mathematical
Science
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Justine Goldblatt, Bachelor of Arts
Ruby Celeste Guth, Bachelor of Science
Sarah Ariel Haerim Kim, Bachelor of Science
Antonio Lewis Pugliese, Bachelor of Arts
Logan Emerson Sands, Bachelor of Science
Serena Jade Veilleux, Bachelor of Science
Sydney Grace White, Bachelor of Arts
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Veronica Caroline Bassett, Bachelor of Science
Kathleen Sara Delaney, Bachelor of Arts
Antranig S. Douglas, Bachelor of Science
Carolyn Anita Doyle, Bachelor of Science
Max Chabra Gerlach, Bachelor of Arts
Grace Giroux, Bachelor of Science
Gabriel McStay Gomez, Bachelor of Arts
Madelaine Gramling, Bachelor of Science
Meghan A. Hessler, Bachelor of Arts
Eva Jessup, Bachelor of Science
Lauryn Grace Katz, Bachelor of Arts
Liam Dylan Kelliher, Bachelor of Science
Hannah Beryl Koval, Bachelor of Science
Ally McKenna Liles, Bachelor of Arts
Riley Maher, Bachelor of Arts
Ainsley Darlington Highlander Morton, Bachelor of Arts
Casey Lynn Murphy, Bachelor of Arts
Rachel L. Oram-Brown, Bachelor of Science
Gideon Michael Laey Parker, Bachelor of Arts
Nicholas John Perez, Bachelor of Science
Emma Catherine Regan, Bachelor of Arts
Haley Schickman, Bachelor of Arts
Brandon Samuel Schoenfeld, Bachelor of Arts
Gavin Adrian Sicard, Bachelor of Arts
Gavin Adrian Sicard, Bachelor of Science
Olivia Marie Ting, Bachelor of Science
Margaret Vecsey, Bachelor of Science
Grace Visco, Bachelor of Arts
Simon Casey Walter, Bachelor of Arts
Emily Joelle Wanzer, Bachelor of Arts
Emilia Irene Winquist, Bachelor of Arts
CUM LAUDE
Joseph Hambright Alexander, Bachelor of Arts
Julia Katerina Allanson, Bachelor of Science
Sophia Aronson, Bachelor of Arts
Payton Beaver, Bachelor of Arts
Zakir Beridze, Bachelor of Science
Samantha Grace Bjorklun, Bachelor of Science
Katherine Blassingame, Bachelor of Arts
Keelan Emily Boisvert, Bachelor of Arts
John Henry Bond-Bardes, Bachelor of Arts
Kelsey M. Brown, Bachelor of Arts
Sarah Lynn Campbell, Bachelor of Science
Gabriel Carriere, Bachelor of Arts
Natalie Kathryn Claman, Bachelor of Science
Annabelle Collins, Bachelor of Science
Grace Ann Conti, Bachelor of Arts
Ryan T. Davin, Bachelor of Arts
Eamon Thomas Dener, Bachelor of Arts
Gemma Kate Diforio, Bachelor of Arts
Olivia Eisenberg, Bachelor of Arts
Seraphina Fecher, Bachelor of Arts
Clara Brahm Feldman, Bachelor of Arts
Erica Fischer, Bachelor of Arts
Hope Mary Li Wen Foley, Bachelor of Arts
Sarah Freedman, Bachelor of Arts
Madeleine Arleen Gourley, Bachelor of Arts
Jacob Greenberg, Bachelor of Arts
Morgan Renee Gregory, Bachelor of Science
Johanna Laura Deboer Hartman, Bachelor of Arts
Annie Heller, Bachelor of Arts
John Georey Henderson Jr., Bachelor of Arts
Hallie Kai Hinchman, Bachelor of Arts
Sara Rose Homan, Bachelor of Arts
Makayla E. Hone, Bachelor of Arts
Jade Hsiang, Bachelor of Arts
Annika Imobersteg, Bachelor of Arts
Nicholas Austin Kebo, Bachelor of Science
John Kenney, Bachelor of Arts
Gillian Eve Kimmel, Bachelor of Arts
Grace Sunshower Labich, Bachelor of Arts
Latin Honors Graduates of the University of Vermont
Class of 2024
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Charlotte A. Dinitz, Bachelor of Science
Emma Kristen Fetridge, Bachelor of Science
Karlie Celeste Nelson, Bachelor of Science
Elisabeth Ellen Roadcap, Bachelor of Science
Sophia Teresa Sinibaldi, Bachelor of Science
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Hannah Louise Blackwell, Bachelor of Science
Phoebe J. Briney, Bachelor of Science
Colette Cross, Bachelor of Science
Kathleen Elizabeth Fahey, Bachelor of Science
Rachel C. Forsman, Bachelor of Science
Daniel T. Hibbs, Bachelor of Science
Katherine Avery Hood, Bachelor of Science
Mykala R. O’Farrell, Bachelor of Science
Alexa Mary Rivet, Bachelor of Science
Jane Patricia Sanders, Bachelor of Science
Theron D. Williams, Bachelor of Science
CUM LAUDE
Jordan Barbour, Bachelor of Science
Elizabeth Ann Carstensen, Bachelor of Science
Hannah Elizabeth Craybas, Bachelor of Science
Elizabeth C. Dawkins, Bachelor of Science
Matthew Deeble, Bachelor of Science
Willow Sky DeVoe-Talluto, Bachelor of Science
Isabella Luda DiDio, Bachelor of Science
Rachael Jena Dochinger, Bachelor of Science
Paige Fisher, Bachelor of Science
Gabrielle M. Flory, Bachelor of Science
Josephine Friedman, Bachelor of Science
Sydney M. Klugo, Bachelor of Science
Emma Grace Laudisi, Bachelor of Science
Mary Lenihan, Bachelor of Science
Sabrina Marie Ost, Bachelor of Science
Samantha Chade Paquette, Bachelor of Science
Ethan Pezzini, Bachelor of Science
Peyton Ford Rooney, Bachelor of Science
Leah Delaney Veprek, Bachelor of Science
Gigi Simone Walsh, Bachelor of Science
Konnor Paul Yunghans, Bachelor of Science
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT
AND NATURAL RESOURCES
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Jess H. Fish, Bachelor of Science
Alissa Hargrave Frame, Bachelor of Science
Christopher Jude Lamm, Bachelor of Science
Kelsey Ann Rodowicz, Bachelor of Science
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Quinn Holden Alper, Bachelor of Science
Alexis Jacquelyn Detrick, Bachelor of Science
Madison J. Ingram, Bachelor of Science
Ash Edith Diane Johnston, Bachelor of Science
Nicole Elizabeth Lemieux, Bachelor of Science
CUM LAUDE
Rachel Bauman, Bachelor of Science
Maeve Cain, Bachelor of Science
Kara Campbell, Bachelor of Science
Avery Christopher Feeley, Bachelor of Science
Panorea Maria Fox, Bachelor of Science
Olivia C. Galluzzo, Bachelor of Science
Aidan Lange McDougall, Bachelor of Science
Soham Mehta, Bachelor of Science
Ella B. Paulson, Bachelor of Science
Zoe Frances Rappaport, Bachelor of Science
Evelyn Trathen Seidner, Bachelor of Science
Sara Sexton, Bachelor of Science
Gwenneth Sletten, Bachelor of Science
Meryl Ann Sudeith, Bachelor of Science
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Isabel Berman, Bachelor of Science
Emily Patricia Clark, Bachelor of Arts
Hanalei Clark, Bachelor of Arts
Abigayle Harriet Domingue, Bachelor of Arts
Kelly H. Eddy, Bachelor of Arts
Bridget Hallie Doyle Goldberg, Bachelor of Arts
Those graduating summa cum laude are within the top one percent of their college or school. Magna cum laude signifies the next
three percent, and cum laude the next six percent. Honors calculations are based on all the courses taken at UVM, and in order to
be eligible, each student must have taken a minimum of sixty hours in which a letter grade has been awarded.
COMMENCEMENT 2024 11
Megan Elizabeth Lavigne, Bachelor of Science
Ishan Vinodkumar Maratha, Bachelor of Arts
Elena E. Marcelli, Bachelor of Arts
Joshua Ian McCauley, Bachelor of Arts
Ann Taylor Mccolgan, Bachelor of Arts
Sydney McFarland, Bachelor of Science
Laura McIntosh, Bachelor of Arts
Margot Elizabeth Mental, Bachelor of Arts
Cade Morris, Bachelor of Arts
Ava Munschauer, Bachelor of Arts
Clara Angelina Murphy, Bachelor of Arts
William James John Muzzy, Bachelor of Science
Elyssa Nielsen, Bachelor of Arts
Nathan Norrie, Bachelor of Arts
Anneliese Olson, Bachelor of Arts
Owen Vincent Palcsik, Bachelor of Arts
Molly Parker, Bachelor of Arts
Ella B. Paulson, Bachelor of Arts
Margaret Pierce, Bachelor of Arts
Iain Pless, Bachelor of Arts
Maris Poepsel, Bachelor of Arts
Isabella Polo, Bachelor of Arts
Amanda Redmond, Bachelor of Arts
Gwendolyn Jean Reichert, Bachelor of Science
Delaney Lucille Ross, Bachelor of Science
Sierra Sabec, Bachelor of Arts
Alexis Grace Santo, Bachelor of Arts
Emily Rose Scher, Bachelor of Arts
Chelsea B. Seabold, Bachelor of Arts
Ivan Shadis, Bachelor of Arts
Emma Sorrentino, Bachelor of Science
Kelsey Soule, Bachelor of Arts
Kelsey Soule, Bachelor of Science
Samuel Spectre, Bachelor of Science
Morgan Stavisky, Bachelor of Arts
Katreena Subramanian, Bachelor of Arts
Hannah Nichole Tapyrik, Bachelor of Arts
Wyatt Taylor, Bachelor of Arts
Maya Thomson, Bachelor of Arts
Lillian Mae Twohig, Bachelor of Arts
Tea van Linde, Bachelor of Arts
Julia Anne Waal, Bachelor of Science
Sabina Ward, Bachelor of Arts
Sophie Ella Warth, Bachelor of Arts
Sarah Madison White, Bachelor of Arts
Sophie Kennedy Wolfe, Bachelor of Arts
Caroline Niswonger Wollheim, Bachelor of Arts
Kaitlyn A. Zoller, Bachelor of Arts
Alexandra Zouck, Bachelor of Science
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Mary Katherine Redmond, B.S. Business Administration
Nicole Sobczak, B.S. Business Administration
James W. Stephens, B.S. Business Administration
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Dante Blasi, B.S. Business Administration
William McGregor Concannon, B.S. Business Administration
John Emmet Kordell, B.S. Business Administration
Sophia Katherine Larizza, B.S. Business Administration
Jack Gerard Maguire, B.S. Business Administration
Kylie Pierce, B.S. Business Administration
CUM LAUDE
Sarah Elizabeth Adler, B.S. Business Administration
Hannah E. Bohmann, B.S. Business Administration
Alexander Vincent Carrozza, B.S. Business Administration
Lizbeth Cintron, B.S. Business Administration
Pierce Michael Quinn DeBoer, B.S. Business Administration
Dylan James Egan, B.S. Business Administration
Charles Galanes, B.S. Business Administration
Charles George Hutchinson, B.S. Business Administration
Allison McDonald, B.S. Business Administration
Ella Powell, B.S. Business Administration
Eli J. Stack, B.S. Business Administration
Samuel Bartlett Thompson, B.S. Business Administration
Alex Urbaska, B.S. Business Administration
Jasper Williams, B.S. Business Administration
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Makayla Alber, B.S. Computer Science
Abigail Mckenzie Knobel, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Abigail Mckenzie Knobel, B.S. Computer Science
Molly Frances Pate, B.S. Computer Science
Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom, Bachelor of Science
Sydney Grace White, Bachelor of Science
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Nicholas N. Bosley, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Nicholas N. Bosley, B.S. Computer Science
Zachary James Hayes, B.S. Computer Science
Lars Jensen, B.S. Computer Science
Alyn Kirsch Tornell, B.S. Computer Science
Samuel Walter Knox, B.S. Engineering Management
Emma Rose O’Brien, Bachelor of Science
Benjamin Waite Payson, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Danford Clark Satterthwaite, B.S. Mathematical Sciences
Isaac Nathaniel Tabb, Bachelor of Science
CUM LAUDE
Josephine Hobart Alling Graney, B.S. Environmental Engineering
Daniel Michael Callahan, B.S. Civil Engineering
Edith Lillian Cay, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Samuel James Clear, B.S. Computer Science
Gavin P. Glosser, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Connor Guyette, Bachelor of Science
Blythe Siobhan Hattenbach, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Thomas Hochman, B.S. Mathematical Sciences
Murphy Kavanaugh Peisel, B.S. Computer Science
Molly Brita Ramirez, B.S. Electrical Engineering
Elijah B. Smith, B.S. Computer Science
Isabelle Tshile Smith, B.S. Mathematical Sciences
Anthony Allen Stem, B.S. Computer Science
Jake William Verbridge, B.S. Environmental Engineering
Sullivan W.P. Weston, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Mish Wilson, B.S. Computer Science
Adam B. Zuchowski, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Emma Campbell, B.S. Education
Bom Bee Mary Lahart, B.S. Education
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Jillian N. Bikowsky, Bachelor of Science
Leah Elizabeth Branon, Bachelor of Social Work
Ariana Alizabeth Brock, B.S. Education
Caroline Elizabeth Flynn, B.S. Art Education
Riley Goodrich, B.S. Education
Olivia Belle Hennessey, Bachelor of Social Work
Lucy Elaine Mann, B.S. Education
Ellen Newbold, B.S. Education
Caroline Grace Ross, B.S. Education
Summer Helen Spencer, B.S. Education
Emma Von Licht, B.S. Education
CUM LAUDE
Bridget Mary Grew, B.S. Education
Emma Jeanne Jepsen, B.S. Art Education
Caroline Kearney McClintock, B.S. Education
Gwen Eileen Seeley, B.S. Education
Grace Visco, B.S. Education
Olivia E. Vita, B.S. Education
Olivia Drew Vogel, B.S. Education
Elizabeth S. Welch, B.S. Education
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Willem R. Barwin, Bachelor of Science
Peri Brooks-Randall, Bachelor of Science
Alexa M. Dargie, Bachelor of Science
Julia Christine Carlson Hillier, Bachelor of Science
Haley Ingram, Bachelor of Science
Jennifer Ladd, Bachelor of Science
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Michael Christopher Blais, Bachelor of Science
Emma Teresa Farnsworth, Bachelor of Science
Sheridan R. Nossal, Bachelor of Science
Lindsey Ann Oliveira, Bachelor of Science
Madeline Taylor Prouty, Bachelor of Science
CUM LAUDE
Siobhan Mary Amirault, Bachelor of Science
Hailey Rose Cerniglia, Bachelor of Science
Kendal Naomi Coldren, Bachelor of Science
Paige Allison Cutting, Bachelor of Science
Meaghan Edith Dolan, Bachelor of Science
Isabelle Sara Fleuette, Bachelor of Science
Sabine Foerg, Bachelor of Science
Natalie Reeves Gordon, Bachelor of Science
Katharine Isobel Groves, Bachelor of Science
Natalie Jill Lloyd, Bachelor of Science
Jayne A. Marlow, Bachelor of Science
Sydney R. Nossal, Bachelor of Science
Katie Nicole Noyes, Bachelor of Science
Isabel Rose Ostroski, Bachelor of Science
Abigail Anne Pease, Bachelor of Science
Chandre R. Pero, Bachelor of Science
Greta Wright, Bachelor of Science
Grace Ilona Zeiter Gherst, Bachelor of Science
12 COMMENCEMENT 2024
UNIVERSITY AWARDS
THE MARY JEAN SIMPSON AWARD is presented to the senior
student who best exemplifies the qualities of character, leadership,
and scholarship. It is named in honor of Mary Jean Simpson who
exemplified these qualities throughout her professional career,
including as UVM’s third Dean of Women and as Bill Clerk to the
United States Senate.
Anja Samson
THE CLASS OF ’67 AWARD is presented to the senior student
who has been active in student activities, has received university
recognition in a varsity sport, and/or has been elected to an office in a
recognized student activity.
Sam Bjorklun
THE F.T. KIDDER MEDAL is presented to the senior student
who best exemplifies the qualities of character, leadership, and
scholarship. It is named in honor of Fred T. Kidder, a graduate of the
class of 1880 and the College of Medicine in 1883, who later served on
the University of Vermont Board of Trustees.
Soham Mehta
THE KEITH M. MISER LEADERSHIP AWARD is presented in
recognition of outstanding service to the University of Vermont
through campus leadership.
Tea van Linde
THE ELMER NICHOLSON ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE is presented to
the student who has emerged from their total UVM experience with
the promise of great expectations in their field of interest.
Evan Siegel
THE KATHERINE ANNE KELLY AWARD recognizes a graduating
senior who best exemplifies Kate’s ability to bravely battle serious
challenges while still graduating and engaging in UVM student
life with passion, energy, and a smile. Katherine Anne Kelly was a
member of the Class of 2000.
Tiffany Mai
AWARDS TO ATHLETES
THE J. EDWARD DONNELLY AWARD presented to the senior
student-athletes who have displayed the greatest accomplishments
in individual athletic performance and who have significantly
contributed to their team’s overall performance.
Aaron Deloney, Men’s Basketball
Emma Utterback, Women’s Basketball and Ava Vasile,
Women’s Lacrosse
THE SEMANS TROPHY presented to the student-athletes who
have demonstrated a high level of athletic achievement, and earned
the respect and regard of fellow students for leadership, loyalty and
service to UVM.
Daniel Pacella, Men’s Soccer
Erin Murphy, Women’s Soccer
THE RUSSELL O. SUNDERLAND MEMORIAL TROPHY presented
to the student-athletes who throughout their college careers have
demonstrated a high level of athletic achievement and exemplified
qualities of character, leadership and persistence in overcoming
obstacles.
Patrick Murphy, Men’s Lacrosse
Lily Porth, Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field
THE WASSON ATHLETIC PRIZE presented to the student-athletes
who have demonstrated a high level of athletic achievement and have
maintained the highest standard of academic scholarship.
Sebastian Gebhart, Men’s Soccer
Kara Campbell, Women’s Swimming & Diving
THE JEFF STONE MEMORIAL AWARD is presented to the student-
athletes in any class who, throughout their involvement in campus
leadership and/or community service activities, has represented the
highest ideals of educational sport and has had a significant and
lasting impact upon the UVM Community:
Zach Barrett, Men’s Soccer
Reggie Hillery, Field Hockey
University Awards to Graduates
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DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY STUDIES
SECOND LIEUTENANTS COMMISSIONED INTO THE UNITED
STATES ARMY, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, and US ARMY
RESERVES
Shanon Kathleen Boston, Transportation, Active Duty,
US Army
Aidan Jean Chretien, Military Intelligence, National Guard,
State of Massachusetts
Ryan Henry Dowling, Infantry, Active Duty, US Army
Margaret Conway Haley, Medical Services, Active Duty,
US Army
Duncan Andrew McGrade, Infantry, National Guard, State
of Vermont
Landen Wayne Nipper, Armor, National Guard, State of
Vermont
Molly Brita Ramirez, Aviation, Active Duty, US Army
Lee Justin Tang, Nurse Corps, Active Duty, US Army
Aidan John Williams, Corps of Engineers, Active Duty,
US Army
CADET OF THE YEAR AWARD presented to the Senior Cadet who
demonstrated the most outstanding Cadet leadership performance
throughout the year, is the most valuable Cadet Cadre member of
the Green Mountain Battalion, and whose efforts have most greatly
contributed to overall mission success for the Green Mountain
Battalion family.
Margaret Conway Haley
DISTINGUISHED MILITARY GRADUATE is presented to those
Cadets who possess outstanding qualities of leadership and high
moral character, exhibit a definite aptitude for and interest in military
service, attain a military science standing in the upper third of the
Senior class, and ranked in the upper third by Order of Merit List as
established by Professor of Military Science.
Ryan Henry Dowling
Margaret Conway Haley
Molly Brita Ramirez
Aidan John Williams
WADSWORTH RAMSEY SMITH AWARD presented to a Second
Lieutenant, as voted on by his or her peers, who has displayed high
aptitude and achievement in Military Science and extraordinary
qualities of leadership, knowledge and, most importantly,
commitment to the organization throughout the course of his or her
tenure with the Green Mountain Battalion ROTC program.
Molly Brita Ramirez
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUPERIOR CADET DECORATION
AWARD presented to one of the most well-rounded and highest-
performing Cadets in each class. The recipient Cadets must be fully
contracted to serve as a future Second Lieutenant upon graduation
and in the top 25% of their respective class with clearly demonstrated
potential for future service as an officer.
Aidan John Williams
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AWARD for
outstanding demonstration of Loyalty and Patriotism, Dependability,
Good Character, and adherence to military discipline.
Shanon Kathleen Boston
14 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Patrick Leahy Honors College
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 | 3:00 PM | IRA ALLEN CHAPEL
DEAN
David Jenemann
PROCESSIONAL MARSHAL
Ian Grimmer
FACULTY MARSHAL
Eliana Castro
ASSISTANT MARSHAL
Genevieve Anthony
Ann Kroll Lerner
STUDENT MARSHALS
Sierra Sabec
Eli Smith
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
Eun Hee Park, University Organist and Affiliate Artist
WELCOME
David Jenemann, Dean and Professor of English and Film and Television Studies
OPENING ADDRESS
Suresh V. Garimella, President of the University of Vermont and Professor of Me-
chanical Engineering
RECOGNITION SPEAKER
Randal Harp, Associate Professor of Philosophy
STUDENT ADDRESS
Elisabeth Roadcap, Patrick Leahy Honors College Scholar, Class of 2024
RECOGNITION OF SCHOLARS
CLOSING REMARKS
David Jenemann, Dean and Professor of English and Film and Television Studies
RECESSIONAL
Eun Hee Park, University Organist and Affiliate Artist
RECEPTION
Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center
LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS
Elias Adler, Pittsford, NY, CNHS
Joseph Hambright Alexander, Arlington, VT,
CAS
Leola Franciszka Amblo, Shelburne, VT, CAS
Elizabeth Mae Amelotte, East Greenwich, RI,
CALS
Josie Rene Beauregard, Portland, OR, CALS
Nicholas H. Bender, Richmond, VT, CAS
Naomi Helen Binger, Oakland, CA, CNHS
Samantha Grace Bjorklun, Clifton Park, NY,
CAS
Dante Blasi, Acton, MA, GSB
Keelan Emily Boisvert, Melrose, MA, CAS
Jasmine Bombard, South Burlington, VT,
CESS
Kelsey M. Brown, Johnston, RI, CAS
William Teige Burke, Chicago, IL, CEMS
Claire Eleanor Bushey, Fletcher, VT, CAS
Gian Cercena, Brewster, NY, CEMS
Lizbeth Cintron, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, GSB
Hanalei Clark, Ithaca, NY, CAS
Jade Cleary, Crestone, CO, CAS
Kendal Naomi Coldren, Delran, NJ, CNHS
Jeny Rose Collins, North Reading, MA, CESS
William Isaac Conyers, Falls Church, VA,
RSENR
Ava Elizabeth Cote, Concord, NH, CALS
Alexa M. Dargie, Falmouth, ME, CNHS
Morgan Renee Gregory, West Charleston, VT,
CAS
Katharyn Zaida Hassan, Cohasset, MA, CAS
Blythe Siobhan Hattenbach, Lakewood, CO,
CEMS
Rebecca Ann Holt, East Setauket, NY, CAS,
CEMS
Katherine Avery Hood, Evergreen, CO, CALS
Allison Rae Hoy, Edina, MN, CAS
Katherine Wiese Hunter, Philadelphia, PA,
CEMS
Eva Jessup, Middlesex, VT, CAS
Marina Jiao, Apalachin, NY, CALS
Tyler Benjamin Joe, Andover, MA, CEMS
Noah Sarkis Johnson, Cambridge, MA, CEMS
Gaelen Kilburn, Burlington, VT, CAS
Laurel Eliza King, Chester, VT, CAS
Abigail Mckenzie Knobel, Nanuet, NY, CEMS,
CEMS
Abigail Eden Kopelowitz, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
CAS
Noah Casimer Krason, Peterborough, NH, CAS
Adina R. Kraus, Boston, MA, CAS
Isabelle Maria Lapierre, Dalton, MA, CAS
Megan Elizabeth Lavigne, Bow, NH, CAS
Evan Leaf, Greeneld, MA, CAS
Natalie Jill Lloyd, Moorestown, NJ, CNHS
Henry August Lunde, Charlotte, VT, RSENR
Brooke Lundrigan, Bohemia, NY, CEMS
Sydney Madera, Washington, DC, CALS
Ryan T. Davin, Medway, MA, CAS
Pierce Michael Quinn DeBoer, Ipswich, MA,
GSB
Eamon Thomas Dener, Thetford Center,
VT, CAS
Kathleen Sara Delaney, Manchester, NH, CAS
Alexis Jacquelyn Detrick, Dayton, OH, RSENR
Advik Mandar Dewoolkar, Shelburne, VT,
CEMS
Isabella Luda DiDio, Brewster, NY, CALS
Marcelline Dockham, Milton, VT, CAS
Antranig S. Douglas, Bedford, MA, CAS
Lily Duerr, Glens Falls, NY, CAS, CAS
Nayantara Dutta, Cohasset, MA, CAS
Emily Abigail Ertle, Ridgewood, NJ, CEMS,
CAS
Seraphina Fecher, Xenia, OH, CAS
Freyja Huckleberry Feeney, Burlington, VT,
CEMS
Sam Fertik, Hendersonville, NC, CAS
Thomas B. Field, New York, NY, CEMS
Jenna Fracasso, Melrose, MA, CEMS
Sarah Nicole Freedman, Saint Louis, MO, CAS
Julia Elise Gamache, Columbia, CT, CAS
Olivia Katerina Garvin, East Dorset, VT, CALS
Max Chabra Gerlach, Metuchen, NJ, CAS
Angelica Marie Bustamante Golbin,
Bridgeport, CT, CALS
Justine Goldblatt, Peneld, NY, CAS
Madelaine Gramling, New York, NY, CAS
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CALS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CAS College of Arts and Sciences
GSB Grossman School of Business
CESS College of Education and Social Services
CEMS College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
RSENR Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
CNHS College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Joshua Ian McCauley, Cherry Hill, NJ, CAS
Sydney McFarland, Cape Elizabeth, ME, CAS
Soham Mehta, Mumbai, India, RSENR
John Pierpont Morgan V, Shelburne, VT,
CEMS
Margaret Elana Moses, Marcellus, NY, CAS
Luca Spickler Mossman, Devon, PA, CEMS
Evan William Norcross, Adams, MA, CEMS
Sophie Rehr O’Neil, Richmond, VT, CNHS
Sabrina Marie Ost, North Whitehall, PA, CALS
Owen Vincent Palcsik, Middlebury, VT, CAS
Samantha Chade Paquette, Dover, NH,
CESS, CALS
Ella B. Paulson, Omaha, NE, CAS, RSENR
Ethan Pezzini, Melrose, MA, CALS
Margaret Pierce, Eagle River, AK, CAS, CESS
Iain Andrew Pless, Jericho, VT, CAS
Antonio Lewis Pugliese, Charlotte, VT, CAS
Rowan Leland Reese, Jackson, WY, CEMS
Emma Catherine Regan, Branford, CT, CAS
Elisabeth Ellen Roadcap, Milford, NH, CALS
Hailey Diana Chasson Roseneld, Marstons
Mills, MA, CALS
Ethan Rubin, Montpelier, VT, CEMS
Sierra Sabec, San Geronimo Valley, CA, CAS
Madeline S. Saer, Rye, NY, CAS
Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom, Montpelier, VT,
CEMS
Sarah E. Sarrouf, Worcester, MA, CESS
Brandon Samuel Schoenfeld, Potomac, MD,
CAS
Elizabeth Jane Scrimgeour, Milford, MA, CAS
Tin Aragorn Skoric, Rutland, VT, CAS
Elijah B. Smith, Morrisville, VT, CEMS
Hudson Walter Smith, Milton, MA, CEMS
Kacia Jada Smith, Bronx, NY, CNHS
Sophia Yude Stampalia, Voorheesville, NY,
CNHS
Alexander Earl Stute, Rutland, VT, CEMS,
CEMS
Katreena Subramanian, Plaineld, IL,
CNHS, CAS
Abigayle Vance Tainter-Gilbert, Sandy Hook,
CT, CEMS
Wyatt Emerson Taylor, Saint Johnsbury, VT,
CAS
Samuel Bartlett Thompson, Bualo, NY, GSB
Maya Thomson, Boulder, CO, CAS
Nicole S. Tier, Conshohocken, PA, CEMS
Sarah Van Horn, Amherst, MA, CAS
Dalton Charles Vassallo, Norwell, MA, CEMS
Margaret Vecsey, Port Washington, NY, CAS
Daniel J. Walek, Chelmsford, MA, CAS
Emily Joelle Wanzer, Littleton, MA, CAS
Hannah Elizabeth Warn, Needham, MA, CAS
Sophie Ella Warth, Laguna Beach, CA, CAS
Joseph Douglas Webb, Gostown, NH, CAS
Wenzdae Marie Tou Wendling, Wolcott, VT,
CALS
Emma Wetsel, Portland, OR, RSENR
Sydney Grace White, Wayne, PA, CAS, CEMS
Jasper Williams, Vergennes, VT, CAS, GSB
Emilia Irene Winquist, East Hampton, CT, CAS
Sophie Kennedy Wolfe, Charleston, WV, CAS
Elizabeth Gilbert Zheng, Cohasset, MA, CEMS
Kaitlyn A. Zoller, Williston, VT, CAS
Adam B. Zuchowski, Williston, VT, CEMS
16 COMMENCEMENT 2024
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024  4:00 PM  PATRICK GYMNASIUM
ORDER OF EXERCISES
WELCOME
Leslie V. Parise, Dean and Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences
GREETINGS AND REMARKS
Don Stratton, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Plant Biology,
Director of the CALS Biological Science Program
“A long and winding road: reflecting on our journey and looking toward the
future”
RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY
Jane Kolodinsky, Professor, Department of Community Development and
Applied Economics
Deborah Neher, Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science
Bruce Parker, Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science
Jane Petrillo, Associate Professor, Department of Community Development and
Applied Economics
PRESENTATION OF POSTHUMOUS DEGREE
Leslie V. Parise, Dean and Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences presented to:
Madie Christine Saltsburg, Agroecology and Landscape Design
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Department Chairs and Program Directors:
Jim Vigoreaux, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Alan Chant, Biochemistry
Jeanne Harris, Biological Science
Thomas DeSisto, Community Development and Applied Economics
Jeanne Harris, Environmental Sciences
Terence Bradshaw, Environmental Studies
Terence Bradshaw, Food Systems
Janet Murray, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Kelsey Rose, Nutrition and Food Sciences
Jeanne Harris, Plant Biology
Terence Bradshaw, Plant and Soil Science
Kelly Hamshaw, Self-design Major
CLOSING
RECESSIONAL
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Sophie Acker, Amherst, MA
Maryam Omar Alchaderchi, Essex Junction,
VT
Sabrina Alessi, Colchester, VT
Marcus A. Aloisi, Georgia, VT
Elizabeth Mae Amelotte, East Greenwich, RI
Christina Loretta Anastasia, Needham, MA
Giovanna Gilda Anello, Walpole, MA
Jennifer Armon, Villanova, PA
Noah Scully Arons, Somerville, MA
Katelyn Ryann Arsenault, Plymouth, MA
Maya R. Asher, Essex, VT
Isabelle Epernay Augustine, Haverhill, MA
Zaina Aviles, South Windsor, CT
Riley Shae Ballard, Brookeld, CT
Jordan Barbour, Barnet, VT
Jennifer Rose Bardell, Townsend, MA
Cailin Constance Day Barrett, Philadelphia,
PA
Ray Bauman, Cambridge, MA
Kendyn L. Beaudoin-Clark, Kennebunkport,
ME
Alexander Joseph Beauregard, Burlington, VT
Josie Rene Beauregard, Portland, OR
Madia Laurel Bellebuono, West Tisbury
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Emily G. Benson, Springeld, VT
Alani Jean Besson, Keene, NH
Olivia Ann Biasetti, Saratoga Springs, NY
Nicole Kaye Bidol, Springeld, VA
Kiara Biggs, Saint Albans, VT
Ari Ellis Binns, Interlaken, NJ
Hannah Louise Blackwell, Wilmington, DE
Avery Logan Bladon, Burlington, VT
Shayla Blair, Foxborough, MA
Ella Rose Boardman-Wolfe, Grand Isle, VT
Nora Bodner, Takoma Park, MD
Madison Lee Borch, Essex Junction, VT
Cecelia Boyson, Underhill, VT
Lucy J. Braymiller, Boulder, CO
Josie Brennan, Bristol, VT
Phoebe J. Briney, Denver, CO
Bridget Brisson, North Hero, VT
Mollie Lynne Broder, Hartland, VT
DEAN
Leslie V. Parise
ASSOCIATE DEANS
Roy Beckford
Kate Finley Woodruff
COLLEGE MARSHAL
Todd J. Pritchard
FACULTY MARSHALS
Kelly Hamshaw
Lizzy Pope
NAME READER
Don Stratton
COMMENCEMENT 2024 17
Jill Elena Brody, West Linn, OR
Linden Rose Bronz-Russo, Winooski, VT
Olivia Brooker, Post Mills, VT
Bo Atwood Brooks, Newbury, MA
Abigail Marie Brown, Derry, NH
Katerina Marie Brumer, Jamison, PA
Olivia M. Buesser, Ossipee, NH
Haley Buenbarger, Oro Valley, AZ
Lydia P. Bunszel, Keene, NH
Brailey Buntin, Clayton, DE
Emily Elizabeth Burbank, Hingham, MA
Carly Rose Burger, Middlebury, VT
Kayleigh Violet Bushweller, Williston, VT
Andrey Buyalskiy, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Michael Anthony Caamano, Kinnelon, NJ
Sophie Callahan, New Ipswich, NH
Elizabeth Ann Carstensen, Atkinson, NH
Iris V. Carter, Barre City, VT
Elizabeth Mary Ceruolo, Winchester, MA
Cassandra Leigh Chomyn, Limerick, PA
Irma Cicak, Burlington, VT
Patrick Daniel Clarke, Brooklyn, NY
Tyler Clayton, Rumford, RI
Carter H. Coatsworth, Denver, CO
Lia Nicole Cohen, Lynbrook, NY
Nicole Helena Cohen, Woodbridge, CT
McKenzie Comito, Clifton Park, NY
Felicia Conneely-Nolan, Warwick, NY
Aidan E. Connolly, Emmaus, PA
Maximilian J. Conrad, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Cameron Zuzu Cook, Alexandria, VA
Elizabeth Diana Cook, Columbia, KY
Ava Elizabeth Cote, Concord, NH
Micah Rye Coville, Craftsbury, VT
Hannah Elizabeth Craybas, Syracuse, NY
Colette Cross, San Francisco, CA
Shae E. Crowley, Port Washington, NY
Spencer Cruz Brown, Paxton, MA
Rachel Cunningham, Stowe, VT
Abigail Cuviello, Annapolis, MD
Ratsamin Danaisawasdi, Brookline, NH
Ann Elizabeth Davis, Elkins Park, PA
Elizabeth C. Dawkins, Hamilton, NY
Arthur A. de Boer, Oxford, OH
Alina Marie DeCibus, Titusville, NJ
Matthew Deeble, Melrose, MA
Brayden Kane Deraney, Newtown, CT
Cassidy Rose DeSantis, Eagleville, PA
Willow Sky DeVoe-Talluto, Shelburne, VT
Cole M. Dewees, Denville, NJ
Isabella Luda DiDio, Brewster, NY
Charlotte A. Dinitz, Garrison, NY
Genevieve Anne Dishman, Swampscott, MA
Julia A. Ditondo, Burlington, VT
Rachael Jena Dochinger, Fort Myers, FL
Nathan Linvill Dole, Media, PA
Mingyang Dong, Beijing, China
Kelly Lee Duato, Melrose, MA
Fiona Madison Duckworth, Millburn, NJ
Alexandra Rose Dunstan, Campton, NH
George Cosimo Egan, Hingham, MA
Emily M. Engelhart, Roseville, CA
Marley Rose Ewick, Worcester, MA
Kathleen Elizabeth Fahey, Ashburnham, MA
Will Fama, Sudbury, MA
Lillian Marie Farah, Westwood, MA
Emerson Fennelly, Hingham, MA
Lauren E. Fenstermaker, Dummerston, VT
Ella Claire Ferguson, Portland, ME
Nicole M. Fernandez Oms, San Juan, Puerto
Rico
Emma Kristen Fetridge, Granby, CT
William Doran Figueroa, Reading, MA
Chantal Finlay, Nashua, NH
Paige Fisher, Framingham, MA
Anna Geddes Flaherty, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Gabrielle M. Flory, Saint Johnsbury, VT
Leo Paul Fobert, Marblehead, MA
Rachel C. Forsman, Voorhees, NJ
Josephine Friedman, Ipswich, MA
Olivia Katerina Garvin, East Dorset, VT
Sarah Brooke Garvin, Braintree, VT
Harleigh Marin Gastman, Newburyport, MA
Elliot J. Gere, Kennebunkport, ME
Alissa Hailey Geremski, Fairfax, VT
Megan Gervais, Enosburg Falls, VT
Liam Duncan Gilley, Hellertown, PA
Jade Ann Glinski, Bualo, NY
Evan Patrick Go, Essex Junction, VT
Angelica Marie Bustamante Golbin,
Bridgeport, CT
Sabrina C. Goncalves, Barrington, RI
Noah David Gootkind, Newburyport, MA
Lauren E. Green, Shamong, NJ
Samuel Greene, Dover, MA
Mikaylee Kathleen Grohol, Cranford, NJ
Roen Guerin, Brooklyn, NY
Flannery E. Gustavson, Oregon City, OR
Sabrina Emily Haas, Long Island, NY
Hannah Grace Hagopian, White Plains, NY
Emma Jeanette Haley, Gansevoort, NY
Margaret Conway Haley, Milton, MA
Christina Greene Hall, Middlesex, VT
Kyle James Halpern, Newton, MA
Carley Rae Hambly, Lake Ozark, MO
Douglas Hand, New York, NY
Jonah R. Hariton, Weston, CT
Grace Harootian, Windham, NH
Scarlett King Hawpe, Louisville, KY
Jack Henry Healy, Newburyport, MA
McCall Albert Heimert, Burlington, VT
Julia Elizabeth Helal, Mystic, CT
Carly E. Helm, Red Bank, NJ
Julius Raimund Herzog, New Haven, CT
Daniel T. Hibbs, Burlington, VT
Shannon Laura Margaret Hickey, Dorchester,
MA
Anna Isabel Hinkel, Arlington, MA
Anna Aleksandra Hjortsberg, Baltimore, MD
Andrew Hoblitzelle, Watertown, MA
Katherine Avery Hood, Evergreen, CO
Erica Kimberly Hoover, Franklin, MA
Ethan Cole Hubbard, Putney, VT
Jonas Hunter, Portland, OR
August Luis Hurtado, Litcheld, PA
Stewart Wheatley Hyman, Richmond, VA
Rory Hynes, Montpelier, VT
Madison Eileen Iarussi, Holliston, MA
Henry Irwin, New York, NY
Halle Andrea Jackson, Alexandria, VA
Camille Fixler Jacoby, Wellesley, MA
Sara Ali’i Jarani, Alexandria, LA
Sophea Louise James, West Townsend, MA
Jackson Thomas Jannarone, Brielle, NJ
Warren N. Jerey, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Molly Grace Jenkins, Devon, PA
Emily Jensen-Vargas, Astoria, NY
Marina Jiao, Apalachin, NY
Haley Dillon Joyall, Andover, MA
Alexander David Joyce, Stoneham, MA
Mikela Junemann, East Hampton, NY
Catherine Kapica, Katonah, NY
Zachary Dylan Kaplan, Westport, CT
Evan Kaplow-Healy, Brooklyn, NY
Michael John Kaszycki, Danbury, CT
Emma Elizabeth Vogel Katz, Point Lookout,
NY
Cassidy Clark Keefe, Huntington, VT
Katelyn Marie Keeler, Haverhill, MA
Catherine Patricia Kennedy, Carmel, NY
John William Keyes, Marblehead, MA
Kasey Elizabeth Kfoury, Manchester, NH
Paige Gretchen Kincaid, Medeld, MA
Margo R. Klein, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Sydney M. Klugo, South Burlington, VT
Danielle Madelyn Kogan, Huntingdon Valley,
PA
Morgan C. Kosik, Steamboat Springs, CO
Megan Elizabeth Kraus, Birmingham, MI
Hana Kuckovic, Burlington, VT
Colby Alexander Kudla, Tampa, FL
Chloe Ann Kunzelman, Mahwah, NJ
Emma Nicole Lanciani, Hamilton, MA
Nicole Jean Laplante, Winooski, VT
Luke Edward LaTorre, Durham, CT
Emma Grace Laudisi, Middletown, NJ
Sydney R. Lauria, Davidsonville, MD
Gabrielle Renee Lauzier, Attleboro, MA
Michelle A. LaVoie, Willington, CT
Waseya Jane Lawton, Middlebury, VT
Fernanda Jesus Lazo Silva, Washington, DC
Zoe Adele Lefebvre, Bristol, RI
Clara E. Lefevre, Rockville, MD
Mary Lenihan, Burlington, VT
Olivia R. Leong, Green Brook, NJ
Alexa Elizabeth Lepold, Princeton, NJ
Katherine Lipari, Bedford, NH
Christopher Llanos, Burlington, VT
Maeve Rebecca Looney, Alfred, NY
Sabine Maria Love, Bozeman, MT
Danielle Katherine Loverro, West Windsor,
NJ
Tobermory William Lowe, Newton, MA
A. Eaton Lowell, Amesbury, MA
Amelia Ann Lucas, Temperanceville, VA
Linsay E. Lundgren, Flower Mound, TX
Alia Sandra Lunna, Rutland, VT
Ollie E. Maciel, Acushnet, MA
Sydney Madera, Washington, DC
Mairin Mahaey Dowd, Brooklyn, NY
Laura Anne Maher, Sherborn, MA
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Ana K. Manriquez Graf, Chula Vista, CA
Avena Skye Manske, Burlington, VT
Lily Grace Marchessault, Burlington, VT
Kenzy G. Markello, Falmouth, MA
Adam Patrick Matunas, Shaftsbury, VT
Kaitlynne Mazza, Colchester, VT
Miles McCallum, Cleveland, OH
Janelle Rose McCormick, Peabody, MA
Molly Kate McDermott, Falmouth, ME
Georgia Blue Mulvey McDougall, North
Granby, CT
Summer Mcguire, Homer, AK
Eamonn Michael Mclean, Boxford, MA
Alana Lynn McWilliams, Carlisle, PA
Elizabeth K. Mehler, Danbury, CT
Katherine Margarita Melamed-Henning,
Saratoga Springs, NY
Abigail Kakamoto Meunier, Huntington, MA
Finlay Miller, Waterbury, VT
Diana Elizabeth Mincolla, Oceanport, NJ
Natalie R. Misiano, Goldens Bridge, NY
Madelyn Whitney Mitchko, Victor, NY
Mackenzie J. Moore, Kittery, ME
Grace Remington Morgan, Manseld, MA
Ella Jane Morris, Westbrook, ME
Fischer C. Morrissey, Exeter, NH
Eli Mikal Moskowitz, Waterbury Center, VT
Emily Mossey, Grafton, MA
Lindsey Muench, Chanhassen, MN
Erin Elizabeth Murphy, Wantagh, NY
Samantha Murphy, Burlington, MA
Maxwell Woodrow Murray, Kennebunkport,
ME
Sangavi B. Muthuswamy, Chestnut Hill, MA
Jennifer Lynn Nardello, Mount Laurel, NJ
Denise N. Neale, Burlington, VT
Mather James Negron, West Barnstable, MA
Karlie Celeste Nelson, Aspen, CO
Katie A. Nelson, Alstead, NH
Karissa Nesbitt, Rochester, NY
Henry Karlen Neuman, Norwich, VT
Ryan Ng, Newtown, CT
Mahaela Irion Nodine, Southampton, NJ
Joshua Nordheim, Brattleboro, VT
Hayley Jessica Norton, Milan, NH
Olivia Lynn Noyes, Harvard, MA
Lauren Nicole O’Brien, Manhasset, NY
Malina Kaya O’Brien, Barrington, RI
Mykala R. O’Farrell, Williston, VT
Rebecca D. Olshan, Glastonbury, CT
Emma Elizabeth O’Neill, Barre, VT
Kaitlin Sarah O’Neill, Westeld, NJ
Luke T. O’Neill, Waterford, VT
Katherine Mary Orsini, Wallingford, CT
Sabrina Marie Ost, North Whitehall, PA
Olivia Maria Ouellette, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Helen Oustinow, Bedford, MA
Graecia Aine De Guia Pacheco, Crofton, MD
Silvan William Padberg, Montpelier, VT
Samantha Chade Paquette, Dover, NH
Savannah Maia Parker, Manchester, NH
Maggie Payne, Pownal, VT
Nora H. Payne, Northport, ME
Riley Pengue, Ludlow, VT
Hannah Rose Penkacik, Milford, CT
Anna Lynn Penny, Amesbury, MA
Ryan Thomas Pepe, Thetford, VT
Penny Pepper, Colchester, VT
Maya Iris Perrault, Saint Albans, VT
Ava Jolie Perryman, San Francisco, CA
Leah Breanna Pettee, Dunstable, MA
Gianna Bella Pezzetti, Rutland, VT
Ethan Pezzini, Melrose, MA
Ryan Pham, Burlington, VT
Shelly Philipson, Port Washington, NY
Molly Crawford Pogue, Edgartown, MA
Juliana Polonski, East Patchogue, NY
Kendra Lauren Potenziano, Binghamton, NY
Rachael Potter, East Windsor, NJ
Lucy Faye Powell, West Newbury, MA
Megan Quade, Burke, VA
Lauren Raved, Larchmont, NY
Maya Reilly, Essex, VT
Zane Reservitz, Easton, MA
Isabella L. Richardson, Fanwood, NJ
Caroline M. Rickerman, Barrington, RI
Olivia A. Rist, Princeton, NJ
Alexa Mary Rivet, North Andover, MA
Elisabeth Ellen Roadcap, Milford, NH
Matthew Robbins, New Canaan, CT
Jude Cormier Roberts, Lyndeborough, NH
Ellana Noelle Robinson, Whiteeld, NH
Louisa Christine Roesler, Ipswich, MA
Peyton Ford Rooney, Darien, CT
Hailey Diana Chasson Roseneld, Marstons
Mills, MA
Emily Grace Rothe, West Chester, PA
Kyle Rousseau, Wilmington, VT
Anna Frances Svetlana Rowland, Shelburne,
VT
Samantha W. Rowles, Acton, MA
Zachary E. Rue, Canton, MA
Cassidy D. Ryea, Richford, VT
Madie Christine Saltsburg, Dillsburg, PA
†
Ava M. Sandberg, South Burlington, VT
Jane Patricia Sanders, Port Washington, NY
Ari Cole Sapers-Sydney, Newton, MA
Rebecca J. Sche, West Newton, MA
Colleen Catherine Schmid, Ossining, NY
Nola George Scott, Blacksburg, VA
Rebecca Seavey, Dennis, MA
Lauren Mary Serano, Brattleboro, VT
Samantha Rose Shaevel, Newton, MA
Cayden Alyx Shaw, White River Junction, VT
Geena Siegel Sherman, Arlington, VA
Lucy Cate Shribman, Wellesley, MA
Lucas Adam Sienkiewicz, Burlington, VT
Abigail Grace Simmons, Norfolk, MA
Evan Simonds, Hollis, NH
Sophia Teresa Sinibaldi, Voorhees, NJ
Mark Louis Sizen, Georgia, VT
Lauren Summer Smathers, Braddock
Heights, MD
Sarah Baker Sinclair Southall, Freeport, ME
Alice Martha Sperber, Pittseld, VT
Shaye Rose Squillante, Sunderland, VT
Linden S. Stadtlander, Pembroke, MA
Benjamin Stinebiser, Duxbury, MA
Christopher Evan Sullivan, Worcester, MA
Stephania Rozalia Surowiec, Sanbornton,
NH
Hope K. Swenland, Seabeck, WA
Emily Brooke Swenson, Andover, MA
Ange Palma Tarrio, Brooklyn, NY
Sophia Tenuta, West Stockbridge, MA
Julianna Ruth Torelli, Minnetonka, MN
Henry Martin Angst Tucker, Saratoga
Springs, NY
Grace Anne Ushay, Cranford, NJ
Megan Elaine van Alphen, Needham, MA
Valorie Annalise Vanarsdall, Annandale, VA
Edgar Vargas, Yakima, WA
Mackenzie Carroll Vasque, Amesbury, MA
Leah Delaney Veprek, Marblehead, MA
Emma Adelaine Verbist, Palo Alto, CA
Savannah Juleeza Nova Berdina Vitale,
Everberg, Belgium
Andrew Evan Vogt, South Burlington, VT
Gigi Simone Walsh, Brookline, MA
Emma Walters, Cincinnati, OH
Nicoletta Maria Warner, Hawthorne, NJ
Anna Belle Warren, Newtown, PA
Wenzdae Marie Tou Wendling, Wolcott, VT
Lauren Isabelle West, Shelburne, VT
Emily Whalen, Danvers, MA
Alexandra Elizabeth Wheeler, Nottingham,
NH
Asher S. Whittemore, Arlington, MA
Anna Reese Wilkinson, New York, NY
Jack Gillis Williams, Exeter, NH
Theron D. Williams, Waitseld, VT
Christopher Williamson, Hingham, MA
Cordell Wilson, Indianapolis IN
Eleanor Wilson, Evanston, IL
Brandon James Witham, Schertz, TX
Wenqian Xie, Beijing, China
Brigitte Yargeau, Pepperell, MA
Ella Yentsch, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Luke Röh Young, Newburyport, MA
Zadie Claire Young, Phoenixville, PA
Konnor Paul Yunghans, Petersburg, NJ
Eli Zelonish, Portland, ME
Wujia Zhu, Nanying, China
Catherine Ives Ziac, Greenwich, CT
†
Awarded posthumously
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
LAWRENCE K. FORCIER OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD is
given to a top graduating senior in the College who has attained
prominence through academic achievement and outstanding service.
Named in honor of former dean, Lawrence K. Forcier, who served the
college with distinction from 1991 to 1998.
Elisabeth Ellen Roadcap
LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
*Elizabeth Mae Amelotte, Thesis: Coronary Artery Calcification,
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Mortality in Veterans
Advisors: Alan Morrison, MD, PhD; Sean Dielh, PhD
*Josie Rene Beauregard, Thesis: The Role of ROP28 in Chronic Stage
Toxoplasma gondii Infection
Advisor: Bruno Martorelli DiGenova, PhD
*Ava Elizabeth Cote, Thesis: Investigating the role of ERK1/2 and p38
in thiostrepton-mediated cytotoxicity
Advisors: Brian Cunniff, PhD; Janet Murray, PhD
*Isabella Luda Didio, Thesis: The Effect of Duration of Bulk Tank
Storage on the Microbiome of Goat Milk from Vermont Dairy
Farms
Advisor: John Barlow, DMV, PhD
*Olivia Katerina Garvin, Thesis: VirScan Examination of SARS-
CoV-2 Maternal-Fetal Antibody Interaction
Advisor: Dev Majumdar, PhD
Angelica Marie Bustamante Golbin, Thesis: Investigating the role of
experimental introgression in Poplar stress tolerance
Advisor: Stephen Keller, PhD
*Katherine Avery Hood, Thesis: Functionality of the Type VI
Secretion System (T6SS) in Providencia alcalifaciens.
Advisors: Leigh Knodler, PhD; Princess Rodriguez PhD
Marina Jiao, Thesis: A mixed methods exploration on the prevalence
of a diet culture mindset among rural plant-based eaters
Advisor: Emily Belarmino, PhD
*Sydney Madera, Thesis: Climate Change and Shrinkage of Small
Mammals: Are Rodents Smaller Than They Were 100 Years Ago?
Advisors: Sarah Helms Cahan, PhD; Janet Murray, PhD
*Sabrina Marie Ost, Thesis: Assessing the Impact and Perceptions
of Staphylococcus Mastitis on Vermont Dairy Farms and
Determining Farmer Attitudes Toward Disease, Control, and
Prevention
Advisor: John Barlow, DMV, PhD
Ethan Pezzini, Thesis: Using Top Grafting to Manage Endemic Fire
blight Infection in Apple Trees at the UVM Horticulture Research
and Education Center
Advisor: Terence Bradshaw, PhD
*Elisabeth Ellen Roadcap, Thesis: Whole Genome Sequencing
Identifies Exotoxin and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of
Staphylococcus aureus from Maine Dairy Farms
Advisor: John Barlow, DMV, PhD
*Hailey Diana Chasson Rosenfield, Thesis: Examining Cerebellar
Morphology After Perinatal Exposure to Oxycodone and
Buprenorphine
Advisor: James Stafford, PhD
Wenzdae Marie Tou Wendling, Thesis: The Illustrated Guide to Pre-
Veterinary Equine Lameness
Advisors: Christina Rohan, MD; Janet Murray, PhD
*Student is also graduating with College Honors: Distinguished
Undergraduate Research
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
HONORS: DISTINGUISHED UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH
Marcus A. Aloisi, Community Development and Applied Economics
Department, Thesis: Comparing COVID-19 Experiences and
Outcomes among Students Currently enrolled in College through
an Integrative Health and Wellness Lens
Mentor: Sarah Heiss, PhD
Olivia Ann Biasetti, Animal and Veterinary Science Department,
Thesis: Tick-borne pathogen dynamics in Vermont blacklegged
ticks (Ixodes scapularis)and white-footed mice (Peromyscus
leucopus)
Mentors: Stephen Wadsworth, DMV; Ellen Martinsen, PhD
Hannah Blackwell, Biological Science Department, Thesis: Assessing
Genetic Evolution, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance of
Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Food and Food Processing
Environments
Mentor: Andrea Etter, PhD
Willow Sky DeVoe-Talluto, Animal and Veterinary Science
Department, Thesis: White Tail Deer Nasal Swab Samples as
Source of Inhibitory Commensal Bacteria Against Staphylococcus
aureus
Mentor: John Barlow, DMV, PhD
Margaret Conway Haley, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Department, Thesis: Examining the Effectiveness of Combining
Glutaredoxin and Pirfenidone on Lowering Fibrotic Markers
Mentors: Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD; Rebecca Guy
MLS(ASCP), PhD
Anna Isabel Hinkel, Biological Science Department, Thesis:
Investigation of Various Small Mammals for Infection of
Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, and Borrelia
burgdoferi
Mentor: Ellen Martinsen, PhD
Valorie Annalise Vanarsdall, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Department, Thesis: Outbreak-Associated Serovars of Salmonella
entericawith Strong Heat Stress Response may Possess Enhanced
Sanitizer Tolerance
Mentor: Andrea Etter, PhD
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
BRETT KLEIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP presented to the CREAM
Student Herd Advisors for Summer 2023, Fall 2023 and Spring 2024
with a big thanks for their time and effort! The award is presented for
their dedication, responsible leadership, and friendly attitude that
Brett exemplified as a 1990 CREAMer as well as for their excellence in
teaching and advising the CREAMers and in passing on the CREAM
Tradition.
Riley Shae Ballard
Mollie Lynne Broder
Kayleigh Violet Bushweller
Alissa Hailey Geremski
Anna Aleksandra Hjortsberg
Katelyn Marie Keeler
Megan Elizabeth Kraus
Michelle A. LaVoie
Olivia Maria Ouellette
Nora H. Payne
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BRIAN HAWLEY AWARD presented in memory of Brian D. Hawley
to an Animal and Veterinary Science Graduate, it is given to a
deserving Vermont junior or senior.
Cassidy D. Ryea
GEORGE H. WALKER AWARD presented annually by faculty
vote to members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
who have majored in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, who exhibit
conspicuous merit in the studies pertaining to Dairy Science
and especially in those courses relating to the production and/or
processing of market milk, and who furthermore exhibit high and
noble traits of leadership and character.
Erica Kimberly Hoover
Hannah Rose Penkacik
DONALD J. BALCH AWARD presented annually to that student
making the greatest contribution to the equine or companion
animal activities of the Department of Animal and Veterinary
Sciences.
Emma Elizabeth O’Neill
Matthew Robbins
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLIED
ECONOMICS PROGRAM AWARDS
FACULTY AWARD presented to the graduating senior(s) as
nominated by and chosen by the CDAE faculty.
Community Entrepreneurship: Daniel T. Hibbs, Lucy Faye
Powell
Community Centered Design: Aidan E. Connolly
Community and International Development: Matthew
Deeble, Summer Mcguire
Public Communication: Elizabeth C. Dawkins, Chantal
Finlay
ENGAGED SCHOLAR AWARD presented to an outstanding
student who has translated their high level of academic
achievement into meaningful contributions to “real world”
community development.
Marcus A. Aloisi
Sabine Maria Love
THOMAS F. PATTERSON, JR., TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD
presented to an outstanding student exhibiting excellence in the
classroom as an undergraduate teaching assistant.
Katherine Lipari
Leah Delaney Veprek
CDAE AMBASSADOR AWARD presented to an outstanding
student who has demonstrated the department’s values rooted
in community engagement, effective communication, teamwork,
sustainability, empathy, and responsibility within and beyond the
UVM Community.
Marcus A. Aloisi
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD recognizes the top ten
percent of all seniors with a major in Community Development
and Applied Economics based on cumulative grade point average.
Community Entrepreneurship: Ella Claire Ferguson,
Daniel T. Hibbs
Community-Centered Design: Finlay Miller
Community International Development: Matthew Deeble,
Ava Jolie Perryman
Public Communication: Elizabeth C. Dawkins,
Paige Emily Fisher, Mary Lenihan, Mykala R. O’Farrell,
Jane Patricia Sanders, Leah Delaney Veprek
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AWARD
OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR AWARD presented by the
Environmental Program faculty to graduating seniors who have
demonstrated academic excellence, environmental leadership, and
campus and community activism and service.
Nicole Helena Cohen
Rachael Jena Dochinger
FOOD SYSTEMS
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD recognizes the top ten
percent of all seniors with a major in Food Systems based on
cumulative grade point average.
Ray Bauman
Emma Kristen Fetridge
Gigi Simone Walsh
FOOD SYSTEMS MAJOR AWARD recognizes one student who has
gone above and beyond in academic excellence, engagement, and
commitment to the program.
Emma Kristen Fetridge
MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
WARREN R. STEINBRING OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN
MICROBIOLOGY AWARD in recognition of academic excellence
and professional growth.
Valorie Annalise Vanarsdall
LUCILLE P. MARKEY OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MOLECULAR
GENETICS AWARD in recognition of academic excellence and
professional growth.
Karlie Celeste Nelson
BRENDA V. TESSMANN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
ASSISTANT AWARD, established in 2012, is given in recognition
of excellence in the classroom as an undergraduate teaching
assistant. In 2019, this award was renamed for Brenda V. Tessmann
in recognition of her outstanding contributions to MMG laboratory
teaching and undergraduate advising since 1981.
Alexa Mary Rivet
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DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES
NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE FACULTY AWARD presented
annually by the department faculty to the graduating senior with
the highest scholastic grade point average in recognition of their
continuous academic excellence and outstanding professional
potential.
Christina Greene Hall
AGNES T. POWELL AWARD presented annually to graduating
seniors majoring in Dietetics who have demonstrated qualities
indicating outstanding professional promise and potential.
Elizabeth Ann Carstensen
Anna Reese Wilkinson
BERTHA TERRILL AWARD created as a tribute to Miss Bertha
M. Terrill who is remembered as the founding Chair of the
Department of Home Economics, the first Dean of Women and
first woman Full Professor at UVM. The purpose of this award is
to recognize a student who shows special academic promise and
achievement.
Alia Sandra Lunna
BLAIR WILLIAMS AWARD to the graduating senior who best
exemplifies the qualities of Professor Williams’ excellence in the
areas of human nutrition and foods and her deep concern for
people.
Kathleen E. Fahey
Haley Dillon Joyall
OUTSTANDING DIETETICS STUDENT AWARD presented by
the American Dietetics Association to recognize the emerging
leadership and achievement of students in Association Accredited
Dietetics Education programs and encourage their participation in
the American Dietetics Association. Leadership and professional
potential are assessed through honors, student dietetic association
activities, and community service activities.
Alexandra Elizabeth Wheeler
NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES RESEARCH AWARD
is presented to the graduating senior(s) who has excelled in
undergraduate research while maintaining high academic
standards and has demonstrated outstanding potential for a career
in either basic or applied research in Nutrition and Food Sciences.
Marina Jiao
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY
THE LEWIS RALPH JONES AWARD is awarded in memory
of Lewis Ralph Jones (1864–1945), a member of the National
Academy of Sciences and faculty member at the University of
Vermont from 1890 to 1909. It is made each year to a junior or
senior student or students demonstrating proficiency in the plant
sciences.
John Blochberger
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PLANT BIOLOGY is presented each
year to a senior or seniors in the department who have a superior
academic record and investment in the research and teaching
activities of the department.
Ollie E. Maciel
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES
C. LYMAN CALLAHAN AWARD is presented to a graduating
senior who had demonstrated interest and proficiency in the field
of commercial horticulture. This award is presented by the Vermont
Tree Fruit Growers Association in honor of UVM Extension Tree Fruit
Horticulturist C. Lyman Callahan.
Stephania Rozalia Surowiec
W.H. DARROW HORTICULTURAL PRIZE presented to an
outstanding junior or senior in recognition of superior performance in
horticultural science.
Anna Flaherty
Colleen Catherine Schmid
AGRONOMY, SOILS AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SENIOR
RECOGNITION AWARD presented by the department to an
outstanding student with an interest in agronomy, soils, or sustainable
agriculture.
Stephania Rozalia Surowiec
Luke Röh Young
JAMES E. LUDLOW ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP was established in
memory of James Ludlow, class of 1987, to provide scholarship awards
to students studying horticulture.
Irma Cicak
SEYMOUR HORTICULTURAL PRIZE was established by William W.
Seymour in memory of his father, Henry F. Seymour, class of 1835. It is
given to a student who has conducted original horticulture research.
Ethan Pezzini
TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD is given to outstanding students that
have shown excellence in the classroom as an undergraduate teaching
assistant.
Cailin Constance Day Barrett
Ethan Pezzini
VERMONT VEGETABLE AND BERRY GROWER ASSOCAITION
AWARD is presented to a student who has demonstrated excellence in
studies in the field of small fruit and vegetable science.
Stephania Rozalia Surowiec
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BACHELOR OF ARTS
Sage Lee Aaron, Chicago, IL
Sebastian Abend, West Whately, MA
Olivia Teresa Acostamadiedo, Winston-
Salem, NC
William L. Adams, Briarcli Manor, NY
Erika Lauren Adamson, Medford Lakes, NJ
Emilie I. Aebi, New Paltz, NY
Elaine Ryder Albahary, Rhinebeck, NY
Maggie Brook Alberghini, Waterbury Center,
VT
Ryan Emily Aldrich, Weston, MA
Chloe-Lucia Iadeluca Alexander, South
Burlington, VT
Joseph Hambright Alexander, Arlington, VT
Judd Ott Alexander, Norwich, VT
Abigail Katharine Alfs, Birmingham, MI
Noah Ali, Acton, MA
Raniah Osamah Al-Janabi, Essex Junction,
VT
Benjamin Mark Allaire, Westminster W., VT
Olivia Ann Allegra, Bedminster, NJ
Simone Adele Allen, Newburyport, MA
Rhone Allison, Escondido, CA
Isabel Alpert, New York, NY
Marguerite Clare Altho, South Hero, VT
Leola Franciszka Amblo, Shelburne, VT
Morgan R. Ambrose, Milton, VT
Eden Leigh Ambrovich, Downingtown, PA
Noah James Ampe, Winchester, MA
Alexandra Elizabeth Amsden, Needham, MA
Adonis Anderson, Warrington, PA
Maisy Anderson, Melrose, MA
Zoey Andrade, Bristol, RI
Mason Andriola, New York, NY
Alexi Angell, Warwick, RI
Dmitrios Angell, Ipswich, MA
Ian Anglum, Manchester, VT
Collin Arthur Anselmi, Pepperell, MA
Nana Owusu Achiaw Antwi, Bronx, NY
Morgan Ilanna Aponte Clarke, Portland, ME
Aylin Tara Arifkhan, Princeton, NJ
Nehemiah Jerey Arnold, White River
Junction, VT
Sophia Aronson, Blacksburg, VA
Audrey Patricia Ashdown, Washington, DC
Hannah Assel, Shaker Heights, OH
Ethan C. Aubuchon, Hardwick, VT
Emmie Aufderheide, Fairport, NY
Aidan Austin, Keene, NH
Emmett A. G. Avery, Hardwick, VT
Lauren N. Azar, Chicago, IL
Meghan Hope Bachman, Palm Harbor, FL
Jacob Leslie Bair, Bualo, NY
Evan Elliot Levine Baker, Dix Hills, NY
Camille Bakoulis, Princeton, NJ
Noah Ballin, Arlington, MA
Gabriel Paz Bango, Woodstock, VT
Connor Barbour, Morrisville, VT
Jesse Barnett, Irvington, NY
MJ Barrett, Georgia, VT
Maya Barrett, Stowe, VT
Arianna Barrios, Arlington, VT
Fi Barthel, Norwich, VT
Michael John Baseggio, Branford, CT
Krista Bass, Orono, ME
Graham T. Bates, Hingham, MA
Taylor Emily Bean, Gostown, NH
Chase Beaucage, White River Junction, VT
Payton Caroline Beaver, Downingtown, PA
Celia Marie Begonia, Gorham, ME
Nathaniel Paul Belanger, Morrisville, VT
Spencer Bellet, Wallingford, PA
Nicholas H. Bender, Richmond, VT
Liam Bennett, Milford, MA
Cedulie Grace Benoit-Smith, Barre, MA
Riley Nina Bermingham, Windham, NH
Emily Keiko Bernhardt, Chicago, IL
Simon Eli Bernstein, Bexley, OH
Natalie Ann Bett, Wakeeld, MA
Wini Mae Bettenburg, Saint Paul, MN
Helen Katherine Adams Betz, Knoxville, TN
Quinn Ward Bisbee, Burlington, VT
Nathaniel J. Biscotti, Brentwood, NH
Katherine Blassingame, Wheelock, VT
College of Arts and Sciences
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 | 12:30 PM | UNIVERSITY GREEN
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
PROCESSIONAL CEREMONY OFFICIATE
Alec Ewald, Associate Professor and Distinguished Service Award Recipient
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM PARTY
William Falls, Dean and Professor of Psychological Science
RECOGNITION OF EMERITI FACULTY
PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
RECESSIONAL
DEAN
William Falls
COLLEGE MARSHAL
Abigail McGowan
FACULTY MARSHAL
Paul Deslandes
STUDENT MARSHAL
Thomas Macias
STAGE MARSHAL
Kelley Di Dio
PROCESSIONAL MARSHAL
Emily Beam
NAME READERS
Maeve Eberhardt
Donna Ramirez-Harrington
ASSISTANT MARSHALS
Meghan Cope
Meaghan Emery
Jan Feldman
Yolanda Flores
Pamela Fraser
Peter Henne
Patricia Julien
Teresa Mares
COMMENCEMENT 2024 23
Elliott Jaye Bloom, Kirkland, WA
Jenna Hope Boardman, Halifax, MA
Olivia Catherine Boardman, Dedham, MA
Diedra Sarpongmaa Boateng, New York, NY
Keelan Emily Boisvert, Melrose, MA
John Henry Bond-Bardes, Warren, VT
Azurah Booth-Gage, Jamaica, VT
Marjon Elle Booth-Gage, Jamaica, VT
Adelaide M. Booze, Urbana, OH
Nathaniel Borrok-Homan, Shelburne, VT
Brooke Mary Borstel, Melrose, MA
Shanon Kathleen Boston, Lehighton, PA
Juliana Esther Bouchard, Nantucket, MA
Kyla R. Bouchard, Hanover, NH
Allison Julia Bower, Westeld, MA
Luke Boyd, Newton, MA
Simon Thomas Bradlow, Scarsdale, NY
Daria Braithwaite, Marsheld, MA
Kathryn Brennan, Barrington, RI
Margaret Brennan, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Kaylin Renee Brentana, Hopkinton, MA
Ethan Xavier Briggs, Webberville, MI
Jane Read Brinley, Washington, DC
Annamay Joy Brown, Morrisville, VT
Isabel Turner Koleman Brown, Burlington, VT
Kelsey M. Brown, Johnston, RI
Owen Brudz, West Hartford, CT
Hayley Bruner, New York, NY
Audrey Elizabeth Buck, Hudson, MA
Kathryn Buckley, Ludlow, VT
Sophia Buonomo, Waterbury Ctr., VT
Megan Burdick, Vestal, NY
Sydney Burek, Oak Ridge, NJ
Andrew J. Burget, Northport, NY
Brooke Elizabeth Burns, Yardley, PA
Emma Suzanne Burns, Brooklyn, NY
Hannah M. Burns, Enosburg Falls, VT
Sarah Elizabeth Bushnell, Groton, MA
Tahiti Anneliese Cabrinha, Maui, HI
Olivia Calandrillo, Sparta, NJ
Marco T. Caliandro, Weybridge, VT
Evan Heberto Calves, Katonah, NY
Quinn Canivan, Burlington, NJ
Amelia Canney, Milton, VT
Jaiden Capozzi, Marietta, NY
Mary Melissa Carlson-Belanger, Shutesbury,
MA
Ethan Carnesale, Colchester, VT
Sara Elizabeth Carpenter, Enosburg, VT
Owen Matthew Carpenter-Zehe, Fort Collins,
CO
Gabriel William Carrière, Ottawa, ON,
Canada
Tessa Carroll, Cazenovia, NY
Lauren Carter, Dorset, VT
Sydney Carvajal, Northport, NY
Mairead Cassidy, Windermere, FL
Amelia Catanzaro, Ann Arbor, MI
Matthew J. Ceccio, Montclair, NJ
Melissa Chadwick, Cheshire, CT
Ryan Chaia, Farmington, CT
Madison Nicole Chase, Townshend, VT
Giles Cheney, Smitheld, VA
Ted Minhyeong Cho, Burlington, VT
Aidan Jean Chretien, Hollis, NH
Julia Christian, Marblehead, MA
Dashiell Christy, Chilmark, MA
Anna K. Clark, Wilton, CT
Ashleigh Clark, Bristol, TN
Emily Patricia Clark, Winchester, MA
Hanalei Clark, Ithaca, NY
Kiera Jordan Clarke, Johannesburg, South
Africa
Isobel Cline, Bedford, NH
Abigail Christie Cloutier, Cumberland, ME
Jacqueline Justine Coburn, Las Vegas, NV
Madeleine Michalios Cohen, Lake Placid, NY
Gabrielle Coia, Cranston, RI
Isabella Valia Colarossi, Short Hills, NJ
Thomas Merrill Collins III, Valparaiso, IN
Francesca Compton, Medeld, MA
Adelaide Marie Conaway, Windsor, WI
Grace Marie Conde, New York, NY
Emma Katharine Connolly, Delmar, NY
Megan Emily Constable, Hebron, CT
Christos Anthony Contakos, Whitingham, VT
Grace Ann Conti, Stonington, CT
Erika Lynn Convery, Rutland, MA
Jillian Elizabeth Conway, Rutland, VT
William George Conway II, Westwood, MA
Celia Cook, Severna Park, MD
Elijah Coolidge, Montpelier, VT
James Tucker Coppa, West Granby, CT
Jeremiah William Cory, Hinesburg, VT
Katelyn Anne Cosgrove, Wallingford, CT
Adeline Rae Cota, Circle Pines, MN
Alice Coudray, Natick, MA
Benjamin Cowley, Wellesley, MA
Daniella Crane, Cumberland, ME
Carl Crawford, Burlington, VT
Charles W. Cribb, Reading, MA
Olivia Cull, Monroe, CT
Coleman Cullinan, Pittsburgh, PA
Miranda F. Cully, East Dorset, VT
Lillian Caroline Dailey, Camden, ME
Charles Ash Dall, Cape Elizabeth, ME
John Dane, Providence, RI
Lia Teir Darling, Lincoln, MA
Akuch A. Dau, Charlotte, VT
Avery S. Daudelin, Fairfax, VT
Jenna Davenport, Stone Ridge, NY
Ryan T. Davin, Medway, MA
India Marie Davis, Hendersonville, NC
Enrique Paul de la Rosa Jr., Dorset, VT
Maya Leonor Brooks De La Torre, Jamestown,
RI
Lucinda Matsuko De Laney, New York, NY
Grace Isabella Decker, Walnut Creek, CA
Eamon Thomas Dener, Thetford Center, VT
Olivia DeFonce, Carmel, NY
Elizabeth Diane DeGraw, Killington, VT
Isabella Manskopf deKluyver, Haddoneld, NJ
Kathleen Sara Delaney, Manchester, NH
Ryan Emanuel Deluca, Bronx, NY
Grin Sam DeMatteo, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Samuel Joseph Desrochers, Saint Johnsbury,
VT
Kyra Marin Dewey, Johnson, VT
Molly Catherine Dewey, Niantic, CT
Daniel DeWolfe, Shrewsbury, MA
Colby Leigh DiComo, Manahawkin, NJ
Gemma Kate Diforio, Lake Oswego, OR
Elsa Marie DiGiovanni, Portland, ME
Ava Mara Yanulavich Dixon, Concord, MA
Carolyn Dolni, Brookline, NH
Abigayle Harriet Domingue, Sheldon, VT
Chandler Patrick Donovan, Lynn, MA
John P. Donovan, Arlington, VA
Samuel Dooley, North Hero, VT
Sabrina Doyle, Sherborn, MA
Eileen Katherine Droney, West Hartford, CT
Alexis Drown, Milton, VT
Zoey Yvonne Dubois, Montpelier, VT
Lily Duerr, Glens Falls, NY
Eamon Dunn, Burlington, VT
Constance Burns Dvorak, West Friendship,
MD
Siobhan Mary Eagan, Middlebury, VT
Andrew James Eason, Old Saybrook, CT
Connor L. Eaton, Burlington, VT
Kelly H. Eddy, South Burlington, VT
Lana Edwards, Pittsburgh, PA
Mariel Kathryn Egan, Lawrence Township, NJ
Lilly Jane Egenberg, Georgetown, MA
Benjamin F. Egner, Philadelphia, PA
Avery Elizabeth Ferguson Ehret, Montpelier,
VT
Atticus A. Eiden, Stowe, VT
Olivia Eisenberg, Bethesda, MD
Julia Holland English, Evanston, IL
Mason Z. Eschleman, Stoughton, MA
Maia Eskenazi, Brooklyn, NY
Caroline L. Espinal, Glen Cove, NY
Quinn H. Evarts, Landgrove, VT
Alison Anne Fanger, Acton, ME
Catherine M. Farmer, Westford, VT
Zoe Sarah Hershey Fay, Falls Church, VA
Seraphina Fecher, Xenia, OH
Emily Strom Feeney, West Simsbury, CT
Meaghan Elizabeth Feeney, Barrington, RI
Clara Brahm Feldman, Oakland, CA
Benjamin Felter, Piermont, NY
Benjamin Feron, Hamilton, MA
Gabriel Ferreira, Union, NJ
Henry Figler, Duxbury, MA
Will Finegar, Baltimore, MD
Colin Boru Finnegan, Boston, MA
Sadie Fae Firman, Richmond, VT
Erica Fischer, Menlo Park, CA
Quinn Erin Fisher, Ashland, PA
Madelyn Drew Fishman, Northbrook, IL
Zoe Caelan Flanzer, Acton, MA
Lauren Rae Flewelling, Underhill, VT
Hope Mary Li Wen Foley, Sea Cli, NY
Logan Fossey, Northborough, MA
Athena Fowler-Shaw, Vernon, VT
Aidan Charles Fox, Lexington, MA
Alison Elizabeth Fox, Burlington, CT
Lauren Grace Frampton, Roanoke, VA
Carter Lawrence Franciskovich, Lexington,
MA
Jonah Frangiosa, Boxford, MA
Oliver J. Frank, New Canaan, CT
Sarah Nicole Freedman, Saint Louis, MO
Benjamin O. Freier, Newton, MA
24 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Lindsey Friedman, Wayland, MA
Asa Nicola Fulton, Somerville, MA
Nina Furlong, Winchester, MA
Ava Jeanne Fusco, Cohasset, MA
Juliana Marie Gagne, Cabot, VT
Alexander Romero Galbraith, East Grand
Rapids, MI
Julia Elise Gamache, Columbia, CT
Robert J. Gamache, Saint Albans, VT
Natalee Elizabeth Garen, Colchester, VT
Kevin Thomas Garrison, Burlington, VT
Van Basil Garrison, Lewisville, NC
Charles Gerard, Brattleboro, VT
Max Chabra Gerlach, Metuchen, NJ
Meryl Getty, Deereld, IL
Kian Ghiaei, Tolland, CT
Abigail Mccall Giles, Dallas, TX
Avery E. Gilgallon, Manchester, VT
Kyra Gillespie, Burlington, VT
Sophie Gilman, Burlington, VT
Lily Anne Gingold, Montpelier, VT
Olivia Joy Gingras, Underhill, VT
Max Girouard, Georgetown, MA
Allison Glass, Cross River, NY
Leah Glazer, New York, NY
Joshua Henry Glenn, Mountainside, NJ
Marty Gnidula, Orange, CT
Bridget Hallie Doyle Goldberg, Cold Spring,
NY
Justine Goldblatt, Peneld, NY
Sydney Joanne Goldfarb, Stratton, VT
Jacqueline Goldman, Whitesh Bay, WI
Lucy Jayne Goldman, Fairfax, VT
Talia Goldstein, Brooklyn, NY
Gabriel McStay Gómez, Portland, ME
Em Gonzales, Rutland, VT
Victoria Rae Gonzalez, Dedham, MA
Emma Grace Goodwin, Burlington, VT
Eden John Pearson Oppenheimer Gostelow,
Perth, Australia
Amanda Gourley, Libertyville, IL
Madeleine Arleen Gourley, Glastonbury, CT
Lucy Lillibridge Govoni, Burlington, VT
Madison April Grad, Acton, MA
Mitchell Grant, South Burlington, VT
Jacob Greenberg, Palisades, NY
Benjamin Michael Greenes, Needham, MA
Olga Isolabella Gregg, Portland, ME
Jae Lynn Greineder, Mount Holly, VT
Sophia Ann Grewal, Vail, CO
Camryn Elizabeth Grin, Newtown, CT
Anya Elmina Grigorie, Leesburg, VA
Sarah Grossman, Stamford, CT
Nathan Grutcheld, Montpelier, VT
Liat Grutman, Newton, MA
Emily Morgan Gryczka, Fayetteville, NY
Grace Anne Guralnick, Victor, NY
Devon E. Haessler, Arlington, MA
Oliver Sean Hagerty, Brooklyn, NY
Olivia Carolyn Hagios, Charlotte, VT
Emerson Hall, Hopkinton, NH
Matthew Hanks, Chester, NJ
Calista Zea Hanna, Barre, VT
Barbara Sage Hannon, Middlesex, VT
Iris Hannon, Kansas City, MO
Jisan Haque, Essex, VT
Rebecca Shancia Harder, Newton, MA
Sydney Mae Hardy, Stowe, VT
Dana Harrell, Randolph, NJ
Brennan Alexander Harris, Landgrove, VT
Erin Harris, Westeld, NJ
Harley James Harris, Litcheld, CT
Kelsey Harte, Canton, MA
Peter Damyan Hartlage, Elmhurst, IL
Johanna Laura Deboer Hartman, Pelham, MA
Annie Haseley, Athens, OH
Amanda Haspel, New York, NY
Nadeera Aqeela Hassan, Bronx, NY
John Stephen Hawes, Harvard, MA
Sierra Hayes, Waterbury, VT
CJ Healy, Marlboro, NJ
Annie Livingston Heller, Annapolis, MD
Darcy Ann Lillian Helsingius, North Hero, VT
Emily Rose Hemond, South Royalton, VT
David John Henderson, Glens Falls, NY
John Georey Henderson Jr., Arlington, VA
Olivia Ann Henderson, Simsbury, CT
Benjamin Americo Forker, Marion, MA
Dale L. Henry, Burlington, VT
Lane Henry, Christchurch, New Zealand
Connor Winslow Henzel, Stowe, VT
Maria Paloma Herrera, South Burlington, VT
Allison May Herres, Columbia, NH
Julius Raimund Herzog, New Haven, CT
Caroline Hess, Southwick, MA
Meghan A. Hessler, Montclair, NJ
Emma Katherine Hilton, Bow, NH
Hallie Kai Hinchman, Boise, ID
Matthew I. Hinck, Hanover, NH
Sierra Kathleen Hiner, Sea Cli, NY
Sara Rose Homan, Winhall, VT
Cassidy Reilly Hogan, Shutesbury, MA
Zoe James Hogan, Los Angeles, CA
Felisa Dawn Hollenbeak, Aiea, HI
Rebecca Ann Holt, East Setauket, NY
Makayla E. Hone, Wallingford, CT
William Quinn Houston, Westminster West,
VT
Thomas George Howden, Melbourne,
Australia
Zachary Howenstein, Mount Tremper, NY
Allison Rae Hoy, Edina, MN
Jade Hsiang, Essex, VT
Wesley F. Hull III, Swarthmore, PA
Morgan Humphrey, Scituate, MA
Samuel Joseph Hurwitz, Newport Beach, CA
Samson J. Hurwitz III, Lower Merion, PA
Elizabeth Hynes, Plattsburgh, NY
Peregrine Ibarra, Westford, VT
Annika Imobersteg, South Burlington, VT
Isabella Infante, Minneapolis, MN
Macy Eastley Ingersoll, Belmont, MA
Max Solomon Schweber Ivry, Madison, WI
Benjamin Jackson, Fairfax County, VA
Ian Jackson, Hereford, MD
Kya Pearl Jackson, Jacksonville, FL
Selby Jacobs, Colchester, VT
Tucker Jae, Manasquan, NJ
Caroline Katherine James, Saint Michaels,
MD
Zachary James, Brattleboro, VT
Evan Michael Janssens, Harwinton, CT
Sam Jeerson, Mill Valley, CA
Winslow Adams Jeery, Bar Harbor, ME
Ashley Jordan Jegou, Neptune, NJ
Natalie Jelley, Bennington, VT
Lily Paige Jensen, Henniker, NH
Olivia Anderson Jobe, Pittsburgh, PA
Bruno Drury John, Plaineld, VT
Eric Jasper Johnson, Faireld, VT
Ryan P. Johnson, Underhill, VT
William Thomas Johnson, Saint Louis, MO
Julie Johnston, Georgia, VT
Jestina Jones, Northampton, MA
Gwenyth Jumper, Milton, VT
Maya Kagan, Bethesda, MD
Elijah R. Kahn, Rockland, ME
Shannon Boland Kaiser, Haverhill, MA
Grin Kapelus, New York, NY
Tobias Kaplan, San Francisco, CA
Julia R. Kaplansky, Pelham, NY
Angelika Pavlovna Karapetian, Putney, VT
Anna Karnedy, South Burlington, VT
Jack Stanley Kassin, New York, NY
Dena M. Katz, Sudbury, MA
Lauryn Grace Katz, Mount Laurel, NJ
Ophelia Gange Keefe, Burlington, VT
Elizabeth Bartram Temple Kehl, Greenville, SC
Jane Kelemen, Rochester, NY
McKenzie Kelley, Bennington, VT
Mae Catherine Kelly, Boston, MA
Charlotte Bourre Kelman, New York, NY
Jennifer Kelmar, Fort Myers, FL
John Kenney, Wellesley, MA
Livia Miri Kent, Hyde Park, VT
Grace Keogh, Fairfax, VT
Gaelen Kilburn, Burlington, VT
April Olivia Kilkenny, Poughkeepsie, NY
Sophie Eva Kim, Burlington, VT
Gillian Eve Kimmel, Washington, DC
Eileen H. King, Niskayuna, NY
Laurel Eliza King, Chester, VT
Ava Klein, Norwood, NJ
Elijah Klein, Brooklyn, NY
Jojo Kofman, San Francisco, CA
Elias Anthony Kontos, Pittsburgh, PA
Abigail Eden Kopelowitz, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
John Emmet Kordell, Dubuque, IA
Ellen Korest, Ada, MI
Flynn Krapf, West Chester, PA
Noah Casimer Krason, Peterborough, NH
Adina R. Kraus, Boston, MA
Nicole Ann Krumrei, Twp Washington, NJ
Jane Marin Kuntzman, Brooklyn, NY
Rachel Sara Kussick, Bedminster, NJ
Grace Sunshower Labich, Amherst, MA
Zachary M. Lacy, Austin, TX
Noah Lafaso, Manchester, NH
William Wood Laidlaw, Walcott, VT
Henry Bell Laidlaw V, Stowe, VT
Dylan Charles Lamson, Saint Albans, VT
Joseph Landry-McWilliams, Guilford, CT
Nathan Andre Langlois, Fairfax, VT
Cody L. Lanou, Irasburg, VT
COMMENCEMENT 2024 25
Cecilia Mae Larson, Duxbury, MA
Madeline Jane Larson, Newtown, CT
Lee E. Lazarev, Burlington, VT
Frances G. Leadman, Kensington, MD
Evan Leaf, Greeneld, MA
Alexandra Lefere, Flagsta, AZ
Helen LeFever, Stratford, CT
Madeline Arielle Leitch, San Anselmo, CA
Jacqueline Faye Lemieux, Wakeeld, MA
Julia Lenz, Irvington, NY
Sammy Leo, Bloomington, IL
Lucas Leon, Boxford, MA
Henry Leopold, Bedminster, PA
Zach Lerner, Norton, MA
Kate Levesque, Yardley, PA
Abra J. Levin, Evanston, IL
Charlotte Hailey Levy, Chappaqua, NY
Audrey M. Lewis, Walden, VT
Vickie Li, South Burlington, VT
Andrew Tadeusz Libby, Arlington, VA
Samuel P. Light, Stonington, CT
Ally McKenna Liles, Knoxville, TN
Alyssa Rose Lindheimer, Averill Park, NY
Justin Lista, Natick, MA
Caleb Litster, North Andover, MA
Jenna N. Lobell, Ambler, PA
Patrick C. Logan, Norwich, VT
Julia Anna Logiodice, Nyack, NY
Ruby Longtine, Sudbury, MA
Charlotte A. Looby, Burlington, VT
Margaret Loughnane, Milton, MA
Michaela Louvau, New York, NY
Jaden Luebbert, Westminster, VT
Mikaela Luke-Currier, Randolph, VT
Julia Luna, Brattleboro, VT
David Matthew Lundy, Glastonbury, CT
Amber Mallery Lynch, New Canaan, CT
Natalie MacDonald, Northborough, MA
Shannon Elizabeth MacDonald, Sheldon, VT
Clara Elizabeth Macfaden, Shelburne, VT
Mikayla Arline Maeder, Underhill, VT
Madelyn Grace Magilligan, Malverne, NY
Alyssa Grace Maguire, Akron, OH
Riley Maher, Bakerseld, VT
Rebecca Gabrielle Maheu, Bristol, CT
Richard Kai Mahoney, Ridgeeld, CT
Tiany D. Mai, Cranston, RI
Emily Elizabeth Majewski, Brattleboro, VT
Ariel Miriam Malki, Edgemont, NY
Lauren Rose Manning, Fair Lawn, NJ
Ishan Vinodkumar Maratha, Berlin, NJ
Elena E. Marcelli, Cohasset, MA
Gabriella Belezia Marchesani, Miami, FL
Francesca Gabriella Marchesano, Greenland,
NH
Bianca Marino, Mahwah, NJ
Abigail Lyn Marks, Mendham, NJ
Eleanor Harte Martin, Woodbridge, VA
Ryan Charles Martin, Norwell, MA
Wyeth Sullivan Martin, Lewisburg, PA
Haiden Frances Maseeld, Warwick, NY
Adriane Mason, Boulder, CO
Rylee Masson, Williston, VT
Marc August Mastrangelo, Kingston, RI
Olivia Mastria, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Javier Matos Rodriguez, Bronx, NY
Ella Katherine Reardon Matthews, Waltham,
MA
Lillian Matthews, Rockville, MD
Camden E. Maxsimic, Bangor, ME
Nina Mazzella, Boston, MA
Guinnevere R. McArdle, Schnecksville, PA
Marta McBean, Dummerston, VT
Lauren McCabe, Canton, MA
Bruno Terence McCarthy, Hastings On
Hudson, NY
Joshua Ian McCauley, Cherry Hill, NJ
Ann Taylor Mccolgan, Bend, OR
Emilie McCormack, Underhill, VT
Shamus J. McCormick, Manseld, MA
Morgan Mary McCuin, Essex Junction, VT
T. Riley McCullough, Brewster, NY
Colin Martin Mcdermott, Washington, DC
Luke William Mcdermott, Monroe, CT
Marissa Orla McDonald, West Chester, PA
Ciara LeAnn McEneany, Hopewell Junction,
NY
Lennan McEniry, Darien, CT
Evan Lee Mcginness, Andover, MA
Juliette Elizabeth McGinnis, New York, NY
Matthew Quintin Mcgotty, North Reading,
MA
Duncan Andrew McGrade, Charlotte, VT
Laura McIntosh, North Kingstown, RI
Allyson McKenna, West Hartford, CT
Aidan McKessy, Wrightstown, PA
Lily Katherine McLoughlin, Atlantic
Highlands, NJ
Fiona McManus, Boston, MA
Kristina McNeish, Old Saybrook, CT
Iona Velissariou Mcquiston, Chicago, IL
Julia Marie Meeder, West Bloomeld, MI
Maisie Melican, Detroit, MI
Paola Emperatriz Mena Henry, Bronx, NY
Anna Bernadette Mendenhall, Killingly, CT
Margot Elizabeth Mental, Mendon, MA
Lillian Merchant, Faireld, CT
Haley Meskin, Madison, WI
Brendan J. Messier, Saint Albans, VT
Christopher Meunier, Burlington, VT
Drew Miller, Manhasset, NY
Emmaline Sky Miller, Taos, NM
Jake Alan Miller, Croton On Hudson, NY
Connor Milligan, Northport, NY
Bodhi Rose Mills, Lyons, CO
Giavanni Lilly Ladd, Norwich, VT
Colt Miranda, Acton, MA
Ike Edgar Moloney, Manchester, MA
Bella B. Moore, Briarcli Manor, NY
Cole H. Mordecai, Los Gatos, CA
Clara Anne Morlock, Brattleboro, VT
Cade Morris, Weston, VT
RJ Morrison, Westwood, VT
Nolan Michael Morrow, Joliet, IL
Ainsley Darlington Highlander Morton,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Luke Z. Morton, Hinesburg, VT
Zachary Motovidlak, Flemington, NJ
Sophia Mott, Providence, RI
Carolina Mourinho, Los Angeles, CA
Tyler J. Moxham, Kennebunk, ME
Matthew Mundt, Arlington, VA
Ava Gloria Munschauer, Williamsville, NY
Casey Lynn Murphy, Brick Township, NJ
Charles P. Murphy, Glencoe, IL
Clara Angelina Murphy, Arlington, MA
Grace Marie Murphy, Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Margaret Faye Murphy, Sutton, NH
Justin A. Murray, Calais, VT
Samantha R. Murray, South Burlington, VT
Tyler Kern Nachilly, Durham, NH
Mae Nagusky, Shaker Heights, OH
Anna Elizabeth Nault, Colchester, VT
Alexander Elliot Naumann, Richmond, VT
Kate Marguerite Neil, Overland Park, KS
Katrina Newfell, Newburyport, MA
Walden Ng, Brighton, MA
Jake Erik Leonard Nicholson, Sunderland, VT
Elyssa Naomi Nielsen, Maplewood, NJ
Landen Wayne Nipper, Burlington, VT
Sophia Middleton Cope Nolan, Portland, ME
Elise Norotsky, South Burlington, VT
Nathan Scott Norrie, North Brookeld, MA
Maxwell Emerson Noyes, Bennington, VT
Emily Nybakken, Brookline, MA
Maya Rayne Nyberg, Marblehead, MA
Sam Nylen, Ridgeeld, CT
Ailish Marie O’Beirne, Sudbury, MA
Madison A. O’Brien, Springeld, VT
Mary Kate O’Brien, Old Saybrook, CT
Megan O’Connor, Rutland, VT
Daniel O’Connor-D’Amico, Merrimack, NH
Yoshiya Ohno, New York, NY
Duncan E. O’Leary, Newtown, CT
Elizabeth Theresa Oliver, Olney, MD
Anneliese Olson, Monticello, MN
Frances Fischer Oppenheimer, Cambridge, MA
David Orkin, Chicago, IL
Lillian Kay Orlo, Washington, DC
Xavier L. Ortiz, Bronx, NY
Ian R. O’Shaughnessy, Norwell, MA
Sylvia F. O’Shea, Brookline, MA
Sophie Adeline Ostrovitz, Braintree, MA
Ana Maria Oteri, Belmont, MA
Allison W. Ouellette, Merrimack, NH
Alejandra Zoe Bendezu Owen, Keene Valley, VT
Owen Vincent Palcsik, Middlebury, VT
Lauren Elise Palmer, Williston, VT
John Palos, Medway, MA
Gideon Michael Laey Parker, Providence, RI
Molly Dalto Parker, Hopedale, MA
Genevieve Tess Patane, Burlington, VT
Jillian Patterson, Acton, MA
Reese Tully Pattison, Cohasset, MA
Ella B. Paulson, Omaha, NE
Ethan Peck, Trumansburg, NY
Zachary Adam Pedowitz, Milton, GA
Adin Michael Pendriss, Huntington, VT
Julia Pepper, Chandler, AZ
Emma Alexandra Perez, Brookline, MA
Esther Perkins, Chicago, IL
Natalie Ilene Petit, Liverpool, NY
Rose Margaret Petitti, Albany, NY
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Jonah Petrie, Brattleboro, VT
Zachary Martin Phanord, Groton, MA
Daisy Elizabeth Phelps, Hartford, VT
Malika Phillip, Nantucket, MA
Willow Anleigh Phoenix, Gloucester, MA
Amelia Joly Picard, Snohomish, WA
Liam Pickard, Kirby, VT
Margaret Pierce, Eagle River, AK
Samuel Everett Pifko, Lynneld, MA
John Michael Pitblado, Simsbury, CT
Justin George Plakias, Medeld, MA
Iain Andrew Pless, Jericho, VT
Maris Anne Poepsel, Centerville, MA
Paige Pogue, Edgartown, MA
Kristina Joy Polak, Saint Albans, VT
Grace Poland, Burlington, KY
Claudia Adams Pollock, Marblehead, MA
Isabella Polo, Rye Brook, NY
Jillian Polo, Mendham, NJ
Ciara Anne Bridget Pool, Montclair, NJ
Gannon Chase Poquette, South Hero, VT
Maya Cappello Porter, Madison, CT
Maeve Potteiger, Cazenovia, NY
Riley C. Potts, Penn Yan, NY
Sophie Nicole Powell, Duvall, WA
Cullen Powitzky, Houston, TX
Elida Powsner, Waltham, MA
Sophie Jane Prager, Whippany, NJ
Jolie Elizabeth Preece, Georgetown, MA
Charles Price, Greenville, NC
Davis Elizabeth Priest, Lake Forest, IL
Cameron Provorny, Princeton, NJ
Antonio Lewis Pugliese, Charlotte, VT
Jacob Pyne, Cornwall, VT
Molly Sierra Quiles, Waterford, CT
Tory Quiñones, Flushing, NY
Caiden Rainville, Fort Myers, FL
Liam Randall, New York, NY
Catherine Rania, Rockport, MA
Jenna Ranson, Stillwater, OK
James Quinn Raymond, Branford, CT
Yuuki Real, Ithaca, NY
Amanda Redmond, Newton, MA
Madeline Reed, Essex, VT
Emma Catherine Regan, Branford, CT
Sydney Ilana Reiner, Southbury, CT
Ely Remes, Andover, MA
Matthew Rieger, Anchorage, AK
Julia Riesman, Brookline, MA
Michael Peter Riley, Simsbury, CT
Bailey Grey Louisa Rinaldi, Topsham, VT
Collin Rinaldi, Fairfax, VA
Ty Rinfret, Hampden, ME
Callie Robbins, Duxbury, MA
Ann Louise Roberts, Lyndonville, VT
Adrianna Jolyne Robinson, Washington, DC
Morgan Roccio, Rowe, MA
Erin Alexandra Roemer, Orinda, CA
Abigail Mae Rogers, Fairfax, VT
Taylor Rose Rooney, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Nicole Kareen Ross, Mclean, VA
Maelle Rosser, Montclair, NJ
Schuyler Rowan, Seattle, WA
Corrinne Royer, Newport, VT
Ann Hunter Rudolph, Asheville, NC
Ella Alexandra Ru, Honeoye Falls, NY
Maria Elizabeth Ru, Duxbury, MA
Alia Marie Russo, Williston, VT
Veronica Powers Ruth, Austin, TX
Hannah Cecilia Ryan, West Sand Lake, NY
Sierra Sabec, San Geronimo Valley, CA
Madeline S. Saer, Rye, NY
Adelaina Salaway, Blue Point, NY
Gabrielle Salsgiver, Glastonbury, CT
Brad Samaha, Pound Ridge, NY
Samantha I. Sanborn, Rexford, NY
Isabelle Faith Sanchez, Bualo, NY
Alexis Grace Santo, Newington, CT
Stella Schaefer-Surdez, Montclair, NJ
Braden D. Schalk, Colchester, VT
Patrick Randolph Scheen, Louisville, KY
Emily Rose Scher, Bridgewater, NJ
Haley Schickman, Ossining, NY
Henry Schmidel, Newburyport, MA
Anne Marie Schneller, Hartford, VT
Brandon Samuel Schoenfeld, Potomac, MD
David Schuldiner, Verona, NJ
Haywood L. Schwartz, Andover, MA
Addison Rachael Schwarz, Downingtown, PA
Sophia Anne Scialdone, Colchester, VT
Elizabeth Jane Scrimgeour, Milford, MA
Chelsea B. Seabold, Wilton, ME
Hillary Serota, Rye Brook, NY
John Salvatore Serpe, Cambridge, MA
Simon Servetar, New York, NY
Ivan Shadis, Marsheld, VT
Soa Jane Sharp, New York, NY
Nicole Danielle Shaw, San Francisco, CA
Kayla Sheeger, New York, NY
Benton Sherman, Steamboat Springs, CO
Pema Choti Sherpa, New York, NY
Grace Sherwood, Weston, VT
Vivienne Grace Shields, Charlottesville, VA
Jenna Rose Shiman, Staten Island, NY
Purva Shirolkar, Ahmedabad, India
Joscelyn G. Shulman, Gloucester, MA
Gavin Adrian Sicard, Colchester, VT
Rafael Siciliano, Guilford, CT
Noa Gabrielle Simon, Chelsea, VT
Halle Sisenwine, Newton, MA
Faith Charity Skerritt, Bronx, NY
Willem Chester Slade, Montpelier, VT
Seamus Slattery, Winchester, MA
Victoria Elizabeth Hardwicke Smeltzer,
Pittsford, NY
Joseph Allen Smith, Colchester, VT
Lindsey Smith, Yarmouth, ME
Leah Hannah Snyder, Madison, CT
Hunter Tenzing Sloan Solomon, Worcester, VT
Sarah Hope Solomon, South Orange, NJ
Nina Epstein Sonnenschein, Framingham, MA
Kelsey Jane Soule, Newburyport, MA
Jordyn N. Southworth, Emlenton, PA
Christian Soychak, Fairfax, VT
Emanuel Ciprian Soza-Foias, Williamstown,
MA
Ana Elizabeth Spencer, Point Pleasant Boro, NJ
DeWitt Spiller, Knoxville, TN
Katrina Makarova Sporn, Boston, MA
Noah Matthew Spoth, Burlington, VT
Zoe Jean Sreden, Phippsburg, ME
Mallory Ann Staord, Greenwich, CT
Blake A. Stanberry-Beall, Fairport, NY
Morgan Paige Stavisky, Westport, CT
Evelyn Dion Stearns, Hinesburg, VT
Ava Brice Stempel, South Salem, NY
Spencer Stilwell, Burlington, VT
Danielle L. Stone, Warwick, RI
Zachary Strouch, Weston, CT
Pearl Susannah Stuart, Brunswick, ME
Spencer Stumbo, Katonah, NY
Rachel Sturges, Lawrenceville, GA
Oliver Subak, Brooklyn, NY
Katreena Subramanian, Plaineld, IL
Erin Ann Sullivan, Montpelier, VT
Magnus Sullivan, Burlington, VT
August Kyle Sulprizio, Point Reyes, CA
Pearl Sutton, Ferrisburgh, VT
Emily Caroline Swenson, Corryton, TN
Gillian Megan Symolon, Simsbury, CT
George Szwajkowski, Burlington, VT
Isaac Tabakin, Pittseld, MA
Natalie Clay Talbott, Duxbury, MA
Julia Laurel Tanier, Philadelphia, PA
Oscar Tapiero, Dorado, PR
Hannah Nichole Tapyrik, Canton, OH
Stella Tina Tavilla, Natick, MA
Arthur R. Taylor, Gardiner, ME
Caitlin Taylor, Lyndonville, VT
Wyatt Emerson Taylor, Saint Johnsbury, VT
Clare Mackenzie Teto, Littleton, MA
Hattie Quinn Tetzla, South Portland, ME
Jared F. Thatcher, Fairfax, VT
Annabel Marshall Thomas, Ringoes, NJ
Nicole Patricia Thomas, Mullica Hill, NJ
Rileigh Caroline Thomas, Chester, VT
Rachel Margaret Thompson, Whitehouse
Station, NJ
Maya Thomson, Boulder, CO
George H. Thurston, Arlington, NY
Aoi Kishimoto Tischer, Bethany, CT
Bridget Toc, Dover, NH
Jason C. Tomasi, Montpelier, VT
Max Toner, South Burlington, VT
Jenny Townsend, Bronx, NY
Katharine Trachsel, New York, NY
Tiana Treadwell, Amagansett, NY
Aidan Joseph Trimble, Sharon, VT
Colyar Vesta Trimble, Washington, DC
Jenna Troy, Shrewsbury, MA
Olivia Grace Turnbaugh, Jericho, VT
Lillian Mae Twohig, Cazenovia, NY
Cole Urquiola, Melrose, MA
Harry Gabriel van Dyke, Tariville, CT
Joris van Helmond, Brooklyn, NY
Téa van Linde, Emmaus, PA
Isabelle van Nieuwkoop, Bethesda, MD
Marco Francis Vandermeulen, Montclair, NJ
Jenna Leigh Veenstra, North Haledon, NJ
Emily Villavicencio, Plainview, NY
Grace Visco, Burlington, MA
Jacob Vitale, Rochester, NY
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Davor Vukoja, Montpelier, VT
Erinn Marie Wagner, Norwood, MA
Ursula Walczak, Lower Merion, PA
Daniel J. Walek, Chelmsford, MA
Karen Frances Wallace, Tinton Falls, NJ
Simon Casey Walter, Georgia, VT
Lily Elise Walton, Neptune, NJ
Nico Walton, Concord, MA
Emily Joelle Wanzer, Littleton, MA
Catherine Ward, Scarsdale, NY
Sabina Ward, New Haven, VT
Virginia Ware, Westminster, VT
Hannah Elizabeth Warn, Needham, MA
Alexander Warner, Califon, NJ
Sophie Ella Warth, Laguna Beach, CA
Amanda Mei-Jun Watson, Weatherseld, VT
Emma Aidan Watson, New York, NY
Jess Watson, Saint Louis, MO
Frances Jane Watt, Richmond, VA
Ella Weatherington, Oak Park, IL
Joseph Douglas Webb, Gostown, NH
Grace Laura Weber, Manasquan, NJ
George Barbour Weed, Garrison, NY
Peyton Gabrielle Weihe, Louisville, KY
Tessa Weir, Edina, MN
Zoie Weisendanger, Eagan, MN
Clay Weiss, Washington, DC
Sylvia Graham Gamser Welch, Cambridge, MA
Reilly M. Wells, Williston, VT
Eden Werner, New Rochelle, NY
Lola Mackenzie Wesson, Naples, FL
Madelyn Elise Wheeler, Syracuse, NY
Sarah Madison White, Newtonville, MA
Sydney Grace White, Wayne, PA
Amanda Grace Widrow, Randolph, MA
William Frederick Wieland, Point Lookout, NY
Jacob Wiener, Port Washington, NY
Gavin Wilczynski, Shelburne, VT
Hazel Sophia Wilkins, Merrick, NY
Peter James Wilkins, Hudson, NH
Luke Wille, Lexington, MA
Alexandra Mae Williams, Kennett Square, PA
Caroline Williams, Barnstable, MA
Gable Williams, White River Junction, VT
Jasper Williams, Vergennes, VT
Owen Nathaniel Williams, Andover, MA
Hadley Anne Wilson, Duxbury, MA
Patrick Lennon Wilson, Walpole, MA
Emilia Irene Winquist, East Hampton, CT
Sophie Kennedy Wolfe, Charleston, WV
Alicia Tess Oceana Wolfram, Old Grennwich,
CT
Darcy Wollard, Maplewood, NJ
Caroline Niswonger Wollheim, Durham, NH
Sarah Rossomando Wood, Aurora, CO
Anna Woodlock, Lowell, MA
Braden Blaisdell Woods, Essex Junction, VT
Siobhan Woods, Orangeburg, NY
Michael J. Wright, Easton, NY
Kaiya Wu, Waxhaw, NC
Mara Adeline Wyman, Portland, ME
Jacob Frank Yannetti, Swampscott, MA
Willa Yonkman, Waterbury Center, VT
Wenda You, North Kingstown, RI
Kaitlyn Marie Young, Carbondale, CO
Florence Jane Zahorik, Charlottesville, VA
Willow Angèle Zartarian, Chatham, NJ
Grace Zelazny, Jericho, VT
Yu Xin Zhao, South Burlington, VT
Hayley Katherine Zielinski, Rochester, NY
Devin Michael Zimmerman, Guilford, CT
Jakob Zimmerman, Bennington, VT
Kaitlyn A. Zoller, Williston, VT
Lauren Zyska, Berkeley Heights, NJ
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Cameron Ackerman-Faedi, North Canaan,
CT
Erin Elizabeth Acosta, Newton, MA
Aaliya Aga, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aysha Abdullah Aldhaheri, Burlington, VT
Julia Katerina Allanson, Richmond, VA
Gabriella Michele Ambrosino, South
Burlington, VT
Evelina B. Antoine, Washington, DC
Kirsten Lee Appenzeller, Essex Junction, VT
Hannah S. Asbury, Sutton, NH
Emmie Aufderheide, Fairport, NY
Hamza Azhar, South Burlington, VT
McKenzie Gabrielle Ballard, Clifton Park, NY
Emily Jane Barbera, Wayne, NJ
Veronica Caroline Bassett, Fort Collins, CO
Emily Judith Rena Baumoel, Beverly, MA
Abigail Mackenzie Beauchamp, Shelburne,
VT
Conrad Mark Becker, Slingerlands, NY
Christopher Patrick Belliveau, Stoneham,
MA
Liam Bennett, Milford, MA
Juliana Suzanne Beraldi, Hartland, VT
Zakir Beridze, Colchester, VT
Isabel Berman, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Samantha Grace Bjorklun, Clifton Park, NY
Alexandra Margot Bodelle, Bethesda, MD
Julia Genevieve Booth-Howe, Scarborough,
ME
Jocelyn Grace Botelho, East Tauton, MA
Fionnoula Fey Bourne, Friday Harbor, WA
Ethan Joshua Brass, Delmar, NY
Aaron Breen, Burlington, VT
Nolan Lawrence Bumpus, Bridgewater, MA
Joshua Burfoot, Saint Albans, VT
Claire Eleanor Bushey, Fletcher, VT
Erik Anderson Bussell, Brookeld, CT
Meghan Catherine Byrne, Lake Placid, NY
Emma Jane Cary, Waitseld, VT
Meryl Claire Callaway, Mechanicsville, PA
Sarah Lynn Campbell, Charlotte, NC
Quinn Canivan, Burlington, NJ
Abby Kate Caproni, Clarksburg, MA
Jessica Cerniglia, Springeld, VT
Patricia Quinn Chapman, Wayzata, MN
Nicolas Christakos, Amherst, MA
Natalie Kathryn Claman, Andover, MA
Jade Cleary, Crestone, CO
Annabelle Collins, Boxford, MA
Alannah Cota, Hartford, VT
Brendan Francis Cox, Dover, NH
Emily Elizabeth Croes, Stowe, VT
Grace Olivia Davis, Rensselaer, NY
Steven DeCrescenzo, Franklin, MA
Cora Natanya Deininger, Arlington, VA
Zaley DeLeonardis-Page, Burlington, VT
Avinash Rajiv Desai, Lexington, MA
Kyra Marin Dewey, Johnson, VT
Erin Ann Dillon, Weston, CT
Nam Hoang Dinh, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Halliday D. Dinsmore-Patch, Eliot, ME
Marcelline Dockham, Milton, VT
Marie Stephanie Dorfner, Rhinebeck, NY
Antranig S. Douglas, Bedford, MA
Ryan Peter Dowling, Ballston Spa, NY
Carolyn Anita Doyle, Sea Cli, NY
Christopher Michael Duduch, Marsheld,
MA
Lily Duerr, Glens Falls, NY
John Robert Duy, Winthrop, MA
Nicolas Durieux, Williston, VT
Nayantara Dutta, Cohasset, MA
Noah Elste, Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Chaim Epstein, Needham, MA
Emily Abigail Ertle, Ridgewood, NJ
Osmand Evans, Newberg, OR
Claire Irene Fanning, Bakerseld, VT
Catherine Rose Fauver, Pennington, NJ
Corttney A. Feldman, Niskayuna, NY
Sam Fertik, Hendersonville, NC
Erin Fitzgerald, Montclair, NJ
Kyle Xavier Fitzgerald, Swampscott, MA
Ethan Fleming, Broomall, PA
Liam Foley, Plymouth, MA
Clara Ashleigh Jordan Fritz, Cavendish,
Canada
Andrew C. Garf, Needham, MA
Isabelle Antoinette Gates, Nashua, NH
Peter Harrison Gause, Essex, MA
Samuel Gelpi, Seattle, WA
Caroline V. Genest, Warwick, RI
Kerry Ann Gibson, Canandaigua, NY
Grace Giroux, Newport, VT
Jonathan Abraham Givelber, Westeld, NJ
Erik Gonzalez, Denville, NJ
Madison April Grad, Acton, MA
Madelaine Gramling, New York, NY
Morgan Renee Gregory, West Charleston, VT
Camryn Elizabeth Grin, Newtown, CT
Ruby Celeste Guth, Burlington, VT
Johanna Elspeth Hamilton, Melrose, MA
Barbara Sage Hannon, Middlesex, VT
Allyson L. Harris, Derby Line, VT
Katharyn Zaida Hassan, Cohasset, MA
Caitlin A. Henry, Sterling, MA
Niklas Hester, Falmouth, ME
Olivia Hogan, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Nathan Hohenberg, Weston, MA
Hayley Preston Horton, Chelmsford, MA
Juliet V. Hoven, Nazareth, PA
Nadia Soa Huber, Newton, MA
Spencer John Hulsman-Wells, Seattle, WA
Eva Jessup, Middlesex, VT
Audrey Cecilia Johnson, Reading, MA
Sabrina Ann Joseph, Short Hills, NJ
Brendan John Kane, Marblehead, MA
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Sathvik R. Kanuparthi, Essex Junction, VT
Elizabeth R. Katz, Underhill, VT
Nicholas Austin Kebo, Wilmette, IL
Liam James Keefe, Rockford, IL
Liam Dylan Kelliher, Monkton, VT
Dagny V. Keltner, Portland, OR
Sarah Ariel Haerim Kim, Newton, MA
Kathryn Brooks Kirby, Duluth, MN
Audrey Knox, Mattapoisett, MA
Skyler Kolbe, Robbinsville, NJ
Hannah Beryl Koval, Ashby, MA
Gabrielle Elizabeth Kranz, Essex, VT
Gareth Kulleseid, New Paltz, NY
Emma Renee Landenberger, Barrington, IL
Isabelle Maria Lapierre, Dalton, MA
Megan Elizabeth Lavigne, Bow, NH
Catharine Lebsock, Mill Valley, CA
Mary Katharine Lee, Sudbury, MA
Ryan Lee, South Burlington, VT
Victoria Lendino, Harrison, NY
Kenneth Li, Great Neck, NY
Joey Looney, Easton, MA
Sophia Lukavsky, Suern, NJ
Nathaniel Machata, North Kingstown, RI
Aimee Mahler, Cortlandt Manor, NY
Grace Margaret Maloney, Middletown, NJ
Catherine K. Mank, Camp Hill, PA
Christopher John Marshall, Farmington, ME
Erin Elizabeth Mathieu, Colchester, CT
Daniel Matyszczyk, Ansonia, CT
Celia Viola Mcclintock, Essex Junction, VT
Sydney McFarland, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Calvin McKean, New Faireld, CT
Tasnuva Mehreen, Dhakalington,
Bangladesh
Hanna B. Mildt, Saratoga Springs, NY
Emma Moreland, Danvers, MA
Jeb William Morgan, Atkinson, NH
Elizabeth M. Morris, Bristol, RI
Ella S. Morris, Yorktown Heights, NY
Elizabeth Morse, Brattleboro, VT
Margaret Elana Moses, Marcellus, NY
Sophia Mott, Providence, RI
William James John Muzzy, Milton, VT
Lillian Poplawski Myrick, Randolph, VT
Antonia Nakatsugawa, Georgetown, MA
Emma Rose Norton, Delmar, NY
William Tate Norwood, East Burke, VT
Brooke O’Leary, Branford, CT
Henry Sean O’Neill, Hudson, MA
Rachel L. Oram-Brown, Amherst, MA
Olivia Christine Patrick, Rutland, VT
Chloe Collins Pay, Essex Junction, VT
Nilaani Pazhaniappan, Nashua, NH
Charlotte Rose Pearson, East Greenwich, RI
Rose Pedemonte, Berkeley, CA
Nicholas John Perez, Cortlandt Manor, NY
Olivia Georgia Peterson, Hanover, NH
Natalie Ilene Petit, Liverpool, NY
Rose Margaret Petitti, Albany, NY
Isabella Ray Pilkington, North Providence,
RI
Zoe Plotkin, Boca Raton, FL
Madison Mae Poorman, Ogden, UT
Thea Morgan Post, Colchester, VT
Hunter Postemski, Rutland, VT
Quinn Priscoe, Westeld, NJ
Mia Anne Randolph, Kansas City, KS
Gwendolyn Jean Reichert, Dayton, OH
Madeline Ann Ricke, Minnetrista, MN
Eve Rivat, Hartford, VT
Hannah Remington Roberts, Williston, VT
Katharine Emma Elizabeth Roberts,
Cambridge, MD
Adam R. Robichaud, Manchester, NH
Thomas Carver Robie, Ipswich, MA
Adrianna Jolyne Robinson, Washington, DC
Delaney Lucille Ross, Natick, MA
Sophia Marie Roukounakis, Pembroke, MA
Veronica Powers Ruth, Austin, TX
Garrett Ryea, Milton, VT
Delaney Saluja, Newport, RI
Logan Emerson Sands, East Dorset, VT
Nadia Scoppettone, Montpelier, VT
Gavin Adrian Sicard, Colchester, VT
Tin Aragorn Skoric, Rutland, VT
Mia Skowronski, Alfred, ME
Samy Slamani, South Burlington, VT
Chloe Smith, Pennington, NJ
Solomon Snuggerud, Annapolis, MD
Maya Sobel, Rutland, VT
Ignacio Hiroki Soler, Waimea, HI
Emma Marie Sorrentino, Lee, MA
Kelsey Jane Soule, Newburyport, MA
Nicolas Durval Sousa, Raynham, MA
Samuel Spectre, Belfast, ME
Michael Spizuoco, Syracuse, NY
Marie St. Germaine, Plymouth, MA
Hannah Ste. Marie, Enosburg Falls, VT
Anika Stein, Mesa, AZ
Julianne Catherine Sullivan, Stamford, VT
Silva Sundberg, Newtown, CT
Emma Rose Surenian, Watertown, MA
Tatum Marie Whalen Swanson, Scituate, MA
Marly H. Thomas, Falmouth, ME
Grace E. Thompson, Hampden, ME
Walker Nelson Thompson, Harrisonburg, VA
Olivia Marie Ting, Pepperell, MA
Jaden Sydney Trask, Natick, MA
Grace Elizabeth Tucker, Middlebury, VT
Olivia Anne Tumulty, Annapolis, MD
Juliana Marie Turner, Saint Albans, VT
Melisa Uyar, Holmdel, NJ
Sarah Van Horn, Amherst, MA
Joseph Whatley Vassallo, Van Nuys, CA
Margaret Vecsey, Port Washington, NY
Serena Jade Veilleux, Charlton, MA
Julia Anne Waal, Hingham, MA
Morgan Roisin Wallace, Rutland, VT
Hannah Ruth Walton, Great Barrington, MA
Brenda Lorraine Waters, Huntington, VT
Ella Whipps, Hopkinton, NH
Ellen Carol Whitton, East Burke, VT
Charles Reid Willis, Groton, MA
Viktoria R. Worthen-Sluz, Stoneham, MA
Asa Wyllie, North Kingstown, RI
Alexandra Zouck, Williston, VT
Tomislav Jacob Zovko, Bedford, MA
COMMENCEMENT 2024 29
HANNAH HOWARD PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Sarah Ariel Haerim Kim
LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE
OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Joseph Hambright Alexander, Thesis: “Among the Greeks and the
Barbarians”: Herodotus’ Histories and Non-Greek Peoples
Advisor: Angeline Chiu, PhD
Leola Franciszka Amblo, Thesis: Accessibility to Women’s Healthcare
Services in Rural Vermont and the Impacts of the COVID-19
Pandemic
Advisor: Teresa Mares, PhD
Nicholas H. Bender, Thesis: CRKL demonstrates functional
compensation for NCK1A in zebrafish development
Advisor: Alicia Ebert, PhD
Samantha Grace Bjorklun, Thesis: The Effect of Fungicide Exposure
on Histone Modifications in the Colorado Potato Beetle,
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Advisor: Yolanda Chen, PhD
Keelan Emily Boisvert, Thesis: A Qualitative Study on Horticultural
Methods for Bereavement Offered Locally for and Available
Virtually to Vermonters, Especially for Grieving Infant and Fetal Loss
Advisor: Jeanne Shea, PhD
Kelsey M. Brown, Thesis: ‘The REAL you is sexy!’: A discursive
analysis of body positive performance by aerie on Instagram
Advisor: Maeve Eberhardt, PhD
Claire Eleanor Bushey, Thesis: Investigations into Accessible and
Efficient Precatalysts for Silicon-Nitrogen Heterodehydrocoupling
Advisor: Rory Waterman, PhD
Hanalei Clark, Thesis: The Imaginary Year: A Creative and Analytical
Exploration into Fictional Poetry
Advisor: Maria Hummel, MFA
Jade Cleary, Thesis: Mechanisms of Vascular Endothelial Cell Plasma
Membrane Activation Following Acute Exposure to Trauma Factors
Advisors: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD; Kalev Freeman, MD, PhD
Ryan T. Davin, Thesis: FGFR1b is Required for Proper Retinal
Development in Zebrafish
Advisor: Alicia Ebert, PhD
Eamon Thomas Deffner, Thesis: Investigating the Impact of Speed on
Salary in Baseball
Advisor: Jeff Buzas, PhD
Kathleen Sara Delaney, Thesis: Contributions of Racial Diversity
and Income Disparity to White Children’s Engagement in
Conversations about Race
Advisor: Jamie Abaied, PhD
Marcelline Dockham, Thesis: Effect of Selective TRβ Agonist (GC-1)
on ER+ and Tamoxifen Resistant Breast Cancer Cells
Advisors: Matthias Brewer, PhD; Frances Carr, PhD
Antranig S. Douglas, Thesis: Biomarkers of Stress in Children Aged
4-8 With and Without Internalizing Disorders
Advisors: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD; Ellen McGinnis, PhD
Lily Duerr, Thesis: A Novel Approach: Investigating Drivers behind
Skull Size and Shape Variance within the Genus Didelphis
through 3D Morphometric Analysis
Advisor: Sara Helms Cahan, PhD
Nayantara Dutta, Thesis: Attentional Bias in Highly Socially Anxious
Individuals: A Top-Down Process
Advisors: Jamie Abaied, PhD; Kimberly Bauerly, PhD, CCC-SLP
Seraphina Fecher, Thesis: The Influence of Educational and Mental
Health Vulnerabilities on Risk Perceptions of Reduced Nicotine
Cigarettes
Advisors: Eric Thrailkill, PhD; John Green, PhD
Sam Fertik, Thesis: Learnings from Colchester Bog: Translations of
Plant-Environment Interactions
Advisors: Steve Budington, MFA; Laura Hill, PhD
Sarah Nicole Freedman, Thesis: Exploring Entertainment Media
Diets in the Age of Polarization
Advisor: Anthony Gierzynski, PhD
Julia Elise Gamache, Thesis: « Quelle structure grammaticale est la
plus difficile? » : Foreign language aptitude in the acquisition of
French as a second language
Advisor: Guillermo Rodríguez, PhD
Max Chabra Gerlach, Thesis: Art of the Soil: Reflections of Nuclear
Disaster in Post-Fukushima Japanese Art
Advisor: Erik Esselstrom, PhD
Justine Goldblatt, Thesis: Our Relationships to Nature and Loss
Through Art
Advisors: Julian Barnett, MFA; Alison Brody, PhD
Madelaine Gramling, Thesis: Investigating the Role of Physical
Activity as a Moderator of the Relation Between Emotional
Regulation and Social Outcomes in Preschoolers
Advisors: Betsy Hoza, PhD; Erin Shoulberg, PhD
Morgan Renee Gregory, Thesis: Survey of Medical Office Experiences
by Biological Sex
Advisors: Lori Stevens, PhD; Marjorie Meyer, MD
Katharyn Zaida Hassan, Thesis: An Ecologically Sustainable &
Healthy Diet for All: A Dive into the True Meaning of Cost
Advisor: Joshua Farley, PhD
Allison Rae Hoy, Thesis: We Do Not Exist in Isolation: Exploring
the Potential of Relationality and Mutual Aid for Systems
Transformation
Advisor: Teresa Mares, PhD
Eva Jessup, Thesis: Evaluating the Impact of Chronic Aldosterone on
Cerebral Arterial Contractility in Mice
Advisors: Alicia Ebert, PhD; Masayo Koide, PhD
Gaelen Kilburn, Thesis: Coywolves: A documentary film investigating
the controversy surrounding of the eastern coyote in Vermont
Advisor: Luis Vivanco, PhD
Laurel Eliza King, Thesis: I Wanted to Be Wild: Connectedness, Place
Attachment, and Conservation Behavior Among Young Adults
Advisor: Harlan Morehouse, PhD
Abigail Kopelowitz, Thesis: Interactive Fictional Characters as
Causally Active Abstract Artifacts
Advisor: Matthew Weiner, PhD
Noah Casimer Krason, Thesis: Unfolding Capital: A Critical
Appraisal of Hegel’s Role in The Thought of Karl Marx
Advisor: Todd McGowan, PhD
Adina R. Kraus, Thesis: The Effect of Dorsolateral Estrogen on Fear
Extinction
Advisor: Donna Toufexis, PhD
Isabella Maria Lapierre, Thesis: Doped Organic Light-Emitting
Diodes in Photonic Resonators
Advisor: Matthew White, PhD
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
30 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Megan Elizabeth Lavigne, Thesis: Identification and Spectroscopic
Characterization of the Active Sites of Two Class II Chelatases
Advisor: Matthew Liptak, PhD
Evan Leaf, Thesis: Historical Racism and Professional Football
Advisor: Eleanor Miller, PhD
Joshua Ian McCauley, Thesis: The Activism, Trials, and Politics of
Ahmed Kathrada
Advisor: Sean Stilwell, PhD
Sydney McFarland, Thesis: Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta
Competes with Estrogen Receptor Alpha to Regulate the
Transcriptome in ER+ Breast Cancer Cells
Advisors: Frances Carr, PhD; Matthias Brewer, PhD
Margaret Elana Moses, Thesis: Designing an Alginate Hydrogel
Wound Dressing for Biofilm Infection Management
Advisors: Matthias Brewer, PhD; Amber Doiron, PhD
Owen Vincent Palcsik, Thesis: The Role of Place in the Function,
Meaning, and Future of Electric Vehicles in Vermont
Advisor: Meghan Cope, PhD
Margaret Pierce, Thesis: Aisha bin Abu Bakr: a Discourse Analysis of
Social Media Constructions
Advisor: Boğaç Ergene, PhD
Iain Andrew Pless, Thesis: The Ragged Ends of La Seconda Guerra
Mondiale: The Conceptual Failure of the Italian Post-War
Advisors: Sean Field, PhD; Andrew Buchanan, PhD
Antonio Lewis Pugliese, Thesis: The “Mighty Minstrel” of the
“Antigallican War”: Manifestations of Napoleonic Wartime in Sir
Walter Scott’s Popular Metrical Romances
Advisor: Eric Lindstrom, PhD
Emma Catherine Regan, Thesis: The Torrijos-Carter Treaties:
Panamanian Sovereignty and United States Neocolonialism in
Cold War Panama
Advisor: Sarah Osten, PhD
Sierra Sabec, Thesis: A Study of Co-occurring Disorders
Advisor: Timothy Stickle, PhD
Madeline S. Saffer, Thesis: Assessing Student Behavior and
Perceptions in an Undergraduate Biology Course with a High
Course Structure
Advisors: Sara Helms Cahan, PhD; Kristin Bishop, PhD
Brandon Samuel Schoenfeld, Thesis: Exploring Equitable
Emergency Medical Services: A Vermont Case Study
Advisor: Meghan Cope, PhD
Elizabeth Jane Scrimgeour, Thesis: So Hum – I Am That Scale:
Illuminating Existential Interconnectedness
Advisor: Elizabeth Pinel, PhD
Tin Aragorn Skoric, Thesis: The Effect of the 2008 Financial Crisis on
Bosnian Households
Advisor: Nathalie Mathieu-Bolh, PhD
Wyatt Taylor, Thesis: Mecha and Media Mixes: How Mobile Suit
Gundam Showcases Pop Cultural Change
Advisor: Sarah Nilsen, PhD
Maya Thomson, Thesis: Small but Mighty: Utilization of
Macroinvertebrates as Indicator Species of Stream Health Across
Different Land Use Areas in Vermont
Advisors: Alison Brody, PhD; Pablo Gutiérrez-Fonseca, PhD
Sarah Van Horn, Thesis: Transcriptomic Dysregulation in Rodent
Models of ADHD and Substance Use Suggests Shared Neural
Mechanisms
Advisors: Donna Toufexis, PhD; Heather Driscoll, MS
Margaret Vecsey, Thesis: The Unique Associations Between ADHD
Symptoms and Children’s School Readiness in a Preschool Sample
Advisors: Betsy Hoza, PhD; Erin Shoulberg, PhD
Daniel J. Walek, Thesis: Bards and Barbarians: Material Culture in
the Homeric Epics
Advisors: Angeline Chiu, PhD; John Franklin, PhD
Emily Wanzer, Thesis: Settler, ancestor, eastern white pine: Living
histories in northern “New England”
Advisors: Abigail McGowan, PhD; Ingrid Nelson, PhD
Hannah Elizabeth Warn, Thesis: Racially Polarized Voting Analysis:
Ecological Inference Applied to the 2022 Midterms in Georgia
Advisor: Gregory Warrington, PhD
Sophie Ella Warth, Thesis: First Meals and Last Meals: Vehicles of
Food Meaning
Advisor: Teresa Mares, PhD
Joseph Douglas Webb, Thesis: Evaluating the Impact of Climatic
Factors on Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence: Insights from Ixodes
scapularis in the Context of Climate Change
Advisors: Ellen Martinsen, PhD; Nicholas Gotelli, PhD
Emilia Irene Winquist, Thesis: The Effects of Microtiming Deviations
and Quantization on the Perception of Musical Groove
Advisor: Patricia Julien, PhD
Sophia Kennedy Wolfe, Thesis: How to Take A Fall: Kinship Between
Author and Reader in Paradise Lost
Advisor: Lisa Schnell, PhD
Kaitlyn A. Zoller, Thesis: The Contribution of Liver 3-Hydroxy-3-
Methylglutaryl-CoA Synthase 2 (HMGCS2) to Dietary Medium-
Chain Triglyceride-Induced Ketone Body Production
Advisors: Matthew Poynter, PhD; Robert Hondal, PhD
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HONORS
Julia Katerina Allanson, Thesis: The Role of the Nicotinic Cholinergic
System in Visual Attention in the Aging Brain
Advisors: Alicia Ebert, PhD; Julie Dumas, PhD
Taylor Emily Bean, Thesis: Molecular Mechanisms of Early Eyefield
Cohesion in the Developing Zebrafish
Advisor: Bryan Ballif, PhD
Helen Katherine Adams Betz, Thesis: Russian and Italian
Authoritarianism Today and Yesterday: Comparing Leaders and
Their Use of Biopolitics
Advisor: Michele Commercio, PhD
Elliott Jaye Bloom, Thesis: Using soil cores to assess the role of ion
exchange in soils impacted by acid deposition: a case study from
Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont
Advisor: Julia Perdrial, PhD
Melissa Chadwick, Thesis: Feminine Tragedy and the Ethics of
Abjection
Advisors: Hilary Neroni, PhD; Todd McGowan, PhD
Annabelle Collins, Thesis: An Examination of Vicarious Trauma
& Other Work-Related Emotional Responses in COTS Homeless
Shelter Staff and Their Use of Coping Resources
Advisor: Jeanne Shea, PhD
Brendan Francis Cox, Thesis: The Role of Tryptophan-synthesizing
Bacteria in Modulating Expression of Serotonin-related Proteins
in the Gut
Advisors: Brigitte Lavoie, PhD; Gary Mawe, PhD
Grace Olivia Davis, Thesis: Investigating the role of canonical
and novel taste neurons in amino acid feeding in Drosophila
melanogaster
Advisor: Molly Stanley, PhD
COMMENCEMENT 2024 31
Zaley DeLeonardis-Page, Thesis: Stem Cells for Cystic Fibrosis:
Development of a Culture System for Tracheal Explants to
Examine Shrink-Wrapped Cell Engraftment
Advisors: Jim Vigoreaux, PhD; Daniel Weiss, MD, PhD
Nam Hoang Dinh, Thesis: The Classical and Quantum Lamb Model
Advisor: Dennis Clougherty, PhD
Noah Elste, Thesis: Reversing Cognitive deficits in the PTEN KO model
of ASD: From behavior to in-vivo electrophysiological recording
Advisors: Jeremy Barry, PhD; Sayamwong Hammack, PhD
Catherine Rose Fauver, Thesis: Investigations of the Molecular and
Cellular Basis for Phenotypes indcbld2Mutant Zebrafish
Advisor: Bryan Ballif, PhD
Clara Brahm Feldman, Thesis: Gemeinsam mit den Bürger*innen:
Community Connections at Berlin’s Tempelhof Field
Advisor: Pablo Bose, PhD
Zoe Caelan Flanzer, Thesis: Examining variability in streambank
erosion rates in the Lake Champlain Basin, Vermont
Advisors: Shelly Rayback, PhD; Rebecca Diehl, PhD
Olivia Carolyn Hagios, Thesis: In a Land Where Kingdoms Lay:
Gender and Sexuality in European Fairy Tales through Analysis
and Poetry
Advisor: Daniel Fogel, PhD
Johanna Laura DeBoer Hartman, Thesis: Becoming Burlington: An
Analysis of Citizen Engagement in Waterfront Revitalization
Advisor: Pablo Bose, PhD
CJ Healy, Thesis: The Lives They Chose: Margaret Anderson and Her
Family of Artists
Advisors: Paul Deslandes, PhD; Melanie Gustafson, PhD
Maria Paloma Herrera, Thesis: Character Building: Coming of Age in
Life and on the Screen
Advisor: Sarah Nilsen, PhD
Meghan A. Hessler, Thesis: White Victims, White Villains: True Crime
Podcasts, the ‘Ideal Victim,’ and the Demarcation of a ‘White
Criminal’ Stereotype
Advisor: Kathy Fox, PhD
Sabrina Ann Joseph, Thesis: The Influence of Menopause on
Actigraphy-Based Sleep Assessments
Advisors: Julie Dumas, PhD; Sayamwong Hammack, PhD
Nicholas Austin Kebo, Thesis: Preventing Risk-Shifting in Banking:
A Comparison Between the Clearinghouse and Federal Reserve
Systems
Advisor: Jane Knodell, PhD
Aimee Mahler, Thesis: Effect of PACAP Novel Small Molecule
Antagonist on Depressive-Like Behavior in a Rat Model of
Depression
Advisor: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD
Erin Elizabeth Mathieu, Thesis: Characterization of the effects of
gamma delta T cell depletion on Kras driven lung adenocarcinoma
Advisors: Melissa Pespeni, PhD; Jonathan Boyson, PhD
Frances Fischer Oppenheimer, Thesis: An Analysis of Humpback
Whale Song at the Unit Level, 2007-2023
Advisor: Laura May-Collado, PhD
John Michael Pitblado, Thesis: Consent and Convention: Barriers and
Openings in Locke and Hume to a Progressive Allocation of Goods
Advisor: Don Loeb, PhD
Cameron Provorny, Thesis: Student Perspectives of Safety at the
University of Vermont
Advisor: Meghan Cope, PhD
Logan Emerson Sands, Thesis: Investigating Tumor Suppressor and
Oncogenic Properties of STK11
Advisors: Paula Deming, PhD, MT (ASCP); Alison Brody, PhD
Evelyn Dion Stearns, Thesis: Nativism, Anti-Catholicism, and the
Effort to Resettle Abandoned Vermont Farmland in the 1880s and
1890s
Advisor: Nicole Phelps, PhD
Melisa Uyar, Thesis: CO2 and Economic Development: The Role of
Regulations, Trade, Institutions, and Innovation
Advisor: Donna Ramirez-Harrington, PhD
Sabina C. Ward, Thesis: Beyond Walls: The Artwork of Women and
Queer Artists in Interior Spaces
Advisors: Steve Budington, MFA; Sarah Richter, MA
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
GEORGE HENRY PERKINS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR
Annabelle Collins
Gideon Michael Laffey Parker
JAMES B. PETERSEN ARCHAEOLOGY AWARD
Caleb Litster
W.A. HAVILAND MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
ANTHROPOLOGY
Rebecca Shancia Harder
Brooke O’Leary
ART AND ART HISTORY PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ART EDUCATION
Emma Jeanne Jepsen
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ART HISTORY
Sabina Ward
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN STUDIO ART
Bridget Hallie Doyle Goldberg
Christine M. Omark
ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES PROGRAM
PETER SEYBOLT ACADEMIC AWARD
Max Chabra Gerlach
Annika Imobersteg
Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
BIOCHEMISTRY PROGRAM
EDWARD BRESNICK AWARD
Sydney McFarland
JOHN THANASSI AWARD
Hannah Beryl Koval
LOUIS NUTTER AWARD
Alexandra Zouck
ROBERT WOODWORTH AWARD
Nicholas John Perez
32 COMMENCEMENT 2024
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
GEORGE M. HAPP AWARD IN BIOLOGY
Justine Goldblatt
Sarah Ariel Haerim Kim
GEORGE PERKINS MARSH AWARD IN ECOLOGY OR EVOLUTION
Morgan Renee Gregory
JOAN M. HERBERS AWARD IN BIOLOGY
Maya Thomson
BERND HEINRICH AWARD IN PHYSIOLOGY OR EVOLUTION
Liam Dylan Kelliher
Kaitlyn A. Zoller
KURT MILTON PICKETT AWARD
Ryan T. Davin
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY GREEN MOUNTAIN SECTION AWARD
Claire Eleanor Bushey
Megan Elizabeth Lavigne
THE CHRISTOPHER W. ALLEN AWARD
Claire Eleanor Bushey
Megan Elizabeth Lavigne
THE CLINTON D. COOK AWARD
Dagny V. Keltner
EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AWARD
Gavin Adrian Sicard
CLASSICS PROGRAM
THE FREDERICK ARNOLD VINTON AWARD
Joseph Hambright Alexander
THE JOHN H. KENT MEMORIAL AWARD IN CLASSICS
Ally McKenna Liles
Daniel J. Walek
ETHEL WOLFE CLASSICS SCHOLARSHIP
Jenna Rose Shiffman
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Sydney Grace White
CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAM
CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES OUTSTANDING MINOR
Emma Campbell
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
FREEMAN SALTUS AWARD
Gavin Adrian Sicard
JOHN H. CONVERSE AWARD
Nicholas Austin Kebo
Gavin Adrian Sicard
PHILIPP H. LOHMAN AWARD
Tin Aragorn Skoric
SKROBACK AWARD
Nicholas Austin Kebo
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
SAMUEL N. BOGORAD AWARD
Antonio Lewis Pugliese
WILLARD B. POPE AWARD IN ROMANTICISM
Sophie Kennedy Wolfe
BENJAMIN B. WAINWRIGHT AWARD
Eamon Dunn
HUCK GUTMAN AWARD
Hanalei Clark
MARION BERRY ALLBEE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
COMPOSITION
Noah Casimer Krason
DOUGLAS A. PINTA AWARD
Samantha I. Sanborn
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PROGRAM
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD
Samantha Grace Bjorklun
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR AWARD IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Gemma Kate Diforio
Julia Riesman
FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD
Ainsley Darlington Highlander Morton
FRENCH AND ITALIAN PROGRAM
MARIE GENO PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN FRENCH
Noah Lafaso
COMMENCEMENT 2024 33
MARIAFRANCA MORSELLI PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN
ITALIAN
Lauryn Grace Katz
GENDER, SEXUALITY AND WOMEN’S STUDIES
PROGRAM
GENDER, SEXULAITY AND WOMEN’S STUDIES OUTSTANDING
SENIOR AWARD
Nico Walton
ELLEN HAMILTON AND LIDA MASON AWARD
Madison Nicole Chase
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOSCIENCES
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN GEOGRAPHY
Brandon Samuel Schoenfeld
Emily Joelle Wanzer
CHARLES G. DOLL AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN
GEOLOGY
Serena Jade Veilleux
GERMAN, RUSSIAN AND HEBREW PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN GERMAN
Clara Brahm Feldman
Simon Casey Walter
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN RUSSIAN
Daria Braithwaite
KEVIN MCKENNA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
IN RESEARCH
Ethan Xavier Briggs
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM
GLOBAL STUDIES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVISM
AWARD
Alexandra Elizabeth Amsden
Gabriel McStay Gómez
GLOBAL STUDIES EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARD
Clara Brahm Feldman
GLOBAL STUDIES TOP SCHOLAR AWARD
Kelly H. Eddy
ROBERT D. BENEDICT AWARD FOR BEST ESSAY IN
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Audrey Patricia Ashdown
Abra J. Levin
THE PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Sophia Aronson
HEALTH AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD
Keelan Emily Boisvert
Abigayle Harriet Domingue
Makayla E. Hone
Elena E. Marcelli
Lillian Mae Twohig
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
GORAN PRIZE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Emma Catherine Regan
PAUL D. EVANS AWARD
Meghan A. Hessler
PHI ALPHA THETA, History Honor Society
Joseph H. Alexander
Noah D. Ballin
Jane R. Brinley
Rhiannon J. Brown
Mairead D. Cassidy
Anna K. Clark
Forrest Coleman DesLauriers
Sandor Farkas
Zoe S. Fay
Meaghan E. Feeney
Bridget Mary Grew
Meghan A. Hessler
Brooklyn M. Howe
James F. Hughes
Catherine M. Jones
Shannon B. Kaiser
Kendra May Keelty
LINGUISTICS PROGRAM
VIRGINIA CLARK PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN
LINGUISTICS
Christos Anthony Contakos
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MATHEMATICS
Emilia Irene Winquist
MUSIC PROGRAM
LYMAN S. ROWELL AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN
MUSIC
Gideon Michael Laffey Parker
LYMAN S. ROWELL OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MUSIC AWARD
Katherine Loalbo
LYMAN S. ROWELL OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MUSIC
EDUCATION AWARD
Ella B. Paulson
April O. Kilkenny
Zachary Lacy
Cade Morris
Richard J. Morrison
Wade J. Mullin
Casey L. Murphy
Sophia C. Nolan
Emma A. Perez
Margaret E. Pierce
Iain A. Pless
Sophie J. Prager
Emma C. Regan
Jocelyn K. Rockhold
Evelyn D. Stearns
Michael Tobin
Richard M. Witting
34 COMMENCEMENT 2024
OUTSTANDING MINOR IN MUSIC
Sierra Kathleen Hiner
Sydney McFarland
Sarah Lynne Pettineo
Jenna Ranson
PAPPOUTSAKIS AWARD
Lindsey Elizabeth Rusnock
LANE SERIES PRIZE FOR MUSIC TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS
Annie Livingston Heller
Willow Anleigh Phoenix
NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM
BRUCE S. KAPP AWARD
Noah Elste
EXCELLENCE IN NEUROSCIENCE AWARD
Isabel Berman
Ruby Celeste Guth
RODNEY PARSONS AWARD
Grace Olivia Davis
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
JOHN DEWEY PHILOSOPHY PRIZE
Meghan A. Hessler
LEVY FAMILY FUND SCHOLARSHIP
Meghan A. Hessler
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
ELLIOTT A. BROWN AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Alex Naumann
DEPARTMENT PRIZE IN POLITICAL THEORY
Cade Morris
DEPARTMENT PRIZE IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Helen Katherine Adams Betz
WARREN R. AND MILDRED AUSTIN PRIZE FOR INTERNATIONAL
PEACE AND SECURITY
Jacob Greenberg
John Geoffrey Henderson, Jr.
FRANK M. BRYAN PRIZE IN AMERICAN POLITICS
Olivia Eisenberg
Madelyn Grace Magilligan
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
DONALD G. FORGAYS OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD
Kathleen Sara Delaney
GEORGE W. ALBEE AWARD
Aaliya Aga
Hanna B. Mildt
HEINZ L. ANSBACHER AWARD
Sydney Mae Hardy
JOHN DEWEY AWARD
Madelaine Gramling
Sierra Sabec
MARK E. BOUTON AWARD
Noah Elste
Adina R. Kraus
DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION
ANNE L. CLARK OUTSTANDING SENIOR MAJOR IN RELIGION
Johanna Laura DeBoer Hartman
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
JEANNETTE R. FOLTA MEMORIAL AWARD
Stella Schaefer-Surdez
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN SOCIOLOGY
Meghan A. Hessler
S. FRANK SAMPSON EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL THEORY AWARD
Evan Leaf
VALERIE ANN MOORE MEMORIAL T.A. AWARD
Morgan Mary McCuin
SPANISH PROGRAM
FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN
SPANISH
Madeleine Arleen Gourley
SPEECH AND DEBATE PROGRAM
THE EDWIN W. LAWRENCE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBATER
Rachel Sara Kussick
THEATRE AND DANCE PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN DANCE AWARD
Natalie Ann Bett
Abigayle Harriet Domingue
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN THEATRE AWARD
Adeline Rae Cota
Marty Gnidula
COMMENCEMENT 2024 35
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Mukhtar T. Abdulkhaleiq, Winooski, VT
Madison Taylor Abraham, North Andover, MA
Kenan Aden, Alexandria, VA
Sarah Elizabeth Adler, Croton On Hudson, NY
Gabriel Jacob Allen, Jericho, VT
Amer Fahmi Alsaidy, Bronx, NY
Daniel R. Amidon, Vernon, VT
Ryan David Anderson, South Burlington, VT
Thomas Morse Aneser, Garden City, NY
Charlotte Anglade, Ridgeeld, CT
Daniel Barrett, Salem, MA
Sarah C. Barrett, Westmore, VT
Zachary W. Barrett, Phoenixville, PA
Zeynep Barut, Burlington, VT
Peter Reilly Beck, Westford, MA
Emma Beneventano, Wilton, CT
Sophia J. Bergantino, Ridgewood, NJ
Spencer Jaden Berman, Newtown, PA
Thomas C. Biesemeyer, Keene Valley, NY
Benjamin Blanchard, Franconia, NH
Dante Blasi, Acton, MA
Jackson Bleakley, Sudbury, MA
Hannah E. Bohmann, Williston, VT
Tre Xavier Bonavita, Middlebury, VT
Omar Boukhriss, Leesburg, VA
Zachary Madison Brain, Newton, MA
Neil Brand, Ithaca, NY
James Bratone, Fair Haven, NJ
Anna Marie Breslen, Castleton, VT
Paisley Broadhurst, Brookline, NH
Marshall William Brown, Novato, CA
Thomas Barbour Burke, Palm Beach, FL
Nicholas R. Burroughs, Hinesburg, VT
Luke Michael Bursell, Richmond, VT
Jack Butts, Wayland, MA
John Algier Cahill, Medeld, MA
Ryan Scott Camposano, Acton, MA
Alexander Vincent Carrozza, Blue Bell, PA
Peyton D. Ceppetelli, Webster, MA
Ethan Chant, South Burlington, VT
Leann Chen, Bradford, VT
Jackson Christie, Somerville, MA
Rebecca Marie Christie, Winooski, VT
John J. Ciluzzi III, Barnstable, MA
Lizbeth Cintron, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Colin Broderick Cislo, Duxbury, MA
Rachel Cohn-Guthrie, Burlington, VT
Sean P. Cole, Chester, CT
Amelia Comen, Canton, CT
William McGregor Concannon, Cape
Elizabeth, ME
Kiaran James Connolly, South Burlington, VT
John Conrad Connors, Bangor, ME
Nicolette Isabelle Constant, Greenport, NY
Benjamin Corbett, Hingham, MA
Thomas G. Coyne, Skaneateles, NY
Ruth E. Croxford, South Burlington, VT
Liam Brennan Culkin, Westeld, NJ
Elizabeth A. Dagesse, North Smitheld, RI
Lauren Mitchell D’Amico, Killingworth, CT
Pierce Michael Quinn DeBoer, Ipswich, MA
Colin Joseph Deery, Walpole, MA
Stella Demcsak, Red Bank, NJ
William J. Devane, Albany, NY
Dominique Jordan Devani, Andover, MA
Drew Dimario, Moretown, VT
Trang T. Do, South Burlington, VT
Kevin Donley, Essex, VT
Ryan Henry Dowling, Milton, VT
Thurman Dusablon, Colchester, VT
Andre Eastman, Hinesburg, VT
Dylan James Egan, Winchester, MA
Tyler Eisenmenger, Brattleboro, VT
Oscar Eldh Jahn, Charlestown, MA
Jacob Falanga, Shelton, CT
William Burke Fancher, Avon, CO
Marco James Farina, Falmouth, MA
Grin Fenech, Okemos, MI
Joshua Fike, Boone, NC
Jack Andrew Fitch, Boone, NC
Katherine Vail Fitzsimmons, Plainview, NY
Jack Fletcher, Sudbury, MA
Robert A. Ford Jr., Wakeeld, MA
Ethan Robert Frost, South Burlington, VT
Cameron Robert Gable, Cleveland, OH
Charles Galanes, Brattleboro, VT
Michelle Gao, Hardwick, VT
Saron Marie Gaudiosi, Windsor, CT
Patrick A. Gaughan, Centerport, NY
Carl Gebhardt, Woodstock, VT
Maya Limiao Shoshana Girzon, Sudbury, MA
Samuel B. Gluck, Atlantic City, NJ
Ricardo Gomez, New York, NY
Hudson J. Greene, Katonah, NY
Max Albury Gryska, Marion, MA
Danielle Felicia Guerrero, Northeld, VT
Mikayla Putnam Guimond, Ogden, UT
Hudson Rene Haecker, Minneapolis, MN
Ryan Alexander Hamilton, Bedford, NY
Grossman School of Business
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 | 12:00 PM | THE FLYNN
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
WELCOME
Sanjay Sharma, Dean and Professor of Management
STUDENT ADDRESS
Ryan David Anderson
CELEBRATION SPEAKER
Nicole Stata ’91, General Partner & Founder, Boston Seed Capital
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Sanjay Sharma, Dean and Professor of Management
RECESSIONAL
RECEPTION
Green Mountain Ballroom, Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain Hotel,
60 Battery Street
DEAN
Sanjay Sharma
SCHOOL MARSHAL
Michael J. Tomas
36 COMMENCEMENT 2024
James (Rad) Hammond, Burlington, VT
Liam Nolan Harkins, Dartmouth, MA
Farhan Hassan, Burlington, VT
William Patrick Henderson, Waitseld, VT
Andrew Hostein, Sharon, MA
Diego Holscher, Santiago, Chile
Hayley Emma Houston, Burlington, VT
Hannah Rose Hunter, Dedham, MA
Jason Tucker Hurrie, Sandwich, MA
Charles George Hutchinson, Carlisle, MA
Kirk A. Igler, Williston, VT
Riley H. Iris, North Yarmouth, ME
Noah Elliott Johnson, Clifton Park, NY
Marguerite Isobel Jouët, Lexington, KY
Troy Evan Kane, Kinnelon, NJ
Joshua Kaufman, Dix Hills, NY
Christopher Michael Kee, Sparta, NJ
Corinna Yolande Lucia Kelly, Louisville, CO
Jack Kelly, Monroe, CT
Autumn Tori King, Andover, MA
Nicholas S. Kinneston, Shelburne, VT
Kevin Charles Kizis, Old Forge, PA
Aedan Jack Knowlton, Natick, MA
John Emmet Kordell, Dubuque, IA
Patrick Kowalsky, Marblehead, MA
Bryant Kroeger, Andover, MA
Lucas Kusy, Auburn, MA
Sophia Katherine Larizza, Darien, CT
Caroline Beach Lewis, Cotuit, MA
Ciera Licare, Amesbury, MA
Dillon Thomas Lindberg, West Hartford, CT
Justin Paul Lista, Natick, MA
Oliver Long, Nashville, TN
Benjamin D. Lutz, Madison, WI
Adam Lyon, Essex, VT
Jack Gerard Maguire, Woburn, MA
Shane Malcolm, Stowe, VT
Timothy J. Manning, Bridgewater, CT
Ethan Marder, Suern, NY
Sebastian Marshall, Killingworth, CT
Cassidy Marie Martin, Colchester, VT
Chitsa Maung, Burlington, VT
Courtney Quinn Maw, Sanibel, FL
Isabella Grace McCarthy, Stonington, CT
Declan Creighton Robertson McCormack,
Toronto, ON, Canada
Fintan O’Brien McDermott, La Grange Park, IL
Allison McDonald, Garden City, NY
Claire A. McGeorge, Waitseld, VT
Lili McKinstry, Southington, CT
Andrew McQuinn, Milton, VT
Caleb Meagher, Windsor, VT
James Joseph Meehan IV, Marsheld, MA
Jenna Lynn Mekkelsen, East Montpelier, VT
Lillian Rose Merchant, Essex, VT
Johann H. Meyer, Charlotte, VT
Ian Mitchell Michaels, Doylestown, PA
Soa Milici, Portsmouth, RI
William Joseph Mitchell Jr., Lyndonville, VT
Tucker James Molin, South Hampton, NH
Aidan Waterbury Moore, Straord, VT
Joseph L. Morrison, Foxboro, MA
Isabella Mosca, Jericho, VT
Taylor Starr Moulton, Middlebury, VT
Patrick Carl Heyser Murphy, Newport, RI
Ryan Murray, Burlington, VT
Camden Musial, Bartlett, NH
Justin Nguyen, Essex, VT
Aidan Nitsche, Saint Johnsbury, VT
Anders Norton, Concord, NH
Finn C. O’Brien, Hinesburg, VT
Jennifer O’Donnell, Vergennes, VT
Charles Michael O’Donnell, Westeld, NJ
Liam James Orcutt, Silver Spring, MD
Nicholas Osiecki, Essex, VT
Daniel Pacella, Montreal, QC, Canada
Christian Alexander Penkrat, Marblehead, MA
Corey Thomas Peoples, Underhill, VT
Sam Peters, Nobleboro, ME
Kylie Pierce, Williston, VT
Ella Powell, Seattle, WA
Brian Thomas Puleo, West Hartford, CT
Brendan Pulley, Holly Springs, NC
Sachin Singh Rampersaud, Chapel Hill, NC
Dylan Richard Ray, Brookline, VT
Mary Katherine Redmond, Shrewsbury, NJ
Tom M. Redmond, Manchester, VT
Cameron Jacob Rego, Boston, MA
Jack Miller Ricciardi, Yarmouth, ME
Jagr Svensson Rinehart, South Burlington, VT
Caellen Roberts, Camden, ME
Oliver Roberts, Barrington, RI
William Murphy Roberts, Media, PA
Michael Rogan, Trumbull, CT
Tyler Routhier, Essex, VT
Lucy Rubin, Potomac, MD
Timothy Bolat Bayanbaev Salter-Roy,
Saxtons River, VT
Hunter Sarkis, Stamford, VT
Theresa E. Schmus, Voorhees, NJ
Alexander Siaton, Malvern, PA
Evan Michael Siegel, Westport, CT
Matthew A. Silver, Wetherseld, CT
Emma Wynter Smith, Red Hook, NY
Phillip George Smith, Tampa, FL
Nicole Sobczak, South Burlington, VT
Eli J. Stack, Hartland, VT
William Victory Stadelmann, Dunbarton, NH
Jack Joseph Stajduhar, Stonington, CT
Jane Lily Steadman, Vergennes, VT
Jillian Paige Steinberg, Newton, MA
James W. Stephens, Northeld, VT
Haley Ryan Stevens, Old Lyme, CT
Tyler Streim, Port Washington, NY
Dylan Sturdevant, Westeld, NJ
Seth Paul Summereld, Westport, CT
Morgan Anne Swanke, Princeton, NJ
Lev K. Taylor, Needham, MA
William H. Tessmer, Amesbury, MA
Kyle Thompson, Toronto, ON, Canada
Samuel Bartlett Thompson, Bualo, NY
Patrick R. Tousignant, Shelburne, VT
Robert Godfrey Amariah Trim, West
Newbury, MA
John William Truslow, Newton, MA
Kelly Tynan, Fayston, VT
Alex Urbaska, Newfane, VT
Matthew Velasco-Shen, Acton, MA
Phat Vo, Burlington, VT
Zachary F. Volinsky, Acton, MA
George G. von Weise, Concord, MA
John Mathias Wailgum, Greenwich, CT
Edward Waite, Richmond, VT
Brooke Weatherup, San Diego, CA
Henry Reed Weese, Newburyport, MA
Patrick Jared Welsh, Hopkinton, MA
Charles Irvine West, Barrington, RI
Parker Whitney, Essex, VT
Thomas Ronald Schillen Whitney, Underhill,
VT
Jasper Williams, Vergennes, VT
Marcus Walter Winburn, Sharon, CT
Samantha Grace Wisdom, Waterbury, VT
Margaret Emerson Witt, Boxborough, MA
Harrison Cole Wustefeld, Scotch Plains, NJ
Haoteng Xu, Hangzhou, China
Eileen Ye, New York, NY
Ryan Johanna Yorra, Washington, DC
Grin Boyd Young, Merrimac, MA
William John Zapernick, Edmonton, AB,
Canada
Jeremy Scott Zeto, West Hartford, CT
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LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Dante Vincent Blasi, Thesis: Measuring the Value of Web Design
Elements with the Conjoint Method
Advisor: Erik Monsen, PhD
Lizbeth Cintron, Thesis: Tax Considerations in the Puerto Rico
Statehood Debate: Understanding the Effects on Individual Income
Taxes and Federal Program Access
Advisor: Glenn Walberg, JD, LLM
Pierce Michael Quinn DeBoer, Thesis: Leaving an Impression: How
can different storytelling principles affect the effectiveness of a
movie trailer?
Advisors: Carolyn Bonifield, PhD; Thomas Nordewier, PhD
Samuel Bartlett Thompson, Thesis: CEO Compensation and
Performance in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Advisor: Andrew Prevost, PhD
Jasper Mcrae Williams, Thesis: Collective Nostalgia’s Effect on
Consumer Behavior
Advisor: Carolyn Bonifield, PhD
GSB AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THEME
Robert Godfrey Amariah Trim
GSB AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE GLOBAL BUSINESS THEME
Sophia Katherine Larizza
Mary Katherine Redmond
GSB AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
THEME
Christian Alexander Penkrat
WEINSTEIN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACCOUNTING, SENIOR
William McGregor Concannon
Allison McDonald
SENIOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Daniel Barrett
James W. Stephens
SENIOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING
Ryan David Anderson
Pierce Michael Quinn DeBoer
CHRISTOPHER A. GUIDO OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD FOR
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT
Ryan David Anderson
STEPHEN PENWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCE
James W. Stephens
JOHNSON LAMBERT LLP MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY VERMONT
SCHOLARSHIP
Nicole Sobczak
GSB FACULTY AWARD FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Sophia J. Bergantino
GSB STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AWARD
Danielle Felicia Guerrero
Marguerite Isobel Jouët
Aedan Jack Knowlton
Evan Michael Siegel
William H. Tessmer
SPIES FAMILY AWARD FOR REAL ESTATE FINANCE AWARD
Samuel Bartlett Thompson
PCAOB SCHOLARS PROGRAM AWARD
William Joseph Mitchell Jr.
BETA GAMMA SIGMA is the international business honor society.
Membership is the highest recognition a student can receive in an
undergraduate or master’s program in business.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DEGREE CANDIDATES
Sarah Elizabeth Adler
Ryan David Anderson
Daniel Barrett
Dante Blasi
Hannah E. Bohmann
Lizbeth Cintron
William McGregor Concannon
Pierce Michael Quinn DeBoer
Dominique Jordan Devani
Dylan James Egan
Charles Galanes
Charles George Hutchinson
John Emmet Kordell
Sophia Katherine Larizza
Jack Gerard Maguire
Allison McDonald
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AWARDS TO GRADUATES
William Joseph Mitchell Jr.
Jennifer O’Donnell
Christian Alexander Penkrat
Kylie Pierce
Ella Powell
Mary Katherine Redmond
Samuel Bartlett Thompson
Matthew A. Silver
Nicole Sobczak
Eli J. Stack
James W. Stephens
Alex Urbaska
Jasper Williams
38 COMMENCEMENT 2024
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Kaley Judith Amaltano, North Bellmore, NY
Sarah Catherine Balsamo, Baltimore, MD
Andrea Elizabeth Beard, Bend, OR
Jillian N. Bikowsky, Victor, NY
Hannah Elizabeth Binette, Mashpee, MA
Jillian Leigh Ann Brown, Augusta, ME
Erin Marie Curley, East Rochester, NY
Isabel Doubleday, Essex Junction, VT
Isabella C. Dunn, Essex Junction, VT
Cole Dreskin Edgerton, New Faireld, CT
Riley Lynn Gamache, Saint Albans, VT
Ava L. Goodman, Sudbury, MA
Julia Greeneld, Rutland, VT
Erin Melissa Jaspan, Brick, NJ
Lily Alice Macaulay, Duxbury, MA
Ava Kathleen Miller, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Brynn Mei Mulligan, Glens Falls, NY
Hannah Katherine Nolan, Faireld, CT
Meghan K. O’Connor, Queensbury, NY
Samantha Chade Paquette, Dover, NH
Maura Canavan Taylor, Readeld, ME
McKenna Weston, Burlington, VT
Hanne Murielle Williams, Fayston, VT
Caroline Niswonger Wollheim, Durham, NH
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
Natasha Simonian Arnold, Cohasset, MA
Olivia Wadsworth Baker, Oakland, CA
Jasmine Bombard, South Burlington, VT
Leah Elizabeth Branon, Faireld, VT
Melanie Jaye Colon, Lacey Township, NJ
Shannon Marie Cook, Waitseld, VT
Morgan Elizabeth Daly, Pittsford, VT
Camryn Doris Fewer, Barre, VT
Jena Millee Fillion, East Haven, VT
Rebecca K. Franko, Smitheld, RI
Olivia Belle Hennessey, Montpelier, VT
Mira Jayne Hockenhull, South Berwick, ME
Seijiro Iwata, Eugene, OR
Beck Klein-Cohen, Hoboken, NJ
Emily Autumn Kline, Hamden, CT
Bety Mayani, Burlington, VT
Caroline Claire Moino, Essex Junction, VT
Evelyn Olivia Jane Monje, Winooski, VT
Margaret Pierce, Eagle River, AK
Ethan Grey Rances, Maplewood, NJ
Alexander Xavier Seamans, Newton, MA
Julia A. Shaeer, Hatboro, PA
Claire Sheehy, Portland, ME
Krystiana Swain, Haverhill, MA
Kailey Titus, Wilton, CT
Anna G. Trybus, Staunton, VA
Lydia Rock Tully, Arlington, MA
Cecile Mianda Yangambi, Burlington, VT
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ART
EDUCATION
Margaret S. Adams, Townshend, VT
Sophia M. Annunziato, North Haven, CT
Alana Evy Berman, Lexington, MA
Julia Rose Braett, New York, NY
Lily May Cassidy, Westeld, NJ
Devany Marguerite Di Paolo, Winooski, VT
Caroline Elizabeth Flynn, Medford, NJ
Casey Lee Ghio, West Fairlee, VT
Maya Samantha Goldie, Canton, NY
Selena B. Harris, Madison, WI
Leah Kathryn Hinckley, Southington, CT
Emma Jeanne Jepsen, Avon, CT
Isabella Mottola, Berlin, VT
Soe Jeanette Pedemonti, Arlington, VT
College of Education and Social Services
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 | 3:30 PM | THE FLYNN
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
Katharine G. Shepherd, Dean and Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Ethan Rances, Social Work, Director for Strategic Initiatives and Student Advisory
Board Facilitator
WELCOME
Kieran Killeen, Associate Dean for Graduate, Non-Degree and Research
Programming and Associate Professor
DEAN’S OPENING ADDRESS
Katharine G. Shepherd, Dean and Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor
CELEBRATION SPEAKER
Robyn Newton, Vergennes Elementary School, Vermont Teacher of the Year 2023
RECOGNITION OF STUDENT SCHOLARS
Katharine G. Shepherd, Dean and Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor
PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
Katharine G. Shepherd, Dean and Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor
CLOSING ADDRESS
Kendra May Keelty, Secondary Education
RECESSIONAL
Katharine G. Shepherd, Dean and Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor
DEAN
Katharine G. Shepherd
ASSOCIATE DEANS
Kelly Clark/Keefe
Kieran Killeen
Cynthia Reyes
ASSISTANT DEAN
Tiffanie Spencer
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT CHAIRS,
PROFESSORS
Kelly Melekis
Christine Proulx
Kimberly Vannest
FACULTY MARSHALS
Cee Carter
Danielle Jatlow
STUDENT BANNER BEARER
Kendra May Keelty
NAME READERS
Kathleen Brinegar
Jaz Routon
Christine Velez
COMMENCEMENT 2024 39
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MUSIC
EDUCATION
Soshannah Rose Block, South Burlington, VT
Hazel Elizabeth Dority, Faireld, VT
Katherine Marie Loalbo, Coventry, CT
Lindsey Elizabeth Rusnock, Kingston, RI
Nicholas Jamison Sears, Marblehead, MA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
EDUCATION
Emma Accardi, Andover, MA
Joy Marie Asselta, Vineland, NJ
Andrew David Banno, Dartmouth, MA
Jocelyn Maria Beecher, Swampscott, MA
Thomas Alan Benoit Jr., North Hero, VT
Abigail Noel Bizzozero, Pembroke, MA
Jeremy Blake, Ramsey, NJ
Phoebe Blanchette, Hopkinton, MA
Sophie Cecelia Bosie, Bernardsville, NJ
Georgia Leann Bosley, Underhill, VT
Ariana Alizabeth Brock, Coventry, RI
Adelaide Kathryn Brooks, Vergennes, VT
André L. Brown, South Burlington, VT
Henrique A. Brown, South Burlington, VT
Grace E. Bugnacki, Leicester, VT
Joseph D. Buonanno, Wolcott, VT
Jonathan Hector Cabrera, Wakeeld, MA
Emma Campbell, Starksboro, VT
Ariana Casella, Swampscott, MA
Jessica Mary Chant, South Burlington, VT
Sarah Anne Ciotti, Bow, NH
Laura Grace Cliord, Medeld, MA
Jeny Rose Collins, North Reading, MA
Kyle A. Courtois, Georgia, VT
Lexi Curtin, Norwell, MA
Gilli Danenberg, Cambridge, MA
Emma Rae DeCola, Plymouth, MA
Morgan DeGirolamo, Newington, CT
Maya Sydney Dephoure, Needham, MA
Forrest Coleman DesLauriers, Saint Albans,
VT
Sydnie Marie Dougherty, Georgia, VT
Colin Murphy Dowd, Salisbury, VT
Brian M. Doyle, Underhill, VT
Madeline Dwyer, Shamong, NJ
Hayley M. Falls, Essex, VT
Emily Strom Feeney, West Simsbury, CT
Julia Morgan Feiler, Asheville, NC
Peri Blue Ferdinand, Weston, CT
Jennifer Fernandez, Old Tappan, NJ
Alena L. Forrester, Brooklyn, NY
Gillian Gereg, Farmington, CT
Shannon Rose Giblin, Middletown, NJ
Maxwell Louis Girouard, Georgetown, MA
Isabella Gabrielle Valentine Godfrey, York, ME
Riley Goodrich, South Easton, MA
Julia Ann Grant, Hinesburg, VT
Morgan Shea Gravell, Windham, NH
Bridget Mary Grew, North Reading, MA
Moira Imogen Grin, Brooklyn, NY
Emma Eleni Guthrie, Thetford, VT
Allison Rose Hannah, Milton, VT
Emma Hansen, Tunbridge, VT
Alexandria Noelle Harper, Manahawkin, NJ
Tess Elizabeth Haskel, Westport, CT
Elizabeth Margaret Hill, Saint Albans, VT
Ines Horozovic, Winooski, VT
Molly Jeanette Hulett, Richmond, NH
Rita Icimpaye, Burlington, VT
Catherine M. Jones, Tiverton, RI
Kendra May Keelty, Milton, VT
Susanna Gayle Keller, Winchester, MA
Allison J. Kennedy, Watertown, MA
Leggatt W. Kerek, Colorado Springs, CO
Alex D. Kiel-Zabel, Newton, MA
Sydney Ann Korhonen, Shirley, MA
Mikayla Spring, West Springeld, MA
Delaney Shae Kunkle, Cherry Hill, NJ
Sophia Jane Laaraj, Katonah, NY
Bom Bee Mary Lahart, Lenox, MA
Sarah Laide, Westeld, NJ
Mara E. Lamprey, York, ME
Hannah A. Larose, Grand Isle, VT
Maya Lenz, Royal Oak, MI
Martine Rita Limoge, Orwell, VT
Tatianna Amber Little, Cabot, VT
Emma Grace Lovelette, Saint Albans, VT
Bella Maikranz, Tinton Falls, NJ
Lucy Elaine Mann, Holliston, MA
Margaret G. Mantz, West Hartford, CT
Charlotte Chappell McCabe, South Burlington,
VT
Caroline Kearney McClintock, Shelburne, VT
Caitlin Maeve McCoy, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Riley Katherine McFaun, Barre, VT
Mhairi Anne McMurray, Middlebury, VT
Kevin Francis Mills, Delco, PA
Ellen Newbold, Preston, MD
Hannah Grace Nowak, Oak Park, IL
Sydney Olivia Obman, Schenectady, NY
Katelyn O’Brien, Middleton, MA
Abigail Kathleen Odell, Abington, MA
Barbara Ann Palasits, Burlington, VT
Sophie Jane Prager, Whippany, NJ
Sedona Riley Pratt, Killingly, CT
Missy Rabang, Greenwich, CT
Patraporn Ratanapratum, Stowe, VT
Emma Margaret Perez, Accord, NY
Maya Romanik, Los Angeles, CA
Melody Jean Romine, Madison, CT
Sarah Emily Rosenstrach, Newton, MA
Caroline Grace Ross, Kennebunkport, ME
Dariana Josephine Saavedra, New City, NY
Sarah E. Sarrouf, Worcester, MA
Melissa B. Schultz, Holland, PA
Gwen Eileen Seeley, Polson, MT
Eliza Suzanne Shelley, Manchester, VT
Nika Sibley, Greenwich, CT
Hannah Kay Smith, Essex Junction, VT
Christian Soychak, Fairfax, VT
Summer Helen Spencer, Lexington, MA
Emma Steers, Trumbull, CT
Emma Ann Bailey Tschaikowsky, Wilton, CT
Ashlen K. Utiger, Peru, VT
Ava Vail Vigneault, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Grace Visco, Burlington, MA
Willa Grace Vish, West Rosbury, MA
Olivia E. Vita, Jericho, VT
Benjamin T. Vlacich, Lexington, MA
Olivia Drew Vogel, Verona, NJ
Emma Von Licht, Phoenixville, PA
Molly Grace Walker, State Center, IA
Rebecca Margaret Webb, Newton, MA
Jonathan Charles Weber, North Andover, MA
Elizabeth S. Welch, Lafayette, CA
Julia Pearl Wender, Merrick, NY
Sierra Anna Wennberg-Smith, Waterbury, VT
Kelsey A. Wiles, Durham, NH
Rowan Addis Williams, Shelburne, VT
Anna Maria Marsden Wootton, North Haven,
CT
Bridget Yozzo, Somers, NY
Amanda D. Zinman, Glen Ridge, NJ
FIFTHYEAR CERTIFICATE IN
EDUCATION
Adrianna Elizabeth Beleld, Jericho, VT
40 COMMENCEMENT 2024
JANET BOSSANGE LEADERSHIP AWARD recognizes CESS
graduating student(s) who exemplify what it means to be a dedicated
servant leader. Named after a beloved CESS leader, Dr. Janet
Bossange, who spent her entire career focusing on the power of the
individual in a democratic society, the legacy of John Dewey, and who
was a quiet force of scholarship, service, diligence, and kindness.
Evelyn Olivia Jane Manje
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES AWARD
FOR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE DISTINCTION honors
undergraduate students who strive for academic excellence, maintain
a high-grade point average, and have advanced social justice and
inclusive excellence.
Emily Autumn Kline
LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE
OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Jasmine Bombard, Thesis: The Power of Language in the Helping
Profession: A Review of Current Literature and Proposed
Application to the Field of Social Work
Advisors: Sean Hurley, PhD; Danielle Jatlow, MSW
Jeny Rose Collins, Thesis: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on
Special Education Teachers and IEP Coordinators in Vermont
Middle Schools
Advisors: Tricia Brown; Sean Hurley, PhD
Samantha Chade Paquette, Thesis: Examining Empathy
Development in a Local Children’s Theatre
Advisors: Jaz Routon, PhD; Sean Hurley, PhD
Sarah E. Sarrouf, Thesis: “Teacher Perceptions”: Examining How
Massachusetts and Vermont Educators Utilize Cultural Assets to
Ensure BIPOC Student Success
Advisors: Cynthia Reyes, PhD; Sean Hurley, PhD
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THE INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED MAJOR DISTINCTION AWARD for
accomplishing a unique, interdisciplinary, and social impact focused
academic path.
Riley W. Goodrich (Focus: Integrative Health Education)
CONSTRUCTIVIST EDUCATOR AWARD given to the undergraduate
student who consistently fosters a brave and progressive approach
to early education that upholds the values of social constructivism.
This student endeavors to make teaching an inspired opportunity for
children to make meaning and be an agent of their own experience.
This student ensures that teaching and learning are socially relevant,
passion-based, active and innovative.
Emma Campbell
COLLABORATION AND PROFESSIONALISM AWARD given to
undergraduate students who demonstrate outstanding teaming
skills and professionalism in the classroom. Their interactions with
children, family members, and colleagues are characterized by shared
leadership, mutual respect, responsiveness, and a great spirit of
collaboration. These students personify the value in early education
that “none of us is smarter than all of us.” (Anonymous)
Morgan Shea Gravell
Emma Eleni Guthrie
ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD given to undergraduate
students who promote an intentional learning environment through
observation, inquiry, ongoing assessment and responsive curriculum.
They passionately demonstrate a commitment to evidence-based
practice, while fostering the engagement and competence of children,
families, and communities.
Gwen Eileen Seeley
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DIVERSITY AWARD given to two
students whose outstanding work especially exemplifies the program
theme: Teaching all Children Strategically in Diverse Communities.
These students have an awareness of the unique contributions of
each child in the classroom, and a commitment to diversity, equity,
and inclusion.
Sarah E. Sarrouf
Olivia E. Vita
JOHN DEWEY IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AWARD given to two
students whose academic performance and public-school practice
exemplifies the philosophy of Vermont’s well-known philosopher
and educator, John Dewey. They clearly demonstrate the belief that
children are active participants in, rather than passive receivers of,
education.
Abigail Noel Bizzozero
Shannon Rose Giblin
LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AWARD given to students
in the Elementary Education Program at the University of Vermont
who exemplify a spirit of social justice. These students exhibit the
qualities necessary to create change for children and families toward
a more just and equitable future. Students who receive this award are
celebrated as they have gone above and beyond serving in schools
and/or the larger community as champions for social justice, and have
the potential for true, transformative leadership.
Gilli Danenberg
Emma Von Licht
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AWARD given to two students who
have consistently demonstrated high academic achievement and
outstanding performance in the classroom regarding management,
planning, and professionalism.
Ariana Alizabeth Brock
Bom Bee Mary Lahart
REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER AWARD given to students who have
embraced a growth mindset with reflective practice and feedback
to grow and develop their teaching skills. These students have
demonstrated the ability to consistently refine and strengthen their
pedagogy during their professional coursework.
Sophia Jane Laaraj
Alex D. Kiel-Zabel
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
COMMENCEMENT 2024 41
CHRIS STEVENSON AWARD FOR COMMITMENT TO YOUNG
ADOLESCENTS AWARD given on an annual basis to the student who
demonstrates dedication and commitment to middle level students,
exemplified in the work of the program’s founder, Chris Stevenson.
Recipients of the award are advocates for young adolescents; the
student understands the developmental uniqueness of young
adolescents and is knowledgeable about both students and the
subject areas in which they teach.
Cass Barrett
Madeline Dwyer
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES AWARDS TO
GRADUATES AL MYERS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
presented to undergraduate and graduate students who exemplify
Al Myers’ dedication to the field of middle level education and his
deep commitment to students. Recipients of this award demonstrate
commitment, passion, patience, work ethic, creativity and
enthusiasm for constructing exemplary learning opportunities for
young adolescents.
Jeny Rose Collins
Emily Krumm
THE SPIRIT OF TEAMING AWARD given on an annual basis to the
individual who demonstrates outstanding collegiality in the student
teaching experience. Recipients of the award understand how to team
effectively with colleagues and show outstanding promise in their
future work as a member of a middle grades team.
Colin Murphy Dowd
JANET BOSSANGE AWARD FOR ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT
IN SECONDARY EDUCATION given to secondary education students
who demonstrate an understanding of the power of engagement and
advocacy on behalf of all learners.
Thomas Allen Benoit Jr.
Ariana Casella
Jessica Mary Chant
Forrest C. DesLauriers
Bridget Mary Grew
Kendra May Keelty
Mikayla Kudron
Caroline Kearney McClintock
Ellen Newbold
Sophie Jane Prager
Grace Visco
Willa Grace Vish
LIA CRADEVI AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP given to
secondary education students who provide support and kindness to
peers when they were asked; they are the “go to” friends in the cohort.
Jocelyn Maria Beecher
Andre L. Brown
Grace E. Bugnacki
Laura Grace Clifford
Maxwell Louis Girouard
Alexandria Noelle Harper
Catherine M. Jones
Hannah A. Larose
Caitlin Maeve McCoy
Molly Grace Walker
Anna Maria Marsden Wootton
THE J.K. CALIBERS AWARD given to secondary education students
who embody the values of the Secondary Education Program:
learner-centeredness, humor, connectedness, and creativity while
supporting and encouraging their peers and teachers.
Joy Marie Asselta
Andrew David Banno
Phoebe Blanchette
Henrique A. Brown
Jonathan Hector Cabrera
Kyle A. Courtois
Emily Strom Feeney
Ines Horozovic
Mara E. Lamprey
Kevin Francis Mills
Sarah Emily Rosenstrach
Nika Sibley
Benjamin T. Vlacich
OUTSTANDING ART EDUCATION STUDENT AWARD given to
the student who embodies the highest academic and field work
achievement. This student demonstrates a commitment to providing
and advocating for equitable, diverse, and inclusive visual art
experiences that enriches the lives of individual students, schools,
and community.
Emma Jeanne Jepsen
LYMAN S. ROWELL AWARD given to the graduating senior in
Music Education who have among the highest overall GPA and who
show a strong capacity for music teaching, and who have made an
outstanding contribution to the musical life of the department.
Katherine Marie Loalbo
PAPPOUTSAKIS AWARD given to a graduating senior who has
shown excellence in conducting/directing. The award is named
for Professor Emeritus Ippocrates Pappoutsakis (1909-1990) who
published “Diagrams of Basic Movements in Conducting” in 1943.
Lindsey Elizabeth Rusnock
HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDENT AFFAIRS VOICE OF
PASSION AWARD honors the contribution of a graduate student in
the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration program
who demonstrates an outspoken passion for issues of leadership and
social justice. Individuals who receive this award have shown strong
communication and mentoring skills in their professional roles in our
campus community.
Joy Nwannediya Emmanuel
GEORGE WASHINGTON HENDERSON ASPIRING PRINCIPAL
AWARD established in tribute to the memory of George Washington
Henderson (Class of 1877) who was among the first African American
students to graduate from the University of Vermont and become
a school administrator. This award is given by faculty in the
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program to a graduating
master’s student who demonstrates a keen understanding of social
justice issues and aspires to become a school administrator.
Katherine W. Redding
THE FACULTY CUP IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP awarded
annually to the student who demonstrates outstanding participation,
academic performance, and commitment to program initiatives.
Ian D. Davis
42 COMMENCEMENT 2024
GRADUATE AWARD IN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
presented by faculty to graduate students who best exemplify an
understanding of integrated education and public affairs. This
award signifies a core tenet of the Graduate Program in Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies, that high quality educational
services must be administered in partnership with other mental
health and human services.
Jessica Cassotis
SUSAN BRODY HASAZI DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
honors the legacy of Dr. Susan B. Hasazi, a Professor of Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies, from 1976-2010. Dr. Hasazi’s
leadership and groundbreaking research brought national attention
to the needs of children with disabilities and their families, which in
turn led to improved outcomes and increased access to high quality
services in education, health and human service agencies. Through
the dissertation writing process, the recipient of this award best
demonstrates the legacy of scholarship and educational leadership
pioneered by Dr. Hasazi.
Nancy L. Keller, Dissertation: From Silence and Survival to
Growth and Empowerment: A Mixed Method Evaluation of
the Therapeutic Empowerment Self-Defense Program™ for
Survivors of Sexual Trauma
Advisor: Kieran Killeen, PhD
THE HERMAN W. MEYERS EXCELLENCE IN DOCTORAL POLICY
RESEARCH AWARD recognizes a student whose dissertation
research significantly advances new ideas and contributes to the
knowledge and understanding of theories and practices in the field
of Educational Leadership. The award is given to a student who
exhibits a keen understanding of social justice issues and whose
research contributes to the College of Education and Social Services’
doctoral programs mission of preparing leaders who will contribute
to creating more equitable and just schools and institutions of
higher learning.
Stephanie D. Ratmeyer, Dissertation: The “Grammar of
Schooling” is Changing!?!: Ecological Transition and Teacher
Development in the Implementation of Personal Learning Plans,
Flexible Pathways, and Proficiency-Based Learning in Vermont
Advisor: Lawrence G. Shelton, PhD
THE OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD IN EDUCATIONAL
LEADERSHIP Recognizes a student whose dissertation research
significantly advances new ideas and contributes to the knowledge
and understanding of theories and practices in the field of
Educational Leadership. The award is given to a student who
exhibits a keen understanding of social justice issues and whose
research contributes to the College of Education and Social Services’
doctoral programs mission of preparing leaders who will contribute
to creating more equitable and just schools and institutions of
higher learning.
Sonya Stern, Dissertation: Leader Resilience and Leadership
Styles of Director-Level Leaders of Sponsored Program Offices: A
Mixed Methods Study
Advisor: Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, PhD
DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
AND FAMILY SCIENCE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SCIENCE ENGAGED
STUDENT AWARD presented to a HDFS student who not only
demonstrates exemplary understanding of the field and a deep
commitment to learning and helping others learn, but who also works
to improve the HDFS experience at UVM.
Isabella C. Dunn
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SCIENCE EMERGING
PROFESSIONAL AWARD presented to a HDFS student who
demonstrates exemplary understanding of the field and a deep
commitment to learning and helping others learn, but who also works
to improve the HDFS experience at UVM.
Erin Melissa Jaspan
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SCIENCE EXEMPLARY
SERVICE AWARD presented to a HDFS student whose service to
the Program, the College, UVM or the community promotes a more
humane and just experience and quality of life.
Caroline Niswonger Wollheim
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
SOCIAL WORK LEADERSHIP AWARD presented to the BSW Senior
who has demonstrated exceptional leadership among students while
at the University of Vermont.
Evelyn Olivia Jane Monje
SOCIAL WORK JUSTICE AWARD presented to the BSW senior who
has demonstrated outstanding leadership and initiative in advocating
for social justice.
Krystiana Swain
MARGARET B. WHITTLESEY AWARD presented to a BSW senior
who has demonstrated outstanding potential for making a significant
contribution to the social work profession.
Olivia Wadsworth Baker
Margaret Pierce
PHYLLIS PAOLUCCI-WHITCOMB AWARD presented to a BSW
senior who exudes exceptional capacity for compassion, respect,
and dedication to supporting others. This senior has great potential
for bringing their full heart, skill, and openness to the social work
profession while holding a high standard for excellence.
Leah Elizabeth Branon
Morgan Elizabeth Daly
PHI ALPHA HONOR SOCIETY, University of Vermont’s Mu Eta
Chapter of the national Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work
students:
Bachelor of Social Work
Jasmine Bombard Mira Jayne Hockenhull
Leah Elizabeth Branon Evelyn Olivia Jane Monje
Morgan Elizabeth Daly Margaret Pierce
Oliva Belle Hennessey Lydia Rock Tully
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
ENGINEERING
Adam Mekki, Burlington, VT
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Derek Malen Caruso, Groton, MA
Jack Edward Higgins, Housatonic, MA
Samuel Walter Knox, Charlotte, VT
Peter Nagy, Ridgewood, NJ
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Lauren Virginia Allen, Deep River, CT
Marie Josephine Ananou, Shelburne, VT
Isabella April Asam, Carver, MA
Brittany Tasman Barton, Queensbury, NY
Anna Catherine Beccia, Madison, CT
Natalie Ann Bett, Wakeeld, MA
Nicholas N. Bosley, Essex, VT
Anthony Paul Casablanca, Oxford, CT
Grady Shaw Corkum, Essex, VT
Advik Mandar Dewoolkar, Shelburne, VT
Jaylynn Emmons, Barre, VT
Maxwell S. Farrington, Stockbridge, VT
Samuel Federico, Atkinson, NH
Eamon Finnerty, Wynantskill, NY
David James Fournier, Colchester, VT
Gavin P. Glosser, Barre, VT
Alta Styles Godfrey, Boston, MA
Paul Gordon, Essex Junction, VT
Blythe Siobhan Hattenbach, Lakewood, CO
Bryce August Herald, Warren, VT
Tyler Benjamin Joe, Andover, MA
Abigail Mckenzie Knobel, Nanuet, NY
Sama Ali Mahdi, Colchester, VT
Elizabeth Katherine Virginia Manero,
McLean, VA
Evan William Norcross, Adams, MA
Lauren O’Cain, Providence, RI
Aiden Pricer-Coan, Shelburne, VT
Rowan Leland Reese, Jackson, WY
Oumou N. Samake, Bronx, NY
Jessica R. Schenk, Elkins Park, PA
Abigayle Vance Tainter-Gilbert, Sandy Hook,
CT
Hessain Tamang Ghising, Burlington, VT
Noel Adeline Thomas, Baltimore, MD
Daniel Royce Triplett, Kirkland, WA
Kaziah Guojuan Vaughn, Burlington, VT
Amanda Cristina Vendemiatti Haddad,
Allentown, PA
Shannon Margaret Young, Milton, MA
Maxwell Zimmerman, Pittsford, NY
Adam B. Zuchowski, Williston, VT
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Jacob Donald Allen, Madison, CT
Thomas Sakayan Brewer, Kittery Point, ME
Noah Gagliardi, Richmond, VT
Colin Grund, Chester, NJ
Tara Harte, Stoneham, MA
Rebecca Ann Holt, East Setauket, NY
Joseph Human, Burlington, VT
Davis C. Lavoie, Burlington, VT
Justin McKenrick, Windsor, VT
Ian Michael Morgan, Pueblo, CO
Ruby O’Lynnger, Ivoryton, CT
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 | 3:30 PM | GUTTERSON FIELDHOUSE
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
WELCOME
Chip Cole, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
INVOCATION
Matthew Scarborough, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
DEAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Linda S. Schadler, Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
ADDRESS TO GRADUATES
Brian Kirk ’94, Chief Technology Officer for the Amphenol High-Speed
Products Group
RECOGNITION OF HONORS AND AWARDS
Linda S. Schadler, Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
Linda S. Schadler, Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
CEMS Department Chairs and Student Services Staff
DEAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
Linda S. Schadler, Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
RECESSIONAL
RECEPTION
Harris-Millis Dining Hall, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
DEAN
Linda S. Schadler
FACULTY MARSHALS
Clayton Cafiero
Abigail Crocker
Courtney Giles
Hamid Ossareh
Joan Marie Rosebush
Priyantha Wijesinghe
STUDENT BANNER BEARER
Wayne Murfy Peterkin Jr.
NAME READER
Chip Cole
44 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Yacouba Ouattara, Colchester, VT
Wayne Murfy Peterkin Jr., Bronx, NY
Molly Brita Ramirez, Nesconset, NY
Koa Jack Ritz, Churchville, NY
Thomas Sykes, Brewster, MA
Raymond Thibeault, South Burlington, VT
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL
ENGINEERING
Anthony Adoniou, Chelmsford, MA
James Robert Amenta, Glastonbury, CT
Oeghan Blanchard, Raynham, MA
Morgan Alice Boothe, Novato, CA
Jacob Karl Burcro, Lakeville, CT
Brendan T. Burns, Brewster, NY
Asa J. Burrows-Crane, Bennington, VT
Daniel Michael Callahan, Harrington Park, NJ
Bradley Jacob Carter, Burlington, VT
Sampson John Casadei, Stonington, CT
Owen Chamberlain, Colchester, VT
Patrick James Fowkes, Manseld, MA
Colin Frazier, Frederick, MD
Zai I. Gluck, Middlesex, VT
Jared Stiles Huck, Princeton, MA
Donovan James Kolker, Chatham, NJ
Jacob R. Ladue, Rochester, NY
Parker D. Lambert, Saint Albans, VT
Sarah Charlotte Lindberg, Altamont, NY
Simon Sylvester Page, York, ME
Joseph Benjamin Porriello, Wetherseld, CT
Christopher Dzioba Ramos, Winooski, VT
Daniel Francis Rubin, Port Washington, NY
Jake Michael Russoniello, Annandale, NJ
Elliot Thomas Gabriel Ryan, Rutland, VT
Matthew Xavier Sitnik, Hebron, CT
Peyton Carter-Isaiah Stephenson, Essex, VT
Taryn Elyse Stewart, East Greenbush, NY
David Klaus Stoel, South Straord, VT
Olivia Brooke Szumski, Chicopee, MA
Collin J. Testa, Chester, NJ
Dalton Charles Vassallo, Norwell, MA
Calvin Humberto Wuthrich, Hinesburg, VT
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Josephine Hobart Alling Graney, Mashpee,
MA
Giovanna Louise Angiolini, Montville, NJ
Jared Mutterperl Ardman, New Hope, PA
Christina Chow, Norwich, VT
Heather Lynn Coburn, Manchester, NH
Lukas De Schepper, Acton, MA
Thomas Michael Dipietro, Concord, MA
Kyle Doucette, Norwich, VT
Maura Madison Duval, Underhill, VT
Ava Ann Dwyer, Scituate, MA
Danica Rochelle Tapec Dytioco, Seattle, WA
Sarah Kaitlyn Foy, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Jenna Fracasso, Melrose, MA
Robert Frederick, Hughesville, MD
Shea Elisabeth Gilmour, Oakland, NJ
Logan Joseph Hailey, Canaan, VT
Emily Marie Hall, Ballston Lake, NY
Noah Harris, Fairfax, VT
Katherine Wiese Hunter, Philadelphia, PA
Hannah N. Kuleba, Mullica Hill, NJ
Audrey Summer Ladd, Richmond, VA
Brooke Lundrigan, Bohemia, NY
Abigail Rosamond O’Keefe, Westwood, MA
Lance Tyler Olsen, Newburyport, MA
Will Raboin, Georgia, VT
Ella M. Renzoni, Whistler, BC, Canada
Adrianna S. Ruggiero, West Berlin, NJ
Carter Schug, Beverly, MA
Hudson Walter Smith, Milton, MA
Nicole S. Tier, Conshohocken, PA
Jake William Verbridge, Pawcatuck, CT
Perry Neville Wilson, Rockport, MA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Zachary Leo Abood-Bieber, Emerald Hills, CA
Myles James Aja, Barre, VT
Jared Caleb Atwood, Westminster, VT
Thomas Roney Beucler, Redondo Beach, CA
Hayden Luke Bischo, Acton, MA
Alexander L. Boehm, Wilmington, MA
Ryan Robert Buck, Chester Springs, PA
Patrick Buckley Reynolds, Swanzey, NH
William Teige Burke, Chicago, IL
Asa Robert Burton, Milton, VT
Zachary Race Cannon, Bridgewater, VT
Daniel Martin Carper, Louisville, KY
Charles Bancroft Castle, Montpelier, VT
Jack Edward Castle, Norwell, MA
Edith Lillian Cay, Brattleboro, VT
Alyssa Patricia Cestone, Hampton, NH
Joseph Henry Clapp, Cumberland, ME
Benjamin Remi Como, Bedford, NH
Liam Alexander Day, Manchester, VT
Joseph Michael Del Toro, Underhill, VT
Ben DesRoberts, Winhall, VT
Ryan Dessureau, Waterbury, VT
Andrew Robert Dimento, Winthrop, MA
Chase Joseph Drinkwater, Ipswich, MA
Yeager Ferreira, Milton, MA
Thomas B. Field, New York, NY
Benjamin M. Forman, Lincoln, MA
Elias Tomas Furth Furfori, Cordoba,
Argentina
Amanda Nicole Gagne, Alton, NH
Sophia Elizabeth Gessman, Cheshire, CT
Georg Friedrich Wolfgang Gick, West
Hartford, VT
Luke Richard Gilgun, Burlington, VT
Alexander Francis Gingue, Saint Johnsbury,
VT
Lucas Gavin Glenn, Lyndonville, VT
Janos M. Groszek, Thetford, VT
Jacob Adam Gruskay, Boxborough, MA
Ryan Jackson Harris, Wayne, PA
Samuel Harrington Haydock, Guilford, CT
Craig John Hayes, Shelburne, VT
Dennis Fredrick Heintz, Mersch, Luxembourg
Malia Lynn Hodges, Cornwall, VT
Mitchell John Hom, Faireld, CT
Joshua Edward Hyder, Jericho, VT
Ethan M. Ireland, Saint Albans, VT
Dillon Ole Jensen, Montvale, NJ
Noah Sarkis Johnson, Cambridge, MA
Jack Kapralick, Collegeville, PA
Jack Dylan Kehoe, Burlington, VT
Martin Paul Steven Kleiner, Jericho, VT
Camryn Jaye Knowlton, Ipswich, MA
Jessica Lee Ann Laquerre, Colchester, VT
Richard V. Laverty, Essex Town, VT
Brody Isaac Lustberg, Killingworth, CT
Aaron Mcnally, Charlotte, VT
Luca Spickler Mossman, Devon, PA
Grin Paul Munzenrider, Charlottesville, VA
Jonathan Dean Murphy, West Hartford, CT
Charlotte Marie Nevins, Corning, NY
David Patrick Ohara Jr., Litcheld, CT
Benjamin Waite Payson, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Elijah Pedriani, New Haven, VT
Matthew Rainville, Westford, VT
Benjamin Jack Rees, Simsbury, CT
Channy Minyettys-Reyes, Bronx, NY
Bella M. Rieley, Williston, VT
Je Rosen, Cohasset, MA
Ethan Rubin, Montpelier, VT
Alec Runnals, Danvers, MA
Cole Schiller, Norwell, MA
Charles Shapiro, Barrington, RI
Stephanie Ann Soper, North Reading, MA
Stephen Stroz, Grand Isle, VT
Matthew Stryker, Chatham, NH
Paul James Tanny, Brownsville, VT
Ethan Patrick Turner, Montgomery Village, MD
Scott Ward, South Burlington, VT
Matthew Thomas Weir, Southington, CT
Bjorn William Westervelt, Stowe, VT
Sullivan W.P. Weston, Burlington, VT
Aidan John Williams, Milton, VT
Elizabeth Gilbert Zheng, Cohasset, MA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Gavin John Bergeron, Littleton, MA
Spencer Brouhard, Sharon, MA
Audrie Suzanne Caruso, Falmouth, MA
Lucy Rose Civitella, Hancock, NH
Megan Emily Constable, Hebron, CT
Isabella Danielle Cordero, Jersey City, NJ
Linaea Vivienne Di Marino, Marlboro, VT
Abraham S. Doughty, Burlington, VT
Andrew James English, Ellicott City, MD
Michael Flaum, Worcester, MA
William Joseph Guisbond, Syracuse, NY
Thomas Hochman, Hood River, OR
Sarah Host, Bloomeld Hills, MI
Emma Jin Hoza-Frederick, Williston, VT
Annabel Lapp, Sharon, VT
Katherine Rose Lemons, Andover, MA
Emma Medor, Swanton, VT
John Pierpont Morgan V, Shelburne, VT
Nastassja Phoebe Nguyen, Colchester, VT
Natalie Elizabeth Onofreo, Trumbull, CT
Benjamin Christopher Palladino,
Indianapolis, IN
Anthony Piccinno, Mountain Lakes, NJ
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Ethan Rowland, State College, PA
Danford Clark Satterthwaite, Boston, MA
Leah Ernst Silverman, Washington, DC
Noah Kimball Simonds, Burlington, VT
Isabelle Tshile Smith, Burlington, VT
Alexander Earl Stute, Rutland, VT
Abby Rae Sweet, Fletcher, VT
Arlo Nathaniel Theis, Montpelier, VT
Nina Zheng, Morrisville, VT
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Matthew Alongi, Brooklyn, NY
Gian Cercena, Brewster, NY
Gillian L. Foster, Shrewsbury, NJ
Connor Guyette, Waterbury Ctr., VT
Taiyo Sealey Kitazato, Hastings On Hudson, NY
Jonah N. Kraynak, South Burlington, VT
Ethan A. LeVeille, Stowe, VT
Xingcong Liu, Hengshui City, Heibe, China
Shunsuke Miyazato, Tokyo, Japan
Annika Herron More, Portland, ME
Emma Rose O’Brien, Stratham, NH
Caleb Oliveira, Burlington, VT
Kevin L. Pomroy, Bozrah, CT
Tianchuzi Qin, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
Jessica Carpenter Rosseau, Newburyport, MA
Sachiko Sakaniwa, Silver Spring, MD
Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom, Montpelier, VT
Daniel Scheuermann, Wetherseld, CT
Isaac Nathaniel Tabb, Portland, ME
Matthew Henry Thomas, Wilmington, MA
Xinyu Wang, Wenzhou City, China
Sydney Grace White, Wayne, PA
Derek Winsor, Boxborough, MA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Makayla Alber, Montpelier, VT
Nicholas Levesque Altland, North
Bennington, VT
Tushar Asthana, South Burlington, VT
Nicholas N. Bosley, Essex, VT
Leon D. Bouramia, Stowe, VT
Brian Bowman, Niskayuna, NY
Ethan M. Brett, Arnold, MD
Spencer Brouhard, Sharon, MA
Luke Ronald Brown, Perkinsville, VT
James Joseph Bush II, North Attleboro, MA
Thomas Patrick Carlucci, Chester, NJ
Nick Carney, Southlake, TX
James Benning Castner, Morrisville, PA
Brent R. Chandler, Quechee, VT
Zachary Chay-Dolan, Pittsburgh, PA
Tingwei Chen, Hangzhou, China
Cael A. Christian, Bomoseen, VT
Samuel James Clear, Williston, VT
Alexandra Nicole Danilov, Swampscott, MA
Aiden Davidson, Montpelier, VT
Joel Davidson, Wolcott, VT
Steven De Jesus Bonilla, Bronx, NY
Paul De Leon, Bronx, NY
Abraham S. Doughty, Burlington, VT
Hunter L. Dutton, Montpelier, VT
Kevin M. Encarnacao, Yonkers, NY
Emily Abigail Ertle, Ridgewood, NJ
Freyja Huckleberry Feeney, Burlington, VT
Casey Forey, Saint Albans, VT
Matthew Jude Gaetano, Andover, MA
Jordan Gottlieb, South Straord, VT
Colin Greenleaf, Brattleboro, VT
Aidan Joseph Guimont, North Reading, MA
Alexander Gabriel Kairi Hall, Colchester, VT
Zachary James Hayes, Milton, VT
Julian Matthew Santoro Henry, Concord, MA
Evan Hinchlie, Burlington, VT
Chloe Delano Ho, West Tisbury, MA
Colman Hogan, Burlington, VT
Mitchell John Hom, Faireld, CT
Lars Jensen, Shelburne, VT
Christopher Drew Jepsen, Norwell, MA
Daniel Edward Kelley, Medeld, MA
Nicholas I. Kent, White River Junction, VT
Minwoo Kim, Acton, MA
Alyn Kirsch Tornell, Monterrey, Mexico
Jonathan David Knakal, Richmond, VT
Abigail Mckenzie Knobel, Nanuet, NY
Tsering C. Lhakhang, South Burlington, VT
Zunyi Liao, Korla, Xinjiang, China
Shek Kin Liu, Essex Junction, VT
Jason Victor Lobell, Newton, MA
Jack Luna, Lyndonville, VT
Alyssa Grace Maguire, Akron, OH
Anthony Patrick Mazzola, Bennington, VT
Luke Terry McGovern, Burlington, VT
Molly Frances Pate, Kingston, NH
Murphy Kavanaugh Peisel, Groton, MA
Lucas W. Piloco, Montclair, NJ
Corinna Ryan Plefka, South Windsor, CT
Ryan Joseph Potter, Newport Beach, CA
Anna Soa Rees, Newburyport, MA
Lexi Morrissey Reinsborough, Burlington, VT
Therese Ritter, Singapore, Singapore
Shawn Rodgers, Simsbury, CT
Ethan Rowland, State College, PA
John G. Sailliard, Bernardsville, NJ
Evan Sattereld, Pomfret, VT
Kylie R. Scarpellino, Madison, CT
Noah Benjamin Schonhorn, Hopkinton, MA
William Joseph Smialek, Richmond, VT
Andrew C. Smith, Chestereld, MO
Elijah B. Smith, Morrisville, VT
Max Steinberg, Manahawkin, NJ
Anthony Allen Stem, South Burlington, VT
Alexander Earl Stute, Rutland, VT
Sebastian Oliver Thomas, South Burlington,
VT
Jackson Trauben, New York, NY
Joseph Whatley Vassallo, Van Nuys, CA
Quimby Charles Eaton Warden, Driggs, ID
Olivia Dorothy Rain Welford, Tucson, AZ
Adalia M. Williams, Shelburne, VT
Mish Wilson, Upper Marlboro, MD
Joshua Arthur Winter, Westwood, NJ
LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
William Teige Burke, Thesis: The Deconvolution of Gray Body and
Spectral Emissions
Advisor: Douglas Fletcher, PhD
Gian J. Cercena, Thesis: Investigating Swine Farm Disease Spread
within a Large Agent-Based Model
Advisors: Nick Cheney, PhD; Scott Merrill, PhD
Advik M. Dewoolkar, Thesis: Microneedle Fabrication derived from
Silica Structures of Urtica Dioica
Advisors: Rachael Floreani, PhD; Eric Bishop von Wettburg, PhD
Emily Abigail Ertle, Thesis: Dancing in the Dark: Evolving Central
Pattern Generators for Entrainment of Locomotion to Patterned
Stimuli with Minimal Components
Advisor: Josh Bongard, PhD
Freyja Huckleberry Feeney, Thesis: Evolution of Emotive Behaviors in
Simulated Agents
Advisors: Josh Bongard, PhD; Amanda Bertschinger
Thomas B. Field, Thesis: Quantifying disorder in quantum dots using
molecular dynamics
Advisor: Jihong Ma, PhD
Jenna Fracasso, Thesis: Impact of Stormwater Salinity on Phosphorus
Removal by Lemna minor
Advisors: Matthew Scarborough, PhD; Courtney Giles, PhD
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
46 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Blythe Siobhan Hattenbach, Thesis: The effect of extracellular
matrix stiffness and composition on the behavior of pulmonary
vascular endothelial cells in vitro
Advisor: Daniel Weiss, M.D., PhD
Rebecca Ann Holt, Thesis: Increasing PV Hosting Capacity with
Fairness-based, Online Curtailment Schemes
Advisors: Mads Almassalkhi, PhD; Amrit Pandey, PhD
Katherine Wiese Hunter, Thesis: Multi-Use Field Acreage: An
Agrivoltaic Analysis
Advisors: Matthew White, PhD; Matthew Scarborough, PhD
Tyler B. Joe, Thesis: Evaluating which common smartphone carrying
location provides the most accurate detection of walking gait
events when compared to a standard thigh-worn accelerometer
for the purpose of fall risk prediction
Advisor: Sam Fox, 3rd Year PhD Candidate
Noah Sarkis Johnson, Thesis: Mold Designs and a Crack Propagation
Measurement System for Fatigue Testing Thermoplastics
Advisor: Linda Schadler, PhD
Abigail Mckenzie Knobel, Thesis: A Prediction Algorithm to
Determine Patient Fear from the Valence of Words Spoken
Advisor: David Jangraw, PhD
Brooke Elizabeth Lundrigan, Thesis: Investigating the Impacts
of Composition and Temperature of the Working Fluid on the
Performance of Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Advisor: Ehsan Ghazanfari, PhD
John Pierpont Morgan V, Thesis: Predicting Playoff Games in the
National Football League: A Regression Analysis
Advisors: Jacob Martin, PhD; Karen Benway, MS
Luca Spickler Mossman, Thesis: Unmanned Aerial Deployment of
Landslide Monitoring Equipment
Advisor: Dryver Huston, PhD
Evan Norcross, Thesis: Using Cas9 and sgRNA Lentiviral Vectors to
Uncover Potential Host Cell Protein Targets to Treat Toxoplasma
Gondii Infection
Advisors: Bruno Martorelli Di Genova, PhD; Amber Doiron, PhD
Rowan Leland Reese, Thesis: Quantifying the Penetration of
Magnetically Driven Iron Oxide Nanoparticles into a Biofilm
Analog Hydrogel
Advisors: Amber Doiron, PhD; Appala Raju Badireddy, PhD
Ethan R. Rubin, Thesis: Size Effect on Tensile Properties of DMLS 3D
Printed Stainless Steel
Advisors: Frederic Sansoz, PhD; Linda Schadler, PhD
Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom, Thesis: The Impact of Female Role
Models on the Retention of Women in Computer Science
Advisors: Lisa Dion, MS; Jackie Horton, MS
Elijah B. Smith, Thesis: Production of Spent Mushroom Substrate
Derived Biochar for the Remediation of Copper
Advisors: Matthew Scarborough, PhD; Mandar Dewoolkar, PhD
Hudson Walter Smith, Thesis: Device-Independent Race
Management Software and Open-Source Timing Equipment
Advisors: Jason Hibbeler, PhD; Jackie Horton, MS
Alexander Earl Stute, Thesis: Analyzing Conversational Transcripts
Using Word Embeddings
Advisors: Alice Patania, PhD; Spencer Backman, PhD
Abigayle Vance Tainter-Gilbert, Thesis: Mechanisms of Gold
Nanoparticle-Induced Stiffness and Permeability in Cerebral Vessels
Advisor: Marilyn Cipolla, PhD
Nicole Sharon Tier, Thesis: Comparing Ambient Air Quality Emission
Concentrations to Emission Densities from On-Road Vehicle
Pollution
Advisors: Gregory Rowangould, PhD; Dana Rowangould, PhD
Dalton Charles Vassallo, Thesis: Carbon Sequestration in Structural
Concrete through use of Silica-Treated Hemp Shiv as Lightweight
Organic Aggregate
Advisors: John Lens, PhD, PE, DGE; Priyantha Wijesinghe, PhD
Sydney Grace White, Thesis: Gender Bias in Spotify Recommendation
Algorithms
Advisors: Lisa Dion, MS; Katie Nolfi, PhD
Elizabeth Gilbert Zheng, Thesis: Multiphase Modeling for Locating
Oxygen Gas in High Test Peroxide Satellite Propellant Tanks
Advisors: William Louisos, PhD; Yves Dubief, PhD
Adam B. Zuchowski, Thesis: Evolution of a single enzyme for
messenger ribonucleic acid transcription and capping
Advisor: Dev Majumdar, PhD
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
EDWARD H. PHELPS SENIOR PRIZE for exhibiting conspicuous
merit in professional studies, and high and noble traits of character in
Environmental Engineering.
Jacob R. LaDue
Hudson Walter Smith
DOUGLAS P. FAY AWARD, established in 1973 in honor of a former
faculty member, this award is given to the student who has made the
greatest contribution to Environmental Engineering during the past year.
Katherine Wiese Hunter
Christopher Dzioba Ramos
STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER OF THE YEAR for
outstanding scholastic achievement in Environmental Engineering
and participation in University-related activities.
Josephine Hobart Alling Graney
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY AWARD for great
professional interest, immense spirit and outstanding leadership.
Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom
Elijah B. Smith
COMPUTER SCIENCE SENIOR AWARD (CEMS) for excellence in
judgment and understanding of the principles of computer science.
Molly Frances Pate
Alyn Kirsch Tornell
COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATE AWARD for outstanding
performance and greatest promise of success.
Atoosa Parsa
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING
ATWATER-KENT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR AWARD for
demonstrating extraordinary qualities of integrity and commitment
to others through outstanding service to faculty, staff and students of
the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.
Tara Harte
Rebecca Ann Holt
Molly Brita Ramirez
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INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS
AWARD for fostering technological innovation and excellence for
the benefit of humanity.
Emily Ninestein
STUDENT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Abigail MacKenzie Knobel
STUDENT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Emily Ninestein
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR AWARD for excellence in
performance and greatest promise of success.
Abigail MacKenzie Knobel
BME PROGRAM AWARD for fostering inclusion, excellence, and
awareness of all aspects of Biomedical Engineering.
Adam B. Zuchowski
CYRIL G. VEINOTT (GRADUATE) AWARD for excellence in
performance and greatest promise of success.
Mostafa Ayubi Rad
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE AWARD for research
excellence and greatest promise of success.
Divya Pradip Roy
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MATHEMATICS AWARD for
achievement of the highest level of excellence in mathematics.
Danford Clark Satterthwaite
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN STATISTICS AWARD for achievement
of the highest level of excellence in statistics.
Megan Emily Constable
Isabelle Tshile Smith
JOHN F. KENNEY GRADUATE AWARD for excellence in
mathematics.
Jesse Franklin
NAM SANG KIL SCHOLARSHIP IN MATHEMATICS in recognition
of the value of education as a path toward betterment of mankind,
this scholarship is presented to an outstanding student in honor of
Chairman Nam.
Rick Danner
NAM SANG KIL SCHOLARSHIP - STATISTICS UNDERGRAD
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in recognition of the value of education as
a path toward betterment of mankind, this scholarship is presented
to an outstanding student in honor of Chairman Nam.
Thomas Hochman
Erin Silver
STATISTICS HAUGH AWARD for an outstanding student in
statistics or biostatistics to strengthen the student’s statistical and
scientific career objectives.
Bern Adu
Sarah Niknaum
OUTSTANDING DATA SCIENCE SENIOR AWARD for achievement
of the highest level of excellence in Data Science.
Emma Rose O’Brien
Isaac Nathaniel Tabb
Sydney Grace White
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
EDMUND F. LITTLE (SENIOR) AWARD for meritorious work in the
mechanical arts.
Edith Lillian Cay
Benjamin Waite Payson
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
AWARD for excellence in performance and greatest promise of
success.
Thomas B. Field
Elizabeth Gilbert Zheng
STUDENT MECHANICAL ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Thomas B. Field
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD for
excellence in performance and greatest promise of success.
Alireza Fath
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE TEACHING AND
OUTREACH AWARD for excellence in performance and greatest
promise of success.
Fuqian Yin
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
BRETT VINCENT GORKY - DEAN’S RECOGNITION AWARD for
an undergraduate student who has demonstrated extraordinary
qualities of integrity and commitment to others through outstanding
service to faculty, staff and students of the College of Engineering and
Mathematical Sciences.
Thomas B. Field
Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom
TAU BETA PI/JOHN OUTWATER PRIZE to the outgoing president of
Tau Beta Pi who, by virtue of the office, has demonstrated skill, tact
and initiative.
Jenna Fracasso
STUDENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Sarah Charlotte Lindberg
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SENIOR AWARD in recognition of
academic excellence in the field of engineering management.
Samuel Walter Knox
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS AWARD for the greatest
contribution to the activities and objectives of the student chapter of
Society of Women Engineers.
Lauren Virginia Allen
48 COMMENCEMENT 2024
OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BIPOC SENIOR
AWARD presented to the student of color who has exemplified
academic excellence in the CEMS Senior class.
Danica Rochelle Tapec Dytioco
Freyja Huckleberry Feeney
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS AWARD for the greatest
contribution to the activities and objectives of the student chapter
of EWB.
Cooper Petrie
Kendall Meienhofer
HONOR SOCIETIES
TAU BETA PI, National Engineering Honor Society
Lauren Virginia Allen
Brittany Tasman Barton
Natalie Ann Bett
Morgan Alice Boothe
Brian Bowman
Daniel Michael Callahan
Edith Lillian Cay
Ben DesRoberts
Yeager Ferreira
Thomas B. Field
Jenna Fracasso
Josephine Hobart Alling
Graney
Emily Marie Hall
Blythe Siobhan Hattenbach
Katherine Wiese Hunter
Abigail MacKenzie Knobel
Jacob R. LaDue
Jessica Lee Ann Laquerre
MU SIGMA RHO, National Honor Society for undergraduate and
graduate students studying statistics.
Gian Cercena
Lucy Rose Civitella
Megan Emily Constable
Thomas Hochman
Annika Herron More
John Pierpont Morgan V
Nastassja Phoebe Nguyen
Emma Rose O’Brien
Isabelle Tshile Smith
Isaac Nathaniel Tabb
Arlo Nathaniel Theis
Sydney Grace White
Sarah Charlotte Lindberg
Elizabeth Katherine Virginia
Manero
Justin McKenrick
Luca Spickler Mossman
Lance Tyler Olsen
Aiden Pricer-Coan
Benjamin Waite Payson
Benjamin Jack Rees
Matthew Xavier Sitnik
Stephanie Ann Soper
Taryn Elyse Stewart
Nicole S. Tier
Bjorn William Westervelt
Sullivan WP Weston
Perry Neville Wilson
Elizabeth Gilbert Zheng
Adam B. Zuchowski
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Avery S. Absolon, Teton Valley, ID
Troy Austin Ahmed, Great Neck, NY
Madeleine Alexander-Latta, Newton, MA
Patrick Roy Allex, Pennington, NJ
Quinn Holden Alper, Killington, VT
Aidan Jiemin Anderson, Kailua, HI
Isabel May Anderson, Takoma Park, MD
Katherine E. Armstrong, Vineyard Haven, MA
Camden Arnold, Westwood, MA
Maxine Ben Dian Asmussen, San Francisco, CA
Sarah Beth Atwood, Putney, VT
Andrew James Ayres, Charlottesville, VA
Shannon K. Baker, Phoenixville, PA
Henry Matthew Bartels, New York, NY
Rachel Bauman, Scarsdale, NY
Cole Baxter, Merrick, NY
Pierre Beaurang Jr., Kenteld, CA
Abigail Nia Bell, Orchard Park, NY
Ryan Beranek, Westport, CT
Abigail Jenna Berkowitz, Bualo Grove, IL
Micah Allen Bernat, Needham, MA
Elliott Jaye Bloom, Kirkland, WA
Virginia Boles, Chatham, NJ
Ethan Patrick Boutin, Westford, VT
Maddie Bray, Newton, MA
Mackenzie Bruce, Stowe, VT
Callahan Burke, Cabot, VT
Abigail Leigh Byrtus, Farmingdale, NJ
Maeve Cain, Mill Valley, CA
Amy Elizabeth Calnan, Scituate, MA
Erin Camire, Wilbraham, MA
Jonas James Campagna, Rochester, NY
Jonathan Richard Campbell, Lovell, ME
Kara Campbell, Greentown, PA
Leslie A. Campbell, Middletown, RI
Sophie Crosby Cann, Gettysburg, PA
Matthew Dominic Cincotta, Princeton, NJ
Teddy Sibel Cohen, Baltimore, MD
Isabelle Grace Collum, Fairfax, VT
Emma Conti, North Dighton, MA
William Isaac Conyers, Falls Church, VA
Margaret Mae Coontz, Pasadena, CA
Kira Corasanti, New Hartford, NY
Reid S. Corliss, Concord, MA
Richie Coviello, Chatham, NJ
Samuel Meader Crafts, Burlington, VT
Carina Marie Crane, Londonderry, VT
Ashley Patricia Cray, Ferrisburgh, VT
Cole L. Cross, Burlington, VT
Brian Joseph Daly, Grantham, NH
Jessica Elizabeth Davidson, Ocean City, NJ
Zoe Antigonne Decker, Fredericksburg, VA
River Joseph DeFelice, Missoula, MT
Charles William Denker, Boise, ID
Alexis Jacquelyn Detrick, Dayton, OH
Julia DiGiovanni, North Andover, MA
Aly Dillon, Saint Petersburg, FL
Bryce Cole Doherty, Sandy Hook, CT
Michael P. Doucette, Hanson, MA
Ella Caroline Doyle, Greenland, NH
Alanna Marie Du, Exton, PA
Tara Dupree, Westborough, MA
Alexander Stanley Durham, Andover, MA
Chloe Ilsabe Elias, Wilton, CT
Dylan Beckwith Emsfeld, Silver Spring, MD
David Alexander Doss Ernest, Berlin, MA
Shelley Moss Ervin, Faireld, CT
Avery Christopher Feeley, Franklin, VT
Natalie Caroline Fenton, Coronado, CA
Jess H. Fish, Haydenville, MA
Sophia Marie Fisher, Elmhurst, IL
Christopher J. Floreani, South Burlington, VT
Mariana Jeannine Foppes, Vernon, NY
Sawyer Forbes, Bristol, VT
Panorea Maria Fox, Lancaster, PA
Alissa Hargrave Frame, Pittsford, NY
Ryan Gallagher, Evanston, IL
Olivia C. Galluzzo, Londonderry, NH
Anna Koskinen Gardner, Galway, NY
Charlotte Rose Gehan, Hollis, NH
Catherine Isobel Gien, York, ME
Hilary Edwina Good, Reading, PA
Jack Dalton Goodman, Summit, NJ
Nicholas Paul Gracea, Duxbury, MA
Samantha Grant, New Vernon, NJ
Owen Grantz, Hamden, CT
Lindsay Louise Haigh, Attleboro, MA
Brock Haley, Brooklin, ON, Canada
Eli Halpin, Natick, MA
Brendan Hamill-O’Neil, Marsheld, MA
Philip E. Hampson, South Burlington, VT
Abigail Ellen Harbinson, Burlington, VT
Nicole L. Hardy, Bloomington, IN
Oisín Eremon Aengus Harrington,
Middletown Springs, VT
Ryan C. Hawley, Jericho, VT
Robert N. Hebner, Easton, CT
Rianna Helier, East Hampton, NY
Teresa Lois Helms, Fredericksbrg, PA
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 | 12:00 PM | PATRICK GYMNASIUM
ORDER OF EXERCISES
WELCOME
Clare Ginger, Associate Professor
INTRODUCTIONS
Allan Strong, Interim Dean and Professor
ADDRESS TO GRADUATES
Dr. Rebecca Stanfield McCown, National Park Service Stewardship Institute Director
PRESENTATION OF BACHELOR’S DIPLOMAS
RECOGNITION OF EMERITI FACULTY
CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Allan Strong, Interim Dean and Professor
RECESSIONAL
INTERIM DEAN
Allan Strong
ASSOCIATE DEANS
Jon D. Erickson
Jennifer Pontius
MARSHAL
Clare Ginger
50 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Grant Hillmann, Asheville, NC
Gretchen A. Hinkle, Millville, PA
Angus D. Hirn, Nyack, NY
Ethan Wyatt Hood, South Hero, VT
Peter J. Hyams, Charlotte, VT
Alexander Iantuono, Manhattan Beach, CA
Madison J. Ingram, Manlius, NY
Lola Jacuzzi, San Francisco, CA
Laszlo T. Jakab, Montclair, NJ
Meaghan Johnson, Ellicott City, MD
Ash Edith Diane Johnston, Seattle, WA
Grace Florence Katrick, Arlington, VT
Eoin Patrick Kelly, Ithaca, NY
Parker Evans Kimberly, Philadelphia, PA
Spencer William Kimble, Burlington, VT
Anders Peter Klinkenberg, Burlington, VT
Katherine Kneeland, Reading, MA
Dakota Gray Koopmann, Lisbon, NH
Dennis Koryukin, Washington, DC
Valentin M. Kostelnik, Burlington, VT
Amelia Cynthia Koval, Ashby, MA
Eve Yvonne Lalumia, New York, NY
Christopher Jude Lamm, Austin, TX
Ainsley C. Larsen, Burlington, VT
June Doriel Laub, West Hartford, CT
Trent D. Laughlin, Isabela, PR
Christine Lawson, Jeersonville, VT
Neva Anne Leavitt, Casco, ME
Victoria Leda, Brooklyn, NY
Nicole Elizabeth Lemieux, Williston, VT
Kaitlyn P. Lewis, Yarmouth Port, MA
Hao Li, Hohhot, Hohhot Inner Mongolia,
China
Julia Elizabeth Lindau, State College, PA
Jack Harrison Locker, Williston, VT
Claire Sophia Lockwood, Brookline, MA
Téa Ruby Kip Logli, Glenview, IL
Madelynn Pamela Lopopolo, Sandwich, MA
Madeline Mckai Love, Shelburne, VT
Jamie Lucia Loyst, Lake Grove, NY
Henry Luettgen, Winchester, MA
Henry August Lunde, Charlotte, VT
Lake Lust, Westport, CT
Taylor Grey MacHarrie, Woburn, MA
Savannah Brooke Madar, Stamford, CT
Eli Manier, Brooklyn, NY
Hudson Marks, Littleton, NH
Ellen A. Mattson, Minneapolis, MN
Jackie Mauro, Marlborough, MA
Catherine Rose Mawn, Tewksbury, MA
Caitlyn Summer Mazewski, Flemington, NJ
Amelia Grace McCabe, North Falmouth, MA
Kennedy Marlyn McCarthy, North Hampton,
NH
Aidan Lange McDougall, Takoma Park, MD
Autumn McDowell, Morristown, NJ
Halsey K. McLaen, Groton, CT
Soham Mehta, Mumbai, India
Trisha Katherine Melton, Otisville, NY
Madeline Julia Mezitt, Hopkinton, MA
Anna Clare Miller, Mercersburg, PA
Jake Alan Miller, Croton On Hudson, NY
Anna Moore, Oceanport, NJ
James Christopher Murphy, North Andover,
MA
Samantha Christine Nicoloro, Burlington, MA
Nicholas Noe, Brielle, NJ
Samantha Olavage, Langhorne, PA
Jack Edward Olender, Ellington, CT
Shannon Grace O’Malley, Clifton Park, NY
Flynn Hawkinson Opatz, Saint Paul, MN
Ella B. Paulson, Omaha, NE
Elizabeth Elias Peace, Idlewylde, MD
Victoria D. Peguri, Auburn, NH
Anna L. Pelkey, Hinesburg, VT
Marissa Nicole Phillips, Simsbury, CT
Kayla B. Prouty, South Hero, VT
Benjamin Fox Quigley, Nahant, MA
Neil James Quigley, Newton, MA
Guido Reinhardt Rahr IV, Portland, OR
Zoe Frances Rappaport, Wilton, CT
Caitlyn Carmichael Reid, Amherst, MA
John Henry Rice IV, Westborough, MA
Alanna Rose Richmond, Burlington, VT
Gabriella Rose Rizzo, Boston, MA
Kelsey Ann Rodowicz, Schnecksville, PA
Keane Michael Roland, Emmaus, PA
Aydin Gabriel G. Rose, Greenwich, CT
Kate Rosenberg, Kingston, NY
Veronica Ross, Columbus, OH
Mary S. Roth, Cedar, MI
Catherine Grace Rowlins, Colchester, CT
John Storm Rushford, Williston, VT
Natalie Sanvidge, Burnt Hills, NY
Luke William Schaefer, Hawthorn Woods, IL
Chantal K. Schamber, Arlington, MA
Liv Schneider, Oakdale, NY
Charles J. Scribner, Hartford, VT
Kotaro James Seguchi, Rochester Hills, MI
Evelyn Trathen Seidner, Middletown
Springs, VT
Joshua Senackerib, Media, PA
Anna Grace Seuberling, Lebanon, OH
Sara Sexton, Verona, NJ
Cameron Sgambati, Saratoga Springs, NY
Allison Diana Shepherd, Mendon, MA
Sarah Shipman, Manchester, NH
Gwenneth Sletten, Takoma Park, MD
Hailey Devan Snider, Mount Airy, MD
Riley Sparks, Norton, MA
Adrian C. Staples, Natick, MA
Faryn Harper Steckiel, Perkasie, PA
Thomas Sterns, Rockville Centre, NY
Jacob Stever, Ringtown, PA
Isla Jane Stover, Shelburne, VT
Meryl Ann Sudeith, Edina, MN
Benjamin Thomas Supron, Ithaca, NY
Abigail Grace Talaga, Grand Rapids, MI
Emily H. Taylor, Marlborough, MA
Anna Patricia Templeton, Atkinson, NH
Ian Charles Thompson, Canandaigua, NY
Ellie Lauren Treichler, San Luis Obispo, CA
Angelo Trevisani, North Hero, VT
Joshua Valunas, Torrington, CT
Theodore Mills van den Beemt, Freeland, MD
Stella Antonia Vercesi, Tarrytown, NY
Christian Holland Wall, Marblehead, MA
David Campion Walsh, Saint Paul, MN
Juliana Ward, Bridgewater, NJ
Grace Stephens Weckesser, New Rochelle, NY
Emma Wetsel, Portland, OR
Theodore J.B. Whiteman, Souderton, PA
Brooke Douglas Wise, East Dorset, VT
Abigail Beth Young, Reading, MA
Andrew Ezra Zimmer, Lafayette, CA
Cole Gallagher ZuWallack, Williston, VT
LOLA AIKEN AWARD IN NATURAL RESOURCES
Emma Conti
Valentin M. Kostelnik
Jack Harrison Locker
THE HOLCOMB NATURAL RESOURCES PRIZE FOR
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Teresa Lois Helms
Soham Mehta
PHI BETA KAPPA
Shannon K. Baker
Jake Alan Miller
LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
William Isaac Conyers, Thesis: Occupancy Modeling to Map SARS-
CoVid-19 Prevalence Among White-Tailed Deer
Advisor: Brittany Mosher, PhD
Alexis Jacquelyn Detrick, Thesis: A comparative study of procedural
engagement and recognitional justice in the policy making in
Vermont and Massachusetts environmental justice laws
Advisor: Bindu Panikkar, PhD
Henry August Lunde, Thesis: Floor to Canopy: How Mountain Biking
Impacts Birdsong Frequency in Vermont Forests
Advisors: Allan Strong, PhD; Brendan Fisher, PhD
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
COMMENCEMENT 2024 51
Soham Mehta, Thesis: Space-use patterns of free-ranging dogs in an
agroecosystem in central India
Advisor: James Murdoch, PhD
Ella B. Paulson, Thesis: The Sound of Climate Change: Creating a
Musical Culture to Empower and Inspire
Advisors: Amy Seidl, PhD; David Feurzeig, MD
Emma Wetsel, Thesis: Change in Percent Coral Cover Across Main
Hawaiian Islands Between 2000 - 2017 using the Airborne
Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS)
Advisors: Brendan Fisher, PhD; Eric Hochberg, PhD
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENVIRONEMENTAL
SCIENCES
Ash Edith Diane Johnston
Kelsey Ann Rodowicz
Gwenneth Sletten
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE
Sandi Dincki
Jess H. Fish
Emma Wetsel
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Maeve Cain
Alissa H. Frame
RICK PARADIS AWARD
Aidan Jiemin Anderson
SPIRIT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AWARD
Kara Campbell
FORESTRY
WILLIAM R. ADAMS FORESTRY AWARD
Quinn Holden Alper
LEWIS RALPH JONES AWARD
Erin Camire
CARL RUSSELL MEMORIAL AWARD
Erin Camire
LUTHER E. ZAI MEMORIAL AWARD
Emma Conti
NATURAL RESOURCES / SUSTAINABILITY, ECOLOGY
AND POLICY PROGRAM
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Leslie A. Campbell
Faryn Harper Steckiel
AWARD FOR QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Valentin M. Kostelnik
PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM
OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Sara Sexton
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Jack Edward Olender
WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES BIOLOGY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Soham Mehta
Meryl Ann Sudeith
FREDERICK CHU MEMORIAL PRIZE
Jackie Mauro
WILDLIFE BIO-ECOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT
Soham Mehta
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
NEW ENGLAND OUTDOOR WRITERS ASSOCIATION
SCHOLARSHIP
Erin Camire
MOSAIC CENTER FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR STELLAR
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGEMAKER AWARD
Maxine Ben Dian Asmussen
Soham Mehta
Juliana Ward
UVM STUDENT LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZEN AWARD
Jack Harrison Locker
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES GRADUATE PROGRAM
OUTSTANDING PhD RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Natalia Aristizabal
OUTSTANDING MS RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Abigail Golitz
OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Kathleen Stutzman
CHRYSALIS GRADUATE AWARD
Lucy Drummond
Abigail Rec
HEISER GRADUATE AWARD
Koryna Boudinot
Anila Kalonia
Tess O’Brien
52 COMMENCEMENT 2024
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Grace Elizabeth Adamczak, Saint Albans, VT
Elias Adler, Pittsford, NY
Christina C. Aiello, Carlisle, MA
Trevor Albano, Arlington, MA
Peter Joseph Alexander, Falmouth, ME
Amelia May Allen, Warren, VT
Siobhan Mary Amirault, Raynham, MA
Lindsay Diane Andreopoulos, Speonk, NY
Austin Doris Archambault, Berkshire, VT
Grace Ardito, Andover, MA
Jacob Thomas Ashe, Hinesburg, VT
Ian Kenneth Aulbach, Andover, MA
Claire Elizabeth Bader, Madison, CT
Giovanna Bader, Burlington, VT
Brooke Elle Barrows, Colchester, VT
Willem R. Barwin, Essex, VT
Samantha Drewes Baum, Milton, MA
Jenna Leigh Bears, New London, NH
Caitlin Renee Bickert, Farmington, NY
Naomi Helen Binger, Oakland, CA
Alexandra Winter Blair, Steamboat Springs, CO
Emelia Marie Blais, Proctor, VT
Michael Christopher Blais, Mount Holly, VT
Evelyne Rose Blais-Savoie, San Jose, CA
Meredith Bogue, Wells, ME
Jonathan Josef Borg, Cranbury, NJ
Ellie Renee Bourdeau, Swanton, VT
Daniel Charles Bouvier, Melrose, MA
Olivia Ann Bowe-Shulman, Acton, MA
Rebecca Louise Brady, Cape Cod, MA
London Claire Bremel, Fish Creek, WI
Isabel C. Brennan, Norwich, VT
Patrick Thomas Killian Brock, Barre, VT
Stephanie Ariel Bronfman, Hollywood, FL
Peri Brooks-Randall, Providence, RI
Corinna E. Brunning, Manchester, MA
Emily Corinne Buckley, Princeton, NJ
Lauren Ivy Burger, Mill Valley, CA
Sophia Marie Burke, Flagsta, AZ
Lydia Bushey, Barnet, VT
Grace Kathryn Buzzell, Hinesburg, VT
Kimberly Jane Buzzell, Huntington, VT
Sierra Therese Byrne, Westeld, NJ
Corinna Maeve Cademartori, Beverly, MA
Gabriella M. Caforia, Montgomery Center, VT
Jared Carr, Alloway, NJ
Amber Casado, Bronx, NY
Grace M. Caswell, Shelburne, VT
Christianna Linnea Cecere, Montpelier, VT
Hailey Rose Cerniglia, Westborough, MA
William Justin Chanlam, Flemington, NJ
Samantha Christian, Braintree, MA
Hallee Loree Chupp, Madison, NJ
Megan Isabella Clavel, Yonkers, NY
Olivia Cleary, Marblehead, MA
Emma Katharine Cochran, Poway, CA
Kendal Naomi Coldren, Delran, NJ
Emily Collins, Woburn, MA
Madeleine Juliette Colton, Montreal, QC,
Canada
Jordan A. Corrado, Waterbury, VT
Abigail Grace Correll, Neweld, NY
Eliza Marley Cosell, Faireld, CT
Sierra Madison Cramer, North Troy, VT
Anna Adams Creed, New York, NY
Sarah Crosier, Arlington, VT
Hannah Diane Cunningham, York, PA
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 | 12:00 PM | GUTTERSON FIELDHOUSE
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
OPENING
GREETINGS AND ADDRESS TO GRADUATES
Noma Anderson, Dean and Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
STUDENT RETROSPECTIVE
Victoria Speth, Biomedical and Health Sciences
Sarah Pettineo, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Kacia Jada Smith, Nursing
Jacob Drummond, Rehabilitation and Movement Science
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Noma Anderson, Dean and Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Tamara Bender, Director of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences Office of
Student Services
RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY
Noma Anderson, Dean and Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
CLOSING
Mary Val Palumbo, Professor of Nursing
RECESSIONAL
RECEPTION
Central Campus
DEAN
Noma Anderson
HEAD MARSHAL
Mary Val Palumbo
ASSISTANT MARSHALS
Kim Bauerly
Sara Benham
Damian Bolduc
Kate Goodwin
Susan Kasser
Dimitry Krementsov
Janelle Sarnevitz
Bikki Tran Smith
Kelly Tourville
Susan Whitman
BANNER BEARER
Maya Klatsky
COMMENCEMENT 2024 53
Meghan Rae Curran, Manchester, VT
Olivia S. Cuticelli, Wallingford, CT
Paige Allison Cutting, Hampton, NH
Alexa M. Dargie, Falmouth, ME
Nicole Marie DeMaio, Severna Park, MD
Sara Catherine Deponte, Middleeld, CT
Moesha Diaz, Bronx, NY
Madeline Doherty, Needham, MA
Meaghan Edith Dolan, Warren, RI
Elliot Dolzani, Faireld, CT
Paige Domanico, Lebanon, CT
Lauren Annette Dougherty, Boston, MA
Kasey Madeleine Doughney, Lincroft, NJ
Marissa Drapeau, Framingham, MA
Jacob Nicholas Drummond, Bloomington, IN
Sierra Grace Antaya Dube, Richmond, RI
Faith Logan Duncan, Northeld, VT
Ansley Jane Easterwood, Marietta, GA
Molly Elizabeth Echo, Colchester, VT
Lily Janet Edge, Williamstown, MA
Lauren Elrod, Muskego, WI
Emma Teresa Farnsworth, White River
Junction, VT
Anne Page Fennelly, Warren, VT
Gwyneth Fitzpatrick, South Hamilton, MA
Danielle Leah Flashman, Chestnut Hill, MA
Isabelle Sara Fleuette, Keene, NH
Sabine Foerg, Shelburne, VT
Taylor Foley, South Hadley, MA
Soa Angelea Ford, Franklin, TN
Finley Adair Forester, Manchester, VT
Francesca Francisco, Bronx, NY
Hannah Rose Furu, Brewster, NY
Gianna Irene Gagnon, Dover Plains, NY
Calah Rose Gaiolini, Morgan, VT
Bennett Gamber, Steamboat Springs, CO
Jacob Henry Geissler, Portsmouth, NH
Declan James Ghirardi, Hampton, NH
Connor Matthew Giese, Pembroke, MA
Portia M. Gilbert, Glenville, NY
Rosalee Imlitala Giubardo, Williston, VT
Elliot Martin Gleich, Salt Lake City, UT
Natalie Reeves Gordon, Milford, CT
Peter Grant, Longmeadow, MA
Sarah Elizabeth Gremelsbacker, Stormville, NY
Kateri Alexa Grice, Dillsburg, PA
Katharine Isobel Groves, Rochester, MN
Prajal Gurung, Burlington, VT
Nejla Hadzic, Essex Junction, VT
Alden Hathaway, Wallkill, NY
Sophie Hannah Haugwitz, Newport, VT
Corinne Carol Hawkins, Goshen, NY
Anna Lynne Headwell, Greenwich, NY
Annie Livingston Heller, Annapolis, MD
Julia Christine Carlson Hillier, Hinesburg, VT
Eve Frances Holbrook, Saco, ME
Meagan E. Hoover, Sodus, NY
Carly Hottenstein, Paoli, PA
Kate Hsu, Simsbury, CT
Lillian Hubbard, Vergennes, VT
Cydney I. Hurlbert, Breckenridge, CO
Christopher Salvatore Iles, Wolcott, CT
Haley Ingram, Manlius, NY
Laili Iskandarova, Waitseld, VT
Ella Rae Johnson, Boulder, CO
Elyssa Johnson, Gorham, ME
Kayla Johnson, New York, NY
Alexandra Malloy Jones, Somerville, MA
Carolyn Kelly, Media, PA
Marie Kelly, Sanbornton, NH
Amelia Beck Kerin, Vergennes, VT
Mya Meagan Kerwin, Hancock, NH
Kallista Kirwan, Fort Collins, CO
Maya Isabelle Klatsky, Wading River, NY
Mia Kopelson, Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Ladd, Amherst, NH
Carolynn Frances LaFountaine, Brandon, VT
Vivian Grace Lanfear, Saint Albans, VT
Ava Suzanne Laporte, Belchertown, MA
Nolan LaPosta, Lancaster, MA
Joseph H. LeClair, Underhill, VT
Michelle Lee, Newton, MA
Lindsey Margaret Lefevre-Jones, Chapel Hill,
NC
Isabella Lepre, Cranston, RI
Isabel Marie Lescarbeau, Readsboro, VT
Megan E. Libuda, Hartford, VT
Kate Elizabeth Linn, Milford, CT
Natalie Jill Lloyd, Moorestown, NJ
Reagan Lockhart, Braintree, MA
Kathryn Elizabeth Logel, Stonington, CT
Lauren Marie LoVerdi, Barrington, NH
David Lowitt, Riverside, CT
Evelyn Ann Luneau, Killingworth, CT
Morgan Gail Lynk, Vergennes, VT
Barbara Kate MacMaster, Woodstock, VT
Colin William Maher, Charleston, SC
Max Laurent Malay, Exeter, NH
Rachel Malpass, Evergreen, CO
Jayne A. Marlow, Boxborough, MA
Stephen Luke Mathyas, Dorset, VT
Olivia L. Matteis, East Burke, VT
Mason Mazzorana, Windham, NH
Jessie McPherson, Chatham, ON, Canada
Robert James Merena, Jericho, VT
Sydney Lara Minnerly, Lincoln, VT
Natalie Mlynkova, Zlin, Czech Republic
Mary Loizeaux Montalto, Hopkinton, MA
Kaylee Moody, Essex Junction, VT
Josephine Eloise Moulton, Saint Johnsbury, VT
Reilly Joan Mulock, Medeld, MA
Camille Nichols, Boulder, CO
Sheridan R. Nossal, Walpole, MA
Sydney R. Nossal, Walpole, MA
Adrienne Elise Noyes, Underhill, VT
Katie Nicole Noyes, Mont Vernon, NH
Nicolas Francis O’Connell, Vail, CO
Maura Katherine O’Connor, Hateld, MA
Lindsey Ann Oliveira, Falmouth, MA
Rachel Marie Olszanski, Newtown, PA
Sophie Rehr O’Neil, Richmond, VT
Wendy Nicole Ordoñez Albarracin, East
Hampton, NY
Quinn B. O’Reilly, Colchester, VT
Isabel Rose Ostroski, Keene, NH
Jazlyn Alexa Oviedo, Clifton, NJ
Lauren Kennedy Owens, Wilton, CT
Elizabeth Seton Parento, Montpelier, VT
Abigail Anne Pease, Fairfax, VT
Isabelle Anne Pereira, San Jose, CA
Chandre R. Pero, Putney, VT
Melissa Ann Petertonjes, Sandy Hook, CT
Sarah Lynne Pettineo, Hatboro, PA
Lily Porth, Jericho, VT
Serena Power, Franklin, VT
Madeline Taylor Prouty, Londonderry, VT
Elijah Racusin, Montgomery, VT
Brooke Alexis Ramer, Briarcli Manor, NY
Annika Rose Mary Randall, Newport, NH
Allison Elizabeth Raymond, Caledonia, NY
Elizabeth Restrepo, Williamsburg, VA
Garrett Rice, Burke, VT
Gabrielle Roberts, Boxborough, MA
Gal Micol Rocabado-Sperberg, Santiago,
Chile
Jenna L. Rogers, Fairfax, VT
Tori Elyse Rosenblum, Audubon, PA
Courtney Marie Ross, Easthampton, MA
Cole Madison Royer, Coventry, VT
Emily G. Runnette, Stratham, NH
Carson Leah Schirmer, South Hero, VT
Avery Schumacher, Tarrytown, NY
Vita Scott, Readeld, ME
Amanda Shapiro, Needham, MA
Maizy Scout Shepard, Bristol, VT
Hannah Sheridan, Syracuse, NY
Lauren Elizabeth Shipp, Moultonborough, NH
Charles Shulman, Concord, MA
Payton Ryann Silar, Moorestown, NJ
Madelyn Jean Skelton, Isanti, MN
Alexander James Smith, Arlington, VA
Kacia Jada Smith, Bronx, NY
Steysha Lee Smith, Littleton, MA
Victoria Lucas Speth, Deereld, MA
Sophia Yude Stampalia, Voorheesville, NY
Samantha Jean Stillman, Quechee, VT
Samuel G. Strout, Manchester-by-the-Sea,
MA
Katreena Subramanian, Plaineld, IL
Aaron Summers, Naperville, IL
Megan Elizabeth Sylvester, Chico, CA
Matthew Tacey, Barre, VT
Lee Justin Tang, Carlisle, MA
Jasmin Dee Phuwna Taylor, Bronx, NY
Christel Tonoki, Williston, VT
Autumn Joann Tourangeau, Jeersonville, VT
Spencer James Towle, Essex Junction, VT
Mia Valeriani, Bartlett, NH
Casey Vanacore, Bridport, VT
Albert Vasak IV, South Glens Falls, NY
Katherine Violette, Bedford, NH
Alena Von Rhedey, Canandaigua, NY
Samantha Kiernan Wagner, Darien, CT
Emma B. Walker, Newton, MA
Natalie Westlund, Montclair, NJ
Olivia Grace White, Pittsford, VT
Emma Whitney, Essex, VT
Emma Wilson, Groton, MA
Lucy Marie Wilson, Carrollton, GA
Caroline Calistier Wimer, Norfolk, MA
Juliette Laura Winter, Glen Ellyn, IL
Greta Wright, Swampscott, MA
Elise Malia Wu, Acton, MA
Grace Ilona Zeiter Gherst, Leesburg, VA
54 COMMENCEMENT 2024
DEAN’S OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD
Tanya Mo’e
REBECCA RYAN SPIRIT AWARD
Grace Ilona Zeiter Gherst
LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE
OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Elias Adler, Thesis: Impact of self-reported sleep quality on mood in
varsity athletes
Advisors: Jeremy Sibold, EdD; Susan Kasser, PhD
Naomi Helen Binger, Thesis: A Novel Approach to Assess Visual
Perception
Advisor: Sambit Mohapatra, PT, PhD
Kendal Naomi Coldren, Thesis: How do the Social Determinants of
Health effect Quality of Life and Physical Activity in People Living
with Lower Limb Amputations
Advisor: Victoria Priganc, PhD
Alexa M. Dargie, Thesis: MMSE Reliability: In-Person versus
Telehealth in Patients with Dementia
Advisors: Mary Val Palumbo, DNP; Susan Kasser, PhD
Natalie Jill Lloyd, Thesis: The Effects of Axial Loading on Real World
Ambulation in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis; a Pilot Study
Advisor: Susan Kasser, PhD
Sophie Rehr O’Neil, Thesis: Perspectives of the Role of the End-of-Life
Doula
Advisor: Laura Lewis, PhD
Kacia Jada Smith, Thesis: Student attitudes about cultural humility
within nursing curriculum: A survey of UVM nursing students
Advisors: Susan Kasser, PhD; Miller Celestin, RN
Sophia Yude Stampalia, Thesis: Discussing the influence of racial/
ethnic college identity groups on Asian transracial, transnational
adoptee racial/ethnic identity development
Advisors: Susan Kasser, PhD; Erika Lala
Katreena Subramanian, Thesis: Autonomic Nervous System Activity
in Adults Who Stutter with Overt vs. Covert Stuttering Profiles
Advisor: Kimberly Bauerly, PhD
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND
DISORDERS
ELEANOR M. LUSE GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD IN
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS to the graduate
student who demonstrates the most impressive combination of
academic achievement, clinical service and professionalism.
Michelle C. Bookless
Lily F. Loftus
MARGARET KYTE MEMORIAL AWARD to the graduating senior for
outstanding academic performance.
Hailey Rose Cerniglia
VERMONT SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION
OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD to the
senior who shows strong academic performance and the outstanding
promise for professional achievement.
Sarah Lynne Pettineo
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE to the graduating senior for demonstrated excellence in
scholarship, leadership and professional promise.
Katreena Subramanian
DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
F.W. VAN BUSKIRK AWARD in recognition of the senior student with
the highest grade point average in the Radiation Therapy program.
Anna Lynne Headwell
CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN RADIATION THERAPY AWARD in
recognition of outstanding qualities of professional attitude and
cooperation in the patient care setting.
Megan Elizabeth Sylvester
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
AWARD given by the UVM Medical Center’s Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine to the senior student with the highest-grade
point average in the Medical Laboratory Science program.
Cole Madison Royer
Emily G. Runnette
BHSC IMPACT AWARD is awarded to an actively enrolled BHSC
student (Public Health, Medical Laboratory Science, or Radiation
Therapy) in good academic standing who has made significant
contributions to the Department, College or University, served as
a positive role model for their peers, and been actively engaged in
extracurricular, employment, volunteer, and/or service activities
within the community.
Kendal Naomi Coldren
Gal Micol Rocabado-Sperberg
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
ANA VERMONT CHAPTER AWARD EXCELLENCE
UNDERGRADUATE AWARD to a graduating student who, in the
opinion of the faculty, best demonstrates outstanding clinical practice.
Quinn B. O’Reilly
ANA VERMONT CLINICAL EXCELLENCE GRADUATE AWARD
to a graduating student who, in the opinion of the faculty, best
demonstrates outstanding clinical practice.
Lauren Amanda Haskins
CLARISSA PETERS ALLEN AWARD given to an outstanding
graduating undergraduate student who exemplifies the conscientious,
motivated character of Clarissa Peters Allen.
Jared Carr
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
COMMENCEMENT 2024 55
FAYE CRABBE AWARD established to honor the memory of the
founder of the School of Nursing at UVM, a leader who valued nursing
scholarship and service. Awarded to the senior majoring in Nursing
who excels in scholarship, nursing ability and service to the University.
Kacia Jada Smith
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE recognizes a
master’s-level student who demonstrates innovation in practice
in any setting, breakthrough initiatives in patient care or patient
education, or care coordination across the continuum.
Lauren Amanda Haskins
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION ANN K. TWITCHELL
COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AWARD presented to a senior
in the baccalaureate program who has shown scholarship and
excellence in community health services.
Rachel Malpass
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE
UNDERGRADUATE
Sydney R. Nossal
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE
GRADUATE
Ashley Marie McLaren
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING CHAIR’S AWARD
Madeline Marie Buckley Dubois
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND MOVEMENT
SCIENCE
MARGARET B. CORBIN AWARD awarded to the third-year Doctor
of Physical Therapy student who has demonstrated high quality
academic and clinical performance throughout the professional
curriculum.
Nicole Ritchie
ISOLA BRAUN AWARD to a third year Doctor of Physical Therapy
student who has demonstrated the greatest potential for development
of professional competency and leadership.
Ashley Pelkey
OUTSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN EXERCISE SCIENCES
AWARD to the outstanding senior who exemplifies academic
excellence, exceptional leadership and a strong commitment to the
profession of exercise science.
Natalie Jill Lloyd
OUTSTANDING FUTURE PROFESSIONAL IN EXERCISE SCIENCE
to a graduating senior student who is viewed by the Exercise Science
faculty as a positive role model and who has the leadership qualities
and professional potential to significantly impact the field of Exercise
Science.
Peri Brooks-Randall
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH PRACTITIONER CHAMPION AWARD is
presented to the junior or senior student who is most likely to make
an impact on health care as an integrative health practitioner.
Marcus A. Aloisi
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH PROMOTER OF CHANGE AWARD is
presented to the junior or senior student most likely to generate
change in healthcare through the promotion of integrative health
practices.
Taylor Emily Bean
56 COMMENCEMENT 2024
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
Jeremy M. Abolade, Queens, NY
BS, City University of New York Herbert H. Lehman College
2018; BS, City University of New York Hunter College 2013
Robert Anthony Adamian, Glendale, CA
BS, University of California Irvine 2015
Sam Afshari, San Antonio, TX
BS, Trinity University 2019
Samuel John Aldous, Gillette, NJ
BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2018
Dana Isa Allison, Miami, FL
BS, Florida Atlantic University 2016
Jeremy Scott Altman, Hillsdale, NJ
BA, Boston University 2018
Kali Amoah, Gaithersburg, MD
MS, University of Vermont 2023; BA, Ohio State University 2019
Betsy-Ann Myriam Assoumou, Belchertown, MA
MS, University of Vermont 2018; MS and MBA, Northeastern
University 2010; BA, Williams College 2009
Lorena Magdi Ayoub, Los Angeles, CA
BS, University of California, Los Angeles 2018
David Anthony Bachoy, Fairfield, CT
MS, University of the Basque Country 2020; BS, University of
Connecticut 2019
Natalie Jun Bales, Medford, OR
BS, Colorado State University 2019
Eliot Simon Binkerd, Ithaca, NY
MS, University of Vermont 2018; BA, Hobart and William Smith
Colleges 2012
Rachel M. Bombardier, Pittsford, VT
MS, University of Vermont 2017; BS, Castleton University 2016
Gabriela Bosmenier Cruz, Havana, Cuba
BA, St. Olaf College 2013
Stephen Joseph Brand II, Orlando, FL
MS, University of Central Florida 2019; BS, University of Central
Florida 2017
Carl Walter Brasch, Lincoln, RI
BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2019
Matthew James Breseman, Addison, IL
MS, University of Vermont 2018; BS, Salve Regina University 2014
Larner College of Medicine
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 | 3:00 PM | IRA ALLEN CHAPEL
DEAN
Richard L. Page, M.D.
FACULTY MARSHAL
Jillian Sullivan, M.D.’04, M.S.C.S.
CLASS MARSHAL
Elise Alexandra Prehoda
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
Vermont Passacaglia
Music written by Adam Ackerman, M.D.’14 (recording)
WELCOME
Richard L. Page, M.D., Dean
Sunil Eappen, M.D., M.B.A., President and Chief Executive Officer, University of
Vermont Health Network
ADDRESS
James J. O’Connell, M.D., President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program,
and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
RECOGNITION OF THE CLASS OF 2023
Christa H. Zehle, M.D.’99, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
STUDENT ADDRESS
Tyler Alden Landman
AWARDING OF DEGREES
Richard L. Page, M.D., Dean
Christa H. Zehle, M.D.’99, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
Karen George, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Dean for Students
Katie Huggett, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Medical Education
ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH
RECESSIONAL
COMMENCEMENT 2024 57
Jeremy Rutherford Frank, Middletown, RI
BS, Boston College 2018
Daniel Jacob Fried, East Greenwich, RI
BS, The College of New Jersey 2015
Rosie Friedman, Mill Valley, CA
BS, University of Vermont 2016
Amanda Galenkamp, Middlebury, VT
MS, Regis University 2017; BS, Endicott College 2014
Edom Alemayehu Girma, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
MS, Drexel University College of Medicine 2020; BS, University of
Northern Colorado 2017
Keira L. Goodell, Shaftsbury, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Krystal Ashley Gopaul, Toronto, Ont., Canada
MPH, University of Miami 2015; BSc, Western University Canada
2013
Timothy Wickham Greenfield, Norwich, VT
MPH, Dartmouth College 2015; BA, Grinnell College 2013
Ian James Guertin, Sutton, MA
MS, University of Washington 2016; MAT, Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity 2011; BS, Saint Michael’s College 2007
Varun Gupta, Shrewsbury, MA
MA, Case Western Reserve University 2020; BA, Case Western
Reserve University 2020
Mohamad Khalil Hamze, Dracut, MA
BS, Tufts University 2019
Tyler Anthony Harkness, Greenwich, CT
BS, Yale University 2018
Kiana Heredia, Hudson Valley, NY
BA, Mount Holyoke College 2015
Max Christensen HoddWells, Wayne, ME
MS, University of New England 2017; BS, University of New Hamp-
shire 2013
Morgan Illene Howlett, Bennington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Alex M. Jenkins, Smithfield, RI
BS, University of Vermont 2017
Gina Jin, Lexington, MA
BS, University of California, Los Angeles 2018
Alia L. Johnson, Bristol, VT
BA, Middlebury College 2016
Elie Kaadi, Westland, MI
BS, Wayne State University 2018
Simran Kalsi, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
MS, Johns Hopkins University 2019; BS, The George Washington
University 2015
Diane Kim, San Jose, CA
BA, Williams College 2016
Joshua Kohan, Great Neck, NY
BA, Baruch College 2017
Nicholas Wolfgang Krant, Williamstown, MA
BA, Colorado College 2014
Alexander Marsh Kubacki, Seattle, WA
MS, Montana State University 2019; BA, University of Vermont
2013
Tyler Alden Landman, Boulder, CO
MPH, Columbia University 2018; BA, Wesleyan University 2013
Anneliese Loretta Lapides, Niantic, CT
BA and BS, University of Connecticut 2020
Megala Loganathan, New York, NY
BA, Vanderbilt University 2019
Nicholas Donald Brunette, Minneapolis, MN
BA, Amherst College 2013
William D. Buick, New Haven, CT
BA, University of Colorado at Boulder 2013
Sydney MacMillan Cardozo, Richmond, VA
BA, University of Notre Dame 2018
Rachel Louise Carpenter, San Pedro, CA
MS, University of Vermont 2018; BS, Saint Michael’s College 2015
Sadie Marie Casale, Williston, VT
BS, University of New England 2019
Amy Khine Chang, Alhambra, CA
BA, University of California, Berkeley 2018
Zain Ahmad Chaudry, Shrewsbury, MA
BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2018
Christina C. Cobb, Seattle, WA
BA, Claremont McKenna College 2018
Trevor Daniel Coles, Manchester, NH
BS, Tufts University 2019
Tonya M. Conley, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2015
Julie P. Connor, Montpelier, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2018
Hannah K. Cook, Dartmouth, MA
BA, Oberlin College 2018
Linda L. Cui, Boxborough, MA
BA, Vanderbilt University 2018
Lily Deng, Brooklyn, NY
BS, University of Rochester 2018
Alexis Miller Dennison, Ocean Springs, MS
BS, University of Mississippi 2019
Andrew Charles DesLauriers, Charlotte, VT
BA, Colorado College 2016
Willie Dong, Waterford, CT
BS, University of Connecticut 2019
Arley M. Donovan, Carlisle, MA
BA, University of Maryland, College Park 2012
Tayler Drake, Tucson, AZ
BBA, Gonzaga University 2013
Liberty J. Dupuis, Morrisville, VT
BA, Smith College 2017
Rose Ilana Eiduson, Sudbury, MA
MPH, Boston University 2018; BA, Boston University 2017
Aria Elahi, North Haven, CT
MS, Georgetown University 2019; BS, Northeastern University
2017
Jake Ermolovich, Colchester, VT
MS, University of Vermont 2018; BS, University of Vermont
2017;
Justin Lucena Esteban, Bethel, CT
BS, Rider University 2014
Mialovena Christatinova Exume, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
BS and BA, Emory University 2018
Syeda Juwairiyyah Fatima, Morton Grove, IL
BA, Northwestern University 2019
John Edward Fernan, Norfolk, VA
BA, University of Vermont 2014
Colby Jereme Fischer, Barre, VT
MS, University of Vermont 2019; BA, University of Vermont
2018
Stephen Foley, Hopedale, MA
BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2019
58 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Timothy Leo Long, Framingham, MA
BA, Bowdoin College 2017
Ying Kiu Loo, Quincy, MA
BS, Northeastern University 2018
Jennifer Lor, Des Plaines, IL
BS, Northwestern University 2018
Weida Ma, Sharon, MA
BS, Boston University 2020
Jac Francis Mangan, Hopkinton, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2018
Colleen C. McCarthy, Charlotte, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2014
Paul Andrew McCleary, Federal Way, WA
BS, University of Washington 2019
Patrick Ryan McClurg, Sheridan, WY
MS, Montana State University 2019; BS, Montana State University
2017
Trevor Alistair Rhodes McDonald, Londonderry, VT
BA, Bowdoin College 2015
Grace E. Merritt, Boulder, CO
BA, University of Colorado Boulder 2019
Ankrish Bahl Milne, Amherst, MA
BS, Bates College 2017
Mikaela Louise Mohardt, Aldie, VA
BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2017
Louisa Hopkins Moore, Cambridge, MA
BA, Bowdoin College 2018
Nathaniel Peterson Moore, Charlotte, VT
MBA, University of Vermont 2020; MS, Bay Path University 2014;
BA, Colby College 2012
Jesse Michael Naumann, Richmond, VT
BS, Westminster College 2019
Arjune Singh Nibber, Pleasanton, CA
MS, Georgetown University 2020; BS, University of California, San
Diego 2019
Rhys William Waters Niedecker, Arlington, VT
MS, University of Vermont 2018; BA, University of Vermont 2013
Izabella Ostrowski, Commack, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Finlay A. Pilcher, Ross, CA
MS University of Vermont 2018; MS, Heriot-Watt University 2012;
BS, University of California Davis 2012
Rachel Anne Plochocki, Gilbert, AZ
BS, Grand Canyon University 2018
Mahima Poreddy, Montpelier, VT
BA, Mount Holyoke College 2018
Elise Alexandra Prehoda, Winooski, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Benjamin Nicklaus Price, South Burlington, VT
BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2018
Natalie Wei Qin, Bayside, NY
BA, Johns Hopkins University 2018
Rebecca Rawlings, Seattle, WA
BS, Occidental College 2017
Joaquin Alberto Reategui Via y Rada, Lima, Peru
BA, Johns Hopkins University 2020
Clifford Andrew Reilly Jr., Potsdam, NY
MPH, Dartmouth, Geisel School of Medicine 2017; BS, St. Lawrence
University 2016
William Kingerlee Robinson, Albany, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2018
Warrick Marfo Sahene, Ocean Township, NJ
MS, University of Vermont 2019; BS, University of Vermont 2018
Alexandra Kay Sarkis, Sterling, VA
BS, University of California, Los Angeles 2018
Nathan Stuart Schweitzer, Northampton, MA
BA, Elms College 2019; BA, Reichman University 2015
William Evan Shaw, Wheaton, IL
BS, High Point University 2016
Brian L. Shaw II, South Hamilton, MA
BS, Union College 2018
Kirolous Soliman, Natick, MA
BS, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2019
Noah Sorkow, Tucson, AZ
BS, University of Arizona 2018
Brianna Joelle Spano, Westhampton Beach, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2016
Nicole Alexis St. Germain, Oakland, MD
MPH, University of Vermont 2018; BA, University of Vermont 2017
John Alexander Steinharter, Weston, CT
MS, Tufts University 2017; BS, Union College 2015;
Aathman Swaminathan, Cumberland, RI
ScM, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2020; BS,
University of Vermont 2015
Sean Alexander Taylor, Meriden, NH
BS, McGill University 2017
Maxwell Thibodeau Tulimieri, Portland, CT
BS, Boston College 2018
Sean G. Wang, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
BA, Williams College 2018
Ryan Christopher Warner, Holden, ME
MA, University of Maine 2016
Alayna Michelle Westcom, Bakersfield, VT
BS, Bay Path University 2013
Kristen Ashley Wright, Boca Raton, FL
MS, Boston University 2020; BS, Yale University 2018
William James Yakubik III, Williston, VT
BA, The College of Wooster 2020
Shari Jane Zaslow, New York, NY
BS, Hofstra University 2017
Erik Jiawei Zhang, San Diego, CA
BA, Amherst College 2019
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ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY. Inductees
have demonstrated excellence in leadership, research, professionalism,
and service to the school, community, and clinical acumen.
Rachel M. Bombardier
Nicholas Donald Brunette
Sydney MacMillian Cardozo
Sadie Marie Casale
Amy Khine Chang
Christina C. Cobb
Andrew Charles DesLauriers
Arley M. Donovan
Jake Ermolovich
Amanda Galenkamp (President)
Mohamad Khalil Hamze
Kiana Heredia
Alex M. Jenkins
Simran Kalsi (Treasurer)
Anneliese Loretta Lapides
Jack Francis Mangan
Colleen C. McCarthy
Nathaniel Peterson Moore
Izabella Ostrowski
Finlay A. Pilcher
Rachel Anne Plochocki
Rebecca Rawlings
Brian L. Shaw II
Noah Sorkow
John Alexander Steinharter (Vice President)
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICANS/
EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
OUTSTANDING MEDICAL STUDENT PRIZE recognizes up to ten
fourth-year Emergency Medicine-bound medical students who
excel in humanism, professionalism, leadership, service to medical
organizations, community service, research and academic excellence.
Nathaniel Peterson Moore
THE GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY. Inductees are exemplars
of compassionate patient care and serve as role models, mentors, and
leaders throughout their medical education and careers.
Kali Amoah
Betsy-Ann Myriam Assoumou (Treasurer)
Eliot Simon Binkerd
Nicholas Donald Brunette
William D. Buick
Sydney MacMillian Cardozo
Hannah K. Cook
Lily Deng (Vice President)
Rose Ilana Eiduson
Justin Lucena Esteban
Mialovena Christatinova Exume
Kiana Heredia
Simran Kalsi (President)
Anneliese Loretta Lapides
Timothy Leo Long
Nathaniel Peterson Moore
Finlay A. Pilcher
Elise Alexandra Prehoda
Brianna Joelle Spano
THE LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE FACULTY AWARD
presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for excellence and
outstanding compassion in the delivery of care and demonstrated
respect for patients, their families, and health care colleagues.
Student Award: Nathaniel Peterson Moore
Faculty Award: Heather A. Bradeen, MD, Division Chief,
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Department, Associate Professor
of Oncology
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY MEDICAL STUDENT
PRIZE for excellence in Neurology.
Mohammad Khalil Hamze
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MEDICAL
STUDENT PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP AWARD
Elise Alexandra Prehoda
THE ELLSWORTH AMIDON AWARD for outstanding proficiency in
Internal Medicine.
Robert Anthony Adamian
THE DAVID BABBOT, MD, “CARING AND SEEING” AWARD for
commitment to medical education and patient care.
Ying Kiu Loo
THE DEAN WILLIAM EUSTIS BROWN AWARD for broad cultural
interests and loyalty to the College of Medicine.
Mialovena Christatinova Exume
THE CARBEE AWARD for academic excellence in Obstetrics,
Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences.
John Alexander Steinharter
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF VERMONT
SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP MERIT AWARD
Ying Kiu Loo
THE JOSEPH CLEARY, MD, AWARD to recognize a student who
has shown a particular commitment to ensuring the success of the
educational and clinical experience at the UVM LCOM Connecticut
Elie Kaadi
DIGNITY IN MEDICINE AWARD in recognition of respect, inclusion,
and support for LGBTQ students, colleagues, and patients.
Tyler Anthony Harkness
THE WALTER DODD, MD, AWARD IN RADIOLOGY for excellence in
Radiology.
Sam Afshari
EXEMPLARY CLINICAL EXAM SKILLS AWARD
Nicholas Donald Brunette
Tayler Drake
Morgan Illene Howlett
Colleen C. McCarthy
Louisa Hopkins Moore
THE FAMILY MEDICINE JOHN P. FOGARTY, MD, LEADERSHIP
AWARD
Christina C. Cobb
THE EDWARD E. FRIEDMAN AWARD for promise of excellence in
the practice of Family Medicine.
Mahima Poreddy
THE DR. AND MRS. NATHANIEL GOULD, MD’37, PRIZE for
outstanding achievements in Orthopaedic Surgery.
Jack Francis Mangan
THE HARRY HOWE, MD’52, SENIOR STUDENT AWARD for
excellence in Surgery.
Jack Franics Mangan
THE RAVI AND INDRA JERATH MEMORIAL AWARD for Excellence
in Medical Education
Nicholas Donald Brunette
THE KERZNER FAMILY PRIZE for outstanding service to the
community.
Anneliese Loretta Lapides
LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AWARDS
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THE SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AWARD for
excellence in Emergency Medicine.
Noah Sorkow
SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP MERIT AWARDS
Sam Afshari
Dana Isa Allison
Amanda Galenkamp
THE RALPH D. SUSSMAN, MD’38, MEDICAL ALUMNI AWARD for
excellence in Pediatrics.
Mialovena Christatinova Exume
THE WILLIAM SWEETSER AWARD for excellence in Psychiatry.
Hannah K. Cook
THE LAURA WEED, MD, AWARD for scholarship and excellence in
medicine.
Finlay A. Pilcher
WELLNESS AWARD
Mialovena Christatinova Exume
THE EPHRAIM WOLL AWARD for excellence in General Pathology
Max Christensen HoddWells
AWARDS FROM THE CLASS
ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY FACULTY
AWARD
Katherine “Katie” Dolbec, MD, Emergency Medicine, UVM Health
Network
Andrew Hale, MD, Infectious Disease, UVM Health Network
Justin DeAngelis, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, UVM Health
Network
Patrick Zimmerman, D.O., Surgery, Nuvance Health Network,
Danbury, CT
ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY HOUSESTAFF
AWARD
Sienna Searles, MD, Internal Medicine, UVM Health Network
Robin Alsher, MD, Internal Medicine, UVM Health Network
Gnendy Indig, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, UVM Health Network
Akshee Batra, MD, Internal Medicine UVM Health Network
Kristine McLaughlin, MD, Internal Medicine, UVM Health Network
Shaidy Moronta, D.O., Surgery, Nuvance Health Network, Danbury, CT
Above and Beyond Award: Andrew Hale, MD
AMWA Gender Equity Award: Lee-Anna Burgess, MD
Best Support Staff: Tim Moynihan, PhD
Clinical Department of the Year Award: Emergency Department,
UVM Health Network
Clinical Resident of the Year Award: Sienna Searles, MD, Internal
Medicine, UVM Health Network
Clinical Teacher of the Year: William E. Hopkins, MD, Cardiology,
UVM Health Network
Colette Award: Emma Faustner, Student Services, Larner College of
Medicine
Dean Warshaw Integration Award: William Raszka, MD
Foundations Course Director Award: Andrew Hale, MD
Foundations Teaching Award: Nicholas D’Alberto, PhD
Harry E. Howe, MD & Theo O. Howe Outstanding Teacher of Surgery
Prize: Fuyuki Hirashima, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery, UVM Health
Network
Outstanding Foundations Teaching Assistant: Ashleigh Peterson,
MD’22
Silver Stethoscope Award: Pamela Gibson, MD
Standardized Patient Award: Nicole D’Elisa
THE LAMB FELLOWSHIP AWARD for best exemplifying concern and
care for the total patient.
Lily Deng
Timothy Leo Long
THE JEROLD AND INGELA LUCEY EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR
PRIZE FOR INNOVATIONS IN INFANT OR CHILD HEALTH
Samuel John Aldous
THE JOHN V. MAECK, MD’39, AWARD for overall excellence in
Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences.
Gabriela Bosmenier Cruz
THE HERBERT MARTIN SR., MD, AWARD for excellence in Neurology.
William James Yakubik III
THE JOHN E. MAZUZAN JR., MD’54, AWARD for excellence in
Anesthesiology.
Tonya M. Conley
THE H. GORDON PAGE, MD’45, AWARD for excellence in Surgery.
Amanda Galenkamp
THE HENRY & PHYLIS WASSERMAN PHORPLUS AWARD for
excellence in the Basic Sciences.
Nicholas Donald Brunette
Colleen C. McCarthy
Rachel Anne Plochocki
THE PILCHER AWARD for representing the qualities of Eleanor and
Lewis Pilcher of devotion to family and patients, with a high regard
for ethics and honesty.
Sydney MacMillan Cardozo
THE DEAN’S AWARD FOR PROFESSIONALISM, Medical Student
Award
Samuel John Aldous
THE MILDRED A. REARDON, MD’67, AWARD for service to the
University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Elise Alexandra Prehoda
THE B. ALBERT RING, MD, MEMORIAL GRANT AWARD for best
exemplifying compassion, humor, humility, devotion to family and
friends, and intellectual curiosity.
Eliot Simon Binkerd
Sean Alexander Taylor
THE CHARLES T. SCHECHTMAN, MD’26, AWARD FOR CLINICAL
EXCELLENCE for excellence in the clinical care of patients during the
Clerkship Year.
Sydney MacMillan Cardozo
Rachel Louise Carpenter
Rachel Anne Plochocki
Brian L. Shaw II
John Alexander Steinharter
THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS DISTINGUISHED
MEDICAL STUDENT AWARD for a 4th year medical student
committed to pursuing pathology residency training who has
demonstrated outstanding achievement and great aptitude in
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Alayna Michelle Westcom
THE DURWOOD SMITH AWARD for excellence in Pharmacology.
Sydney MacMillan Cardozo
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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
ANIMAL BIOSCIENCES
Suraj Bhattarai, Jhapa, Nepal
BS, North Eastern Hill University 2012; MS, Jawaharlal Nehru
University 2014
Dissertation: Investigating DNA Methylation in Ruminants:
Conserved Patterns, Tissue Specificity, and Evolutionary Impact
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie McKay
Ashma Chakrawarti, Dharan, Nepal
BS, Tribhuvan University 2009; MS, Tribhuvan University 2015
Dissertation: Evaluating the Zoonotic Potential and
Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus in
Dairy Farm Settings: A Genomic Epidemiological Approach
Advisor: Dr. John W. Barlow
BIOENGINEERING
Atena Farhangian, Shiraz, Iran
BS, Shiraz University 2010; MS, University of Tehran 2014
Dissertation: Investigating the Mechanical Properties of Different
Types of Phospholipids, A Molecular Dynamics Study
Advisor: Dr. Yves Dubief
Axel H.P. Masquelin, Kembs, France
BS, Purdue University 2017
Dissertation: Leveraging Domain Specific Knowledge to Classify
Indeterminate Lung Nodules in CT Images Using Machine
Learning Methodologies
Advisors: Dr. Jason H.T. Bates, Dr. Charles Matthew Kinsey
BIOLOGY
Caroline Marston Dumas, Littleton, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Dissertation: The Roles of PlexinA2-Semaphorin6A Bi-Directional
Signaling in Zebrafish Eye Development
Advisors: Dr. Bryan A. Ballif, Dr. Alicia M. Ebert
Helaina R. Stergas, Johnstown, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2017; MS, University of Vermont 2018
Dissertation: Compensatory Mechanisms in Eye Development: Critical
Overlapping Roles of CRK and NCK Adaptor Proteins in the Zebrafish
Retina
Advisor: Dr. Alicia M. Ebert
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
John C. Ramsdell, Haverhill, MA
BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2018
Dissertation: Quantifying Cartilage Composition and
Arthrokinematics: Application to Short-Term Biomechanical Outcomes
after Sports-Related Knee Injury and Surgery
Advisor: Dr. Niccolo M. Fiorentino
CELLULAR, MOLECULAR, AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Andrea Talbot Foote, Rockport, ME
BA, Colorado College 2010
Dissertation: Investigating the DNA Binding and Gene Regulatory
Properties of PUR Proteins and their Contribution to Cardiovascular
Disease and Cancer
Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Kelm
Graduate College
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HEAD MARSHAL
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MARSHALS
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NAME READER
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BANNER BEARER
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ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
WELCOME
Holger Hoock, Dean of the Graduate College, Professor of History
REFLECTION
Patricia A. Prelock, Provost and Senior Vice President, Professor of Communication
Sciences and Disorders and Professor of Pediatrics
REMARKS
Ijaz Ul Haq, President of the Graduate Student Senate
GRADUATE COLLEGE CEREMONY SPEAKER
Otto G. Berkes, MS (UVM G’89), Technology Leader and Entrepreneur, Member of
the UVM Board of Trustees (2018-2024)
HOODING AND DIPLOMA CEREMONY
Doctor of Philosophy Degrees
Doctor of Education Degrees
Doctor of Nursing Practice Degrees
Doctor of Physical Therapy Degrees
Master’s Degrees
Holger Hoock, Dean of the Graduate College, Professor of History
CLOSING REMARKS
Holger Hoock, Dean of the Graduate College, Professor of History
RECESSIONAL
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Matthew Bryan Reuter, Merrimack, NH
BS, University of New Hampshire 2018
Dissertation: Transition-Metal and Main Group-Catalyzed
Silicon-Nitrogen Heterodehydrocoupling
Advisor: Dr. Rory Waterman
Dennis Michael Seth, Jr., Erie, PA
BS, Gannon University 2018
Dissertation: Probing the Photochemistry of Group IV Phosphidos
towards Efficient Hydrophosphination
Advisor: Dr. Rory Waterman
Christopher Snyder, Peachtree City, GA
BS, Georgia Institute of Technology 2012
Dissertation: Role of Relative Humidity in New Particle
Formation from Ozonolysis of Atmospheric Volatile Organic
Compounds
Advisor: Dr. Giuseppe A. Petrucci
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Soham Banerjee, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
BE, Jadavpur University 2012; MTech, Indian University of
Technology 2016
Dissertation: Analysis of Shear Rate Dependent Flow Liquefaction
Behavior through Experiments and Computational Fluid
Dynamics Modeling
Advisor: Dr. Mandar M. Dewoolkar
Parker King, St. Joseph, MO
BS, University of Missouri, Kansas City 2017; MS, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mt. Sinai 2021
Dissertation: Modeling to Evaluate the Contribution of the Built
Environment on Heat Microenvironments and Analysis of the
Efficiency and Efficacy of Electric Vehicle Purchase Incentives
Advisors: Dr. Gregory Rowangould, Dr. Elizabeth Doran
Panagiota Stamatopoulou, Aigio, Greece
BSc, University of Patras 2013; MESc, University of Western
Ontario 2019
Dissertation: Sugars to Medium Chain Carboxylic Acids:
Shedding Light on the Microbial Black Box of Chain Elongation
Advisor: Dr. Matthew J. Scarborough
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
Justine McCuen Dee, Charlotte, VT
BS, Northeastern University 1986; MS, University of Vermont
2001
Dissertation: Survivors of Torture, Trauma, and Chronic Low
Back Pain: Analyses of Physical Therapy Interventions and
Utilization
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Littenberg
Jennifer Y. Oshita, Mililani, HI
BA, University of Hawaii 2000; MS, University of Hawaii 2005
Dissertation: Healthcare Accommodations for Adults with
Communication Disabilities
Advisors: Dr. Charles D. MacLean, Dr. Megan A. Morris
Adam S. Sprouse Blum, Honolulu, HI
BA, University of Hawaii 2003; MD, University of Hawaii 2011
Dissertation: Left- vs Right-Sided Headache in Migraine
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Littenberg
COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DATA SCIENCE
Michael Vincent Arnold, Mertztown, PA
BS, University of Vermont 2017; MS, University of Vermont 2019
Dissertation: Online Collective Attention: Standardizing the
Measurement of Sociotechnical Systems
Advisors: Dr. Christopher M. Danforth, Dr, Peter Sheridan Dodds
Shawn Lawrence Earl Beaulieu, Colchester, VT
BS, Clarkson University 2015; MS, University of Vermont 2018
Dissertation: On the Construction of More Lifelike Devices
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Cheney
Cong Gao, Henan Province, China
BS, Chongqing Medical University 2013; MS, The Georgia
Institute of Technology 2017
Dissertation: Epigenomic Landscape Profiling and
Bioinformatics Application in Breast Cancer Model
Advisor: Dr. Seth Frietze
Mingu Kang, Seoul, South Korea
BS, University of Oregon 2012; MS, George Washington
University 2015
Dissertation: PKA Signaling in Focal Adhesions: A New Niche for
PKA Targets and Anchoring Proteins
Advisor: Dr. Alan K. Howe
Sean Michael Lenahan, Deer Park, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2016
Dissertation: Tumor-Intrinsic Mechanisms Promote Immune-
Suppressive Cytokine Expression in Therapy Resistant KRAS-
Driven STK11 Null Lung Adenocarcinoma
Advisor: Dr. David J. Seward
Lucy E. Pilcher, Sandwich, MA
BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2011
Dissertation: Loss of Non-Coding RNA, Snord116, Attenuates
Chronic Pathological Cardiac Remodeling and Protects
Cardiomyocyte Contraction and Relaxation Kinetics during
Ischemia
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey L. Spees
Katelyn A. Queen, Bolton, VT
BA, Northern Michigan University 2017
Dissertation: Post-Translational Modifications in the Enzymatic
Region of KIF18A Regulate Motor Localization and Function
Advisor: Dr. Jason K. Stumpff
Camilla A. Strother, Watertown, MA
BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2016; MS, Johns
Hopkins University 2019
Dissertation: Identification of Humoral and Clinical Markers of
Immunological Memory to RNA Virus Infection or Immunization
Advisor: Dr. Sean Diehl
Trevor Hamilton Wolf, Elizabethtown, PA
BS, Quinnipiac University 2017
Dissertation: Understanding POGZ across Neurodevelopment
and DNA Repair
Advisors: Dr. James M. Stafford, Dr. Amanda E. Hernan
CHEMISTRY
Peter Alexander Banks, Weston, MA
BS, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 2018
Dissertation: Investigations of Low-Frequency Vibrations
in Crystalline Organic Semiconductors and their Impact on
Material Properties
Advisor: Dr. Michael T. Ruggiero
Rebecca Jane Bogart, Voorheesville, NY
BS, Rochester Institute of Technology 2018
Dissertation: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of
Small Molecule Antagonists of the PAC1-R for Treatment of
Chronic Pain, Migraine, and Anxiety-Related Disorders
Advisor: Matthias Brewer
Austin Callum MacLeod Flueckiger, Needham, MA
BS, Saint Michael’s College 2019
Dissertation: Investigating the Effect of Relative Humidity on
Organic New Particle Formation from the Dark Ozonolysis of
Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds
Advisor: Dr. Giuseppe A Petrucci
Jacob Alden Morris, Hinesburg, VT
BS, University of Maine 2017
Dissertation: Spectroscopic Investigation into the Metal Binding
Function and Affinity of the Ancestral Class II Chelatases CA
and CbiX
s
Advisor: Dr. Matthew D. Liptak
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Dylan Tyler Casey, Warwick, RI
BS, University of Vermont 2017
Dissertation: Computational Models of Extracellular Matrix
Remodeling in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Advisor: Dr. Jason H.T. Bates
Ollin Demian Langle Chimal, Mexico City, Mexico
BS, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 2016; MS,
Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico 2018
Dissertation: Data Science and Mathematical Modeling for
Humanitarian Response
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas A. Cheney
Juniper Lovato, Santa Fe, NM
BA, College of Santa Fe 2009; MALA, St. John’s College 2013
Dissertation: Group-Level Frameworks for Data Ethics, Privacy,
Safety and Security in Digital Environments
Advisors: Dr. Randall Harp, Dr. Peter S. Dodds
Jeremy E. Matt, Marlboro, VT
BSEE, University of Vermont 2002; BSCE, University of Vermont
2008
Dissertation: Timeseries Analysis to Characterize Complex
Phenomena in Environmental and Human Health Applications
Advisors: Dr. Donna M. Rizzo, Dr. Kristen L. Underwood
Brett M. Meyer, Chesterfield, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Dissertation: Applications of a Wearable Sensor Platform for
Remotely Monitoring Impairment in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
Advisors: Dr. Ryan S. McGinnis, Dr. Nick Cheney
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Bren Case, Hillsborough, NC
BA, Oberlin College 2017; MRes, University of Birmingham 2019
Dissertation: Bayesian Experimental Design for Control and
Surveillance in Epidemiology
Advisors: Dr. Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Dr. Jean-Gabriel Young
Atoosa Parsa, Tehran, Iran
BSc, University of Tehran 2011; MSc, University of Tehran 2015
Dissertation: Harmonizing Matter and Function: Automatic
Design and Analysis of Computational Granular Crystals
Advisor: Dr. Josh Bongard
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES
C. V. Dolan, Spring Lake, NJ
BS, Lehigh University 2009; MEd, University of Vermont 2013
Dissertation: Nonbinary BIPOC College Students’ Freedom
Dreams of Utopia
Advisor: Dr. Jason C. Garvey
Arby Ghemari, Tunisia
BA, University of Tunis 2011; BA, Chadron State College 2013
Dissertation: Asset-Based Frameworks for Highlighting the
Brokering Experiences of an Arabic-Speaking Multicultural
Liaison in Refugee Education
Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Reyes
Abijah Longema MANGA, Colchester, VT
BA, University of Kinshasa 2010; MDP, Korea School of Public
Poligy 2013; MATESOL, Saint Michael’s College 2018
Dissertation: Understanding how Families with Refugee
Backgrounds Promote their Community Cultural Wealth in
the Transition to a U.S. College Education: Case Study of a
Congolese Family
Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Reyes
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Mustafa Ghassan Khalil Matar, Amman, Jordan
BA, Yarmouk University 2015; MS, Princess Sumaya University
for Technology 2019
Dissertation: Intelligent Wide-Area Monitoring Systems Using
Deep Learning
Advisor: Dr. Safwan Wshah
Hani Mavalizadeh, Mahshahr, Khouzestan, Iran
BS, University of Tehran 2011; MS, Iran University of Science and
Technology 2013
Dissertation: Enhancing Grid Reliability with Coordination and
Control of Distributed Energy Resources
Advisor: Dr. Mads Almassalkhi
Ivan Perez Avellaneda, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru
BS, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru 2016; MS, Pontifica
Universidad Catolica del Peru 2021
Dissertation: Data-Driven Reachability of Non-Linear Systems
via Optimization of Chen-Fliess Series
Advisor: Dr. Luis Duffaut Espinosa
Yan Zhang, Nanyang, Henan Province, China
BA, North China Electrical Power University 2013; MS, New York
University 2017
Dissertation: Investigation of Software Defined Radio and Deep
Learning for Ground Penetrating Radar
Advisor: Dr. Tian Xia
FOOD SYSTEMS
Maya Moore, St. Francis, ME
BS, Georgetown University 2003; MA, Brandeis University 2008
Dissertation: Towards a Food-Secure Future in an Era of
Uncertainty: Cultivating Resilience in Vulnerable Smallholder
Food Systems
Advisor: Dr. Meredith T. Niles
HUMAN FUNCTIONING AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES
Michael VanNostrand, Northville, NY
BS, State University of New York at Albany 2016; MS, Liberty
University 2017
Dissertation: The Utility of Novel Clinical Dual Task Assessments
for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: The Bridge to
Understanding Real-World Ambulation
Advisor: Dr. Susan Kasser
INTERPROFESSIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Claudia Ida Abbiati, Milton, VT
BS/BA, University of Vermont 2013; MS, University of Vermont
2015
Dissertation: Communication is Movement: Speech and Gesture
Motor Control and Coordination in Autism
Advisors: Dr. Kim Bauerly, Dr. Shelley Velleman
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Bharat Poudel, Syangja, Nepal
BS, Tribhuvan University 2010; MS, Tribhuvan University 2014;
MS, University of Southern Mississippi 2017
Dissertation: Mechanical and Chemical Activation of the
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor
Advisor: Dr. Juan M. Vanegas
Subhadra Thapa, Panuati, Nepal
BS, Tribhuvan University 2011; MS, University of Southern
Mississippi 2017
Dissertation: Multiscale Modeling to Study Peptide Aggregation
Advisor: Dr. Jianing Li
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Sarah Florina Days-Merrill, Fairhaven, MA
BS, Bridgewater State University 2019
Dissertation: Ring Learning with Errors
Advisor: Dr. Christelle Vincent
Jesse Franklin, Nederland, CO
BA, University of Colorado at Boulder 2019
Dissertation: Computing the Canonical Ring of Certain Stacks
Advisors: Dr. Taylor Dupuy, Dr. Christelle Vincent
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Irfan Tahir, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
BSc, Bilkent University 2018; MS, University of Minnesota 2020
Dissertation: Seaweed to Steak: Muscle Cell Expansion in
Alginate-Based Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering of Cultivated
Meat
Advisor: Dr. Rachael Floreani
NATURAL RESOURCES
Sam Bliss, Seattle, WA
BA, Western Washington University 2013
Dissertation: Non-Market Food Practices Do Things Markets
Cannot: Why Vermonters Produce and Distribute Food that is Not
for Sale
Advisor: Dr. Joshua Farley
Megan Egler, Edmonton, Canada
BSc, University of Alberta 2012; MSc, University of Guelph 2015
Dissertation: Power, Narrative, and Energy Transitions in the
Fossil Fuel Landscapes of North America
Advisor: Dr. Joshua Farley
Kelly Ann Hamshaw, Bristol, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2006; MS, University of Vermont 2011
Dissertation: When Climate Injustice Begins At Home: Exploring
the Vulnerability and Resilience of Manufactured Housing
Communities in Northern New England
Advisor: Dr. Jon Erickson
Joshua Wright Morse, Wellesley, MA
BA, Oberlin College 2012; MESc, Yale School of Forestry 2017
Dissertation: Community Science and Coyote Stories: Capturing
and Communicating Nature’s Non-Material Values for Use in
Decision-Making
Advisor: Dr. Rachelle K. Gould
Jessica Lynn Wikle, Great Barrington, MA
BS, University of New Hampshire 2009; MFS, Yale School of the
Environment 2018
Dissertation: Structural, Compositional, and Functional
Outcomes of Forest Adaptation in Northern Forest Ecosystems
Advisor: Dr. Anthony W. D’Amato
NEUROSCIENCE
Melissa Nicole Boucher, Danbury, CT
BS, Quinnipiac University 2016
Dissertation: The Role of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating
Polypeptide (PACAP) Circuit in Stress and Anxiety
Advisor: Dr. Sayamwong E. Hammack
Amanda B. Sidwell, Boxborough, MA
BS, Lehigh University 2017
Dissertation: The Role of the Transient Receptor Potential Ion
Channel TRPV1 in Repeated Variate Stress-Induced Micturtion
Reflex Dysfunction in Adult Female Mice
Advisor: Dr. Margaret A. Vizzard
PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE
Jennifer Bower, St. Louis, MO
BA, Oberlin College 2013; BM/MMHP, Oberlin College 2014; MS,
University of Vermont 2017
Dissertation: Weathering Gradients in Podzols of the
Northeastern U.S.
Advisor: Dr. Donald S. Ross
Erika Milagros Bueno, San Pablo, CA
BS, San Francisco State University 2010; MS, San Francisco State
University 2017
Dissertation: Selection for Insecticide Tolerance Alters
Phenotypic, Transcriptomic, and Epigenetic Responses to
Multiple Stressors in the Colorado Potato Beetle
Advisor: Dr. Yolanda H. Chen
Rebecca R. Maden, Orwell, VT
BA, Brown University 2000
Dissertation: An Agroecological Approach to Improving Soil
Health Practices on Vermont Vegetable Farms
Advisor: Dr. V. Ernesto Mendez
PLANT BIOLOGY
Morgan W. Southgate, Montpelier, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2017
Dissertation: Microevolutionary Dynamics of Ecological Niche
Shift in the Adiantum pedatum Complex
Advisors: Dr. David S. Barrington, Dr. Catherine A. Paris
PSYCHOLOGY
Merelise Rose Ametti, Skowhegan, ME
BA, Middlebury College 2013; MPH, University of Vermont 2018
Dissertation: Food and Families: The Effects of Food Insecurity
and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Child
and Family Functioning
Advisor: Dr. Robert Althoff
Zoe Morris Feldman Brier, Santa Barbara, CA
BS, University of Michigan 2015; MA, University of Vermont 2020
Dissertation: Distinguishing Different Types of Childhood
Maltreatment on Resting-State Connectivity Networks During
Emerging Adulthood
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Price
Amanda Falcón, Sharon, MA
BS, Northeastern University 2016; MA, University of Vermont 2020
Dissertation: Justice Involvement, Opioid Use, and Co-Occurring
Mental Health Disorders: Implications for Transdiagnostic
Treatment
Advisor: Dr. Timothy R. Stickle
Roxanne F. Harfmann, Midland, MI
BA, University of Michigan 2015; MA, University of Vermont 2022
Dissertation: Preconception Health: Knowledge among
Individuals Receiving Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and
Priorities among Healthcare Providers
Advisor: Dr. Sarah H. Heil
Tori Michelle Humiston, Kansas City, MO
BA, University of Missouri Kansas City 2016; MS, Eastern
Michigan University 2019; MA, University of Vermont 2021
Dissertation: Health Literacy Among Rural Emerging Adults with
Chronic Pain: Implications for Behavioral Health and Treatment
Advisor: Dr. Amy Hughes Lansing
Noelle Loren Michaud, Warner, NH
BA, Saint Anselm College 2017; MA, University of Vermont 2021
Dissertation: An Exploration of Reinstatement After Extinction of
a Conditioned Taste Aversion
Advisor: Dr. Mark E. Bouton
William Austin Middleton, Tempe, AZ
BS, Arizona State University 2019; MA, University of Vermont 2022
Dissertation: Anxiety and Kinesiophobia in Patients with
Cardiovascular Disease: Characterization of the Population and
Symptom Trajectories
Advisor: Dr. Diann E. Gaalema
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES
Deborah Hinchey, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
BA, University of Calgary 2000; MPH, University of Washington
2006
Dissertation: High School Nutrition Education in Vermont: An
Exploratory Case Study
Advisor: Dr. Bernice Garnett
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Nancy Louise Keller, Saint Albans, VT
BA, Macalester College 1983; MEd, University of Vermont 1987
Dissertation: From Silence and Survival to Growth and
Emplowerment: A Mixed Method Evaluation of the Therapeutic
Empowerment Self-Defense
TM
Program for Survivors of Sexual
Trauma
Advisor: Dr. Kieran Killeen
Katherine Suzanne Lee, Clinton, NY
BA, Colby-Sawyer College 2011; MEd, University of Vermont
2015
Dissertation: Special Educator Burnout: A Mixed-Methods
Analysis of Role Stressors, Relationship Quality with Students,
and Burnout
Advisor: Dr. Justin D. Garwood
Stephanie Dee Ratmeyer, Montpelier, VT
BA, Central College 1985; MA, Indiana University 1988
Dissertation: The “Grammar of Schooling” is Changing!?!:
Ecological Transition and Teacher Development in the
Implementation of Personal Learning Plans, Flexible Pathways,
and Proficiency-Based Learning in Vermont
Advisor: Dr. Lawrence G. Shelton
Sonya Stern, Colchester, VT
BS, University of Vermont 1994; MBA, University of Vermont
1997
Dissertation: Leader Resilience and Leadership Styles of Director-
Level Leaders of Sponsored Program Offices: A Mixed Methods
Study
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Strolin-Goltzman
DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE
Melissa Beaudry, Bolton, VT
BSN, Arizona State University 2007; MSN, Georgetown
University 2014
Sarah Bevet, Monkton, VT
BA, Ithaca College 2016
Corinne Marie Burtschi, Reston, VT
BS, James Madison University 2016
Alexis E. Calcagni, Rutland, VT
BA, Middlebury College 2019
Nancy Lucas Castner, Ludlow, VT
BSN, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 1999; MSN, Drexel
University 2016
Christina An Chon, New York, NY
BS, Emory University 2007; MS, Northeastern Illinois University
2010
Kayla M. Ciampa Zwicky, Essex Junction, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2016
Charlie Cross, Richmond, VA
BA, Hamilton College 2019
Madeline Marie Buckley Dubois, Rockport, ME
BS, University of Vermont 2015
Sean Michael Fung-On, Pembroke Pine, FL
BS, University of South Florida 2015
Lauren Amanda Haskins, Fairfax, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2015
Sarah Hersey, Londonderry, NH
BA, Northwestern University 2015
Pamela Nancy Jacobs, Richford, VT
ADN, Vermont Technical College 2003; BSN, Utica College 2015
Kristen Koeller, Hinesburg, VT
BA, The University of Alabama 2016
Ayako Kuki, Essex Junction, VT
BA, Kenyon College 2016
Ashley Marie McLaren, Burlington, VT
BA, Wesleyan University 2013
Anna Ahn Michelson, Indianapolis, IN
BA, The Pennsylvania State University 2019
Matthew A. Perchemlides, Cornwall, VT
BSN, Boston College 1999; ND/MSN, University of Bridgeport
2009
Anna Lea Ramsey, Woodstock, VT
BS, Colby College 2018
Dennis Gerard Schut, Shoreham, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2016
Alexandria Leigh Shepard, Falmouth, MA
BA, High Point University 2013; AS, Bay State College 2016
Jenna Elizabeth Smith, Luray, VA
BS, College of William and Mary 2020
Alyssa Lynne Tonks, Odgen, UT
BS, Westminster College 2016; MS, University of Vermont 2018
Tuhina Venkatayogi, Princeton, NJ
BS, Stony Brook University 2016; MPH, University of Vermont
2020
Caroline Rose Weisheit, Glenmont, NY
BSN, University of Vermont 2019
Taylor Lynn Wells Auclair, South Burlington, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2020
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Courtney Amell, Northfield, VT
BS, Norwich University 2021
Jordan H. Ayres, North Augusta, SC
BS, University of South Carolina 2020
Matthew Barbo, South Salem, NY
BA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2012
Alyssa E. Cassanelli, Barkhamsted, CT
BS, Vermont Technical College 2015; MS, University of Vermont
2021
Jennifer Allison Choate, Hollis, NH
BS, Quinnipiac University 2021
Hunter W. Cote, Berlin, NH
BA, Plymouth State College 2017
Timothy Dix, West Windsor, NJ
BS, Susquehanna University 2016
Sara Falconer, Anchorage, AK
BS, University of Vermont 2016
Emma Freitas, North Scituate, RI
BS, Endicott College 2021
Jason Hardacre, Underhill, VT
BS, St. Lawrence University 2016
Kyler Paul Huffert, Woodstock, VT
BA, Assumption University 2016
Eliza Carolyn Joseph, Auburndale, MA
BS, Keene State College 2020
Lauren Mae Lamberton, Groton, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Amanda McBrayer, Mt. Pleasant, SC
BS, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh 2018
Jocelyn Somers McDonald, Neptune, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Jurdan Mossburg, Spartanburg, SC
BS, Wofford College 2017; MS, North Carolina State University
2021
Bryana N. Muschlitz, Nazareth, PA
BA, Florida Atlantic University 2019
Olivia Prior Parker, Mystic, CT
BA, Loyola Marymount University 2018
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Ashley Sophia Pelkey, Barre, VT
BS, Castleton University 2017
Ashkan Rahimi, Binghamton, NY
BA, Binghamton University, State University of New York 2018
William Ronald Reed, West Valley City, UT
BS, University of Utah 2017
Nicole Claire Wahle Ritchie, Putney, VT
BS, Bates College 2009; MEd, Temple University 2018
Jacqueline Rizzo Cascio, Toms River, NJ
BA, Saint Peters University 2015
Alexa M. Rovetto, Ballston Lake, NY
BS, Binghamton University, State University of New York 2020
Emily Mei Snow, Westport, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Nicholas R. Vogel, New Ulm, MN
BS, Northern Michigan University 2019
Abigale Whitman, Shaftsbury, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Ashlyn Hope Woods, Jericho, VT
BS, Lees-McRae College 2019
MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY
Ellee T. Barker, South Royalton, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Jonathan Edward Black, Burlington, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2012
Isabel Helen Chase, Lima, Peru
BA, Saint Michael’s College 2023
Emma Morrison Chute, Norwalk, CT
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Kyle DeCoster, Underhill, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2021
Anna Jan Eekraw, Essex Junction, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Mary Elizabeth Feeney, Severna Park, MD
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Meredith Rebecca Gove, Shelburne, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Ryan F. Guerino, Essex, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Michelle F. Hall, Morrisville, VT
AS, Johnson & Wales University 2014; BS, University of Vermont
2023
Jason Hildebrandt, Wyckoff, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Martha Elizabeth Hrdy, Washington, DC
BA/BS, University of Vermont 2023
Anna Jeffers, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Wesley Thomas Miedema, Vergennes, VT
BS, Calvin University 2019
Lucas Gregory Pencak, Rutland, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Andrew Kess Schwartz, Lafayette, CA
BS, McGill University 2013
Walker Jordan Stapleton, Essex, VT
BSBA, University of Vermont 2023
Yulia V. Sukhanova, South Burlington, VT
BA, Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University 2010; MEd,
University of Vermont 2020
Matthew Veretto, South Windsor, CT
BS, University of Connecticut 2022
Samuel Wigon, Wellesley, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2022
MASTER OF ARTS
ENGLISH
Katherine Booth, Granite Bay, CA
BA, University of California, Davis 2021
Thesis: Radical Resistance: Grounded Normativity in Three
Speculative Works
Advisor: Dr. Helen Scott
Katelyn M. Chadwick, Huntsville, AL
BS, University of Montevallo 2022
Sarah E. Gåss, Stanton, NJ
BA, Drew University 2021
Thesis: Beauty as a Mode of Being: Enacting Queer Listening to
Parse the Cultural and Affective Resonance of Sad Girl Pop
Advisor: Dr. John Gennari
Mara Sophia Knoecklein, Mansfield, CT
BS, University of Connecticut 2015
Thesis: “To Be On The Move Again At Least Is Something”: Ann
Quin, Gilles Deleuze, and the Spectacular Nomadism of Capital
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Alexander
Taylor JuneAnne Mallay, Rockford, MI
BA, Wesleyan College 2022
Richard Chapman Matis, Lafayette, LA
BA, University of Louisiana 2012; MBA, Loyola University-New
Orleans 2015
Thesis: Get Rich and Die Trying: Capitalism, Its Repetitions, and
the Financial Plot
Advisor: Dr. Todd McGowan
Janvier Furaha Nsengiyumva, Burlington, VT
BA, Saint Michael’s College 2020
Goodness Rex Nze-Igwe, Rumuodumaya, Rivers State, Nigeria
BA, Madonna University 2018
Marina Palladinetti, Chicago, IL
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: The Disproportionate Affects European Standards of
Beauty have on Black Women
Advisor: Dr. Jinny Huh
Madi Rougier, Troy, OH
BA, Wright State University 2021
Thesis: “A Narrative is a Living Body”: Trans-Relations in
Contemporary Transmasculine Fiction
Advisor: Dr. Valerie Rohy
Madison Storm, Cutchogue, NY
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: Promethean Romanticism: A Study of the Shelleys’
Prometheus Figures
Advisor: Dr. Eric Lindstrom
GREEK AND LATIN
Roman Alvarez de Silva, Mexico City, Mexico
BA, Whitman College 2022
Abigail Mason, Brookline, MA
BA, Pennsylvania State University 2022
Ana Maria Ribeiro, Araras, São Paulo, Brazil
BMus, Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2021
HISTORY
Rhiannon Janelle Brown, Ramsey, NJ
BA, Montclair State University 2022
Thesis: Was it Really the “Age of Reagan?”: How the National
Organization for Women Kept the Fight for Women’s Equality
Alive, 1982-1992
Advisor: Dr. Felicia Kornbluh
Sandor Farkas, Haydenville, MA
BA, Dartmouth College 2017
Thesis: An Ill-Suited Memorial? Nazi Atrocities in Publications on
the American Right, 1930-1985
Advisor: Dr. Alan Steinweis
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Brooklyn Marie Howe, Battle Ground, WA
AA, Clark College 2019; BS, Corban University 2021
James Francis Hughes II, Carson, CA
AS, Orange Coast Community College 2019; BA, University of
California, Berkeley 2021
Thesis: Otto Strasser, The Nazi Party, and The Politics of Opposition
Advisor: Dr. Alan E. Steinweis
Wade James Mullin, Vergennes, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: Continuity and Change for U.S. Women Workers: The
Preservation of Gender Roles in World War II U.S. Economic
Transitions
Advisor: Dr. Nicole Phelps
Jocelyn K. Rockhold, St. Joseph, MO
BA, University of Denver 2017
Thesis: The Anti-Censorship Censor: John Trevelyan and
Permissive Society, 1958-1971
Advisor: Dr. Paul Deslandes
Patrick John Sullivan, Tinley Park, IL
BA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2021
Thesis: Unsere Neue Heimat: German National Identity in the
Pages of the Südwest Newspaper, 1910-1914
Advisor: Dr. Alan E. Steinweis
Michael Bayman Tobin, Boston, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: “Had A Great Time Fooling With The Boy”: Narratives of
Same-Sex Desire and Masculinity in New England, 1890-1940
Advisor: Dr. Paul R. Deslandes
Tora Elise Ueland, Salem, MA
BA, West Virginia University 2022
Richard Matthew Witting II, Burlington, VT
AA, Community College of Vermont 2013; BA, University of
Vermont 2016
PSYCHOLOGY
Casey Buck, San Jose, CA
BA, University of California, San Diego 2017
Thesis: Early Community Violence Exposure and Adolescent
Aggressive Behavior: Moderation by Sympathetic Nervous System
Reactivity
Advisor: Dianna Murray-Close, Ph.D.
Janine Katherine Cerutti, Providence, RI
BS, Union College 2016
Thesis: Testing the Incremental Validity of Subjective
Socioeconomic Status in Predicting Mental Health Outcomes
among Black Adolescents Living in Poverty
Advisor: Dr. Keith B. Burt
Natalie Anne Fuchs, Somers, NY
BA, University of Vermont 2024
Thesis: From ‘I’ to ‘We’? A Test of the Effect of I-sharing on We-
ness in Couples
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth C. Pinel
Nathan Coleman Hacker, Virginia Beach, VA
BS, George Mason University 2021
Thesis: The Food Environment and Pro-Inflammatory Food
Consumption in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Advisor: Dr. Amy Hughes Lansing
Hannah Rae Hulscher, Torrance, CA
BS, University of California, Riverside 2021
Samantha Moriarty, Willington, CT
BS, University of Connecticut 2018
Thesis: The Role of Dentate Gyrus Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase
Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) in Contextual Fear Discrimination
Advisor: Dr. Sayamwong Hammack
Hannah Kathryn Scott, Claremont, NH
BA, Simmons University 2020
Thesis: Physical Activity and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity: The Role
of Intra-Individual Variability
Advisor: Dr. Betsy Hoza
Sarah Charlotte von Doepp, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Investigating the Effects of Medroxy-Progesterone and
Hormonal Birth Control on Habit Behavior in Female Rats
Advisor: Dr. Donna Toufexis
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
Danielle Meta Banky, Newport, RI
BA, University of Vermont 2018
Cass Barrett, Wilmington, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Grace Elisabeth Durlacher, Carlisle, MA
BA, The George Washington University 2022
Ian Everett Feagler, Minnetonka, MN
BA, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities 2022
James Francis Hughes II, Carson, CA
BA, University of California, Berkeley 2021; MA, University of
Vermont 2023
Emily Jane Krumm, Cornwall, NY
BA, Saint Michael’s College 2022
Laurel J. Marshia, Chelsea, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Aidan McAuliffe, Bridport, VT
BS, Union College 2023
Sophia Mras, Newfield, NY
AAS, Tompkins Cortland Community College 2021; BA,
University of Vermont 2023
Michelle O’Donnell, Holden, MA
BS, Saint Michael’s College 2016
Lindy Cass Olderman, Highland Park, IL
BA, University of Vermont 2023
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
Dylan A. Brown, Merrimack, NH
BA, Case Western Reserve University 2018
Amelia Hope Clark, Wilton, CT
BA, University of Richmond 2016
Alexandra DeMarco, Norwell, MA
BA, Middlebury College 2015
Peter Albrecht Dresch, Ocean Grove, NJ
BA, College of New Jersey 2018
Neil K. Goldberg, Putney, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2014
Megan Elise Kida, Boyertown, PA
BA, La Salle University 2019
Ben Adam LaJoie, Northeast Kingdom, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2001
Sierra Margaret-Adele Mahedy, Portland, OR
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Patrick Man, Denville, NJ
BSME, University of Vermont 2022
Nicholas Matys, Holden, MA
BA, St. Lawrence University 2020
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Fabiana Belén Otero, Wellington, FL
BS, University of Florida 2017
Brady E. Perron, Barton, VT
BA, Saint Michael’s College 2022
Cameron James Plourde, Bloomington, IL
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Steven Popik, Burlington, VT
BS, Champlain College 2021
Aaron M. Retherford, Plattsburgh, NY
BA, Indiana University 2003
Andria Ronne, Duxbury, MA
BS, Cornell University 2014
Audrey Roth, Philadelphia, PA
BA, Guilford College 2013
Anne Rowell, Craftsbury, VT
BA, Middlebury College 2011
Noah Parker Singer, Nyack, NY
BSBA, University of Vermont 2022
Joseph Webber, Pawling, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2022
MASTER OF EDUCATION
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
Karen L. Abbott, Nashua, NH
BS, Plymouth State College 2004
Isabel Anderson, Sudbury, MA
BS, University of Rochester 2021
Trisha Elizabeth Jackman, Lyndonville, VT
BA, Northern Vermont University 2019
Hilary Porter LaForge, Manchester, VT
BS, University of Maryland 1995
Harold Lee Marek, Shaker Heights, OH
BSED, University of Vermont 2020
Rory Mirth Woodard, Calais, VT
BA, Hampshire College 2016
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Heather L. Gilbert, Milton, VT
AS, Community College of Vermont 2004; BA, Johnson State
College 2009
Melissa R. Parr, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Rhode Island 2007
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES
Jessica Christina Cassotis, Richmond, VT
BS, University of New Hampshire 2011
Clarence E. Davis, Shelburne, VT
BS, Norwich University 2015
Ian Davis, Milton, VT
BS, Champlain College 2012
Saige E. Galovski, Needham, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Sebastian Helmut Gebhart, Rosenheim, Germany
BS, Hochschule Wismar 2022
john mejia, Monkton, VT
BA, Middlebury College 1997
Glenn Patterson, Burlington, VT
BA, Burlington College 2003; MEd, Saint Michaels College 2008;
MST, University of Vermont 2016
Katherine Westbrook Redding, Dorset, VT
BA, Williams College 1999
HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDENT AFFAIRS
ADMINISTRATION
Erin M. Adams, Leominster, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Julian Armada, Los Angeles, CA
AA, Los Angeles Mission College 2016; BA, University of
California, Santa Barbara 2018
Elyse Ellis, St. Louis, MO
BFA, Truman State University 2021
Joy Nwannediya Emmanuel, Abia State, Nigeria
BAEd, Obafemi Awolowo University 2015
Lena Ginawi, South Burlington, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Jacob Joseph, West Winfield, NY
BS, Saint Michael’s College 2015
Miriam Tsitsi Mukurazita, Harare, Zimbabwe
BBM&IT, Catholic University in Zimbabwe 2009
Grace Louise Peterson, Falmouth, MA
BS, Bentley University 2021
Madison Paige Pimental, Fall River, MA
BA, Stonehill College 2021
Robyn Suchy, Smithtown, NY
BA, Cabrini College 2014
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
Lee Nourse Andors, Winooski, VT
AS, Vermont Technical College 2005; BS, University of Vermont
2007
Katie Jean Monmaney Cheney, Waterbury Center, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2010
Diana Stephanie Franco, Bronx, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Sarah Goodrich, Delmar, NY
BA, University at Albany 2000; MS, University of Vermont 2015
Rose Lovett, Waterbury, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2017
Donna Mae Porter, Burlington, VT
BS/BA, University of Vermont 2016
Jesse W. Rufenacht, Waterbury, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2006
Helene Steinberg, Stoughton, MA
BS, Syracuse University 1993; MEd, University of Virginia 2015
Corrine Marie Yonce, Winooski, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2013; MFA, Maryland Institute
College of Arts 2023
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Tamara Aguirre Torres, Mexico City, Mexico
BA, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 2022
Sadie Bedik-Bloom, Montclair, NJ
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Lillie Ann Berkhout, Dorset, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Austin Burnett, Kinnelon, NJ
BFA, Montclair State University 2019
Magdalena Gabriella Cataldo, Lexington, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Rachel Elizabeth Guerra, Chester, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Ella Louise Justman, Hartford, WI
BSED, University of Vermont 2022
Gabriella LaDeau, Williamstown, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Lillian Lawrence-Paine, New Paltz, NY
BA, Whitman College 2020
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Shannon Martin, Millbury, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2019
Hannah McGovern, Highgate, VT
BA, Bishop’s University 2016
Jordan Norcross, Burlington, VT
BS, Brigham Young University, Hawaii 2021
Noel Perriello, Charlotte, VT
BA, Rutgers University 1998; MA, Hunter College 2015
Jennifer Ann Quinn, Fairfax, VT
AA, Northern Essex Community College 1995; BA, Bradford
College 1998
Olivia Rudolph, Wake Forest, NC
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Colleen Rueppel, Middlebury, VT
BA, Wilmington College 2016
Rose Scott, São Paulo, Brazil
BA, Universidad de São Paulo 2008
Katharine Steggerda-McCarthy, Bristol, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2004
Niamh Margaret Joyce Stokes, Needham, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Colleen Joanne Wilson, Orwell, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2021
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Javiera Benavente, Amherst, MA
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz 1996
Caroline Winston Bruno, Old Saybrook, CT
BA, Williams College 2015
Emily F. Franko, Yardley, PA
BA, Boston College 2017
Kayhan Noshir Irani, Queens, NY
BA, City College of NY 2008
Kellee M. Kauftheil, Kings Beach, CA
AA, Lane Community College 2004; BA, University of Oregon
2006
Sarah N. McIlvennie, Ithaca, NY
BS, Cornell University 2015
Kara Ann DeBill Odegard, Spokane, WA
BA, University of Washington 1995
Amanda Nicole Rodriguez, Los Angeles, CA
BA, University of California, Berkeley 2013
Breanna Marie Makana’akua Rose, Honolulu, HI
BA, University of San Francisco 2010
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Elizabeth Amler, Yorktown Heights, NY
BA, University of Vermont 2015; MEd, Manhattanville College
2021
Ana Amo, Pocos de Caldas, Brazil
BA, Universidade do ABC 2018
Molly Matheson Westlake Epstein, Colchester, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2009
Abbey Victoria Haas, Catskill, NY
BA, State University of New York, New Paltz 2021
Walter Noah Adjani Logan, Brooklyn, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Collin O’Reilly, Colchester, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Sarah Brianna Plaut, Asheville, NC
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Alaura D. Rich, St. Johnsbury, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Eleanor Grace Scott, Manchester, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Emma Lynn Utterback, Greenwood, IN
BS, University of Vermont 2022
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Aine MacLeod Alexander, Lincoln, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Chike J. Asanya, Essex Junction, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2021
Abigail Grace Berard, Thetford, VT
BSN, University of Vermont 2023
Michael Bernstein, Underhill, VT
BS, Pennsylvania State University 2015
Alexia Julie Bove, Lacey Township, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Shawney Bushey, Georgia, VT
BS, State University of New York, Plattsburgh 2012
Heidi Marie Considine, Ferrisburgh, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2014
Kaileen Elyse Cruden, Santa Maria, CA
BS, Santa Clara University 2018
Jenna Dalla Mura, Duxbury, VT
BSN, University of Arizona 2009
Roshni Rose Davis, Burlington, VT
BA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 2017
Maggie Priscilla Ducote, Baton Rouge, LA
BS, Louisiana State University 2019
Nyra Nannette Giles, Laurel, DE
BS, University of Delaware 2021
Brian J. Gomez, East Haven, CT
BS, University of Connecticut 2014
Katherine Ava Hansen, Williston, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Natalie Lyman Hewitt, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2017
Isabella Anne Johnson, Sidney, ME
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Hima Bindu Kanuparthi, Essex Junction, VT
BS, Andhra University 1996; MS, Sri Venkateswara University
1998
Sara Kelsey Leonard, Denver, CO
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Maya Rose Lipstein, Port Washington, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Robyn Lynne Maher, Burlington, VT
BS, Pennsylvania State University 2000; PhD, University of
Florida 2006
Caitlin Nicole McCluskey, Cornwall, VT
AA, Community College of Vermont 2016; BS, Castleton
University 2018
Brittany McMakin, Holbrook, MA
AA, Massasoit Community College 2015; BS, Bridgewater State
University 2017
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Fatisha Moteso, Ann Arbor, MI
BS, Eastern Michigan University 2014
Alyssa Jazmine Oviedo, Clifton, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Joseph Odundo Owuor, Nairobi, Kenya
BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2018
Emma Louise Parks, Garrison, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Julia Pencek, Charlotte, NC
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Arian Pilja, Arlington, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Haley Ruth Raftery, Milton, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2022
Zyakkiriah Tianna Rhoden, Bronx, New York City, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Martin Andres Rodriguez Wong, Rutland, VT
BS, University of New Mexico 2007; MS, Castleton University 2019
Elizabeth Rowell, Pawleys Island, SC
BS, University of South Carolina 2011
Julia Margaret Sarrasin, North Andover, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Abigale Mary Savoie, South Barre, VT
BSN, Castleton University 2021
Helen Ray Schafer,Stowe, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Lauren Shilo, Broad Run, VA
BS, George Mason University 2020
Grace B. Simmons, Waitsfield, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Elizabeth Anne Sparks, Greenville, SC
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Angela M. Spetts, Utica, NY
BS, Utica University 2003; MS, University at Buffalo 2007
James Michael Sullivan, Schuylerville, NY
AS, State University of New York, Adirondack 2005; BS, State
University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry 2007
Madeline Taubkin, Clifton Park, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Yeshey Tshogyal, Paro, Bhutan
BA, Baruch College 2020
Han Naung Tun, Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar
MBBS, University of Medicine [2] Yangon 2014; FACTM,
Australasian College of Tropical Medicine 2020
Elizabeth Dunlevy Tuttle, Pine Springs, MN
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Laura Whitley, Middlebury, VT
BS, Northeastern University 2021
Grace Y. Yu, Essex Junction, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Maryam Zenali, Kerman, Iran
BS, University of Houston 2002; MD, The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston 2006
Pallas Amita Snider Ziporyn, South Burlington, VT
AB, Harvard University 2010
MASTER OF SCIENCE
ANIMAL BIOSCIENCES
Ashley Winter Driemel, Vernon, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Thesis: The Effects of Processed Seaweed Supplements on Rumen
Fermentation and Methane Production in vitro
Advisor: Dr. Sabrina L. Greenwood
BIOCHEMISTRY
John M. Cullen, Norfolk, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: The Impact of the CALM-AF10 Fusion Protein on Wnt
Signaling in Leukemia
Advisor: Dr. Jessica L. Heath
BIOLOGY
Phoebe Cousens, Dartmouth, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: Identification of Novel SH Protein Phosphorylation-
Dependent Binding Partners and Interaction Mechanisms
Advisor: Dr. Bryan A. Ballif
Kylie Maureen Finnegan, Burke, VA
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Elucidating the Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms
underlying Thermal Tolerance in Embryonic Drosphila
melanogaster
Advisor: Dr. Brent L. Lockwood
Jacob A. Sorrentino, Eatontown, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: The Population Genetics of Four Ant Species in a
Fragmented Urban Environment
Advisor: Dr. Sara Helms Cahan
BIOSTATISTICS
Francesca Katherine Amelia Martin, Essex, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
CHEMISTRY
Michelle Elizabeth DiPinto, Burlington, CT
BS, University of Saint Joseph 2012
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Ali Dadkhah, Burlington, VT
BS, Iran University of Science and Technology 2018
Fiona Gilbert Doherty, Seattle, WA
BSEE, University of Vermont 2023
Kenneth Scott Feasley Lawson, Takoma Park, MD
BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2018
Thesis: A Duration-Over-Threshold Model for Flood Frequency and
Flow Regime Characterization
Advisor: Dr. Kristen L. Underwood
Peyton Hope Lienhart, Willowbrook, IL
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Metagenomic Insights into Landfill Intermediate Cover Soil
Microbiomes and their Potential Role in Mitigating Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Scarborough
Liza Anne McLatchy, Wilmington, NC
BSEE, University of Vermont 2023
George Harrison Myers, Moretown, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Thesis: Understanding and Mitigating Phosphorous Losses in the
Vermont Lake Champlain Basin at the Watershed and Field Scale
in a Changing Climate
Advisor: Dr. Eric Roy
Evan Ulrich, Homer, NY
BS, Juniata College 2020
Thesis: The Impact of Representative Scale in Groundwater
Modeling
Advisor: Dr. George Pinder
Logan Livingston Werner, Rowayton, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2018
Thesis: Organic Fouling Mitigation in Forward Osmosis Technology
through the Use of Oscilatting Alternating Current Electric Fields
Advisor: Dr. Appala Raju Badireddy
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CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
Diego A. Adrianzen Herrera, Lima, Peru
MD, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia 2011
Thesis: Impact of Preexisting Autoimmune Disease on Outcomes of
Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Advisor: Dr. Neil A. Zakai
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS
Erica Bliss, Williston, VT
BS, Syracuse University 2022
Michelle C. Bookless
BA, St. Michael’s College 2008
Lauren E. Brough, Killingworth, CT
BA, Bates College 2019
Camille Elise Daigle, Lafayette, LA
BA, Louisiana State University 2022
Asher Frechette, Reading, MA
BA, Wheaton College 2021
Meghann Howrigan, Fairfield, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Margaret Kenyon, Niantic, CT
BS, University of Rhode Island 2022
Olivia Nicole Lewallen, Louisville, KY
AA, Jefferson Community and Technical College 2015; BA,
University of Louisville 2018
Lily F. Loftus, Bennington, VT
BA, University of Southern Maine 2022
Brittney Theresa Marks, Orlando, FL
BA, Florida Gulf Coast University 2018
Savonna McGlothlin, Phoenix, AZ
BS, Northern Arizona University 2017
Isabel McKinnon Moffroid, Warren, VT
BA, The George Washington University 2022
Lindsay Paquette, Simsbury, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Maureen Leigh Pavlik, Norwalk, CT
BA, University of Vermont 2014
Brianna Elizabeth Severance, Enosburg Falls, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Kennedi Collyn Simons, Huntington Beach, CA
AA, Golden West College 2019; BA, California State University,
Long Beach 2021
Madison Welte, Morehead, KY
BS, Western Carolina University 2021
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
Fareed Ahmadi, Kabul, Afghanistan
BS, Norwich University 2018
Thesis: A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Foreign Aid on
Economic Growth and Human Development Index in Afghanistan
from 1960 to 2020
Advisor: Dr. Asim Zia
Kristin Elizabeth Darby, Waterbury, VT
BS, Clarkson University 2014
Thesis: Understanding the Connections between Cross-Sector
Collaboration and Service Delivery for Charitable Organizations
using Mixed Methods
Advisor: Dr. Sarah N. Heiss
Molly Margaret Myers, Bellaire, MI
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: Unraveling Public Evacuation Likelihood: Structural
Equation Models and the Extended Parallel Process Model in
Focus
Advisor: Dr. Trisha R. Shrum
Megan Roush, Wyoming, OH
BA, Saint Michael’s College 2015
Thesis: Green Space, Mental Health & Risk-Related Behaviors during
the COVID-19 Pandemic
Advisor: Dr. Trisha R. Shrum
Dakota Brant Walker, Asheville, NC
BS, University of North Carolina, Asheville 2017
Thesis: Reorienting Local Housing Development Trends via Land
Value Taxation: A Bottom-Up and Top-Down Quantitative Analysis
Advisor: Dr. Joshua C. Farley
COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DATA SCIENCE
Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer, Westport, NY
BA, Columbia University 1997; MDes, Ontario College of Art &
Design University 2020
Cailin Gramling, Rochester, NY
BA, University of Vermont 2021
Xavier Hayden, Manhattan, KS
BA, Bates College 2019
Cameron P. Hudson, South Burlington, VT
BS/BA, University of Vermont 2021
Thesis: Effective Drag Coefficient Prediction on Single-View 2D
Images of Snowflakes
Advisor: Dr. Safwan Wshah
Mitchell Aaron Joseph, South Burlington, VT
BS, St. Lawrence University 2015
Kevin Dean Motia, Shelburne, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Thesis: Effects of Neurological and Morphological Diversity on Robot
Swarm Robustness
Advisor: Dr. Joshua Bongard
Shannon Delia O’Connor, Cumberland, RI
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Christopher O’Neil, Williston, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Adam Michael Ontiveros, Ventura, CA
BS, University of Northern Colorado 2022
Tucker Lindell Paron, Woodbury, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Maxwell Travers Perrotto, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Campbell W. Powell, Longmeadow, MA
BA, Bryn Mawr College 2020
Gabriela Salazar Lopez, Mexico City, Mexico
BA, Columbia University 2011
Thesis: Quantifying Glial-Glial Interactions in Drosophilia using
Automated Image Analysis
Advisor: Dr. Chris Danforth
Cierra San Roman, Orange, CA
BA, Colby College 2021
Sarah Tabor, Baldwin, IA
BBA, University of Iowa 2020
Harrison Thompson, Falmouth, ME
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Carter Willets Ward, North Stonington, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: How to Analyze Parental Conversation Online: A
Computational Stack for Studying Vaccine Hesitancy
Advisors: Dr. Chris Danforth, Dr. Peter Dodds
Erik Weis, Fort Lauderdale, FL
BA, Dartmouth College 2018
Thesis: Robust Interventions in Network Epidemiology
Advisor:s Dr. Jean-Gabriel Young, Dr. Laurent Hebert-Dufresne
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Farzana Akhter, Dhaka, Bangladesh
BS, BRAC University 2010
Thesis: Employing Genetic Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Data
Routing in Internet of Things Networks
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Near
Nikhilsai Reddy Choppa, Nagavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
BS, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University 2021
Arthur Andre Dolimier, Bothell, Washington
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Mohsen Ghasemizade, Bandar-e-Abbas, Iran
BS, Shiraz University 2020
Thesis: A Computational Journey through Conspiracy Theories:
A Genealogical Approach
Advisor: Dr. Jeremiah Onaolapo
Maya Griffith, Harrington Park, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Anika Eleanor Hamby, Derby Line, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Ashley Graveline Heath, Southington, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Jared Ryland Krogsrud, Winooski, VT
BS, University of California, Santa Cruz 2007; MS, University of
Vermont 2013
Nathaniel C. G. Ogilvie, Huntington, VT
BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2016
Thesis: Fine-Grained Permeable Surfaces Mapping through
Parallel U-Net
Advisor: Dr. Safwan Wshah
Parisa Suchdev, Adalpur, Sindh, Pakistan
BS, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and
Technology 2019
Thesis: Analyzing the Impact of Cultural Factors on Happiness
Levels in Arabic Language Tweets
Advisors: Dr. Chris Danforth, Dr. Peter S. Dodds
Shaurya Swami, Clinton, MS
BS, Jackson State University 2021
Thesis: Advancing Deep Learning Techniques for Turbidity
Forecasting in Rivers and Reservoirs
Advisors: Dr. Kristen L. Underwood, Dr. Donna M. Rizzo
Natalie Lange Tolley, Millersville, MD
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Thesis: Effects of Morphology on Genetic Assimilation of Learned
Behavior
Advisor: Dr. Joshua Bongard
Alex Townsend, Windsor, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
COUNSELING
Erin M. Baker, Burlington, VT
BA, Norwich University 2004; MEd, University of Vermont 2011
Cael Barkman, Greenville, NY
BA, State University of New York, New Paltz 2000
Jennifer M. Brennan, Hancock, NH
BA, Connecticut College 2000; MEd, Northeastern University 2011
Zahara M. Bulle, Burlington, VT
BA, Castleton University 2021
Susannah Rose Carson, Milwaukee, WI
BS, Miami University of Ohio 2015
Zephyr Blue Cerulli, Montpelier, VT
BS, Lesley University 2002
Ruth M. Chávez, Tarponsprings, FL
BS, University of Florida 2019
Stephanie Dunn, Staten Island, NY
BA, Bard College 2013; MS, Touro College 2017
Lindsay Foreman, Burlington, VT
BA, DePaul University 2002
Meredith Friel, Devon, PA
BA, Kenyon College 2014
Emily Cliffe Guthrie, Winooski, VT
BA, Denison University 2015
Becca Erin Hahn
BA, Muhlenberg College 2017; MA, Relay Graduate School of
Education 2020
Hannah Haskell, Chadds Ford, PA
BA, Hamilton College 2015
Arlee Rose Hiskey, Chapel Hill, NC
BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2016
Parker Charles Holloway, Huntington, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2012; MPP, Loyola University Chicago
2014
Millicent Grace Johnson, Florence, SC
BA, University of South Carolina 2015
Aspen Kupper, Orlando, FL
AA, Valencia College 2019; BA, University of Central Florida 2021
Aquilas Comlan Lokossou, Burlington, VT
BA, State University of New York, Plattsburgh 2022
Alicja Konstancja Madloch, Katowice, Poland
BA, Skidmore College 2019
Arima Nam Minard, Yardley, PA
BA, Oberlin College 2001; MA, University of East London 2002
Hannah Monius, Boston, MA
BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2018
Tessa Ann Neubauer, Trumbull, CT
BA, University of Vermont 2019
Travis A. Perry, Georgia, VT
BA, Castleton State College 2001
Alexis Pless, San Diego, CA
BA, Indiana University-Purdue University 2018
Samantha Rothberg, Denver, CO
BS, University of Vermont 2013
Kathryn Wilshire Russell, Cross River, NY
BA, The George Washington University 2019
Jessica A. Scott, Saint George, VT
BSFS, Georgetown University 2005; JD, Vermont Law School
2010
Giage Phoenix Sironi, Cabot, VT
BSED, University of Vermont 2019
Dan Smith, Peterborough, NH
BS, Northern Vermont University 2021
Benjamin Soll, Hinesburg, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2013
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Waheed Olaide Owonikoko, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
BS, University of Ilorin 2015; MS, University of Ilorin 2021
Andres Juan Segura, Arequipa, Peru
BSEE, University of Vermont 2015
FOOD SYSTEMS
Matthew Campbell Bristol, South Glastonbury, CT
BA, Skidmore College 2017
Jamie A. Cohen, Philadelphia, PA
BA, Temple University 2019
Quinn E. DiFalco, Burlington, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2021
Amy Finley, San Diego, CA
BA, University of California Los Angeles 1996
Thesis: Assessing the Impact of an Intervention to Build Food
Agency During Emerging Adulthood
Advisor: Dr. Amy Trubek
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Claire Fischer, Allegany, NY
BS, Xavier University 2021
Maeve Forbes, Wells, ME
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Zachary Goldstein, Melville, NY
BA, Brown University 2019
Thesis: Groundwater Governance and Agricultural
Sustainability: Examining Farmer Interactions with California’s
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Advisor: Dr. Meredith Niles
Catherine Horwitz, Pawtucket, RI
BA, Kenyon College 2020
Michelle Leonetti, Long Beach, NY
BS, Cornell University 2014
Thesis: A Qualitative Study of Rural Plant-Based Eaters’
Knowledge and Planning for Nutritional Adequacy
Advisor: Dr. Emily Belarmino
Autumn Moen, Iowa City, IA
BA, University of Iowa 2020
Sophie Hartry Springer, Kensington, MD
BSBA, Bucknell University 2020
Margaret Joan Kelly Torness, Sisseton, SD
BS, Black Hills State University 2020
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
William K. Gansle, Rocky Point, NY
BA, University of Vermont 2021
Mary Catherine Mosher, Fredericksburg, VA
BA, Randolph-Macon College 2021
Lucas John Newton, Townshend, VT
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Zachary James Salman, Berkeley Springs, WV
BA, Shepherd University 2022
Josie Roslyn Talerman, Norfolk, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2021
Caitlin Bailey Teare, Yarmouth, ME
BA, Connecticut College 2019
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Tyler Bloom, Netawaka, KS
BS, Fort Hays State University 2019
Peijin Chen, Princeton, NJ
BS, University of California, Berkeley 1998; MA, Stanford
University 2006
Frederick Senya, Burlington, VT
BSc, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2015; MPhil, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology 2019
Norman Edward Trushaev, Baltimore, MD
BS, Evergreen State College 2021
Per Wagenius, Highland Park, IL
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Edge Colored and Edge Ordered Graphs
Advisor: Dr. Puck Rombach
Annie Catherine Zhang, West Des Moines, IA
BS, University of California Los Angeles 2021
Thesis: An Analysis of a Linear Algebra Based Group Key
Exchange Protocol
Advisor: Dr. Christelle Vincent
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Ian August Ballou, Reading, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Thesis: Investigation of Silica-Based Coating Treatments of
Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator for Mars and Future
Planetary Exploration
Advisor: Dr. Douglas Fletcher
Owen Michael Brandriss, Williamstown, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Performance of a Low-Reynolds Discrete Swirl Injection
Method Under a Range of Design Parameters
Advisor: Dr. William Louisos
Philip Paul Buchwald, Milwaukee, WI
BSME, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee 1986
Hunter Clarke Aquinas Feeley, Cortlandt Manor, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Nicholas Fitzgerald, St. Albans, VT
BS, Clarkson University 2022
Thesis: The Use of Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning for
Shape Parameter and Drag Coefficient Prediction of Falling
Snowflakes
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey S. Marshall
William Harvey, Georgia, VT
BSME, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: The Overpressurization and Surface Contamination of
On-Demand Pressure Systems
Advisor: Dr. William Louisos
Benjamin Scott Jackson, Newton, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: Control of Pneumatically Actuated Drones
Advisor: Dr. Luis Duffaut Espinosa
Parminder Kaur, White River Junction, VT
BSME, University of Vermont 2023
Jonathan Kerivan, Medfield, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Dynamical Modeling of Resistojet Style Thrusters for Fault
Detection, and Fault Identification
Advisor: Dr. Hamid Ossareh
Sadegh Khodabandeloo, Tehran, Iran
BS, Sharif University of Technology 2021
Thesis: Biomechanical Outcomes 1 Year After ACL Reconstruction
and Meniscus Surgery
Advisor: Dr. Niccolo M. Fiorentino
Mason Cole Martell, Portland, ME
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Thesis: Effects of Crystallization on Micro-Mechanical Behavior
of Polyethylene Nanocomposites
Advisor: Dr. Linda S. Schadler
Jason Andrew Murray, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
William Patrick Robinson, West Hartford, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Maury D. Smith III, Randolph, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Kayla M. Steen, Hinesburg, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2016
Randall Storm Jr., Oxford, CT
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Thesis: Colloidal Particle Transport in Porous Media
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey S. Marshall
Kevin Dimas Zuniga Cuellar, Lima, Peru
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Thesis: Tools to Measure Dispersion Descriptors from Polymer
Nanocomposites
Advisor: Dr. Linda S. Schadler
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
Molly Douglas, North Hero, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Zoe Mark, South Burlington, VT
BS, Eckerd College 2018
Emily Anna Plasse, Scituate, RI
BS, University of Vermont 2022
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Joshua Dean Shepard, Essex, VT
BA, Middlebury College 2021
MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
Emilia Sofia Norberg, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: The Effect of Tryptamine Producing Bacteria on Gut
Motility in Mice
Advisor: Dr. Gary Mawe
Meghan Jameson Owens, Richmond, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2018
Thesis: Analysis of Environmentally Acquired Toxoplasma gondii
with Samples Collected from the Low-Income Community of Pau
da Lima, Brazil
Advisor: Dr. Bruno Martorelli Di Genova
NATURAL RESOURCES
Ismar Biberovic, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
BA, University of Vermont 2020
Thesis: Paleolimnological Data Synthesis to Assess Long-Term
Ecological Change in Vermont Lakes
Advisor: Dr. Ana M. Morales
Liam M. Farley, Arlington, VT
AS, Community College of Vermont 2017; BS, University of
Vermont 2020
Thesis: Predicting Leucotaraxis spp. Adult Emergence in the
Pacific Northwest with Implications for Biological Control of
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States
Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Wallin, Dr. Bill Keeton
Katherine Anne Longfield, Cambridge, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2019
Thesis: Farmer Attitudes Toward Conservation and Government
in Vermont’s Lake Champlain Basin
Advisor: Dr. Kristine Stepenuck
Jordan Thomas Luff, Pisgah Forest, NC
AAS, Haywood Community College 2016; BS, North Carolina
State University 2018
Thesis: Structural Characteristics and Recruitment Dynamics
of Old-Growth Red Spruce-Northern Hardwoods Mixedwoods
Forests: Baselines for Restoration and Maintenance of an
Historically Important Community
Advisor: Dr. Anthony W. D’Amato
Sophia Rebecca Marinace, Belmont, NH
BS, University of Vermont 2021
Thesis: Drivers of Soil Organic Carbon Storage in Rich Northern
Hardwood Forests
Advisor: Dr. Anthony D’Amato
Paulina Elizabeth Murray, Troy, NY
BS, Siena College 2019
Thesis: Exploring the Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Leaf Litter
and Wood Decomposition in Response to Changing Climates
and Associated Adaptive Management Regimes in Northeastern
Forests
Advisor: Dr. E. Carol Adair
Frederick William Sutor V, Fort Washington, PA
BS, University of Vermont 2017
Thesis: Iron and Phosphorous Cycling in a Changing Arctic
Watershed
Advisor: Dr. William B. Bowden
Rachel Swanwick, Basking Ridge, NJ
BA, Brandeis University 2015
Thesis: Advancing Equitable Approaches to Climate Adaptation
for Forest Stewardship: Exploring Barriers, Opportunities and
Cross-Cultural Collaborations across Tribal Nations and State
Agencies, in Maine, USA
Advisors: Dr. Anthony W. D’Amato, Dr. Rachel E. Schattman
NURSING
Hazel Dakara Claire Adams, Bronx, NY
BSN, City University of New York, Lehman College 2019
Hailey Morrell Taylor, Pasadena, CA
BS, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 2020
NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE
Ariel Elektra Martin, Burlington, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Thesis: Potential Enhanced Stress Tolerance of Outbreak-
Associated Salmonella enterica from Multiple U.S. Outbreaks
Advisor: Dr. Andrea Etter
PATHOLOGY
Kali Karen Aku Amoah, Gaithersburg, MD
BA, Ohio State University 2019
Margaret E. King, Clinton, CT
BS, Saint Michael’s College 2022
Thesis: A Comparative Analysis of Sural Nerve Morphometry
using Gold Standard Light Microscopy Analysis versus
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Advisor: Dr. Douglas J. Taatjes
Kyra Lee, Ottawa, Canada
BS, University of Vermont 2018
Thesis: High-Plex Imaging of RNAs and Proteins for Spatial
Profiling of the Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment
Advisor: Dr. Douglas J. Taatjes
Sherry Xu, Lian Yung Gang, Jiangsu, China
AS, Clinton Community College 2013; BS, State University of
New York, Plattsburgh 2016
Thesis: Evaluation and Modeling of Factors Associated with
Urine Drug Testing Appointment Absences
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Nowak, Dr. Jill Warrington
PHARMACOLOGY
Priyanka Chavarkar, Mumbai, India
MBBS, Topiwala National Medical College 2018
Thesis: Investigating the Effects of Loss of RUNX1 and its Role in
Mitotic Gene Bookmarking and Breast Cancer
Advisors: Dr. Gary Stein, Dr. Janet Stein
Liam J. Clancy, Hinesburg, VT
AA, Community College of Vermont 2019; BS, Saint Michael’s
College 2021
Thesis: Characterization of a Pathological Tau Point Mutation,
E342V, Implicated in Frontotemporal Dementia
Advisor: Dr. Christopher L. Berger
David William Hadden, Exeter, NH
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Kathryn Anne Laprade, Atlanta, GA
BS/BA, Agnes Scott College 2014
Thesis: Housing Effect on Alcohol Consumption in a Binge
Drinking Model Following Foot Shock Stress
Advisor: Dr. James M. Stafford
Jenna Ann McDonald, Walpole, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Terdha Narla, Andhra Pradesh, India
BPharm, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University 2021
Thesis: Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry as a Method for the
Detection and Quantification of Gut Metabolites
Advisor: Dr. Yangguang Ou
Skylar Oliver, Leonia, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Mehak Raina, Jammu, India
MBBS, University of Jammu 2018
Thesis: Interplay Between System Xc- and Glutaredoxin;
Relevance for Pulmonary Fibrosis
Advisor: Dr. Yvonne MW Janssen Heininger
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Emma Schoeling, Plainfield, IL
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Thesis: The Evaluation of the Prokinetic Action of a Luminally
Restricted 5-HT4 Receptor Agonist in Mice
Advisors: Dr. Gary Mawe, Dr. Brigitte Lavoie
Nathan Cooper Stine, Mont Vernon, NH
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: Elevated Plasma Aldosterone Decreases Inward
Rectifying K
+
(Kir2.1) Channel Currents in Capillary Endothelial
Cells of the Brain via Mineralocorticoid Receptors
Advisor: Dr. Masayo Koide
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WELLNESS SCIENCE
Hailey Burns, Montréal, Québec, Canada
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Alyssa Jette, Lebanon, NH
AS, Dean College 2010; BS, Colby-Sawyer College 2013
Maria Kelly, Sandwich, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Frances Beverly O’Donnell, Kenwood, CA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Delaney Jo Richason, Zionsville, IN
BA, University of Vermont 2023
Julie Amanda Ring, Manchester Center, VT
BA, Hartwick College 1992
Ana Vasile, Milford, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2023
PHYSICS
Thomas Charles Cleary, Bow, NH
BA, Colby College 2017
Thesis: Photonic States and Band Structure in Non-Uniform
Metal-Dielectric Photonic Crystal Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Advisor: Dr. Matthew S. White
PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE
Emmanuel Kwame Brefo, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
BTec, Nelson Mandela University 2014
Thesis: Evaluating the Performance of Winter Peas as Dual-Use
Crops for Both Cover Crop and Profit Crop
Advisor: Dr. Eric Bishop von Wettberg
Samantha Brewer, Merritt Island, FL
BS, Florida Southern College 2021
Thesis: The Inclusion of Woodchips and Drinking Water
Treatment Residuals in Vegetated Bioretention Planters: How
Do They Stack Up to Conventional Soil Media?
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie E. Hurley
PLANT BIOLOGY
William E. Durkin, Biddeford, ME
BS, Saint Michael’s College 2018
Michelle Giles, Washington, NJ
AS, Harold Washington University Community College 2017;
BA, Roosevelt University 2018
Evan Robert Horne, Silver Spring, MD
BS, University of Maryland 2016
David William Moroney, San Diego, CA
BA, Hamilton College 2009
Lee Walker Toomey, Boston, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2012
Catherine Wessel, Lenox, MA
BA, Kenyon College 2019
STATISTICS
Bernard Kwame Adu, Accra, Ghana
BS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science 2021
Brent Cohen, Shrewsbury, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2012
Luc Jason Cohen-Wanis, Costa Mesa, CA
BS, University of California, Irvine 2019
Liliana Correa, San Antonio, TX
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Sarah Niknaum, Burlington, VT
BA, University of Isfahan 2008; MA, University of Oregon 2013
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Andy Borah, Williston, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2011
Thesis: Knee Articular Cartilage Quantitative MRI Reliability and
Left-to-Right and Visit-to Visit Repeatability in Health Subjects
under Compressive Load
Advisor: Dr. Bruce Beynnon
Julianne Marie Boughton, West Monroe, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Peter William Cockayne, Shelburne, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Isaac Downs, Essex Junction, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Erin A. Kloostra,Ada, MI
BSME, University of Vermont 2023
Haley H. Kuralt, Brattleboro, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Development of a Portable Device for Quantifying
Internal-External Rotational Laxity of the Knee In Vivo
Advisor: Dr. Niccolo M. Fiorentino
Claire Madison Leahy, Pilesgrove, NJ
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Olivia Mae O’Brien, Medfield, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Thesis: Reactivity of Isolated Cerebral Parenchymal Arterioles to
Thrombin during Pregnancy and Preeclampsia in Rats
Advisor: Dr. Marilyn J. Cipolla
Rafael Peralta, The Bronx, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Liliana Pauline Ross, Sharon, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Marit Erika Scott, Minneapolis, MN
BS, University of Vermont 2023
Thesis: Quantitative MRI Measures of Tibiofemoral Articular
Cartilage Mechanics and Composition to Inform Joint
Degeneration Countermeasures in Microgravity
Advisor: Dr. Niccolo M. Fiorentino
Bradley Thomas Young, East Bridgewater, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2022
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DIETETICS
Yangzom Dolma, Queens, NY
BS, University of Vermont 2018
Brittany N. LeClair, Marcellus, NY
BS, University of Connecticut 2021
Ryer E. Leveille, Montpelier, VT
BS, University of Vermont 2022
Juliana Rattey, Brunswick, ME
BS, University of Vermont 2018
Michaela Cheyenne Wilson, Missoula, MT
BS, Montana State University 2021
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
Sarah Elizabeth Abeling-Wang, Essex, VT
BS, St. Lawrence University 2020
Nupoor Adhikari, Woodland, CA
BS/BA, University of California, Davis 2021
Jenna Borovinsky, Santa Ana, CA
BA, Colgate University 2022
Jessa Kathryn Bradley, Crownsville, MD
BS, University of Washington 2022
Sam Charles Jr., Miami, FL
AA, Broward College 2017; BS, University of Central Florida 2021
Mya Celeste Crabtree, Dallas, TX
BA, University of North Texas 2021
Maya Inez Davis, Milton, MA
BA, Middlebury College 2020
Madison Donnelly, Boulder, CO
BA, University of Colorado at Boulder 2021
Joselvin Santiny Galeas, Berkeley, CA
BA, University of California, Berkeley 2018
Maria Camila Grau, Miami, FL
BA, Florida International University 2021
Emily Michelle Walkowicz Hanney, Rochester, NY
BS, Rochester Institute of Technology 2015
Graham Murray Janson, Calais, VT
BA, University of Pennsylvania 2022
Yejee Kim, Los Angeles, CA
AS, Community College of Air Force 2019; BS, California State
University, Los Angeles 2021
Isabel Kline, South Hero, VT
BS, Siena College 2022
Miles George Lamberson, Richmond, VT
BA, Bates College 2019
Vanessa Marascio, Mansfield, MA
BS, University of Vermont 2021; MPH, University of Vermont
2023
Michael Christopher McLaughlin, Cornwall, NY
BS, University of Connecticut 2022
Kaleigh Alexa Miller, Hopatcong, NJ
BS, Centenary University 2021
Hannah Kristina Moynihan, North Easton, MA
BS, James Madison University 2022
Serenity Ugandeshia Nation, Monroe, LA
BS, Xavier University of Louisiana 2021
Joseph Odundo Owuor, Nairobi, Kenya
BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2018
Maya Rose Raj, Modesto, CA
BS, University of California, Davis 2020
Olivia Salem, Bennington, VT
BS, Fairfield University 2022
Chaitra Subbarao, Monterey, CA
BS, University of Southern California 2020
Shantel Lee Tatum, Moses Lake, WA
BS, Portland State University 2022
Ashley I. Tubens, Lower East Side, New York City, NY
BS, Syracuse University 2022
Faith Elizabeth Turner, Hope Mills, NC
BS, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2022
Amber Uptergrove, Troy, MI
BS, University of Michigan 2022
Michael Albert Villalpando, Elk Grove, CA
BS, California State University, Sacramento 2022
Joseph Young, Mclean, VA
BS, Norwich University 2014
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
Adam Allan Ahlquist, South Burlington, VT
BA, State University of New York, Canton 2009
Benni Dandelion Bennion, Burlington, VT
BS, Brigham Young University 2016
Mary Carter Bradshaw, Longmeadow, MA
BA, University of Vermont 2020
Andrew Bretti, Jamestown, RI
BS, University of Rhode Island 2013
Matthew Breunig, Prairie du Sac, WI
BS, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 2021
Caitlin S. Brower, Montpelier, VT
BSW, Champlain College 2023
Meredith A. Coeyman, Concord, NH
BA, Hampshire College 1998
Marcy May Cram, Leicester, VT
BS, Johnson State College 2013
Kathleen Ellen Donahue, Burlington, VT
BA, Catholic University of America 2005; JD, Western Michigan
University 2008
Leia June Falco, Randolph, VT
BS/BSW, Champlain College 2020
Rachel Gould, Northbrook, IL
BS, University of Vermont 2020
Christina Ranelli Grier, Niantic, CT
BA, College of the Holy Cross 1996
Shannon Benjamin Harness, Waterbury, VT
AGS, Colorado Mountain College 2014; BSW, University of
Vermont 2023
Natalie Marie Holt, Reno, NV
BS, University of Nevada, Reno 2022
Jamie Hovis, Wilmington, NC
BA, University of North Carolina, Asheville 2019
Hanna Marie Johnson, Huntington, VT
BA, Champlain College 2022
Natanya Lara, Shelburne, VT
BA, Bard College 1992
Sara Levesque, Burlington, VT
BSW, University of Vermont 2022
Carly Levinson, Livingston, NJ
BSW, Bloomsburg University 2021
Allison Long, Lockport, NY
BS, Canisius College 2021
Reuben Juniper McNeil, Derry, NH
BA, Colby-Sawyer College 2021
Molly Christian O’Brien, Roxbury, NY
BA, State University of New York, Geneseo 2020
Ashley Jean Parizo, Colchester, VT
BA, Johnson State College 2015
Shawna J. Ploof, Lincoln, VT
AA, Community College of Vermont 2014; BA, Northern
Vermont University 2021
Melissa Day Ramsbottom, Little Compton, RI
BASW, Colorado State University 2018
Raeanna Reichert, Collegeville, PA
BA, Champlain College 2017
Halima Abdala Said, Burlington, VT
BA, Champlain College 2023
Laura S. Smith, Montpelier, VT
BSW, University of Vermont 2021
Dillon Patrick Watson, Westhampton, MA
BS, Ithaca College 2018
Morgaine R. Wilde, Sutton, NH
BA, Burlington College 2016
Anah Lee Witt, Mount Horeb, WI
BA, Bates College 2021
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GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR AWARDS
recognize the accomplishments of GTAs who have demonstrated
unusual excellence and creativity in their teaching and commitment to
student learning. Two awards are given each year, one for a GTA who
has served as the primary instructor in a lecture-based course, and one
for a GTA who has served as a laboratory or field instructor. Outstanding
GTAs are nominated by their departments and programs.
Lecture Instruction Category: Sarah Florina Days-Merrill,
Mathematical Sciences PhD Program
Laboratory/Field Instruction Category: Bertrand Black, Plant
Biology PhD Program
THESIS AND DISSERTATION AWARDS are presented to students
whose work shows exceptional quality and will impact scholarship in
their field of study.
OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
Brett M. Meyer, PhD, Complex Systems and Data Science
Dissertation: Applications of a Wearable Sensor Platform for
Remotely Monitoring Impairment in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
Advisor: Ryan S. McGinnis, PhD
OUTSTANDING MASTER’S THESIS AWARD
Juniper Oxford, MA, History
Thesis: Declarations of Womanhood: Trans Lives, Livelihoods, and
Afterlives of American Women, 1890-1954
Advisor: Paul Deslandes, PhD
GRADUATE COLLEGE AWARDS TO GRADUATES
THREE MINUTE THESIS 3MT AWARDS
The 3MT is a global research communication competition that
challenges PhD students to present a compelling oration on their
research project and its significance in three minutes, in language
accessible to a non-specialist audience.
First Place: Alison Hall,Biology: The World is Changing; How Do
the Littlest Cope?
Second Place: Amber Goerner, Cellular, Molecular, and
Biomedical Sciences: Investigating Host Pathogen Interactions in
ChronicToxoplasma GondiiInfection
People’s Choice: Morgan Southgate, Plant Biology: Branching In
As Well As Out: An Ecological Story of Fern Hybridization
HONOR SOCIETIES
DELTA OMEGA HONORARY SOCIETY IN PUBLIC HEALTH, founded
in 1924 at Johns Hopkins University to promote the graduate study of
public health and to recognize outstanding achievement in the field.
Ahmed Alrai Elizabeth Rowell
Meghan Bethel Julia Margaret Sarrasin
Alexia Julie Bove Abigale Mary Savoie
Heidi Marie Considine James Michael Sullivan
Brian J. Gomez Elizabeth Dunlevy Tuttle
Fatisha Moteso Laura Whitley
Emma Louise Parks Madeline Taubkin
Julia Pencek Pallas Amita Snider Ziporyn
Noel Riby-Williams
CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATE STUDY
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND PLANNING
Ryan Miotto
Molly Margaret Myers
Colin Powers
Megan Roush
Christopher Theodore
COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DATA SCIENCE
Frederick R. Carlson
Emma Elizabeth Pearson
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Hannah Wade Despres
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
Abigail M. Martin
Samantha L. Paquette
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF DISABILITIES
Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury
Mona Abdelgawad Tolba
PUBLIC HEALTH
Lindsay M. Kirol
Nick Rose
RESILIENCY BASED APPROACHES WITH FAMILIES,
SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES
Shelley Adriance Heather Gilbert
Lee Nourse Andors Harold Lee Marek
Tracy Ann Butler Melissa Rose Parr
Diana Stephanie Franco Helene Steinberg
SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
Zachary Blake Dubinsky Elizabeth Rose Humphrey
Charles Egan Carter James Long
Finn O. Evans Lorenzo Brenton Mills
78 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Honor Societies and Scholars Programs
PHI BETA KAPPA
Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor
society dedicated to honoring high
academic achievement for liberal
arts students, was founded at the
College of William and Mary in
1776. It is the nation’s first Greek
letter society and is the oldest and
most respected academic honorary
society. UVM’s chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, the Alpha of Vermont,
was established in 1848; it is the
eleventh oldest chapter on the
national rolls of Phi Beta Kappa,
and the first chapter to admit both
African Americans and women to
its membership.
INDUCTED DECEMBER 2023
Kelsey M. Brown
Jade Cleary
Kendal Naomi Coldren
Celia Cook
Ryan T. Davin
Kathleen Sara Delaney
Max Chabra Gerlach
Justine Goldblatt
Hallie Kai Hinchman
Sara Rose Homan
Jack Stanley Kassin
Sarah Ariel Haerim Kim
Emmet Emmet Kordell
Adina R. Kraus
Avi Levy
Ella B. Paulson
Adelaina Salaway
Addison Rachael Schwarz
Serena Jade Veilleux
Grace Visco
Simon Casey Walter
Sydney Grace White
Emilia Irene Winquist
ELECTED SPRING 2024
Shannon K. Baker
Samantha Grace Bjorklun
Amelia Catanzaro
Megan Emily Constable
Christos Anthony Contakos
Eamon Thomas Dener
Gemma Kate Diforio
Elsa Marie Digiovanni
Antranig S. Douglas
Nayantara Dutta
Catherine M. Farmer
Bridget Hallie Doyle Goldberg
Gabriel McStay Gómez
Madeleine Arleen Gourley
Madelaine Gramling
Meghan A. Hessler
Thomas Hochman
Rebecca Ann Holt
Makayla E. Hone
Katherine Avery Hood
Allison Rae Hoy
Jade Hsiang
Annika Imobersteg
Isabelle Maria Lapierre
Victoria Lendino
Abra J. Levin
Caleb Litster
Riley Maher
Lauren Rose Manning
Francesca Gabriella
Marchesano
Rylee Masson
Sydney McFarland
Allyson McKenna
Paola Emperatriz Mena
Henry
Jake Alan Miller
Sophia Middleton Cope Nolan
Megan O’Connor
Anneliese Olson
Owen Vincent Palcsik
Antonio Lewis Pugliese
Taylor Rose Rooney
Sierra Sabec
Maddy Saer
Haley Schickman
Jenna Rose Shiman
Gavin Adrian Sicard
Kelsey Jane Soule
Katreena Subramanian
Colyar Vesta Trimble
Lillian Mae Twohig
Hayley Katherine Zielinski
Kaitlyn A. Zoller
GOLDEN KEY INTERNATIONAL
HONOUR SOCIETY
The Golden Key International
Honour Society is an international
academic honor society founded in
1977 by a group of undergraduate
students and faculty members at
Georgia State University. The UVM
chapter was chartered in 1993.
It is interdisciplinary, honoring
undergraduates in each college/
school with GPA’s of at least 3.5 and
graduate students in each college/
school with GPA’s of at least 3.7.
Helen Katherine Adams Betz
Jasmine Bombard
Samuel James Clear
Madeleine Juliette Colton
Sierra Madison Cramer
Emily Elizabeth Croes
Isabella Manskopf deKluyver
Lauren Grace Frampton
Michael John Kaszycki
Clara E. Lefevre
Jennifer O’Donnell
Isabelle Tshile Smith
MORTAR BOARD
Mortar Board. is a national honor
society that recognizes college
seniors for distinguished ability
and achievement in scholarship,
leadership, and service.While
it is an honor to be selected for
membership in Mortar Board, it
is the commitment to continue
to serve that differentiates an
honor society from an honorary
society.Mortar Board chapters
across the nation are challenged
to provide thoughtful leadership
to the campus and community, to
create an environment of effective
communication, to move toward a
meaningful goal, and to maintain
the ideals of the society.
Keelan Emily Boisvert
Jenna Hope Boardman
Emma Suzanne Burns
Lia Nicole Cohen
Gabrielle M. Flory
Sierra Sabec
Hailey Diana Chasson
Roseneld
Sydney Grace White
Adam B. Zuchowski
BOULDER SOCIETY
Founded in 1905, the Boulder
Society is one of the University of
Vermont’s oldest undergraduate
honorary societies. Originally a
senior men’s honor society, the
Boulder Society became gender
inclusive in 2023. Membership
includes those seniors who have
shown dedication, devotion,
scholarship, and leadership. Most of
the members’ activities are heavily
focused on community service.
These graduates will be wearing
Green and Gold Honor Cords,
distinguishing them as members of
the Boulder Society.
Zoe Flanzer
Christian Penkrat
Aidin Repsher
Grey Rinaldi
TOWER SOCIETY
Founded in 1981, Tower Society is
an honor society that celebrates
scholarship, leadership, and
service in students with
traditionally marginalized gender
identities or expressions. The
Tower Society is comprised of
outstanding upperclassmen who
have demonstrated leadership,
scholarship, and service in their
communities. Members can be
distinguished by Green and Gold
Honor Cords.
Keelan Emily Boisvert
Annabelle Collins
Danica Rochelle Tapec
Dytioco
Tiany Mai
Sachiko Sakaniwa
Anja Samsom
Willa Vish
Sydney Grace White
ORDER OF OMEGA
Order of Omega is a national
leadership honor society for
undergraduate members
of fraternity and sorority
organizations. The goal of this
organization is to recognize
students who have exemplified
high standards of scholarship,
leadership, and community
involvement. Order of Omega
members inspire others to strive for
similar attainment. Membership to
the Theta Psi Chapter of Order of
Omega is limited to 3 percent of the
UVM Fraternity and Sorority Life
community.
Samantha Baum
Andrea Beard
Helen (Kate) Betz
Lucy Braymiller
Elizabeth (Lacey) Ceruolo
Kacey Doughney
Alexandra Jones
Micheal Kaszycki
Maya Klatsky
Josephine Moulton
Zach Pedowitz
Mary Redmond
Jenna Shiman
GREEN AND GOLD SCHOLARS
AWARD
The Green and Gold Scholars
Award is awarded to the most
academically talented select seniors
attending eligible Vermont high
schools(including public high
schools and select private high
schools in Vermont, and a number
of border high schools)with a merit
scholarship that covers full tuition
at the University of Vermont.
Students must maintain at least
a 3.0 GPA while at the university
to continue to receive this merit
scholarship.
Austin Doris Archambault
Arianna Barrios
Michael Christopher Blais
Mackenzie Bruce
Kathryn Buckley
Hannah M. Burns
Claire Eleanor Bushey
Emma Campbell
Eamon Thomas Dener
Marcelline Dockham
Michelle Gao
Sarah Brooke Garvin
Morgan Renee Gregory
Faith Hoagland
Eva Jessup
Nicole Jean Laplante
Justin McKenrick
Gavin Adrian Sicard
Elijah B. Smith
James W. Stephens
Alex Urbaska
Wenzdae Marie Tou Wendling
VERMONT SCHOLARS AWARD
The Vermont Scholars Award is
awarded to incoming Vermont
students who have demonstrated
the highest academic performance
during high school. Students must
maintain least a 3.0 GPA while at
the university to continue to receive
this merit scholarship.
Myles James Aja
Makayla Alber
Leola Franciszka Amblo
Ryan David Anderson
Kirsten Lee Appenzeller
Willem R. Barwin
Nicholas H. Bender
Juliana Suzanne Beraldi
Zakir Beridze
Katherine Blassingame
Jasmine Bombard
Nicholas N. Bosley
Lydia Bushey
Emma Jane Cary
Amelia Canney
Charles Bancroft Castle
Grace M. Caswell
Edith Lillian Cay
Lizbeth Cintron
Samuel James Clear
Sierra Madison Cramer
Liam Alexandder Day
Advik Mandar Dewoolkar
Abigayle Harriet Domingue
Kyle Doucette
Colin Murphy Dowd
Alexis Drown
Eamon Dunn
Hunter L. Dutton
Maura Madison Duval
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Kelly H. Eddy
Jaylynn Emmons
Catherine M. Farmer
Emma Teresa Farnsworth
Seraphina Fecher
Gabrielle M. Flory
Sabine Foerg
Noah Gagliardi
Calah Rose Gaiolini
Olivia Katerina Garvin
Alissa Hailey Geremski
Grace Giroux
Gavin P. Glosser
Julia Ann Grant
Oisin Eremon Harrington
Julia Christine Carlson Hillier
Malia Lynn Hodges
Emma Jin Hoza-Frederick
Peter J. Hyams
Joshua Edward Hyder
Annika Imobersteg
Ethan M. Ireland
Lars Jensen
Kendra May Keelty
Liam Dylan Kelliher
Amelia Beck Kerin
Gaelen Kilburn
Laurel Eliza King
Sydney M. Klugo
Jonathan David Knakal
Samuel Walter Knox
Carolynn Frances
Lafountaine
Richard V. Laverty
Ryan Lee
Audrey M. Lewis
Christopher Llanos
Henry August Lunde
Riley Maher
Cassidy Marie Martin
Riley Masson
Stephen Luke Mathyas
Caroline Kearney McClintock
Allyson McKenna
Tasnuva Mehreen
Lillian Merchant
Evelyn Olivia Jane Monje
Cade Morris
Isabella Mosca
Ryan Murray
William James John Muzzy
Nastassja Phoebe Nguyen
Aidan Nitsche
Megan O’Connor
Sophie Rehr O’Neil
Owen Vincent Palcsik
Maggie Payne
Ryan Pham
Liam Pickard
Kylie Pierce
Iain Andrew Pless
Gannon Chase Poquette
Hunter Postemski
Serena Power
Antonio Lewis Pugliese
Will Raboin
Dylan Richard Ray
Hannah Remington Roberts
Kyle Rousseau
Ethan Rubin
Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom
Evelyn Trathen Seidner
Lauren Mary Serano
Tin Aragorn Skoric
Samy Slamani
Nicole Sobczak
Maya Sobel
Alice Martha Sperber
Shaye Rose Squillante
Jane Lily Steadman
Anthony Allen Stem
Alexander Earl Stute
Matthew Tacey
Wyatt Emerson Taylor
Raymond Thibeault
Rileigh Caroline Thomas
Angelo Trevisani
Kaziah Guojuan Vaughn
Reilly M. Wells
Bjorn William Westervelt
Sullivan W.P. Weston
Aidan John Williams
Hanne Murielle Williams
Theron D. Williams
Calvin Humberto Wuthrich
Kaitlyn A. Zoller
Alexandra Zouck
Adam B. Zuchowski
PATRICK FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP
The Patrick Family Scholarship
is awarded to incoming Vermont
students who have demonstrated
outstanding academic performance
during high school. Students must
maintain at least a 3.0 GPA while at
the university to continue to receive
this merit scholarship.
Margaret S. Adams
Maggie Brook Alberghini
Joseph Hambright Alexander
Judd Ott Alexander
Quinn Holden Alper
Morgan R. Ambrose
Gabriella Michele Ambrosino
Jacob Thomas Ashe
Maya R. Asher
Hamza Azhar
Giovanna Bader
Jordan Barbour
MJ Barrett
Fi Barthel
Emelia Marie Blais
Marjon Elle Booth-Gage
Ellie Renee Bourdeau
Leah Elizabeth Branon
Isabel C. Brennan
Anna Marie Breslen
Patrick Thomas Killian Brock
Adelaide Kathryn Brooks
Henrique A. Brown
Asa J. Burrows-Crane
Kayleigh Violet Bushweller
Kimberly Jane Buzzell
Gabriella M. Caforia
Ethan Carnesale
Iris V. Carter
Christianna Linnea Cecere
Ethan Chant
Madison Nicole Chase
Cael A. Christian
Grady Shaw Corkum
Alannah Cota
Meghan Rae Curran
Morgan Elizabeth Daly
River Joseph DeFelice
Elizabeth Diane DeGraw
Samuel Dooley
Nicolas Durieux
Avery Christopher Feeley
Anne Page Fennelly
Casey Forey
Athena Fowler-Shaw
Sydney Joanne Goldfarb
Mitchell Grant
Julia Greeneld
Colin Greenleaf
Prajal Gurung
Allyson L. Harris
Sophie Hannah Haugwitz
Zachary James Hayes
Emily Rose Hemond
Evan Hinchlie
William Quinn Houston
Eric Jasper Johnson
Nicholas I. Kent
William Wood Laidlaw
Hannah A. Larose
Joseph H. LeClair
Mary Lenihan
Isabel Marie Lescarbeau
Emma Grace Lovelette
Alia Sandra Lunna
Chitsa Maung
Kaitlynne Mazza
Celia Viola Mcclintock
Sydney Lara Minnerly
William Joseph Mitchel Jr.
Justin A. Murray
Mykala R. O’Farrell
Chloe Collins Pay
Abigail Anne Pease
Ryan Thomas Pepe
Lily Porth
Kayla B. Prouty
Matthew Rainville
Jagr Rinehart
Eve Rivat
Ann Louise Roberts
Cole Madison Royer
Corrinne Royer
Logan Emerson Sands
Evelyn Dion
Samantha Jean Stillman
Spencer Stilwell
Julianne Catherine Sullivan
Grace Elizabeth Tucker
Megan Elaine Van Alphen
Olivia E. Vita
Sabina Ward
Ellen Carol Whitton
Lucy Marie Wilson
Grace Zelazny
JUSTIN MORRILL SCHOLARSHIP
The Justin Morrill Scholarship
is awarded to incoming Vermont
students who have demonstrated
strong academic performance
during high school. Recipients
must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
while at the university to continue
to receive this merit scholarship.
Sarah Beth Atwood
Gabriel Paz Bango
Sarah C. Barrett
Madison Lee Borch
Georgia Leann Bosley
Leon D. Bouramia
Cecelia Boyson
Ethan M. Brett
Mollie Lynne Broder
Asa Robert Burton
Jessica Cerniglia
Jessica Mary Chant
Christos Anthony Contakos
Micah Rye Coville
Ruth E. Croxford
Avery S. Daudelin
Forrest Coleman Deslauriers
Kyra Marin Dewey
Isabella C. Dunn
Camryn Doris Fewer
Megan Gervais
Georg Friedrich Wolfgang
Gick
Lily Anne Gingold
Lucas Gavin Glenn
Em Gonzales
Danielle Felicia Guerrero
Laili Iskandarova
Gwenyth Jumper
Henry Bell Laidlaw V
Parker D. Lambert
Nathan Andre Langlois
Jessica Lee Ann Laquerre
Martine Rita Limoge
Jack Harrison Locker
Madeline Mckai Love
Mikaela Luke-Currier
Olivia L. Matteis
Claire A. McGeorge
Josephine Moulton
William Tate Norwood
Finn C. O’Brien
Chandre R. Pero
Garrett Rice
Bailey Grey Louisa Rinaldi
Pearl Susannah Stuart
McKenna Weston
Olivia Grace White
Parker Whitney
80 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Academic Regalia
THE ACADEMIC COSTUME worn today in U.S. colleges and
universities is a survivor of the Middle Ages. The University
of Vermont was among the first in this country to experiment
with the use of academic gowns, requiring their wearing at
the graduation of 1806. The experiment was not repeated
until mid-century when UVM and other colleges began
wholeheartedly to use the medieval scholar’s clothing for
ceremonial occasions.
The code regulating academic costume is administered by
an intercollegiate commission that establishes uniform
standards. BACHELORS’ gowns have closed fronts and
long, pointed sleeves. MASTERS’ gowns may be worn open
or closed and have oblong sleeves open at the wrist, the
lower portion hanging down with an arc near the bottom.
DOCTORS’ gowns may be open or closed and have velvet
facings and three velvet bars on the round, open sleeves. The
facings and bars may be of black or of the official colors of the
wearer’s department of learning.
Hoods are usually black. All are lined in silk in the academic
color or colors of the institution conferring the degree, with a
chevron for additional colors. A University of Vermont hood is
lined with green, with a gold chevron, the official school colors.
The color of the hood border indicates the degree earned.
Agriculture .................................................................Maize
Accounting
..............................................................Copper
Arts, Letters and Humanities
......................................White
Business Administration
...........................................Copper
Commerce and Business
.............................................. Drab
Dentistry
......................................................................Lilac
Dietetics
........................................................Golden Yellow
Economics
...............................................................Copper
Education
........................................................... Light Blue
Engineering
............................................................. Orange
Forestry
.....................................................................Russet
Journalism
............................................................. Crimson
Law
.......................................................................... Purple
Medicine
................................................................... Green
Music
........................................................................... Pink
Nursing
....................................................................Apricot
Philosophy
........................................................... Dark Blue
Physical Therapy
............................................................Teal
Public Administration
......................................Peacock Blue
Science
..........................................................Golden Yellow
Social Work
............................................................... Citron
Teaching
....................................................................White
Theology
.................................................................. Scarlet
Veterinary Science
....................................................... Gray
THE BLACK MORTARBOARD is worn for all degrees. Only
Doctors’ caps may be made of velvet and only Doctors or
Presidents of institutions may wear a gold tassel on the cap.
THE CLASS OF 1927 MEMORIAL MACE is carried by the
University Marshal at formal university occasions and is
displayed on the platform during these ceremonies.
The Mace, a gift from the Class of 1927, is forty-seven inches
long, cast bronze, plated in silver, with a black ebony handle.
The sculpture on one of the four sides depicts the center
section of Old Mill with Mt. Mansfield in the background,
symbolizing the founding of the University. Other sides display
three students reaching upwards to a lamp, symbolic of
learning; the Ira Allen Chapel, symbolizing spiritual guidance;
and a group of four persons, symbolizing friendship. It is
crowned by the seal of the University.
The Mace was designed and the model sculpted by Richard
Simpson, son of Carl G. and Doris Griffith Simpson, both
members of the Class of 1927.
BANNERS OF THE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ......................Maize
College of Arts and Sciences
......................White and Yellow
College of Education and Social Services
..Light Blue & Citron
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
.. Orange
Larner College of Medicine
......................................... Green
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
....Seafoam & Apricot
Grossman School of Business
....................................... Drab
Graduate College
............................................ Green & Gold
Rubenstein School of Environment and
Natural Resources
........................................Russet & Yellow
THE UNIVERSITY SEAL or
Medallion was adopted in 1807
and used until 1871 when it
was replaced by a round seal
incorporating the name of
the College of Agriculture.
In 1975 the Board of Trustees
voted to restore the original
seal to official use, modified
to incorporate the Latin name
of the College of Agriculture.
The motto on the seal is from Horace, Epistles 1.2.36. Literally,
it means “For virtuous studies and matters.” In the allusion to
Horace’s poem it reflects UVM’s continuing belief in the utility
and practicality of all liberal studies.
Dear Graduates,
It is my privilege to congratulate each member of the Class of 2024
and welcome you to the UVM Alumni Association. Today, you join
nearly 129,000 UVM graduates living and working in every U.S. state
and over 105 countries. Wherever your life and travels take you, rest
assured that there will be a Catamount nearby.
The University of Vermont is a special place, and each of you has
contributed to its fabric and left a personal mark. UVM alumni hope
you will join them to continue building and fostering this relation-
ship. Please join us by:
• Proudly displaying your diploma to let the world know you are a
graduate of the University of Vermont;
• Helping us enroll the next generation of Catamounts and encour-
aging others to find their way to this special place;
• Staying connected with each other and with UVM.
Your voice in our community is special and meaningful, and we hope
you’ll engage with your university and your alumni network. The
Alumni Association offers career networking, mentorship, commu-
nity events, volunteer opportunities, and more. Visit alumni.uvm.edu
to learn about how you can stay connected and get involved.
Your graduation is a tremendous accomplishment, and I encourage
you to find the time and space to celebrate, relax, and recharge. When
you are ready to take the next steps in your future, whatever those
may be, please remember that our alumni community is here for you.
We join you in celebrating this moment and the beginning of an ex-
citing new chapter. We have full confidence that each of you, in your
distinct way, will continue to make the world a better place.
With pride & best wishes,
With pride & best wishes,
Cathy A. Tremblay ’85
President, UVM Alumni Association Board of Directors
82 COMMENCEMENT 2024
Universitas V. Montis
Tune: Jane Oppenlander ’79, G’81 | Text: David Cox ’49
From the lofty peaks of Mansfield
to the shores of Lake Champlain,
comes a mighty swelling chorus,
whose echo will remain:
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont!
Our University!
Our hearts and minds and voices
sing in love and praise to Thee!
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont!
Our University!
Our hearts and minds and voices
sing in love and praise to Thee!
Shadows falling ’cross the campus,
changing seasons’ wond’rous scene,
stir our thoughts of Alma Mater,
and the colors Gold and Green:
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont!
Our University!
Our hearts and minds and voices
Sing in love and praise to Thee!
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont!
Our University!
Our hearts and minds and voices
Sing in love and praise to Thee!
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