1 University of Redlands April 21, 2023 School of Education Commencement Class of 2023 #URBulldogs23
School of Education Commencement
University of Redlands
Redlands, California
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Commencement Ceremony
Opening Procession
Order of the March University Marshal
Flag Bearers and Standard Bearers Student Marshals
Graduating Class of 2020
Graduating Class of 2021
Graduating Class of 2023 Faculty Marshals
Faculty Readers
Faculty of the University
Administration of the University
Ceremony
Presiding
Krista L. Newkirk, J.D.
President, University of Redlands
Invocation
Rev. John Walsh, M.Div.
Omer E. Robbins Chaplain to the University, Emeritus
Land Acknowledgment
Aya Smith ’23
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
Welcome Remarks
Nicol R. Howard, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, School of Education
Welcome and Recognition of Graduates and Guests
President Krista L. Newkirk
Greetings from the Trustees
Jamison J. Ashby ’82
Chair, Board of Trustees
Greetings from Class of 2023
Aja d’Encarnacao ’23
Master of Arts in Education: Learning and Teaching
Musical Interlude
Daniela Gonzalez ’23
Jose Armando Reyes ’23
Lara Urrutia
“For Good” from Wicked
Recognition of 2022-2023
Outstanding Faculty Awards
Interim Dean Nicol R. Howard
Conferring of Honorary Degrees
President Krista L. Newkirk
Garner Holt
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Sylvia Mendez
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Address
Sylvia Mendez
Civil Rights Activist
Presentation of Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 Graduates
Interim Dean Nicol R. Howard
Presentation of School of Education
Credential Recipients
Interim Dean Nicol R. Howard
Presentation of School of Education
Graduate Degree Candidates
Interim Dean Nicol R. Howard
Conferring of Degrees
President Krista L. Newkirk
Presentation of School of Education
Doctoral Candidates
Interim Dean Nicol R. Howard
Conferring of Degrees
President Krista L. Newkirk
Benediction
Rev. John Walsh, M.Div.
Alma Mater
Daniela Gonzalez ’23
Jose Armando Reyes ’23
Lara Urrutia
All join (back cover)
Closing Procession
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About the Speakers
Krista L. Newkirk, J.D. 12th president of the University of RedlandsNow in her second academic year at the University of Redlands, President Newkirk continues to enhance the Redlands experience. She oversaw the launch of the School of Business & Society, the new School of Performing Arts, and most recently, the University’s merger with San Franciscobased Presidio Graduate School, resulting in the new Presidio Center for Sustainable Solutions within the School of Business & Society.
With students as her priority, Newkirk continues to advance affordability and accessibility at the University through the Redlands Promise campaign and successfully guided the University’s comprehensive $200 million Forever Yours fundraising campaign to completion—raising a record-breaking $207.2 million.
Newkirk introduced a varsity esports program and continues to move the University Village project forward. She has also expanded campus innovation through the grand opening of the Fletcher Jones Innovation Center and maker space, completed the fundraising for and opened the Coach Jim Verdieck Tennis Center, and is leading the renovation of Anderson Hall, with plans to renovate the Truesdail Center, home to the University’s Communication Sciences and Disorders program. She has also prioritized campus-wide upgrades to increase safety and accessibility for the entire University community.
In addition, she completed the development of the University’s new student-focused strategic plan, which includes a new mission statement and vision to lead California in providing a student-focused, personalized education to drive student success. She is also focused on building upon the University’s designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution.
Newkirk currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU), the Board and the Tax Policy Committee of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), the Board of Redlands Bowl, and is a Redlands Rotarian. She frequently presents at conferences nationwide on the changes occurring in higher education.
Newkirk received her law degree from the College of William & Mary in Virginia and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska. She and her husband, W. Lewis (Lew) Glenn III, have two sons and two dogs.
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Adrienne McCormick, Ph.D. Provost and Chief Academic Officer University of Redlands
Adrienne McCormick currently serves as provost and chief academic officer, as well as professor of English at the University of Redlands. Prior to joining the U of R in July 2022, Dr. McCormick served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of English at Winthrop University, a public comprehensive institution with 5,000 students in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and served 20 years in the State University of New York (SUNY) system at two separate campuses. Her roles in SUNY included four years at SUNY Oswego as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and 16 years at SUNY Fredonia, where she served in various roles.
At Winthrop, she collaborated with faculty and academic and other campus leaders on a successful decennial review; the development of a quality enhancement plan on career readiness; the implementation of ACUE faculty professional development micro-credential resources; transfer partnerships, and pathways; and a comprehensive draft of an academic plan. She has extensive experience supporting strategic plan implementation; innovative new program development; community engagement initiatives; comprehensive internationalization; and development of implicit bias and DEIJ training programs for faculty, staff, and students. She has procured external funding to support bridge programs in mathematics for STEM students, and simulation labs for faculty research and instructional development.
A native of Michigan transplanted to Alabama at the age of seven, she completed her bachelor’s degree in English and dramatic arts and sciences at Queens University of Charlotte, in North Carolina, and her master’s degree in American literature, with a creative thesis in poetry, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She completed her Ph.D. in literature and a graduate certificate in women’s studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her teaching interests include contemporary American and London-based poets, women’s literature, women filmmakers, and gender and women’s studies. She taught a study abroad course on mapping Englishness in London for more than a decade.
With her husband Brian Davis, Dr. McCormick has the joy of parenting two sons and two daughters – ages 11, 15, 18, and 21. In her personal time, Provost McCormick is an avid reader, sourdough bread baker, and yoga practitioner.
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About the Speakers, continued
SYLVIA MENDEZ
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and Commencement Speaker
Civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez is the oldest daughter of Gonzalo Mendez, a Mexican immigrant, and Felicitas Mendez, a Puerto Rican, who challenged segregation so that she and other Latino children could be provided the same quality education provided to white students.
Her parents were plaintiffs in the landmark Mendez v. Westminster School District (1947) case that paved the way for Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and ended school segregation in California. In 1943 in Westminster, California, students of Mexican descent were required to enroll in segregated and inferior schools known as “Mexican Schools.” When Sylvia was in the third grade, she and her brothers, Gonzalo, Jr. and Jerome, were denied admission to the “white” school near their Westminster home. The Mendez family, along with four other Latino families, fought to integrate the school. Mendez won in the Federal court in 1946, then again in appeal 1947, and helped make California the first state in the nation to end school segregation. Seven years later, Mendez served as significant precedent for the NAACP in its US Supreme Court school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
Miss Mendez, who still resides in Orange County, attended Cal State Los Angeles, earning a B.S. in Nursing. She worked for 33 years as a nurse at the Los Angeles USC Medical Center. Since retiring Miss Mendez has traveled to all seven continents and visited over 60 countries. She and her family have received numerous awards and recognitions, including a US Postage stamp commemorating the 60 th anniversary of the appellate victory; public schools are named after Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez; two documentaries: the Emmy-winning film Mendez v. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos Los Niños by Sandra Robbie and Mendez v. Westminster: Families for Equality by Erica Bennett; there are now public schools that are named after her as well.
On February 15, 2011, President Barack Obama presented Sylvia Mendez with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Sylvia continues the legacy left by her parents by fighting for quality education and by encouraging students to stay in school.
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Garner Holt
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Garner Holt, a San Bernardino native, is well known as the founder of the world’s largest animatronics company, Redlands-based Garner Holt Productions, Inc. (GHP), which he started in his parents’ garage while in high school. GHP’s “mechanized magic” animatronics can be found at Disney and Universal Studios parks around the world. GHP animatronics are also found at parks and attractions for clients including Knott’s Berry Farm, Warner Bros., Nike, Coca-Cola, Salesforce, Lockheed-Martin, Legoland, Hershey, and the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands.
A well-known champion of education, Holt was inspired through his work at GHP to establish Garner Holt Education through Imagination, LLC , a unique new company with a team of educators and industry professionals who create educational environments and programs that provide students with a solid foundation in creativity, innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship aimed at the goal of preparing students to be college and/or career ready in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
The work in GHP’s education division has resulted in digital and physical maker camps for K-12 students and the creation of animation makerspaces – AniMakerspaces – in Redlands Unified School District K-12 schools, among others in California and across the nation. Most recently, they partnered with U of R’s Information Technology Services to create the first version of a higher education AniMakerspace on the University’s Redlands campus.
This project, underwritten by a grant from the Fletcher Jones Foundation, provides opportunities for U of R students, faculty, staff, and community members to learn about and use 3D printing and modeling, advanced fabrication technology, and programmable animatronics to enhance experiential learning.
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About the Speakers, continued
Aja d’Encarnacao ’23 Student Commencement Speaker
Aja d’Encarnacao was born in Riverside, California to a Chinese/ Portuguese immigrant father and an African American mother who was the daughter of sharecroppers from Texas. Aja’s mother was her first teacher, her preschool teacher, and she fondly recalls all of the wonderful memories made in the classroom that no doubt would later inspire her to become an educator too. Aja worked for Head Start in several roles with the lifelong goal to become an elementary teacher with her own classroom and students.
Following her parent’s example, she earned two associate’s degrees— in early childhood studies and humanities — at Riverside City College. She continued her education at California State University, San Bernardino, earning a bachelor’s degree in social science. Eventually, she returned to school and earned an MBA at Redlands. After feeling a sense of void, she came back to earn her special education credential. As an education specialist, she fell in love with the classroom. After being exposed to the “inclusion model” she decided to go back to school and earn her multiple-subject credential. She is currently realizing her dream as a first-grade teacher for Rialto Unified School District.
Aja enjoys spending time with her family. She is married with a blended family of five adult children and seven godchildren who are her biggest inspirations in the classroom. She loves her students and insists that she has learned just as much from them as they have from her.
She credits her parents for anything and everything that is good about her. She also credits her mother and Mr. Rogers for being her educational role models and heroes!
She would like to say congratulations to the class of 2023!
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Class of 2020 and 2021 Graduates School of Education
Class of 2020
Angelina G. Aguilar
Kyrin Alexander
Amber Arguello
Sharon R. Awad
Maria Barragan
Susan Kay Burdick
Yvonne Carabello
Liliana Castro
Alexsandra D. Cervantes
Stephanie Dina Cervantes
Pamela Chaves
Jessica Eileen Chavez
Stephanie Alexis Cleese
Iveth G. Cordon
Nicholas Cordova
Isabel Janae Cuen
Sarah Jayne Doussett
Magda Gadsby
Lizette Gambino
Anahi Garcia
Raquel K. Garcia
Jocelyn Garrido
Jessica R. GonzalesWeber
Jennifer Gonzalez
Veronica A. Guzman
Rachel Higgins
Deage Asa Hipps
Kristen A. Horton
Christopher Jackson
Creeon Kelly
Kendall Mary Frances Kemock
Vaughan M. Kusko
Giselle Susana Lomeli
Daisy Lopez-Batres
Ludivina Magana
Nora Marlene Manuel
Arianna Alyssia Manzano
Jacqueline Sarah McComisky
Robin McIver-Brown
Rhea Jeanine McIverGibbs
Cecelia McKiney
Robin Sherelle McMillon
Cynthia Roxanne Mintz
Marco A. Mireles
Yessenia Morelos
Joanna Nahon
Julio Cesar Omier
Cecilia Ordonez
Thalia Selena Padilla
Valentin Padilla
Yvette Pesqueira
Alexandria Marissa Rincon
Reyna M. Rodarte
Kaitlyn Ann Roe
Yvonne Romero
Emily Rosales
Daniel A. Ruiz
Karina Salcido Ruiz
Krista Marie
Schaarschmidt
Drinalda Shimaj
Johnnie M. Simmons
Chrystina Ileen
Smith-Rasshan
Laura M. Snowden
Mohammed Tawfique
Solaiman
Serena A. Straka
Jillian P. Strong
Ashley Maria Tello
Barbara Vidana
Erin N. Wallace
Naoje Williams
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Class of 2021
Monica Acosta
Beatriz Aguilar
Nikki Alcantara
Carlos Jesus Alcaraz
Mavie Violet Samantha Arellano
Etelvina Avila
Melissa J. Butler
Yesenia Camargo
David A. Chavez
Danich Chum
Christina Michel Cortez
Maria Luisa De La Rosa
Monica Cristina Esparza
Limon
Patricia A. Galioto
Elizabeth Garcia
Alejandra Yanet Guzman
Trinh Lorane Ha
Cynder Hensel
Viviana Lizbeth Haro Hernandez
Frank A. Ibarra
Ashley K. King
Emma Grace Konugres
Karina Velasco Landeros
Amber Nicole Lee
Raymond C. Long Jr.
Kathryn Elaine Martinez
Christopher Michael McClung
Catherine McpeckSlepski
Catherine Alysse Slepski
Britni A. Mitchem
Griselda Montoya
Marsha Lynn Navarrete
Cheyenne Newman
Modesto Razo
Elizabeth J. Real
Ayleen Stephanie Reyes
Lynda Chris Reyes
Krystal L. Royce
Magdalena Sanchez
Diana Sanchez Avina
Daisy Valentina Saucedo
Jesus Alejandro Soto
Cisneros
Ashley A. Tiedemann
Sylvia Marie ValenciaPatton
Leslie Vargas Alvarez
Natalie Vasquez
Evelyn Guadalupe
Vazquez
Karina Landeros Velasco
Kevin Anthony Velez
Carina Harmony Wolf
Veronica Zaragoza
Marissa Alexandra Zuniga
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School of Education
2023 Credential and Graduate Candidates
Credential Recipients
Preliminary Teaching: Education Specialist
Patricia Elizabeth Castro
Jessica Rachel Lourenco
Preliminary Teaching: Multiple Subject
Na Luo
Maribel Munoz
Esmeralda Segura
Preliminary Teaching: Single Subject
Briana Berastain
Eiko Fukushima
Daniela Guadalupe
Gonzalez
Matthew A. Hastings
Jose Armando Reyes III
Pupil Personnel Services
Amy Navil SanchezBerumen
Master of Arts
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Fidel Munoz Chagolla Jr.
Louie Contreras
Yanel Fregoso
Alexis Dominique Munoz
Christopher Castel
Ortego
Antoinette Gabrielle
Papesh
Trisha Agbayani Valido
Cynthia E. Vega
Alexandra Marry Walsh
Counseling and Psychotherapy
Xiaohang Bu
TingTing Gao
Xiaodan Hong
Yating Jing
Guixin Li
Yanyan Li
Lu Liu
Shuzhen Liu
Mengchen Tang
Xiaochun Tang
Xi Wang
Qiuzhi Xiong
Gege Yao
Education:
Curriculum and Instructional Design
Specialization
Monique Tovia
Steadmon
Cameron Mendez
Education:
Educational Administration
Katrina Morgan Jones
Wendy Lynn McClung
Colin Charles Millsom
Chris Ryan Rodriguez
Education:
Higher Education
Mariana Cervantes
Pamela De la Torre
Alaiza Monice Garcia
Elizabeth Hernandez
Lisamarie Jordan
Bethzaira Nallely Pena
Martinez
Melissa Villegas
Taylor Tomiye Wong
Education: Human Services
Alexis Nichole Brucks
Alisa A. Lemke
Brianne L. Linn
Bianca M. Tovalin
Education: Learning and Teaching
Brenda Alavez
Neomi Anali Aldama
Erica Nicole Allesandro
Vanessa Margarita
Alvarez
Marlyn Amaro
Chandler B. Anderson
Alina R. Archuletta
Steven Daniel
Arredondo Jr.
Lidben Guadalupe Ayala
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Daisy Barajas
Alba Lizbeth Barraza
Charlotte Rose Baum
Jessica Ann Bayley
Alba Dealba Bayron
Christopher Bayron
Crystal Diane Bennetts
Edward Phillip Berrios
Solmari Bosley
Laura Margaret Brewer
Alexis Rae Bueno
Jeremiah Alexander
Cabrera
Dylan Tri Cao
Eliseo Cardenas
Itzel Ariadne Carmona
Joseph Carrillo
Casandra Carrillo Cruz
Christina Darlene
Chacon
Brusly Claros
Keeley Coronel
Leslie Hernandez
Covarrubias
Trisha Ann Cupples
John Patrick Davis
Heddy De Leon
Sara Delreal
Gabriella Ortiz Delucio
Aloe Elizabeth
Demichiel-Kraft
Aja Angelique
D’Encarnacao
Raymundo Frank Diaz
Lucy Baoyen Dinh
Isabella Marie Duarte
Monet Jolie Dudas
Nicole Erica Durkee
Connor Bryant
Edmundson
Sarah Jane Elerts
Jasmine Breanna Ellison
Aaron Carmelo Espinoza
Brianna Estrada
Lucinda Guillermina
Estrada
Brenda Marie Etchart
Lauren Christine Gailey
Jordan A. Gailliot
Jason Garcia
Kiara Valeria Garcia
Mauricio Alexander Garcia
Katherine Francesca
Garcia Lemus
Daniela Solis Gomez
Yasbel Gonzales
Javier Martin Gonzalez
Kenia Isabel Gonzalez
Alan Graziani
Mackenzie Anne Green
Tami Lazonia Green
Felicia Ysais Gutierrez
Jonathan William Hathaway
Kyle Matthew Heggenberger
Annalisa Danielle Hensley
Alfredo Arturo Heredia
Eduardo Domingo Hernandez
Syra Cruz Hernandez
Yvonna Victoria Hernandez
Michelle Gabriela Herrera
James A. Holden
Bina Tak Hom
Demetrius Durrell
Howard Jr.
Nohely Izazaga-Sanchez
Destiny M. Jacobo
Leticia Jimenez
Griselda JimenezNoriega
Ryan Daphne Jones
Mackenzie Kaitlyn Kelly
Abigail Grace Kishimoto
Riley M. Lathrop
Karla Lopez
Monica R. Lopez
Rene Alejandro Maciel
Gregory David Maier
Samantha Jean Manning
Bryan Marchan
Camilla Marie Marquez
Mikayla Marrie
Marquiss-Varner
Mia Ahna Martel
Adrian A. Martinez
Sarah Ann Martinez
Yessenia MartinezGarcia
Jasmin Mendez
Maribel Mendoza
Mirina Miranda
Anna Elizabeth Rose Moore
Aurora Mora
Faustino Morales
Aubrey Elizabeth More
Rigoberto Morelos
Macias
Imelda Moreno Portillo
Mariana Murillo Panduro
Tedman Nguyen
Ian Kenneth Niewoehner
Jasmine Orozco
Mary Angely OrtizMartinez
Dakota John Otis
Jonathon Ray Palafox
Citlalli Parra-Rivas
Valerie Rennee Payne
Samantha Rose Phillips
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School of Education
2023 graduate and Doctoral Candidates
Cole Thomas Privette
Sheyla Mitchelle Pulido Salazar
Diana Quiroz
Monica Ramblas
Angelica Ramirez
Jesus Ramirez
Estela Garitza RamosMartinez
Denise Reyes
Michelle Garcia Reygoza
Jennifer Ann Reynoso
Joseph Albert Riguis
Jocelyn Rios
Demoria Roberson
Maria Teresa Rocha
Vega
Esmeralda Elena
Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez
Jennifer Romo
Patricia Ruiz
Susana Magdalena
Ruvalcaba
Mayra Itzel Salas
Hernandez
Reyna Kay Salazar
Erasmo Marin Salgado
Tyler J. Sampson
Bianca Lizet Sandoval
Andrew Alexander Sawai
Chip V. Searcy
Mansi A. Shah
Sean Westin Sharpe
Stephanie Irene Tuk-
Vong Shen
Aya Rosalyn Smith
Jazmine Karisa Smith
Rebecca Lee Snavely
Valerie Stephanie Stager
Kate Gabriel
Cambronero
Sumampong
Amber Elaine Sweeney
Korrine Terriquez
Crystal Destiny Thomas
Diana Lizeth Tizcareno
Briana Sarahi Torres
Iris Cristal Torres
Jessica Leticia Torres
Tehya Amber Tovar
Elda Valdivia
Neil Esau Vega Palacios
Breann Marie Velasco
Kylie Elyse Velasco
Tracy Tram Vo
Jake Edward Waddell
Alison Shea Noelani Waddles
Brittany A. Welker
Jackie Lynn Whyte
Matthew Lawrence Widmann
Eric Macdonald Wilkie
Sarah Rae Workman
Danielle Renee Yarber
Esteban Lua Zamora III
Tyler Anthony Zubak
Education:
School Counseling
Jovanny Isail Aguilera
Karina Ambriz
Diana G. Casas
Chelsea Marie Cervantes
Sarahi Chavez
Maita Jenieve
Dumaguing Dawang
Elsa Escobedo
Maria Gallegos
Sandra C. Garibay
Yulissa Jasminne
Godinez
Andrea Gutierrez
Wilson David Hartsock
Daniel Joseph Hernandez
Mariana Hernandez
Garcia
Christine Huynh
Alejandra H. Jimenez
Mindy L. Leyde
Melissa Wanda Lopez
Roberto Javier LopezGonzalez
Rachel Grace
Loustaunau
Sabrina Madrigal
Sara Elizabeth Mahan
Anisa Reane Nava
Melissa Perez
Mariano Raya Tovar
Amy Romero
Karina B. Ruiz
Stephanie Ruiz
Ani Marie Samoniantz
Arlene Tellez
Marvin Harris
Thompson III
Diana Vazquez
Silvia Dianey Victoria
Murillo
Jasmine Rae Williams
Francesca Lynn Zaffino
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School of Education
2023 Doctoral Candidates
Doctorate Leadership for Educational Justice
Marie Dannie Alcindor
Exploring Evolving Patterns of Change in Pre-Service Teachers’ Initial Beliefs, Attitudes, and Preconceptions Toward Teaching for Social Justice: A Qualitative Narrative-Case Study
Dissertation Chair, Greg Hamilton, Ed.D.
Miranda C. Angeles
De sus voces: Latinas Leading California Community Colleges for Equity
Dissertation Chair, Adriana Ruiz-Alvarado, Ph.D.
Nicole Denise Broadnax
Who’s Bad? A QuantCrit and GIS Analysis of Race and Discipline in K-12 Schools
Dissertation Chair, Nicol Howard, Ph.D.
Nyree Deniese Clark
Through the Eyes of Queens: Exploring the Schooling Experiences of Black Girls in Upper Elementary School Using Photovoice
Dissertation Chair, Nicol Howard, Ph.D.
Aliea C. Coston
Exploring the Impact of On-Campus Services on Alternative School Student Success in Low-Income Communities
Dissertation Chair, Brian Charest, Ph.D.
Lawrence Vondrake Fitz
Comparison of Effective Mentoring Frameworks for Transitional-Aged Youth in Educational Settings
Dissertation Chair, Nicol Howard, Ph.D.
Marilyn Hope-Balcerzak
Perceived Impact of the Relationship Between College Counselors’ Critical Listening and First-Generation Culturally Diverse College Level Students’ Acquisition of Social and Academic Capital
Dissertation Chair, Alayne Sullivan, Ph.D.
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Lorraine Y. Jones
The Gap Between What California Community Colleges Say and What They Do: A Quantitative Analysis of the Use of Legally Inadvisable Questions on Faculty Job Applications
Dissertation Chair, Nicol Howard, Ph.D.
Nicole Marie McEwen
The Relationship Between Teacher Knowledge of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Teacher Experience, Education, and Credentialing
Dissertation Chair, Greg Hamilton, Ed.D.
Temika Doshell Morris
“What makes you so strong, Black woman?” A phenomenological qualitative study of the importance of mentorship in navigating the Principalship in our anti-Black schools
Dissertation Chair, Mikela Bjork, Ph.D.
Stacey Cardoz Ortiz
Advising Personnel Impact on Latinx Student Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Belonging
Dissertation Chair, Adriana Ruiz-Alvarado, Ph.D.
Sonal Patel
Broadening Access, Participation, and Experience of Students of Color in Computer Science through a Collective Impact Approach
Dissertation Chair, Nicol Howard, Ph.D.
Marina Belen Serna
Mis Logros Son Tus Logros: Narratives of Latina First-Generation Community College Students in the Inland Empire and Their Experiences with Family Achievement Guilt
Dissertation Chair, Adriana Ruiz-Alvarado, Ph.D.
Mai Vang
Making the Invisible Visible: M/others of Color in Graduate School
Dissertation Chair, Nicol Howard, Ph.D.
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Awards and Honors
Department of Counseling & Human Services Awards
Alliance for Community Transformation and Wellness Social Justice and Advocacy Award
Presented to a student in the counseling and human services program serving as an example to others with a demonstrated commitment during their academic training to issues of diversity, social justice, and mental health advocacy in their work with students, clients, and patients and service to the campus and Inland Empire community beyond the scope of their student responsibilities.
Fidel Chagolla
Dorothy Inghram Endowed Scholarship
Presented annually to a graduate student who shares Dorothy Inghram’s passion for educational justice.
Francesca Zaffino
Outstanding Clinical Mental Health Counseling Graduate Student Award
Presented annually to a master’s degree candidate in the clinical mental health counseling program who excels in coursework, fieldwork, and research. The recipient has a strong commitment to advocacy in the field of clinical mental health counseling.
Christopher Ortego
Outstanding Counseling Graduate Student Award
Presented annually to a master’s degree candidate in the counseling program who demonstrates exemplary performance in coursework, fieldwork, and overall scholarship. The recipient of this award shows tremendous promise of contributing to the counseling profession as evidenced by exceptional leadership, effective collaboration, and a strong commitment to advocacy.
Yulissa
GodinezOutstanding Human Services Graduate Student Award
Presented annually to a master’s candidate in the human services program who excels in coursework and research, understands all aspects of higher education, and shows great promise for a career in higher education.
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Department of Teaching & Learning Awards
Alpha Delta Kappa Outstanding Student Award
Presented annually to an undergraduate student who demonstrates a strong commitment to education. Recipients of this award demonstrate a high level of dedication, excellent quality of classwork, and intent to pursue a career in education.
Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism, and world understanding.
Esmeralda Segura
Dorothy D. Arthur Endowed Scholarship
Presented annually to a Preliminary Teacher Credential candidate with a strong commitment to education as a profession and the potential to become an outstanding classroom teacher.
Stephanie Shen
Nelson W. Burdett Endowed Scholarship
Presented annually to a Preliminary Teacher Credential candidate who demonstrates a strong commitment to education and the potential to be an outstanding educator.
Jackeline Covarrubias
Stanley Combs Secondary Education Teaching Award
Presented annually to a Single Subject Teacher Credential candidate who best exemplifies the moral and spiritual qualities of poise, humility, and professional attitude of a good teacher.
Hayley Fincher
Valorie McLaughlin Endowed Scholarship for Student Teaching
Presented annually to student teachers who demonstrate a passion for teaching.
Solmari Bosley
Bina Hom
Mayra Salas Hernandez
Valerie Stager
Lois Fair Wilson Endowed Scholarship
Presented annually to a Preliminary Teacher Credential candidate with a strong commitment to education as a profession and the potential to be an outstanding classroom teacher.
Chandler Anderson
Outstanding Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Student Award
Presented annually to a master’s degree candidate in the curriculum and instruction program who excels in the academic requirements, emerges as a leader in their cohort group, and is deeply committed to the teaching profession.
Monique Steadmon
Outstanding Learning and Teaching Graduate Student Award
This award is presented annually to a master’s degree candidate who excels in coursework, fieldwork, and research. The recipient of this award shows great promise as a future educator who will positively impact students.
Mikayla Marquiss-Varner
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Awards and Honors
Department of Leadership and Higher Education Awards
Alpha Delta Kappa Outstanding Student Award
Presented annually to a graduate student who demonstrates a strong commitment to education. Recipients of this award demonstrate a high level of dedication, excellent quality of classwork, and intent to pursue a career in education. Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism, and world understanding.
Sonal Patel
Gordon C. Atkins Award
Presented annually to a master’s degree candidate who exemplifies Gordon Atkins’ high standards and lifelong commitment to expanding higher education opportunities for all students, regardless of age.
Melissa Villegas
Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
Presented to an Ed.D. candidate who excels in coursework and research and understands all aspects of educational justice. The recipient of this award shows great promise for a career in education.
Temika Doshell Morris
Outstanding Educational Administration Graduate Student Award
Presented annually to a master’s degree candidate in the educational administration program who excels in coursework, fieldwork, and research. The recipient of this award shows great promise as a future administrator who will positively impact students.
Wendy McClung
Outstanding Higher Education Graduate Student Award
Presented annually to a master’s degree candidate in the higher education program who excels in coursework and research and understands all aspects of higher education. The recipient of this award shows great promise for a career in higher education.
Taylor Wong
Military Veteran Honors
All military veterans who are participating in Commencement will be honored by the University of Redlands. Students with this honor wear a medallion with red, white and blue ribbons at the ceremony.
Outstanding Faculty Awards
Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards
Department of Counseling and Human Services
Adam Sipes
Department of Leadership and Higher Education
Ken Grcich
Department of Teaching and Learning
Nnenna Okpara
Outstanding Research/ Creative Activity Award
Alayne Sullivan, Ph.D.
Outstanding Service Award
David Grant, Ph.D.
Outstanding Teaching Award
Rocio Mendoza, Ph.D.
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Our mission, vision, and values
Mission
We welcome, educate, and empower a diverse community of learners for lives of meaning, impact, and joy.
Vision
By 2032, the University of Redlands will lead California in providing a student-focused, personalized education that drives student success.
Values
Excellence: We strive to do our best in all that we pursue while empowering our students through scholarship and the skills needed to develop professional, civic, and interpersonal expertise.
Exploration: We pursue a better understanding and appreciation of ourselves and the world through academic inquiry, research, experiential learning, and collegial discourse.
Inclusivity: We seek the different perspectives, experiences, cultures, backgrounds, abilities, talents, and contributions that comprise a global society and we work to build a strong multi-dimensional, and sustainable community.
Justice: We promote fairness, integrity, liberty, and equity in our thoughts, service, and actions to lead our local communities and the world.
Kindness: We foster a community that is friendly, considerate, respectful, and empathetic as we care for and shape citizens who understand that their actions and words impact others.
Service: Through selfless acts, we contribute to the health and wellness of others as we strive to create a better society and world.
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Ceremony Participants
Platform Party
Krista L. Newkirk President
Jamison J. Ashby ’82 Chair, Board of Trustees
Elsa Luna ’04 Member, Board of Trustees
Sabine RobertsonPhillips ’92 Member, Board of Trustees
Ronald C. Troupe ’64 Member, Board of Trustees
Benjamin Aronson University Marshal
Kevin M. Dyerly ’00, ’04 Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Donna M. Eddleman University Dean, Student Affairs
Thomas A. Horan Dean, School of Business & Society
Nicol Howard Interim Dean, School of Education
Chris Jennings General Counsel
Christopher L. Jones Jr. Senior Diversity and Inclusion Officer Adrienne McCormick Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Stacey Neeley Associate Vice President for Enrollment Systems, Operations & Analytics
Michelle L. Rogers ’19 Vice President, Administration
Kinnari “Kin” Sejpal Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Jed Schwendiman Vice President of Advancement
Commencement Ensemble
Jose Luis Becerra
Emmett Borton
Emma Boyd
Brook Braden
Michael Medina Castillo
Ben Davis
Emily Davis
Paul Dempsey
Kaitlyn Dennis
Christopher Figueroa
Charlotte Ford
Rowan Glover
Jase Gooden
Sydney Horst
David Johnson
Jair Lopez
Jennifer L. Thompson Chief of Staff and General Secretary
Rev. John Walsh Chaplain Emeritus
Garner Holt Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Sylvia Mendez Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and Commencement Speaker
Aja d’Encarnacao ’23 Student Commencement Speaker
Lara Urrutia Faculty Musician
Daniela Gonzalez ’23 Student Musician
Jose Armando Reyes ’23 Student Musician
Aya Smith ’23 Land Acknowledgment
Noah Parady
Justin Pompa
Sarah Rodnick
Timothy Ruzon
Matthew Tashima
Ryan Vickrey
Victoria Williams
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University Trustees
Board of Trustees
Jamison J. Ashby ’82 Chair of the Board
Brad Adams ’93
Luann Bangsund ’74, ’79
Janet Berckefeldt ’67
Bradley A. Berg
Carole L. Beswick
Larry E. Burgess ’67
William R. Cahill
Bruce A. Cavarno ’82
David Danielson ’75
Joseph (Joe) D’Anna ’91
David P. Enzminger ’85
Life Trustees
Alice J. Mozley ’70
Patrick (Pat) J. Morris ’59
Terry Kupfer ’57
N. Anthony (Tony) Taylor ’63
Richard N. Fisher ’65
Javier Garcia ’02
Becky Campbell Garnett ’69
Thomas W. Gilmer ’62, ’67
Kelsey Gormley ’07
Dan Hanson ’75
Rob Harris
Teena Hostovich
Jeannie Kim
Kim Stafford Korinke ’00
Elsa Luna ’04
Mitch Mitchell ’90
Brian D. Murphy ’04
Robert C. Oda ’69
Sabine RobertsonPhillips ’92
Colin Romer ’18
Darren S. Rose ’91
Jim Schroeder ’65
Ronald C. Troupe ’64
Candice L. Unruh
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26 Cook St. Central Ave. Railroad Campus Ave. E. Brockton Ave. Cornell Ave. Interstate College Ave. E. Colton Ave. Stillman Ave. Colton Ave. Clock Ave. Campus Ave. Grove St. N. University St. Sylvan Blvd. Creek Zanja College Ave. 6 10 2 3 9 8 7 4 11 Bekins Lawn Quad Memorial Chapel 5 Brockton Ave.
Ted Runner Stadium 1
Campus Map
RRestrooms (ADA-accessible)
→ All gender restrooms available at Hunsaker University Center (4)
Water Bottle Filling Station, free
Graduation Ceremony
1. Ted Runner Stadium
Live Streaming Location
2. Memorial Chapel (captioning available)
Bookstore
Baby Station
ADA Seating
→ Front rows reserved for those with limited mobility
Sign Language Interpreting
→ Located on home side near middle seating area
Open Captioning
→ Assisted Listening System at Memorial Chapel (2)
Guest Services
→ Accessibility Services
→ Bookstore
→ Information
→ First Aid
→ Flower Vendor
→ Lost & Found
→ Public Safety
→ Stroller Parking
Concessions
→ Snacks sold by Town & Gown
Street closed
4. Hunsaker University Center (open Friday 4/21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 4/22 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Photo Opportunities
2. Memorial Chapel
3. Labyrinth
5. Deacon Bulldog Statue
6. Administration Building
7. Redlands Hedge
8. University Gateway–West
9. University Gateway–East
10. University Train Station
Dining Hall
11. Irvine Commons
SShuttle Stop
→ Transportation by carts and wheelchair accessible van from Train Station (10) to Ted Runner Stadium (1)
Ride Share Drop Off
Parking with ADA-accessible parking spaces
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Congratulations Bulldogs!
Bulldogs for Life!
Welcome to the U of R Alumni Association. Update your info and let us know what you’re doing.
→ www.redlands.edu/updateyourinformation
Office of Career & Professional Development
The Office of Career & Professional Development remains a free resource long after graduation—visit us to practice for your upcoming interview, negotiate your salary, or figure out what your next steps might be!
→ ocpd.redlands.edu
Honor Your Graduate!
Make a gift to the University of Redlands in honor of your favorite graduate.
→ www.redlands.edu/givenow
Lifelong Learning
There is always more to learn—find a program whose mission matches your mission—continue your education with us!
→ Master of Art in Education and Educational Doctorate—School of Education
→ Master of Arts and Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry and Philosophy— Graduate School of Theology
→ Master of Business Administration —School of Business & Society
→ Master of Music —Conservatory of Music
→ Master of Public Policy and Administration College of Arts and Sciences
→ Master of Science —Center for Spatial Studies, Communication Sciences, School of Business & Society
→ Certificates and Programs — School of Continuing Studies
→ www.redlands.edu/lifelonglearning
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O, that dear old U of R, Thy children near and far Will sing to thee and all thy glories tell; Where the orange blossoms grow, And the waters gently flow, That dear old U of R we love so well.
O, that dear old U of R, Whose emblem shines afar, Eternal as the hills we love so well; Where the mountains tall and grand Like an inspiration stand, That dear old U of R we love so well.
O, that dear old U of R, The years can never mar, The memories of thee we love so well; Where the friendships are so dear That we leave them with a tear That dear old U of R we love so well.
—University of Redlands “Alma Mater”
Och Tamale gazolly gazump
Deyump deyatty yahoo
Ink damink deyatty gazink
Deyump, deray, yahoo
Wing wang tricky trackey poo foo
Joozy woozy skizzle wazzle Wang tang orky porky dominorky Redlands!—Rah, Rah, Redlands!
—University of Redlands “Och Tamale” cheer
www.redlands.edu