Convocation
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022
PROCESSION
Sycamore Brass Quintet
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF DEAN Anna Dilger
Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Animal Sciences
REMARKS AND RECOGNITION OF DEPARTMENT HEADS
Anna Ball
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
CONVOCATION SPEAKER
Paul Stoddard
Agricultural and Consumer Economics
RECOGNITION OF JAMES SCHOLARS Anna Dilger
PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
Animal Sciences
Crop Sciences
Food Science and Human Nutrition Human Development and Family Studies Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Nutritional Sciences
CONFERRAL OF CANDIDATES
Anna Ball
CLOSING REMARKS
Anna Dilger
HAIL TO THE ORANGE
Sycamore Brass Quintet
HailtotheOrange,HailtotheBlue, HailAlmaMater,Eversotrue. Welovenoother,Soletourmottobe, Victory,IllinoisVarsity!
RECESSION OF FACULTY AND GRADUATES
Academic Dress
Academicdress,consistingofcap,gown,andhood,originatedaboutthetwelfthcentury,andwas wornprimarilyforwarmth.Subsequently,thematerialofthegownandthelining,andshapeofthe hood,representedtheeconomic,social,andacademicstatusofthewearer.
IntheUnitedStates,thegreatmajorityoftheacademiccostumesnowwornareinaccordancewith thegeneralprovisionsoftheIntercollegiateCodeof1895,whichwasrevisedin1932andagainin 1960.Underthiscode,thebachelor’sgownhaspointedsleeves,themaster’sgownhasoblongsleeves withanarcatthebottom,andthedoctor’sgownhasbell-shapedsleeves.Blackisthetraditional colorforgowns,althoughattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,academicdresshasbeen designedspecificallyfortheInstitution:bluegownswithorangeaccentsandbluemortarboards.
Thebachelor’sandmaster’sgownsareuntrimmed.Thedoctor’sgownisfaceddownthefrontwith velvetandhasthreebarsofvelvetacrossthesleeves.Thefacingandbarsmaybeblackorblue,asis thecaseatIllinois,ormaybethecolorofthesubjecttowhichthedegreepertains.Thebachelor’s gowniswornclosed;themaster’sanddoctor’sgownsmaybewornopenorclosed.
Thebachelor’shoodis3feetinlength;themaster’s,31/2feet;andthedoctor’s,4feet.Hoodsare linedwiththeofficialcolororcolorsofthecollegeoruniversityconferringthedegree.AtIllinois,the liningisorangeandblue.Thecoloredvelvetborderofthehood,whichis2inches,3inches,and5 incheswideforthebachelor’s,master’s,anddoctor’sdegree,respectively,identifiesthefacultyor fieldofstudytowhichthedegreepertains.
ThemortarboardcapisstandardintheUnitedStates.Usually,alltasselsareblack,butwherethe bachelor’sgraduatesdonotwearhoods,asatIllinois,thecolorofthecaptasselindicatesthe departmentofstudy.Candidatesfordegreesweartasselsontherightfrontquadrantoftheircapsand movethemtotheleftfrontquadrantafterdegreesareconferred.Capsareconsideredapartofthe costumeandarecustomarilyremovedonlyduringaninvocationorbenediction,andthenbymen only.Theorangeandbluebraidedcordswornfromtheleftshoulderbybachelor’sgraduatessignify UniversityHonors.
TheJewelofOfficewornbythePresidentwaspresentedtotheUniversityofIllinoisAlumni Association.ItisemblematicoftheOfficeofthePresidentandiswornatallformalacademic ceremonies.Onthegoldcollar,alsowornbythePresident,areengravedthenamesofthePresidents oftheUniversityandtheiryearsofservice.Forallacademicpurposes,includingtrimmingsofdoctor’s gown,edgingofhoods,tasselsofcaps,andliningsofbanners,thecolorsassociatedwiththedifferent disciplinesareindicatedbelow.
ACES-Maize
AppliedHealthSciences-SageGreen Architecture-Blue-Velvet Business-Drab Education-LightBlue Engineering-Orange Fine&AppliedArts-Brown Labor&EmploymentRelations-Drab
Law-Purple LiberalArts&Sciences-White LibraryScience-Lemon Media-Crimson Philosophy-DarkBlue SocialWork-Citron VeterinaryMedicine-Gray
* The tassel is worn on the right-front quadrant until the degree is conferred.
CollegeofAgricultural,ConsumerEnvironmentalSciences|UniversityofIllinois|ConvocationCeremonyDecember2022Agricultural and Biological Engineering
BachelorofScience inTechnicalSystems
Management DonovanCarlson FrancesCoulter
DanielAlexanderGonzalezPatiño MichaelHoffman DarenMichaelKruchko JakiniSLarry EndyLozano BryanMoy DarrenNovak
SagarPatel MaxSchropp RobertThomasWelsh OwenYao
MasterofScienceinEngineeringTechnology& ManagementofAgriculturalSystems | TechnicalSystems Management | BioprocessingandBioenergy
JamesConsiglio TravisJohnson AntoNirmalLouisBabu JonathanManzo HeatherVanheeswijk BenYeager
Agricultural and Consumer Economics
BachelorofScience inAgriculturaland Consumer Economics
GracynAllen
JosephAndrowich JoshuaAlejandroBarrios GraceBeyer
MaryBlood JordanS.Brewer
BradleyDaleBrinkley
JoeBuck FelipeBuso
VictorChoi
ZacharyJordanColumbus
AndrewCombs
JosephDaley
GeorgeDavidkov ChristopherDiaz NamDoan AlexDumitrescu DevanBlakeFischer LillyFrentzel BrandonGoldstein CaigeDanielGridley SydneyGuillory ChrisHartrich EllieHatton
ClareHur JohnKelly
IsabellaKolodziejczyk KaitlynLuong
TommyMarcotte JustinNavarro RhettNetzer
ThomasRobertO'Connor CostaPavlopoulos CarterPobloske
SathwikReddyPochampally PaulPrikos AvelardoRivera JoseRodriguez CameronRompf YuncheolShin EmilySong IsabellaSwanson
DavidTapia-Rodriguez
CarlosTito
KatieUnderwood
JessicaVanDyke
JaycieNicoleVanKampen JasonWang ZhichengWang JackWard
IsaacNathanielWisthuff JoanneYoo
MasterofScience inAgriculturalandApplied Economics
DevanBlakeFischer YilinGao
CollegeofAgricultural,ConsumerEnvironmentalSciences|UniversityofIllinois|ConvocationCeremonyDecember2022ZheLi
RichieRMa
HiroshiMatsushima BraydenPaur ShujieWu
DoctorofPhilosophy in Agriculturaland Applied Economics SiyuBian ChangCai LuoyeChen HyeranChung BrittaniEdge AolinGong XinyueHe KunPeng QuanbiaoShang PedroTremacoldiRossi Juo-HanTsay
Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
BachelorofScience inAgriculturalLeadership, EducationandCommunications
EthanJacobBaker KyleChristian NoelleNeef AbbySchlueter RachelScidmore TimothyJamesShearer
MasterofScienceinAgriculturalLeadership, EducationandCommunications
LakiahClark ErikOlson
BrandonSmith-Nataraj
Metropolitan Food & Environmental Systems
BachelorofScience inMetropolitanFood& EnvironmentalSystems
KonradWojslaw
Animal Sciences
BachelorofScience inAnimalSciences
PeytonArnett AlixAwalt
JuliaMarieBarker ShaakiraBarnes MaggieArlingtonBauerly AliciaBoryszewski DavidCastilloEstrada GraceElizabethClarke AliaFlowers NallelyGalvez KendraGibson JuliaCatherineHeller JacobArthurHenderson MinaHieatt YilanHuang SaraKizziar JoonheeAliciaLee
JohnDeitrichMauck DavidLeonMcCarthy ChaseMcCullough ArielKylaMcKee AlejandraMorales AdrianaMuniz LaurenNeputy SophieNguyen EmilyPaul CrystalPedroza GraceRichardson AmyNoemiRuiz GloriaYingXu
MasterofScience inAnimalSciences| AgriculturalProduction
SaraElizabethBelchik KerstenBornholt KelliBrost XuenanChen WonhoChoi
RebekahDrysdale RaquelFernandezVinas AlexisGonzalez DanielleClaireJohnson
CollegeofAgricultural,ConsumerEnvironmentalSciences|UniversityofIllinois|ConvocationCeremonyDecember2022
SydneyJohnson
SierraLong
AllisonPaigeMcGrath
KyanaMiller
NicoleMoest
HannahMarieRemole
ThaliaReynoso
MollySermersheim KaitlynSommer
KatherineCunninghamStavrou
ChristineStroink-Pickering
PaulaVieroMarchioretto JacobWirth SarahWomack
DoctorofPhilosophy in AnimalSciences
AhmadAboragah
KaylaBarkley
FabianaDeFreitasCardoso JennyMorris
Crop Sciences
BachelorofScience inCrop Sciences| ComputerScience+ Crop Sciences
DylanAllen
EvanCain
MichaelCheng
FatoumaRosieleeElizabethHewitt
ThomasJohnston
JoshKelley
AliciaLozano
GalvinMichaelMcQuellon
JoeNugent
SallyAnnReed
SashaZvenigorodsky
VanessaCristinaSoliz
MasterofScienceinCropSciences|
AgriculturalProduction
FestusAcheampong
KristinaLynnBruhn
FranklinFlickinger
WalterFriedli
GavenJamesHernandez
MaraJeanneKrone
PatriciaLeon
ChristopherMujjabi
CalebQuinlan
HarrisonJordanSeitz
DoctorofPhilosophy inCrop Sciences
MuhammadFayezAziz
ScottFoxhoven NakianKim NicoleLee
JoyceNjokiNjuguna
ThesisTitle:Assessingtheimpactof genotypecallingmethodologieson genomewideassociationstudiesin polyploidsandevaluatingkeyyield traitsofmiscanthussacchariflorus RamaPaudel
Thesis:investigatingherbicideand covercropinteractioninweeds
NirangaWickramarathne
Thesis:Denitrifyingbioreactor performancelinkageswithwood mediatype,moistureexposure,and bacterialvs.Fungalactivity
EricThomasWinans
Thesis:InnovationsinAgronomic ManagementtoImproveMaize Productivity
EricThomasWolske
Thesis:Currentapplicationsof uncrewedaerialsystemsforrapid phenotypingusingrecurrenthighresolutionimagerywithcurrant(ribes spp.)asamodelberryshrubcrop
Food Science and Human Nutrition
BachelorofScience inFoodScienceand HumanNutrition
TrishaBaranski
AaronBerkowitz
FaithNicoleBurnham
EmilyCollins
EvelynEllis
MaggieFilkin
SavannahNicoleHemrick KennedyNicoleHigginbottom
CollegeofAgricultural,ConsumerEnvironmentalSciences|UniversityofIllinois|ConvocationCeremonyDecember2022DevenMadhani
AngelinaMaestranzi AmerMajeed MaraMarieMcKee ErikMudd NanNi
IsabellaPrzybylo RoseRiley SageSasso JorgeVasquez SierraWorkman MaryYarck YutongYi WenniZhang SkyeZlotkowski
MasterofScienceinFood Science |Human Nutrition
AudreyMiekoAkins EmilyBlake SubhikshaChandrasekaran ShijiaChen CourtneyChiu JingxinDuan DylanFlynn RachelGathman LantingGuo NidhiJaiswal DialaJawde ClareJiang LynnMarciaKilber AnitaLitwiller MaanviMaheshwari ElleMcKenzie StacyMundy CaseyO'Neill CaseyRadlowski LandonRenard KevinRussell BonginkosiIsabelScott SaraLouiseStanicek RossyIvetteTejeda
DoctorofPhilosophy inFoodScience | Human Nutrition
MartaAlbiolTapia AliciaArredondoEve
RubenChavezViteri JohanaCoronelLaica MengyiDong EceGulkirpik JamalHussain NahlaKreidly QianyingZuo
Human Development and Family Studies
BachelorofScience inHumanDevelopment andFamilyStudies
StefaniaAlcantar DeffaMariamBarro MadelynBird AndreaElizabethBlood PhillipAlexanderCarroll HannahChen AtasiahCousins GraysonDrach NidaFatima LitzyFlores MicahGrice PriscilaGutierrez DejaRJackson MikaylaLaurenJones KellenKleiva EmilyLuna AlyssaMandell ToriPalmer TyraPanion JackiPark DeliahTalbert
DoctorofPhilosophy in HumanDevelopment andFamilyStudies
TianyingCai LorraineMunoz
Thesis:TheProcessofEthnicIdentity FormationforSecond-Generation Mexican-AmericanFirst-YearCollege Students:ExploringPeersRolein EthnicIdentityDevelopment
CollegeofAgricultural,ConsumerEnvironmentalSciences|UniversityofIllinois|ConvocationCeremonyDecember2022JasmineRouton
Thesis:MinorityCapacityinRural Communities:Stakeholder PerceptionsofSexualandGender
Minority(SGM)Individualsand FamiliesExperiencesofHousing Instability
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
BachelorofScience inNaturalResourcesand EnvironmentalSciences |Horticulture
AshleyAquino JacobBucko
TeganCash OliviaClaireCiolino
KatrinaAnaisCotten
GinaDelascio ColeAnthonyDiaz MattDinsmore
DavidEdlund MaliaGehrenbeck
BelleHanson GraceKatherineIzzo
IzabelleSarahJaquet JaredKurland MatthewKusek RickyLim XiranLiu
JamilynMartin OliviaLeslieMoline EloiseO'Leary
BarbaraOrlowska PaolaRamirez
PiperJosephineSiblik RandiJoValtman
BrendanVanantwerp AngeloZielinski
MasterofScienceinNaturalResourcesand EnvironmentalSciences
AlexaAshbrook GeorgeBalto TaylorBookout CieraBurns
ColeClayton DanyangDuan CarlyFenstermacher ScottGarncarz
DevinGoodson DonielleGrimsley TrentHenry
MeredithHoggatt JonathanHooyman EricJanssen
RobertJensen NorthJoffe-Nelson GabriellaLynnJukkala
SpencerMesick JessicaMingione
PreethiMuralidharan MariaRivera BryanSea MollySedig LynShirley EmilyAnneSteele TylerStewart SamanthaThompson CourtneyWeldon
DoctorofPhilosophy in NaturalResourcesand EnvironmentalSciences
KelseyGriesheim TanjilaJesmin LaurenLynch KatiaNakamuraLam JohnStrauser
Thesis:CyclesofLandscapeChange andPlace-MeaningsinMidwestern FarmingCommunities GenghongWu JackZinnen
CollegeofAgricultural,ConsumerEnvironmentalSciences|UniversityofIllinois|ConvocationCeremonyDecember2022Nutritional Sciences
MasterofScience
JessicaPaolaAcostaMedellin
ElizabethGutierrez
SusannahElizabethScaroni
DoctorofPhilosophy
ErinElizabethBryan
Thesis:Theeffectofmaternalimmune activationonoffspringmuscle developmentandimmunefunction
AmirahBurtonObanla
JustinKim
MindyLee LindseyLy IvanPinosCabezas
ClaraSalame
*This program contains an unofficial list of candidates for graduation in the summer and fall terms.
December2022ACESJamesScholars
MadelynBird
KatrinaAnaisCotten
AbbySchlueter
JaycieNicoleVanKampen
CollegeofAgricultural,ConsumerEnvironmentalSciences|UniversityofIllinois|ConvocationCeremonyDecember2022PAUL STODDARD
Agricultural & Consumer Economics
PaulStoddardisaseniorlecturerinthe DepartmentofAgriculturalandConsumer EconomicsattheUniversityofIllinoisUrbanaChampaign.Hehastaughtcloseto10,000 studentssince2001inagriculturalmarketing, foodandagribusinessmanagement,personal financialplanning,farmmanagement,commodity futuresandoptions,andnegotiation.Hehas receivednumerousteachingawardsandhasbeen recognizedfor39consecutivesemestersontheU ofI’sListofTeachersRankedExcellent.
PauljoinedtheUniversityofIllinoisfulltimein 2012followinga30-yearcareerinagriculturalrealestate,commoditytrading, farmmanagement,andagriculturallending.PaullivesinMonticello,Illinois withhisbeautifulwife,Sue,whereheisactivelysearchingfortheperfect dessertthatincludesbothmarshmallowandicecream.
