Alumni of the College of Staten Island are rooted in the first commencements of Staten Island Community College in 1958 and Richmond College in 1969, our two predecessor institutions, which merged in 1976 and were renamed the College of Staten Island. Today, we honor the legacy of all our alumni and celebrate the proud history of our College as the only public institution of higher education in the borough.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025 at 9:30AM
2800 VICTORY BOULEVARD STATEN ISLAND, NY 10314
PROCESSIONAL
PRESENTATION
Grand Marshal
Kenneth Gold
Professor of Education and Chair of College Council
PRESIDING OFFICER
Michael E. Steiper
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Serafina Matarazzo ‘29
(Signing by Students in the College of Staten Island American Sign Language Class, Alexandria Wailes’ Signed Version of the National Anthem)
Sophia Artz, Sharianys V. Bruzual Collazo ‘25, Maria Hernandez ‘25, Paula Jackson, Sabrina Porretto, Jasmine Rodriguez
INVOCATION
Very Rev. Michael J. Lynch
Pastor, St. Athanasius – St. Dominic Parish, Diocese of Brooklyn
WELCOME
Timothy G. Lynch
President
GREETINGS
Jill O’Donnell-Tormey
Trustee, The City University of New York (CUNY)
On behalf of the Board of Trustees
Professor Stephen Morris
On behalf of the College of Staten Island Faculty
RECOGNITION OF PRESIDENTIAL MEDALS
Timothy G. Lynch
Professor Alan Benimoff; Amazon; Tunnel to Towers Foundation
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
Colin Jost
Distinguished Writer, Performer, Author, and Philanthropist
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton ‘11 New York State Senator
INTRODUCTION OF SALUTATORIAN
Michael E. Steiper
SALUTATORIAN ADDRESS
Santos Hana ‘25 Biology, BS
INTRODUCTION OF VALEDICTORIAN
Michael E. Steiper
VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS
Neebal Abuhamdeh ‘25 English, BA
INDUCTION OF ALUMNI
Jennifer Miller ‘07 President, College of Staten Island Alumni Association
Adrian Rosales ‘25 President, Student Government
PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES
Michael E. Steiper
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Timothy G. Lynch
RECESSIONAL
COLLEGE HONORS
CSI VALEDICTORIAN
CSI SALUTATORIAN
Neebal Abuhamdeh
Santos Hana
LUCILLE AND JAY CHAZANOFF SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
BUSINESS
Chazanoff School of Business Founding Dean’s Leadership Award
Adrian Rosales
Chazanoff School of Business Faculty Award for Excellence
Tal Ohana
Andrew Esterly Award for Academic Excellence
Amanda Cronin
Laurie A. O’Byrne, CPA, Memorial Award
Christopher Vitale
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Professor Laura S. Nowak Award for Academic Excellence in Finance
Kengcheng Lai
The Staten Island Chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Award
Marina Bakhina
Burton S. Player Award for Academic Excellence
Jelissa Then
Beverly Curry Memorial Award
Sabrina Ganam
Charles Pinzolo Award
Justin Silveri
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award
Nadiia Horbul
ECONOMICS
Professor Chu-Ping Vijverberg Award for Excellence in Economics
Matthew Remache
Oded Remba Memorial Award for Excellence in Economics
Michael Ciarlo
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award
Jeremy Panicker
Donna Mayer Award
Nicholas Finkel
MANAGEMENT
Gordon DiPaolo Memorial Award
Emily Albano
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award
Chaminth Perera
MARKETING
Dr. Libero Giovanni Moretti Award
Jimin Heo
Department of Marketing Leadership Award
Dunyanna Ottallah
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award Nicholas Cupelli
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION
Judith Summerville Memorial Award
Rebecca Moller
Harris Goldberg Memorial Award
Philip Campisi
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award
Jenny Rong
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award for Academic Excellence in Education
Geraldine Luppino
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCE
NURSING
Academic Excellence in Nursing
Jacob Ladin (BS)
Katherine Goncharova (AAS)
Bachelor of Science Award in Nursing
Ugochi Uduma
Graduate Award in Nursing
Christine Marie Kriklava
CSI Auxiliary Services Commencement Award for Academic Excellence in Nursing
Stephanie Erichsen
Victoria Gniazdowski
Saundra Frankel Memorial Award
David Poggioli
Michelle Senerchia
Academic Excellence in Nursing (MS)
Joanna Collazo
AAS Award in Nursing
Jacob Ladin
DIVISION OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
ENGLISH
Graduate Award in English
Ashley Dirzis
Ely Stock Memorial Award
Steven Gentiluomo
Creative Writing Award
Amara Cordero
Earl Jacobs Memorial Award
Gianna Liantonio
English Department Literature Award
Edward Angell
Elina Milimoh
Rachel Rosario
Clara and Arleigh B. Williamson Award
Kiearra Philip
SOCIAL WORK CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award for Academic Excellence in Social Work
Kristen Brody
Christopher Mazza
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
MEDIA CULTURE & CINEMA STUDIES
International Studies Award for Significant Contribution to the Awareness of International Issues
Katherine Yenna
Elliot Rubenstein Memorial Award
Mohamed Alasri
Christopher Filocamo
Mohamed Filocamo
Dennis Krumer
PERFORMING AND CREATIVE ARTS
Awarded by the faculty of the Performing and Creative Arts Department to an outstanding graduating Dramatic Art Major
Regan Sou
Margaret Ricciardi Commencement Award for Studio Art
Janinne Aguayza-Calle
Performing and Creative Arts Department Award in Music
Angel Munoz-Avila
Performing and Creative Arts Department in Photography
Victoria Paradiso
Andrea Batista Award
Emma Ferguson
PHILOSOPHY
Excellence in Philosophy Award
Diamond Lewis
Annabelle Martin
Juan Martinez
Hadolfo Ruiz
Cearra Tacoronte
SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Academic Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Colin Alarcon
Outstanding Graduating Psychology Major for Excellence in Field Work
Jenna Como
Science, Letters and Society Award
Amira Jaber
Outstanding Student
Honors memory of Anya Gabriela Kuppersmith
David Wilson
Emil Oestereicher Memorial Award
Lazare Bziashvili
WORLD LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES
World Languages and Literature Department Award for Excellence in Spanish
Alan Bass
Excellence in LACLS
Nelly Moreno
WOMEN'S STUDIES
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Award
Luisa Zamudio
Bertha Harris Advocacy Award
Mariam Ahmed
Victoria Cannava
Ryan Irizarry
Michael Plishchin
Valentina Schembri
DIVISION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BIOLOGY
Biology Department Faculty Award
Santos Hana
Bora Kupa
Saundra Frankel Memorial Award
Ebrahim Almuntaser
Ayah Atmani
Amani Elmaadawy
Damian Grabowski
CHEMISTRY
Dr. Boris Arshava Award
Hadi Abbas
Rivindya Priyaruwini
Chemistry Department Award for Academic Excellence in Chemistry
Iuliia Mileeva
Patricia A. Nolan Award
Mohammad Moussa
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award for Academic Excellence in Biochemistry/Chemistry
Michael Arfanis
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Warren G. Simmons Memorial Award
Jiaxing Rong
Computer Science Department Award
Aashil Ahmad
Ashwin Anil
Wenxuan Chen
Latifa Id Hamou
Joshua Kats
Tong Lin
Robert Ortiz
Amos Reginald Jr
CSI Auxiliary Service Corporation Award for Academic Excellence in Computer Science
Wai Lim Chan
Augustine Tuzhilin Memorial Award
Ivan Chen
ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, AND PHYSICS
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award for Academic Excellence in Engineering Science
Erik Davis
Giovanni S. Impeduglia Memorial Commencement Award
Chau Xian Frank Feng
Nicole Mika
Ermenegildo Perbibaj
Mario Takle
Ava Thompson
Arielle Uy
Morris E. Levine Memorial Commencement Award
Paul Seif
John Mulligan Memorial Commencement Award
Kevin Zebrowski
MATHEMATICS
Sherry Blackman Memorial Award
Chau Gin Kenny Feng
Ercument Ozizmir Memorial Award for Excellence in Mathematics
Jessica Farag
Megan Trapanese
Benedict Carlat Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Mathematics
Chau Xian Frank Feng
Ercument Ozizmir Memorial Award
Chau Gin Kenny Feng
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award for Academic Excellence
Jessica Farag
Chau Xian Frank Feng
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
GRADUATE AWARDS
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award for Academic Excellence in Physics and Astronomy
Guxim Marke
Physical Therapy Department Award for Outstanding Service in Physical Therapy
Minnie Bi
Cristina Giannelli
Taylor Haiduk
Ryan Layman
Hao Min Lin
Physical Therapy Department Faculty Award for Excellence in Physical Therapy
Jacquelyn D’Amico
Cristina Giannelli
Jessy Feng Han
Hao Min Lin
Diane McAllister
Juliana Tritto
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
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HONORS SOCIETY AWARD
Physical Therapy Department Faculty Award for Excellent Research Capstone Project
Yoseph Ahmed
Jacquelyn D’Amico
Ty Germaine
Taylor Haiduk
Major King
Meghan Lucille Raphael
Sabrina Ranieri
Stanislav Sannikov
Physical Therapy Department Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence in Physical Therapy
Jacquelyn D’Amico
Sabrina Ranieri
CSI Auxiliary Services Corporation Award for Academic Excellence in Physical Therapy
Cristina Giannelli
New York Physical Therapy Association Brooklyn-Staten Island District Meritorious Student Achievement Award
Ryan Layman
Saundra Frankel Memorial Awards for Academic Excellence in Physical Therapy
Sabrina Ranieri
Phi Beta Delta Honors Society for International Scholars 2024 Student Inductees
Leah Vega Ann
Cedrick Augustin
Lezly Cruz Beristain
Victoria Bella Cannava
Faruh Davletov
Farzeen Mirza
Jose Maximiliano Mojica
Philip Nicotra
Rafael Fayez Fawzy Rezk
Adrian Rosales
Selma Sterkeshi
Darlinda Shillingford
Megan Trapanese
Katherine Yenna
Nikolas-Kaan Yilma
DOLPHIN AWARDS
Outstanding Scholarly Achievement by a Member of the Full-Time Faculty
Stephen Morris
Outstanding Teaching by a Member of the Full-Time Faculty
Faiza Peetz
Outstanding Service & Contribution to the College by a Member of the Full-Time Faculty
Deborah DeSimone
Outstanding Teaching by a Member of the Adjunct Faculty
Jade Doskow
Outstanding Service & Contributions to the College by a member of the Non-Teaching Instructional Staff in the HEO Title
Jennifer Durando
Outstanding Service & Contributions to the College by a Member of the Non-Teaching Instructional Staff in Specialist Title
James Hamilton
Outstanding Service & Contribution to the College by a Member of the Non-Instructional Staff in Clerical Functions
Lillian Nicassio
Outstanding Service & Contribution to the College by a Member of the Non-Instructional Staff in Maintenance, Operations, Security
Brady Tweed
Outstanding Service & Contribution to the College by a Member of the Part-Time Non-Teaching Staff
Lee Moskowitz
Outstanding Service & Contribution to the College by a Currently Enrolled Student
Adrian Rosales
CSI Spirit Award for Outstanding Dedication & Commitment to the College Community
Dining Services Team
Jodi Merendino
Agent of Change toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Social Justice by a Member of the College Community
Emmanuel Esperance
Degree Candidates 2025
The listing of names, degrees, and honors to be conferred, appearing herein, is subject to such changes, deletions, and additions as may be necessary to conform to the final and official records of the College of Staten Island. This listing includes potential candidates for graduation and is not an official list of graduates. Awarding of degrees and honors is contingent upon certification by the Registrar pending receipt of final grades.
Latin Honors are granted pending determination by the Registrar’s Office that candidates have satisfied the requirements.
***summa cum laude (GPA of at least 3.90)
**magna cum laude (GPA of at least 3.75)
*cum laude (GPA of at least 3.50)
Associate in Applied Science
Aderemi Adeoye
Muhammad Umer Ahsan
Rebecca Alexander
Omar Alsaidi *
Ahmad Yasser Alsamman
Wafa Alselmi *
Chelsea Antwi
Shadi Barakat
Anurag Basra
Mohammad Bazrouk
Isabella Beharrylal *
Luis Camacho
Brandon Carrozza *
Jonathan Chen
Joyce Cheung
Angelica Conde Gutierrez
Liam Curry
Naomi Dayan
Nicholas De La Cruz
Angela Degeorge
Corrine Delleo
Kevin Dong **
Julianna Dropp *
Ahmad Fadhel *
Julia Finnegan *
Tatiana Forbes
Jonathan Ford
Marisa Foresta
Justin Fuquen
Randy Gavilanes
Kristina Girgosko
Justin Grant
Michael Guzman
Matthew Haber
Sean Hargrave
Andrew Hennawy
Sequoia Henry *
Kaylie Hernandez
Mateo Isufi
Christian Jackson
Mia Javier
Ryan Jorgensen ***
Sabrina Kaffl **
Ryan Kehoe
Ryan Keogh
Usman Khan
Andrew Killips
Kateryna Kozielkova
Isha Kumar *
Jessica Ladyzhenskaya
Soffiyat Lawal
Christian Ledgister
Annie Lin *
Jenny Lin
Nicole Lindvor
Kathy Luna
Alan Mackiewicz ***
Hamzah Marei
Stephanie Martinez **
Jennifer Mathis *
Chloe Matuszewicz **
Brandon Mehelal ***
Jeremy Mendez **
Uzoamaka Meremetoh
Larissa Mignano *
Christian Morales
Adriana Morales Bonilla
Gasan Naji
Jenna Nargi
Tania Naser *
Zafar Ochilov
Benny Ortiz
Natan Ost *
Danso Otoo
Jillian Pampinella
Danielle Parisi
Aislinn Pavia
Isabella Radovini *
Klea Rama
Kelly Ramirez
Nathan Rathod
Carlos Rodriguez
Diego Rosario **
Roberto Salazar
Trinity Sampson
Nastassia Santalau *
Thalia Santos
Bryan Shahini
Deanna Soueid
Aldina Tafa
Maya Tayban
Alexander Tenempaguay
Diana Torralba
Nicholas Tricardo
Jennifer Tuzzo **
Klejda Tyli ***
Joshua Vega
Gina Velasquez *
Kimberly Vidal
Diana Vidal-Trinidad
Victoria Xuereb *
Dylan Yakubov
Ada You
Jenny Yun
Daniela Zeferino
Eric Zheng
Associate in Arts
O’Sade Abulayla **
Brianna Alvarez
Jacqueline Angel Molina *
Vincenza Barbarino
Gabriella Benitez
Hailey Bischoff *
Luzmary Caraballo
Juan Castillo-Pavia
Gabrielle Cervoni
Amy Chen
Timothy Chen
Amanda Colecchia
Vincent Como
Jose Cruz
Michael Dambrosio
Robert Dewhurst
Gianna Didio
Ibrahim Dimson
Kymani Donald
Layal Elcharfa
Nicole Ernst
Elene Exantus
Joseph Ferri
Haydee Gomez
Samantha Grande *
Gabriel Guzman
Alison Jones
Myron Khalil *
Verny Khalil
Elaine Yue Li
Emily Li
Najla Ljuljanovic
Luchiano Mallett
Zuleika Mancilla
Clarisa Marrero
Nicole Mchugh *
Maria Megalea
Vincenza Milito
Joseph Miller *
Jacqueline Morales
Aiman Mudassar
Alyssa Padilla
Cassandra Perera **
Catherine Pineda
Raulph Rahman
Gabriella Raimondi
Michelle Rammairone
Lizeth Ramos
Matthew Remache *
Kevin Reyes Perez *
James Rinaudo
Elizabeth Rodriguez *
Isabella Roseo *
Louis Rossi
Brielle Santostefano
Nicholas Shapiro *
Emily Sims ***
Victoria Tarantola
Onyea Troxler
Aislinn Urciuoli
Edgar Valiente-Larios
Tiffany Veliz
Anthony Villamagna
Tydahja Williams *
Elma Zeneli
Associate in Science
Aly Abdelazem
Amro Ahmed-Mahmoud
Akeem Akinniyi *
Shahd Alnajar
Rimon Attallah
Satenik Ayrapetyan
Shaleeza Aziz
Caitlin Carela
Jade Carranza
Raymond Chan
Priscilla Cortes
Youssef Ebeid
Ahmad El - Faourie
Khadijat Falano
Amir Gamel
Paola Henrriquez *
Asha Hope
Salvator Larosa
Yanhao Li
Vincent Martello
Alexandra Nagorny
Miguel Andrei Padilla *
Edward Pilch *
Olivia Pogorzelski
Sandy Rasmy
Youssef Saleh
Manuel Salguero
Sara Villacres
Bachelor of Arts
Ashley Agoglia *
Ariana Tyler Agosta
Brad Agyei
Briana Aiken
Yousif Al-Salaj *
Giuseppe Aprilino
Marinna Auletti
Gianna Avolio
Jamel Barnwell *
Ramatoulaye Barry
Nerdine Ben Amor *
Salvatore Benigno ***
Michael Bernstein *
Sophia Bruzzese
Lazare Bziashvili ***
Daisy Calixto
Valeria Camacho
Bianca Cano
Frank Carcaterra *
Chiara Carucci *
Jill Cassano
Ornisha Chowdhury
Sarah Civiletti *
Loretta Colavito
Jordana Cristino
Odalys Cuadros Tueros
Bethany Cuzzolino
Serena Decatrel
Jessica Defelice
Janessa Degaetano
Ava Del Salto **
Ariel Delacruz
Machami Diomande *
Victoria Divine *
Kaitlin Eisler Grynsztajn
Sara Elwaraky
Jazaira Escalera Ferreras *
Nadia Evola *
Jenny Freire
Andrew Gallo
Brittney Ganci
Steven Gentiluomo **
Zahra Giljic
Marina Girgis
Samantha Goldberg *
Victoria Gorbai *
Julianna Greenberg **
Sarah Hanglow **
Kris Hansen **
Samantha Harris
Samantha Hoffman
Mouhammed Hour
Chidimma Ibezim
Haya Ikhmayes *
Nicolette Ivanicki **
Emma Johnson-Thomas
Justin Joiner
Phoebe Jou *
Alison Katz *
Brianna Keylin
Muhammad Danish Khan
Suana Kollcinaku
Alexis Lambertson **
Nathalia Lampkin
Samantha Larocca *
Fenfen Liu **
Jailene Lopez
Angelique Maloney
Gary Marchand
Alexa Marquez
Briana Mcletchie *
Gia Menechino *
Regina Minaya
Fayza Mohamad *
Dominic Moore *
Ryan Mousa *
Xinyi Pan *
Karena Pang ***
Bryan Parra Jimenez
Javan Pastoriza **
Jacqueline Pelcastre
Vincent Petrino
Kolubo Pewee
Cassidy Piro *
Sergio Pliasovskikh
Taylor Riccardi
Alianna Rivera
Jenny Rong ***
Rachel Rosario *
Francesca Rossetti
Yalitza Rufino
Sasha Russo
Vehonna Sada *
Christina Schembari
Larissa Schiano
Mariam Shah
Ethan Shalem *
Sharofat Sharifiy **
Amanda Shefler ***
Victoria Siciliano
Stephanie Smith ***
Helen Stanley
Hailey Subervi
Amanda Sultan
Itzel Surillo
Brandon Tichio
De Forest Torres ***
Brianna Unger
Araceli Urbano
James Van Pelt **
Ashley Vazquez
Samantha Villa *
Christina Visconti
Daniel Waggoner
Ethan Wagner **
Shantell Walker **
Kayla Wuerch
Chun Yuen
Heather Zamot
Geovanny Zapata *
Zeleste Zeferino Montalvo
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Ashanti Alston ***
Gabriel Guzman
Bachelor of Science
Yoseph Abdalla
Ahmad Abdelaal
Omr Abdelhamed *
Ahmed Abdelkhalek
Saed Abuzahrieh
Odeh Afaneh
Muhammad Umer Ahsan
Babatunde Ajayi
Bujar Alaj
Emily Albano **
Mohammad Alnaqib
Heidy Alvarado *
Shauquan Alvarez
Margrette Amara
Hana Ammari
Ashwin Anil ***
Michelle Aniwaa
Christina Attia ***
Angeleah Avila **
Ashraf Awad
Manal Aziz *
Arsen Babayan
Joseph Badejo
Cristof Badson *
Marina Bakhina **
Hancy Banegas
Waleed Barakat
Jason Barbosa
Jennifer Barrera
Gregory Bartocci
Ariana Beepath
Edita Beka
Levent Berkturk
Merita Bici
Malasia Bostic *
Oksana Boyaryna *
Brandon Bridgewater
Dashamir Brkani *
Justin Bruno
Jessica Bullock
Isabella Campoverde *
Martinamarie Caputo **
Jennifer Carolina Carbajal **
Samantha Carreon **
Juan Castillo-Pavia
Samantha Cedeno ***
Gezim Celmeta
Zog Cenobafto
Alicia Centurion
Ricky Chan
Murad Cheema
Eason Chen **
Felix Chen ***
Ivan Chen ***
Ellie Chen **
Wenxuan Chen **
Michelle Chernyuk
Michael Ciarlo
Eric Copeland ***
Juan Cordova
Isabella Cracolici
Krista Cracolici
Debra Cremer
Arianne Crisostomo *
Nderim Cuca
Maureen Cummo
Andrea Cunza
JANUARY 2025
Nicholas Cupelli **
Iman Daniels
Sara Darhan
Daniel Denker
Nikolaos Dhima
Rafael Diaz
Ricky Diaz
Ljime Dodic
Julien Dorner *
Zechary Douglas
Mehdi Doulani
Krenar Dovolani
Sadeta Durakovic *
Katherine Ebrahim *
Rodaina Eid
Ibrahim Elhanafi
Alexis Ellis
Kevin Eng
Omar Enriquez
Sophia Espada
Adefela Fakorode
Fady Fam
Julianna Ficarra
Brandon Flores ***
Lizbeth Flores
Vincent Forlizzi **
Tiana Garcia *
Octavia Garrett *
Jessica Gayvoronskiy *
Esther Georges
Isabella Giuliani
Alban Gjenashi
Borys Gurinenko
Michelle Guzman
Kareem Hamouche
Fjorna Hasani *
Muhammad Hassan
Deven-Joy Hernandez *
Julia Hernandez
Habebah Hussein
Daniel Ibitoye
Ola Idowu *
Emmanuel Ijasuyi
Rebecca Irvine
Muhammad Janjuah
Macy Jones Busch
Andromeda Joseph
Anyelina Jumelles Lopez *
Mohammad Kaddah
Nicole Kapica
Bhupinder Kaur **
Mahira Kauser **
Jacob Keeton ***
Sandi Kelada **
Hassan Khalil *
Sanam Khan
Samantha Kilshtok
Michael King
Mikel Konini
Sadri Kovacevic
Caroline Kramer **
Morris Kromah
Brian La Barbera
Rachel Lee
Yixi Lei *
Yanhao Li
Zixuan Li *
Debra Liantonio
Christian Liao
Patrick Lisiecki **
Dalila Lombardo
Vanessa Lombardo
Adrian A. Lopez
Jeffrey Mackey
Sefit Maksudovski
Cassandra Malpeso
Daniel Manelis
Briana Mariano ***
Christopher Marino *
Jehona Markashi **
Jamarie Marrero
Arianne Martin *
Antonio Martinez
Jerry Mavashev
Christa Mazzara **
Matthew Mccarthy
Claire Mcerlaine
Kevin Mcgarry *
Liam Mcmillen
Mirjana Mehmeti ***
Mano Merca *
Michael Minichiello *
Casandra Morales *
Kevyn Muniz
Aziza Musaeva *
Savion Myers
Victoria Myhre *
Fatima Nargis **
Jessica Nda
Salvatore Nicolosi *
Jake Nieto
Sebastian Nowak
Mary Olasubomi Oluwapelumi Ogunbayo **
Adedoyin Onakomaya
Brian Orshansky
Michael Ortiz
Robert Ortiz **
Madina Othman *
Aneena Panicker *
Ellyse Parillon
Sylvia Paucar
Danny Pedrero *
Lauren Pedri
Justin Pena
Alexa Pepe **
Christopher Peralta *
Chamith Perera ***
Jemes Perera
Matt Perfetto
Jordan Pernice
Roman Petlyak
Philip Pisano *
Charlotte Popovec
Alexis Portillo
Vitaliy Prymak *
Alexander Putman
Thomas Quadrino
Bolin Ren
Melyna Reyes
Noel Rivera
Amna Rizwan
Brianna Robles
Brittanie Rojas
Marcelina Rokicki *
Marek Roman *
Alexis Romano
Stiven Romhin
Abanob Sadek
Emily Salek ***
Jaime Felipe Santos
Sara Seda **
Leila Semovska
Michael Serrano
Daniel Shemchuk
Shaan Shirazi *
Luz Simbana
April Sinclair
Obaloluwa Sogeke
Maleisha Sosa
Alexander Sperring
Rita Strickland ***
Edwin Stuart
Anthony Stucchio
Esra Suleiman
Yong Sun
Christopher Tagliaferro
Antonino Talamo
Vardan Tigranyan
Ashly Tiros
Adhurim Tolaj
Kiana Tolentino
Justin Tripodi *
John Ugolotti *
Robert Urbanski
Arielle Justine Uy **
Jordan Valerio
Sara Viola
Juan Viruel
Christina Von Fricke
Isabella Wagner *
Victoria Wallace ***
Eric Walstrom (posthumous)
Peter Wang
Shawn Whitlow
Delstrom Williams *
Fares Yehia **
Albiona Ymeri
Yaeir Zadok **
Namra Zaheer
Nicole Zapata-Hernandez
Cristian Zeferino
Hanrui Zhang
Kelly Zhang
Yong Zhang *
Hanna Zhgun **
Dmitriy Zolotarev
Master of Arts in English
George Cardenas
Sam Suhr
Master of Arts in History
Gabriella Grassi
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Doris Ruiz
Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling
Danah Abdeljawad
Michel Aflak
Lindsay Bracey
Alexis Carazas
Isabela Carrasco
Alexa Ferst
Nicole Fura
Brigit Gardner
Adia Hernandez
Kyle Huang
Athanasia Mazinova
Danielle Narducci
Jared Ng
Olga Pia Pozo
Nicholas Reynoso
Victoria Rodriguez
Samantha Santiago
Sinem Silay Ozen
Deondre Dimitri Williams
Master of Science in AdultGerontology Np Ms
Joanna Collazo
Angelica Critelli
Samantha Florio
Jessica Mock
Master of Science in Biotechnology
Ursula Arenas
Mir Rhaman
Master of Science in Business Management: Strategic Management
Shimar Allen
Meeran Mustafa
Master of Science in Computer Science
Mazen Annatshi
Dylan Contractor
Muhammed Corak
Jerry Gbemudu
Huan Li
Jianwei Li
Meng Meng
Hanwei Wei JANUARY 2025
Zehui Wen
Yinlong Zhao
Master of Science in Education: Adolescence Education
Philip Campisi
Victoria Dario
Matthew Grossane-Diez
Robert Venosa
Feng Zhou
Master of Science in Education: Childhood Education
Winifred Alcorn
Arianna Esposito
Doston Kodirov
Jane Verdel
Master of Science in Education: Special Education Christopher Bunnicelli
Clarissa Cimino
Guadalupe Araceli Cuenca Garcia
Fatima Farahat
Samaria Garcia Tapia
Jessica Hart
Skyler Mattarella
Ryan Murnieks
Julian Ortiz
Pamela Pucci
Dahlia Rezk
Kayla Lleras-Rivera
Casey Rizzuto
Master of Science in Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Hanna Amireh
Dalia Attia
Kayla Schacht
Master of Science in Neuroscience & Developmental Disabilities
MS
Zeinab Cisse
Helen El-Achkar
Advanced Certificate Post Baccalaureate
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Demi Gonzalez
Donnika Hudson
Public History
Rhojay Byfield
Justin Collesano
Yesenia Rivera
JUNE 2025
CUNY Macaulay Honors
College University Scholars Program
Colin Alarcon ***
Jenalyse Alarcon **
Anthony Attenborough *
Iman Bedrolli ***
Michael Caligara **
Victoria Cannava **
Jenna Como ***
Amanda Cronin ***
Shannon Farnum
Chau Gin Kenny Feng ***
Frank Feng **
Joshua Kats **
Michael Kehoe **
Brian Kerliu **
Jacob Lebedinsky ***
Nickolay Munoz ***
Tal Ohana ***
Milena Olkhovetsky **
Michael Plishchin ***
David Poggioli **
Lizbet Rodriguez ***
Adrian Rosales **
Valentina Schembri ***
Jordan Swanson *
Hebah Syed **
Andrew Thomas ***
Ava Thompson *
Stephanie Tirado ***
Megan Trapanese **
Hannah Varughese ***
Christopher Vitale ***
Katherine Yenna ***
Nikolas-Kaan Yilmaz ***
Joey Yu **
The Verrazzano School
Hadi Abbas ***
Naomi Akan
Melanie Akilova *
Emily Albano **
Evan Brown **
Kelliann D’Ambrosio ***
Liad Darmoni
Matthew Dodge *
Katherine Ebrahim *
Julianna Ficarra
Timothy Golubowski *
Anusha Haris **
Eslam Hussein
Mariam Ibrahim
Sethara Karunatilake
Sandi Kelada **
Rolla Khass *
Mikel Konini
Robert Le *
Gianna Liantonio *
Haneen Makki
Chloe Matuszewicz **
Merna Mikhail *
Deena Mohsen *
Mohammad Moussa ***
Angel Munoz-Avila *
Moshe Newman **
Morgan Novello
Lia Ohana ***
Dilara Oner **
Julia Palka
Aneena Panicker *
Jordan Pernice
Kayla Poggi *
Lara Rizkalla *
Mahjazee Ruiz
Ethan Shalem *
Shaan Shirazi *
Allura Surat
Karina Toska *
Abedalfattah Twam **
Victoria Wallace ***
Erin Westgate *
Aisha Yousaf *
Kevin Zebrowski ***
Teacher Education
Honors Academy
John Crowdell
Jessica Farag ***
Chau Gin Kenny Feng ***
Edgar Tang *
Jillian Widener
Zhuoxun Wu
Associate in Applied Science
Ejiro Ageh
Serhat Akman *
Asma Akter
Amir Ali
Delysia Alleyne
Sarai Almazo
Jennifer Amako
Chiara Amedeo *
Bridget Anger
Ilona Apelsinov
Hana Attia
Lauren Barraco **
Artemis Mary Denise
Bartido
Sylia Bellili
Nicholas Bialous **
Annette Bonifacio
Angeleah Brice
Leah Browne
Maryna Brukker **
Jorge Bueno
Enrique Caceres
Emma Cacioppo
Dazhalee Centeno
Erika Cepale ***
Daina Charles
Gianna Chiovaro ***
Katherine Choi *
Cesar Cholula
Gianna Codispoti
Izabella Colberg
Drew Cruzado *
William Cullen
Leor Darmoni
Sabina Davronova
Ciara Dawkins
Hannah Dejesus
Christian Delaney
James Dicristoforo
Sophia Didonna
Alexandra Doyle **
Dylan Fadl **
Abubakr Fayzulloev
Viktoriia Fedorova
Anjanpalage Fernando
Christina Fiumano
Scott Fodor
Roberta Fofanah
Ana Carolina Francia
Dayanara Galan
Abigail Garcia
Nicole Kaye Gaylo
Katherine Goncharova ***
Ogulcan Gorgulu
Rachel Grinberg
Carl Hennawy *
Jennifer Heras
Govindu Herath
Marisela Hernandez Balderas ***
Joseph Hoffman *
Oscar Hui **
Arham Irfan
Brad Jean-Louis *
Pierre Jeanty *
Kelti Kaso
Arnella Khaye **
Michael Lesnikowski *
Yulisa Lezama
Gordon Liang
Amanda Lin
Frank Lu ***
Xiaohong Luo
Brooke Manning
Jacqueline Marchese
Jason Mcgee *
Fernando Isaac Mendoza
Karina Navarro Romero *
Yoseph Othman **
Miguel Panfilo-Nicolas
Brittani Passante
Stephen Pica *
Osvald Picazo
Alexa Poulos
William Poulos
Giancarlo Roman
Maribel Rosa-Austria *
Abdelrahman Saifan
Joseph Sanoh
Mashkurakhon Saydaliev *
Hunter Seidenrose
Melisa Seitllari
Michelle Senerchia ***
Anastasia Shapovalova
Abdelrahman Sherif
Michael Shnaidman
Cody Smith *
Alycia Staiti *
Stefania Stocco
Stephanie Stucchio
Anthony Sutera
Zamirah Vasconcelos
Arben Vejselovski
Jingyi Xie
Michelle Ye
Asmea Youssef **
Monera Youssef **
Wilson Zeng
Tiffany Zhu ***
Associate in Arts
Aziza Abed
Kelly Ackerman
Alberto Aguilar
Gianna Albano *
Josmeyli Alvarez
Hana Assaedi
Ahela Awad
Mario Azo
Joanna Basciano
Christopher Basile
Samier Bawatneh
Samantha Beaton *
Morium Biswas
Victoria Blunnie *
Anna Bochneva **
Victoria Boni *
Christopher Booras *
Joseph Calcagno
Marcos Carrera
Catherine Cincotta
Mandi Contreras
Perla Cruz
Anne Cullen
Sanela Deljkic **
Ashley Demartines **
Juliya Demchuk
Vincent Derosa
Angelina Devito *
Eliana Dragovic
Divine Grace Drone
Emma Dugan
Lukas Duran
Jacquelyn Eckman
Wendy Naiomy Estudillo
Rodriguez
Ramsha Farooq
Ariana Felix *
Eileen Fezza
Fatmata Fisiru
Angelica Fonte
Taniyah Foster
Victoria Genao
David Girgis
Kimberly Gordon
Jose Guzman
Selena Guzman
Christopher Hart
Luis Hernandez
Kenneth Hicks
Jordan Holder
Adan Huertas **
Raquel Hurtado
Ronella Ifraimova
Fatima Isidoro
Rana Jahmi *
Nazira Jallad
Samiya James
Sahana Akter Janapa
Chelsie Jeanniton
Medina Kadriovski
Nicholas Kalfa *
Nehir Karbuz ***
Bleona Karpuzi
Sosan Khayatullo
Michael Kitchens
Ereza Kllokoqi
Emma Knight *
Brianna Lam ***
Aaron Lin
Camille Lino
Taina Lopez
Alexa Lopiccolo
Magdalena Maldonado
Mona Mansour
Precious Marcano
Alyssa Maresca
Skyyla Mark **
Nicholas Marrone
Mikayla Maye
Caitlin Mccluskey
Alana Mcknee **
Jillian Melough ***
Nicole Michaels
Kimora Miller
Jamie Misiti *
Muneeb Mohammad
Alexis Moller **
Clarissa Moncayo
Natasha Montalvo *
Yessica Montalvo Mejia
Hailey Morra ***
Daniel Napoli ***
Blerona Osmani *
Amaya Parchment
Angelo Paulino
Matthew Perez
Nicholas Perfetto
Daniel Petrovskiy *
Julia Pietropinto
Cristina Pineda **
Morgan Poggi
Michelle Pytlik **
Belinda Reyesreyes
Ashley Reynoso
Kylani Rivera
Deland Robert
Andrew Rodriguez
Angelique Roman *
Isabella Romanello
Roshany Rosa
Miles Roschbach **
Charlieangel Rubin **
Toby Rubin
Bryan Sarango-Alvarez
Monique Simon
Oleksandra Skrypnichenko *
Philip Sofo
Justin Soto
Vittoria Stellato
Floriana Stelmach
Brianna Subasic **
Mahdi Suleiman *
Habiba Sylla
Sarai Tabora
Atticus Tacopino *
Frances Tagliaferro
Alyssa Tedeschi
Frank Tieri
Nora Traboulsy *
Edgar Uraga
Omer Waheed
Nadeesha Wijayawardhanage
Amanda Williams
Maylen Williams
Rhoda Wilson
Jasmine Wu
Stejsi Xharo **
Batya Yelloz **
Preksha Yerakala
Joseph Zollo
Stephany Zurita
Associate in Science
Shafee Abdul-Qawy
Israa Al Ali
Asal Amrieva
Dania Atieh *
Salma Belafkih **
John Carp
Ahlem Chabati
Anding Chen
Linor Cohen *
Joseph Desiderato **
Patrick Gerges **
Giovanni Gil ***
Alianna Li Yuan
Austin Liu
Haneen Makki
Sammi Mohamed
Malick Ndir
Sandy Abigail Quintuna
Selvia Rofail *
Kyrollos Said
Nasareth Soysa
Lindsey Veneziano
Michael Warmbier
Amy Zheng
Bachelor of Arts
Ritaj Abbasi **
Salma Abdelwahab
Jessica Abrajan **
Neebal Abuhamdeh ***
Azeez Agbabiaka
Gabrielle Agolli
Nicole Agorastos *
Janinne Aguayza-Calle *
Nadeen Ahmad
Mariam Ahmed *
Mohamed Alasri *
Haroon Ali
Juan Andino
Ariella Appugliese *
Shaymaa Aribou
Isabella Armenia
Sarah Atiyha *
Yasmine Awad
Safaa Aziz ***
Richard Badamo
Habib Badmus
Jasmine Badran
Theresa Bagliore *
Sydney Bajramovic ***
Johny Balderas *
Joseph Barbagallo
Esther Barrezueta
Alan Bass
Iman Bedrolli ***
Doreen Bennici
Jessica Billera *
Alexa Biscuti *
Cleoniki Bontales
Francesco Maria Bonvini
Salma Bourabah
Eva Brenes
Taylor Bueno **
Mekejla Bushati
Maxdylan Butler
Gabriella Byrnes
Gerald Cain
Michael Caligara **
Nicole Calle
Matthew Cameron
Valentina Campanella ***
Trevor Cangemi *
Katherine Capasso
Luzmary Caraballo
Gerard Caranante **
Mariah Carcano-Gomez
Kaitlyn Carpio
Valerie Castro
James Celli
Jacqueline Chan
Jenar Choy
Gianna Cioffi
Nicholas Cocozello
Anthony Conte
Araceli Cortez Encarnacion *
Abigail Cruz
Alex Cruz
Shenequa Cummings-Rene
Joseph Curatolo *
Jamie Dalton
Kelliann D’Ambrosio ***
Salvatore Daniele
Levi Daniels *
Alexandria Deats *
Ava Degratto
Jamie Degruccio **
Joshua Delgado
Kelly Angell Demarco *
Jessica Deteresa **
Valeria Di Bisceglie *
Lillian Diaz
Nathaniel Doerbecker
Adina Doleh
Ashley Domingues *
Bridget Donchik
Fjolla Duka
Hamza Elhabahbeh
Isabel Elhaje
Al-Romisaa Elkoush **
Joshua Falcone
Lauren Farley
Taiwo Fashina
Claudia Fellows
Christopher Filocamo
Jessica Fitzgerald
Hailey Frazier
Krista Fringo ***
Angel Gandolfo
Lucero Garcia
Nicholas Garofalo
Almir Gashi
Antonio Gautreaux *
Thomas Geressy
Amymaria Ghaly **
Connor Giannopoulos
Timothy Golubowski *
Anyely Gomez Aguilera
Pamela Gonell *
Selene Gonzalez Moran
Jonathan Goss
Anthony Grant
Julia Gregorio
Leslie Guaman **
Michelle Gutierrez
Lauren Habib *
Macian Hall *
Rehulita Hall
Mustafa Hamad
Jessica Hammel
Eiman Hamoud
Yutong He
Chelsea Hernandez
Olivia Hernandez
Maria Hernandez Rodas *
Erina Hoxha ***
Jingxian Huang
Ruqyah Hussein *
Trinity Jackson
Justin Jaimes
Daniel James
Hannah James
Donika Jashari *
Tiara Johnson
Gregory Jordan
Tyler Joyce
Marileysi Juarez
Thomas Kamara
Sara Karameti
Arianna Keegan **
Karen Kellieh
Gabrielle Kennedy
Aminah Khalifa *
Rolla Khass *
Dennis Krumer *
Pranvera Kume *
Savannah Kwan
Kassandra La Magra
Gianna Laboccetta *
Angelina Laera
Ashley Langer
Adam Lardou
Kashmonae Lashure *
Briana Lassalle
Aaron Latta
Tiffany Lazok
Maggie Lee *
Diamond Lewis *
Ryan Li *
Gianna Liantonio *
Kimberly Lockwood
Arnold Lopez
Shanasy Lora
Keilah Lowe
Leticia Lucero
Najalique Lyon
Lisbeth Macao Siguencia
Mai Mahmoud
Jessica Maizer
Kyla Maldonado
Yan Malynouskiy
Allison Mancino
Daniel Manderson
Alyssa Mantuano
Alyssa Marchica *
Blerime Marke ***
Doriana Marku
Annabelle Martin **
Anthony Martinez
Juan Martinez
Mahli Martinez Galindo
Shannon Massey
Mohamed Mawad
Abigail Mcerlaine
Belinda Mcghee-Colon
Anthony Medeiros
Rut Mejia
Jazmin Mejia-Ceron
Alex Mendez
Estelita Mendoza *
Jada Merino
Elina Milimoh
Alexis Miramontes
Rebecca Moller **
John Paul Mollica
Tara Mondelli
Brandon Morales
Meagan Morales
Nelly Moreno *
Ann Marie Morreale
Madina Murodova
John Murphy
Kelly Murphy
Nuri Musleh *
Andrew Muzio
Jeanine Nassar ***
Luis Neri
Arturo Nieva
Jenny Noriega
Elaina Ognibene
Bolanle Okeowo
Precious Oku
Fatimoh Olorunfemi
Olawale Oluseye
Ciarra Orellano
Valerie Orsino ***
Christopher Ortega
Sean Ortega
Mia Ortiz *
Najwa Othman **
Gabrielle Pagliuca
Kali Palacino
Julia Palka
Hannah Palmer
Francesca Papalia
Francesca Parisi **
Sanaia Parker-Bey
Jeenal Parmar
Megh Patel *
Seleny Pena
Sahani Perera *
Alison Perez
Ryan Perez
Maximus Perillo
Kiearra Philip
Hope Pierre
Stephanie Pisano
Anthony Piscopia
Michael Plishchin ***
Kayla Poggi *
Skylar Pointer
Autumn Proffit
Sumaiya Qadri ***
Kayla Raffone
Abeer Ramadan *
Zahir Rayhan
Patrick Regan
Jennifer Reyes
Verenice Reyes Ponce
Laurelyz Rivas
Judith Rivera
Kelly Rivera **
Nicholas Rivera
Yazmin Rivera *
Lizbet Rodriguez ***
Talisa Rosario
Mily Sabillon **
Rahma Said
Amna Saleem
Hailey Santana
Vicente Santana
Gerard Santos
Asma Sayyed Ahmad
Christopher Scalcione
Valentina Schembri ***
Amanda Seitz *
Iroda Shukhratjonova **
Omorefe Slayton-Izevbuwa ***
Khalia Steadman
Cindy Subasic
Lenna Suleiman
Malaak Suleiman
Allura Surat
Cearra Tacoronte *
Mia Taggart
Evelyn Tamay Flores
Edgar Tang *
Sylwia Tankielun *
Victoria Tarantola
Nydia Taylor **
Gina Tempesta *
Jayme Threats
Kayla Torres *
Lorenzo Torres
Ariana Usubov
Hafsa Vanees *
Kenny Velez
Alexsander Villegas
Adrianna Weiler
Erin Westgate *
Troy Willis
David Wilson **
Thomas Wilson
Emily Wolff **
Katherine Yenna ***
Nikolas-Kaan Yilmaz ***
Christina Yordan
Luisa Zamudio ***
Shourak Zeidyyeh
Dasha Zhidkova
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Ifesinachi Anosike
Nando Brunetti *
Jamie Garcia Yescas *
Alan Guzman
Victoria Paradiso *
Daryn Santamaria
Emily Wu
Bachelor of Science
Hadi Abbas ***
Tariq Abdalla
Aly Abdelazem
Mohamed Abdelhakim
Omar Abdelrazek
Mallak Abuzahrieh
Merjan Abuzahrieh
Melany Acatitla
Anissa Acosta *
Josephine Adamita *
Mistura Adebiyi
Debora Adebowale
Olanrewaju Adesanya
Adonis Adonai
Noman Afzal
Kevin Aguilar
Aashil Ahmad ***
Bilal Ahmad
Hassan Ahmad **
Ilsa Ahmad
Sarah Ahmed
Naomi Akan
Melanie Akilova *
David Akodu *
Colin Alarcon ***
Jenalyse Alarcon **
Eric Alatriste Hernandez
Michael Albano
Victoria Alberti
Evelyn Elizabeth Ali **
Sufian Ali *
Mohammed Ali Khan
Ronnie Allaoa
Ryan Almodovar
Ebrahim Almuntaser *
Jeremiah Alonso
Mohamad Akram Alrahawan ***
Paola Alvarado **
Cristina Amico *
Marilynne Andre
Tyler Aponte
Michael Arfanis *
Francesco Arlia
Munther Atmae
Marina Attalla
Anthony Attenborough *
Steven Attia
Vitaly Avakyan ***
Anderson Avila
Mohannad Awad *
Naya Awai
Mariam Ayed ***
Ashleygh Azanes Flores
Shaleeza Aziz
Kanza Babar **
Timur Badalov
Esraa Badawy
Evander Badu
Kofi Badu
Sophia Bakousis
Iliriana Balidemaj
Laila Balogun
Tania Barnes
Fateen Baruwa
Mohammad Bazrouk
Richard Belitski
Bria Benjamin
Mohammed Bensassi
Diana Bermeo Dutan
Ava-Marie Bernabeo *
Samantha Biancoviso *
Denise Boadi
Frank Boateng
Steven Branco
Michelle Brichko
Anthony Brodsky
Sebastian Broncano
Abigail Brown
Evan Brown **
Shari Bruzual *
Mykhailo Brykailo
Kelly Buckley
Steffan Burnette
Vildan Cagdas *
Victoria Cannava **
Aiyu Cao **
Anthony Capper *
Ashley Carpio *
Isabela Castro
Wai Lim Chan **
Andrew Chang
Lea Chebaro *
Vinci Cheung **
Michael Chirieleison
Jeonghyeon Choi ***
Edison Chow
Sebastian Chutan
Nephthalie Clermeus
Elizabeth Coakley *
Kenya Cockburn
A.J. Cohen
Jenna Como ***
Kaitlyn Conroy **
Brianna Conseillant
Adam Conte
China Corley
Kaitlyn Cornacchio
Grace Costello *
Conner Cowans *
Amanda Cronin ***
Christina Cropley
John Crowdell
Maxwell Cruz
Uriel Cruz *
Francesca Cusenza *
Aikaterini Dagres
Evangelia Dagres
Amjad Daoud
Liad Darmoni
Erik Davis *
William Davis
Dana Delgrosso ***
Nathan Demaso
Valbona Demirovic *
Sandy Deng **
Jayasinghe Desilva
James D’Esposito *
Elizabeth Deutsch *
Angelina Devito *
Soukeena Diab
Jhony Diaz
Nathaly Diaz
Nicholas Diaz
James Dicristo *
Giovanni Dirienzo
Matthew Dodge *
Henry Dong
Bhakti Dongerkery
Shamlan Doole
Kevin Dsouza *
Valerie Dugue
Michael Durso
Tarik Eastman
Kimbra Eberly
Salma Elbadawi **
Habiba Elsayed
Ziad Elsayed **
Nourhan Elzayat
Alexandra Emmerich
Mutlu Erkin
Afure Eruotor
Diana Espinosa *
Miguel Espinosa *
Daniel Fahmy
Jessica Farag ***
Shannon Farnum
Rayanne Farraj
Ibrahim Fazal
Ariela Feldman *
Chau Gin Kenny Feng ***
Frank Feng **
Kalina Feng Hu *
Adel Feratovic **
Jessica Ferger *
Emma Ferguson *
Natasha Fernandez
Kayla Festa
Brianna Figueroa
Nicholas Finkel *
James Fiorelli **
Deanna Fiorello
Max Fleischman
Taniyah Fraser
Morin Frieg
Gianna Galarza
Sabrina Lucille Ganam
Catherine Garcia
Mathew Garcia *
Yamely Garcia Sanchez *
Ceili Gardiner
Dabby Gazemar
Suzanna Ghatas
Evelyn Gil
Daniel Ginzburg
Megius Gjokola
Riona Gjonbalaj
Mogson Glay
Vildana Goga
Abigail Goldman *
Dmytro Gonchar *
Kevin Gonzalez
Michelle Gordon *
Ahmad Gouda
Damian Grabowski *
Petra Gregory
Charles Gucciardo
Alexander Guerrero
Nabila Guirguis *
Viman Gunawardana
Aydin Gursoy
Egor Gusev
Uriel Gutierrez *
Wendy Gutierrez-Huerta
Artem Guz *
Medina Hajdarevic
Fadi Hakim
Waled Hamad Alraes
Omar Hamdan **
Amir Hamed
Mohib Hameed
Junyao Han
Samer Hana ***
Santos Hana ***
Youssef Hanna *
Anusha Haris **
Eugene Harrington
Ahmed Hassan
Ahmed Hegazy
Jimin Heo **
Aaron Hernandez
Christopher Hernandez **
Emmanuel Hernandez
Jake Higginson
Jordan Holder
Daniel Hope
Nadiia Horbul ***
Ethan Hoy *
Han Qing Huang
Laila Hussain *
Eslam Hussein
Mohamed Hussein
Mariam Ibrahim
Latifa Id Hamou **
Poornima Ilangachcharige
Daniel Ippolito **
Salma Iqbal
Anthony Iraci **
Ryan Irizarry
Rashod Isaac-Purcell
Noor Izmikna
Diamond Jackson *
Maryam Javed
Jessica Johnson **
Joshi Joseph
Marvens Joseph
Steven Joseph
Teresa Juarez-Moran
Danya Kaddah
Dean Kadi **
Sabina Kadriovski ***
Emily Kagan **
Amir Kairov
Mohammad Karim
Sethara Karunatilake
Joshua Kats **
Danyal Kazmi
Michael Kehoe **
Brian Kerliu **
Zainab Khadir *
Zahraa Khalil
Alyssa Khan
Yousef Kharma
Ameer Khass
Anna Kishchenko
Sol Klein
Ereza Kllokoqi
Dilani Kohulan *
George Kolovadis
Ulkije Kosovrasti
Estella Kosse *
Larry Kotlyar *
Eryk Krawiec
James Kubiak
Nina Kukuliev
Dmitriy Kulish
Bora Kupa ***
Richuby Kurian
Olivia Labib
Jacob Ladin ***
Kengcheng Lai **
Sophia Laino
Dzenana Lanica
Mark Lapalorcia
Bleron Lata *
Soffiyat Lawal
Robert Le *
Jacob Lebedinsky ***
Kate Leung
Jeffrey Levintov
Victoria Levitin
Ryan Li *
Yuli Li *
Ricky Liang **
Baoying Liang Wu
Nan Lin
Tong Lin ***
Allen Liu **
Cindy Liu **
Adriana Logan
Jennifer Lopez
Rose Lorcy
Michael Loren *
Allison Loskot
Joseph Loughran
Brendan Maguire
Mostafa Mahmoud
Emanie Maitland
Haneen Makki
Jonathan Mansour *
Sarah Marfo
Guxim Marke
John Marotta
Tacia Marshall
Anthony Marsillo
Brian Martinez
Christian Martinez *
James Martino *
Amina Marukic *
Noemia Massingue *
Chloe Matuszewicz **
Matteo Mcphail *
Megan Meagher **
Christian Medina
Vladislav Mego
Marc Mendez *
Damian Metovic
Omar Metwally
Gregory Meza *
Andrew Michail
Nicole Mika *
Christ Mikhael
Merna Mikhail *
Iuliia Mileeva **
Shayondell Miles *
Kassidy Miller
Affid Minchala
Sherell Mishiyev
Eva Mneyan **
Deena Mohsen *
Jose Mojica
Erick Molina
Hillary Moncion
Annette Monroy
Giuseppina Montuori
Brianna Moore
Samantha Morales *
Tamara Morales
Niko Morales-Zuniga
Sebastian Moran **
Flaurin Morina
Yousef Morsy *
Samr Mouna
Mohammad Moussa ***
Thelors Mozart
Ilyana Mukabenova
Marlene Munoz
Nickolay Munoz ***
Angel Munoz-Avila *
Selma Musovski
Nabiswa Mwesiga
Mafine Nabay
Samantha Naccarato
Daniel Nadeem
Joy Nasr ***
Mohamed Nasr
Ricardo Neil
Lucia Neri
Moshe Newman **
Andrew Ngai *
Asber Noma
Morgan Novello
Ugochi Nwosu
Madison O Brien *
Elizabeth Obadimu ***
Tom Oblocki
Inioluwa Ogunfowora
Tal Ohana ***
Vincent Ohenhen
Oluwaseun Ojo *
Princess Okafor **
Daniel Okubo
Milena Olkhovetsky **
Moses Olu-Ojo
Dilara Oner **
Chukwuka Onyeka
Kyra Orellana-Lopez *
Brenda Ortega Pavia
Alexander Ortiz
Layla Osman *
Omar Osman
Saaefeldeen Osman
Altin Osmani
Taisha Otero
Dunyanna Ottallah **
Ariana Pagan *
Aleyna Paker
Jillian Pampinella
Miguel Panfilo-Nicolas
Jeremy Panicker *
Kiran Panicker
Ermenegildo Perbibaj **
Nadrea Pereira Tyndall
Tyler Phipps
Frank Pira
Matthew Pirozzi
David Poggioli **
Mariella Poli
Paul Proscia
Adam Przybylko
Erick Quiroz
Isabella Radovini *
Nina Rafailova *
Blend Rafuna
Jerry Ramirez
Justin Ramirez
Jacqueline Randazzo
Sandy Rasmy
Esmeralda Rasul
Promiss Ratcliff
Amos Reginald Jr
Matthew Remache *
Eric Ren
Rachel Restivo
Algenis Reyes
Angela Reyes
Elizabeth Reyfman *
Hiba Rhaouti
Fulya Rifaioglu *
Jenna Rigau **
Laura Rivera
Merna Rizk
Lara Rizkalla *
Ashley Rodriguez
Jonathan Rodriguez
Lizbet Rodriguez ***
Savanah Rodriguez
William Rogers
Eliu Roman
Verona Roman
Jiaxing Rong ***
Shuling Rong **
Adrian Rosales **
Miguel Rosendo Diaz
David Ruiz
Mahjazee Ruiz
Alexandra Russo
Noureldin Saad
Mera Salama
Jacqueline Salas
Abdel Rahman Saleh
Beshar Saleh
Hadi Sami *
Vincent Sammarco ***
Nayeli Sanchez
George Sanchez Galindo
Alexis Sander **
Albert Santiago
Michael Santoriello
Maria Sapon
Anastasija Sasina
Sowmiya Saveriyan
Alivia Scelzi **
Tracy Curatola Schulman *
Emily Schwartz *
Mehasin Seid
Paul Seif **
Peter Sergi *
Souleymane Seye
Bujar Sezairi
Ahmed Shehab
Janine Shehada
Michael Shenouda
Omar Sheriff
Narrie Shin
Maream Shoaab *
Abil Shrestha *
Angie Keiling Sien Ng
Justin Silveri ***
Sebastian Skalny
Devonte Smart
Tatyana Smith-Hicks
Danny Sollomoni
Ian Solomon **
Anastasiya Sorokina
Abayomi Sosanya
Regan Sou ***
Jaad Soueid
Kristen Sparacio *
Nathaniel Spiteri
Selma Sterkeshi
Michael Stern
Gaetano Stile
Seerean Sutari
Jordan Swanson *
Hebah Syed **
Beyounce Tabansi
Sally Taha
Seida Tahiri
Mario Takle *
Joel Tamay Neira
Edgar Tang *
Nicholas Tartaglione
Mohammed Tartir
Thomas Testa ***
Jelissa Then ***
Andrew Thomas ***
Jacinth Thomas *
Justin Thomas **
Ava Thompson *
Jayvon Thompson *
Stephanie Tirado ***
Christina Tobin
Agnes Togba **
Elad Toizer *
Entela Topciu *
Sharline Toribio
Anna Tran
Lena Tran *
Yaya Traore
Megan Trapanese **
Dalia Travieso
Emina Tutovic *
Abedalfattah Twam **
Sanduni Udugampola
Nicole Vachakidze
Hannah Varughese ***
Leslie Vazquez
Leah Vega **
Steven Velez
Lindsey Veneziano
Lejla Vila
Christopher Vitale ***
Demetrios Von Fricke
Kafui Ama Abui Vowotor *
Maxim Voyevoda *
Eric Walstrom
Jaden Waterman
Kevin Weinberg
Deedee Weinstein **
Rivka Weisblat *
Alysza Wentworth
Julius Whetstone
Jillian Widener
Jaimee Wieber ***
Tydahja Williams *
Jillian Williamsen
Natalie Wilson
Zhen Wu
Zhuoxun Wu
Ali Yakoup
Zelin Yang *
Rajae Yassine *
Oren Yeheskiel **
Kafilat Yekinni
Aisha Yousaf *
Qaseem Yousaf
John Yousef
Joey Yu **
John Yue
Subhia Zahrieh
Hajara Zaman
Kevin Zebrowski ***
Meng Zhang *
Haoquan Zhao
Jie Zhong *
Karim Ziab
Eric Zwierzynski *
Master of Arts in English
Ashley Dirzis
Fjoralba Gojani
Steven Mcguire
Master of Arts in History
Justin Collesano
Regina Romandetti
Angela Vega
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Christopher Clancy
Emilsen Ronquillo
Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
Blerim Alliu
Stephonie Leonard
Master of Science in Accounting
Justin Cucco
Dilmi Fernando
Frimchie Fuchs
Lindi Gjonbalaj
Sonila Ligu
Ying Lin
Julie Petch
Anjelica Regine
Master of Science in Adult-Gerontology Nurse
Practitioner
Sergey Vassilevich
Master of Science in Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner – Advanced Standing
Stephanie Erichsen
Master of Science in Biology: Biotechnology
Anas Ahmad
Syeda Zuha Batool
Folayemi Olatunji
Gentiana Shaba
Master of Science in Business Management: Large Scale Data Analysis
Abdul Samih
Master of Science in Business Management: Strategic Management
Adam Blyth
Dominick Francois
Michael Frasca
Anna Maria Gkizani
Messiah Mallory
Adeleye Oyekanmi
Billy Pavlou
Rod Togba
Bryce Waterman
Sophia Zamora
Master of Science in Computer Science
Linqi Liu
Mathura Sarankan
Teja Sai Reddy Teepireddy
Master of Science in Environmental Science
Oluwadare Akinlolu
Master of Science in Healthcare Management
Marwa Amin
David Badiola
Nene Aissatou Balde
Hira Chaudhry
Sharia Franklin
Bo Liu
Etaghene Oweh
Vanele Tcheutcheu
Simone Larissa Toubet
Nana
Master of Science in Neuroscience & Developmental Disabilities MS
Brooklyn Conaghan
Master of Science in Education: Adolescence Education
Aimmn Alzindani
Nilmini Dingiri Banda
Mudiyan
Alyssa Caracciolo-Decicco
Samantha Delapi
Patricia McSherry
Sabrina Prestia
Gabriella Salvador
Kinza Shamas
Brittany Spencer
Arian Sterling
Master of Science in Education: Childhood Education
Amanda Bengard
Nicholas Biagini
Sarah Castiglione
Andrea Ciappina
Kyle Collesano
Joseph Fragapane
Kori Meloni
Victoria Moylan
Jasmine Jaclyn Pepe
Yoselyn Ramos Perez
Teresa Reinhardt
Maria Rosas
Phoebe Santora
Jenna Rose Sparacino
Dina Williams
Nadia Zaki
Master of Science in Education: Special Education
Christina Ajello
Willow Arrabito
Brianna Babicke
David Berger
Noelle Brennan
Karen Chavez
Dana Coffey
Savannah Cseko
Halie Decarlo
Danie Duka
Samantha Esposito
Brianna Fisher
Kristina Fortunato
Xxavien Garcia
Madison Gorodovich
Allyson Grant
Azeza Hamad
Alexandra Izzo
Gabriella Lagreca
Selena Laporta
Lesley Ann Lawrence
Grace Lefkowitz
Stephanie Lui
Geraldine Luppino
Kate Mallon
Heather Mancino
James Mc Cormack
Brooke McKeon
Katia Medina
Gabrielle Molino
Wilson Morales
Hibat Noor
Christopher Oliveri
Anthony Parascandola
Danea Perkins
Michele Pisani
Frank Proscia
John Pulice
Margret Rice
Jacqueline Roloph
Kimberly Rutherford
Sydney Saulino
Rebecca Strabinick
Matthew Strafaci
Anthony Trezza
Kathryn Umerovski
Danie Vuka
Elizabeth Windram
Master of Science in
Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Saide Bajraku-Mehaj
Mallory Banushi
Gerta Cako
Katherine Cappiello
Marcus Chow
Christina Devine
Keri Dugan
Riham Elakabawi
Drilona Kaziu
Kristin Li
Jillian Marten
Gabriella Oliveri
Master of Social Work - 30
Edin Bardic
Amna Butt
Rafael Camilo
Joseph Clapp
Fabiana Disanto
Angela Haxhari
Jenniene Hernandez
Guadalupe Ortiz
Master of Social Work - 60
Tasneem Ahmed
Oluchi Awiaka
Pishoi Bakoom
Kristen Brody
Kenneth Caramanico
Zarayia Carroll
Michael Catalano
Cierra Demarco
Gabriella Farah
Alexa Iraci
Johanne Joseph
Olivia La Gala
Chun Yin Lee
Jingmei Liang
Longxin Lu
Ada Luo
Ryann Mahoney
Avery Maillet
Nicholas Marino
Michelle Moore Merino
Jacklyn Murphy
Adrianna Razzore
Robert Regan
Manny Rivera
Nisali Silva
Fanny Talledo
Barbara Torres
Lisa Whalen
Advanced Certificate Post
Baccalaureate
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Akua Opoku
Bilingual Extension Certificate
Per Janson
Public History
Selena Ditre
Giorgi Tskitishvili
Advanced Certificate: Post Master’s Dual Certificate in School Building Leader and School District
Judy Anderson
Robin Cohen
Dominique Conocchioli
Fify Deef
Kristina Demina
Jenna Nicole Dipadova
Allyson Donato-Jernigan
Amanda Ferrera
Abe Hasweh
Daniela Labbate
Glorivee Lopez
Madiha Mulla
Kristine Murnieks
Rufina Rotondi
Jacinto Schiller Cepeda
Meghan Sciannameo-Aidala
Community-Based Leadership EDD
Jazmin Rivera
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Elitzur Bergman
Karoline Dawidowski
Justin Diaz
Husam Elessawy
Inessa Fakhari
Ashley Flynn
Megan Gorman
Hajar Hanafy
Vincent Lee
Jonathan Mekhael
Samantha Perez
Talaia Regist
Yosef Sachs
Ryan Tierney
Tommy Xu
William Yang
Evelyn Yim
Martina Youssef
Henry Zheng
Yanrong Zheng
AUGUST
2025
Associate in Applied Science
Keehafai Carmichael
Renee Jarrett
Tamur Karim ***
Matthew Marra
Miguel Velasquez Tzoc
Associate in Arts
Jennifer Evo
Michelle Jacobs
Bachelor of Arts
Sara Abdelrahman
Ahmed Abdou
Carmen Alvarado
Edward Angell
Bella Arel
Carol Ascencio
Anthony Castagliola *
Briana Coppotelli *
Madisen Cutler
Lachhman Dass
Sanela Deljkic **
Nicole Dicosimo
Philip Diteodoro *
Michael Edwards
Athina Fronimakis
Shernice Gabriel
Zakeira Gamory
Rachel Gardel
Makayla Giangrande
Chloe Haylock
Amira Jaber ***
Isaiah James
Sydney Javois
Shavon Jeffrey
Amaya Jenkins
Frank Laboccetta
Dylan Martinson *
Samantha Menzel
Janyah Mercedes
Joseph Miller *
Dianah Mills
Julia Necka Huptysiowska
Maria Nova Ramirez
Nicholas Palmeri *
Simeon Parchment
Brianna Parisi
Lisa Pederson *
Bianca Perez *
John Pessolano ***
Mackenzie Ranjitsingh
Madison Rivera *
Alyssa Rodriguez
Hadolfo Ruiz
Heiddy Ruiz
Lulejeta Salihi
Alexa Sanchez
Alexa Seggio
Stephanie Suarez
Urszula Tomaszuk *
Pamela Uloko
Ricky Wu
Madeleine Zahrey
Bachelor of Science
Hady Abdalwahab
Jalal Abdelkader
Anas Ahmad
Justin Ali
Zeky Alkhasawneh
Iman Alsaman
Omar Alzandani
Kaylah Amuquandoh
Faraha Aslam
Chak Hin Au
Ziven Baidoo
Anthony Balock
Shadi Benelhajlahsen *
Claudia Calvacca
Micayla Cannatelli
Zonovia Cardona
Asante Carroll
Sara Chaudary
Meng Ting Chen
Matthew Clerville
Aleida Coronado
Madisen Cutler
Jawuneh Danmbisaa
Yousef Dardeir
Aiana Darmaeva
Cynthia Duru
Annette Fang
Ryan Fernandez
Marie Foucault
Lauren Frazier
Janiel Fuentes
Evelyn Fuzaylov
Linoy Gavish Avraham
Raeshawn Gibson
Angelina Guerriero
Kevin Gutierrez
Dan Hadidi
Shahd Hanafy *
Joe He
Sade James
Delmesha Johnson
Ender Kalem
Maryia Kavalchuk
John Kenna *
Visar Klobucista
Casi Knorr
Oumey Kora
Dominick Lewis
Shallyrose Lorenzo
Jordan Mooney
Sebastian Moran Mijangos
Jack Moskowitz
Malek Mostafa
John Moza **
Yassmin Nasef
Hannah Nudelman
Celeste Ocloo
Prince Oduro
Deborah Ogunyemi
Lia Ohana ***
Jineen Othman
Edgar Pelaez
Ashley Plymale *
Matthew Polemeni
Raulph Rahman
Rafael Rezk *
Madison Rivera *
Mai Rizk
Frank Romano
Vaniolie Saint Felix
Cristian Santos
Lily Scelta-Pecorale
Dominick Sclafani
Thomas Sclafani
Christopher Shadley
Jehad Shalodi
Fahad Sheikh
Urata Shillova
James Sidhom *
Rivindya Silva ***
Veronica Slazak
Matthew Sullivan
Kevin Tadrose
Karina Toska *
Dwight Villacorta *
Johnny Wang
Kenneth Wisdom
Master of Science in History
Faruh Davletov
Tommy Kremerov
Yesenia Rivera
Giorgi Tskitishvili
Master of Science in Business Management; Large-Scale Data Analysis
Joseph Garomo
Master of Science in Environmental Science
Jacklyn Reiszelw
Master of Science in Education Adolescence Education
Taylor Kelly
Kharissa Ruggiero
Master of Science in Education Special Education
Nicolette Scarpati
Master of Science in Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Alah Alhagiko
Paola-Vittoria Bologna
Liana Maria Shaya
Master of Science in Healthcare Management
Katelyn Xenakis
Master of Social Work 60
Christopher Harte
Christiana Jabbie
Michelle Macri
Autism Spectrum Disorders
ACB
Ava-Marie Bernabeo
Doctor of Education Community-Based Leadership EDD
Katherine Acevedo Coppa
William Anders
Shemeka Brathwaite
Victoria Romero
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
CHAIR
William C. Thompson, Jr.
VICE CHAIR
Sandra Wilkin
TRUSTEES
Michael Arvanites
Henry T. Berger
Una S. T-Clarke
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Mayra Linares-Garcia
Robert F. Mujica
Brian D. Obergfell
Jill O’Donnell-Tormey
Herminia Palacio
Ken Sunshine
Angelo Vivolo
John Verzani, ex officio
Daniel Reden, ex officio
SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE CHANCELLOR AND SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
Gayle M. Horwitz
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND CABINET AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
President
Timothy G. Lynch, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Michael E. Steiper, Ph.D.
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Strategic Initiatives
Michel A. Hodge, EdD
Executive Legal Counsel and Chief Administrator in Charge of Community Partnerships and Government Relations
Robert Wallace, Esq.
Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Information Technology Services
Patricia Kahn, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Finance and Budget and Chief Financial Officer
Carlos A. Serrano, BS
Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management / Dean of Admissions
Alexander Scott, MA
Associate Administrator in Charge of Business Development
Dana Trimboli, MA
Director, Facilities Management, Planning and Operations
Keith J. Pisons
Chief of Staff
Jessica Collura, JD
Associate Provost for Faculty Success
Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Ph.D.
Interim Assistant Provost for Student Success
Carey Manifold, Ph.D.
Dean of the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business
Susan L. Holak, Ph.D.
Dean of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Sarolta Takács, Ph.D.
Dean of the Division of Science and Technology
Ralf Peetz, Ph.D.
Interim Dean of the School of Education
Burnett Joiner, Ph.D.
Interim Dean of the Division of Health Sciences
Heyward (Michael) Dreher, Ph.D., RN
Chief Librarian, Associate Dean
Amy F. Stempler, MLIS
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
LUCILLE AND JAY CHAZANOFF SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Accounting and Finance
George Wang, Chairperson
Economics
Simone Wegge, Chairperson
Management
Carles SolaBelda, Chairperson
Marketing
Thomas Tellefsen, Chairperson
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Educational Studies
Gene Fellner, Acting Chairperson
Curriculum & Instruction
Deborah DeSimone, Chairperson
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
DIVISION OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Nursing
Randelle Sasa, Chairperson
Physical Therapy
Zaghloul Ahmed, Chairperson
Social Work
Barbra Teater, Chairperson
English
Lee Papa, Chairperson
History
John Dixon, Chairperson
Media Culture
Bilge Yesil, Chairperson
Performing & Creative Arts
Miguel Aragón, Chairperson
Philosophy
Mark White, Chairperson
Political Science & Global Affairs
Michael Paris, Chairperson
Psychology
Comfort Asanbe, Chairperson
Sociology/Anthropology
Hosu Kim, Acting Chairperson
World Languages & Literatures
Lucas Marchante-Aragon, Acting Chairperson
DIVISION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Biology
Chang-Hui Shen, Chairperson
Chemistry
Qiao-Sheng Hu, Chairperson
Computer Science
Shuqun Zhang, Chairperson
Engineering & Environmental Science
Neo Antoniades, Chairperson
Mathematics
Carlo Lancellotti, Chairperson
Physics & Astronomy
Charles Liu, Chairperson
LIBRARY
Amy Stempler, Associate Dean & Chief Librarian
MARSHALS, LIAISONS, & BANNER HOLDERS
General Marshal
Kenneth Gold
Platform Marshals
Susan Smith-Peter
Jason Bishop
Organizing Marshals
Judit Kerekes
Mary Murphy
Jonathan Rubin
End of Procession Marshal
Deirdre Armitage
Ruth Silverberg
Marshals
Prince Addo
Josephine Fontana
Nicole Leano
Michael Levitas
Marwan Mahmoud
Julia Salazar
Susan Sullivan
Mercy Travers
Sara Turku
Ting Yuan
Liaisons
Cesar Arenas-Mena
Alyson Bardsley
Grace Cho
Jacob Collins
Danna Curcio
Rebecca Curinga
Valkiria Duran-Narucki
Fady Faheim Soliman
Qiao-Sheng Hu
Carlo Lancellotti
Catherine Lavender
Andrew Leykam
Jonathan Peters
Gary Pizzolo
Sara Pollack
Gwendolyn Robinson
Carles Sola Beda
Thomas Tellefsen
Alexandru Voicu
Siona Wilson
Shuqun Zhang
Banner Holders
Zaghloul Ahmed
Eilaf Al Ali
Michael Batson
Maria Bellamy
Jordan Bernstein
Susan Brillhart
Keith Clemons
Rafael delaDehesa
Deborah DeSimone
Jennifer DeLitteris
Gene Fellner
Dana Gallo
Norbert Harrison
Roshen Hendrickson
Amar Jeblawi
Jonathan Jaron
Emily Jimenez
Nada Kaoud
Matthew Keeler
Andrew Lambert
Christopher Miller
Nuria Morgado
Michael Morreale
Francesco Paone
Michael Paris
Sandicarly Peguero
Greg Phillips
Sebastien Poget
Mark Aaron Polger
Monae Sears
Abber Seif
Victor Shamanovsky
Josie Wong
Alexander Zevin
Xiaowen Zhang
General Marshals
Nadine Abram
Joanne Carosella
Leonilde Colon
Stephen Ferst
Stefanie Gardiner
Sheila Harris
Michael Ivany
Bethany LaLonde
Catherine McMenamin
John Meche
Terri Sangiorgio
THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION
Ceremonies at American colleges and universities go back to ceremonies at the universities of medieval Europe, which were closely linked with religious orders. Most teachers were members of the clergy; many students expected to take holy orders. Academic costumes are derived from clerical dress. They also reflect rank: as ordinary clergymen wear less elaborate costumes than bishops, so undergraduates wear less elaborate costumes than professors. Then, academic costumes, worn every day, were functional: hoods, for example, protected the head from cold and from inclement weather and dropped back onto the shoulders when not needed. Now, hoods are ceremonial. American academic costumes can be “read” for information. Bachelors’ gowns are simple, with modestly gathered sleeves that extend to the wrist. Masters’ gowns have long kimono-like sleeves. Doctors’ gowns have full gathered sleeves with velvet bands. Bachelors’ hoods are small, masters’ hoods are somewhat larger, and doctors’ hoods are knee-length. Today, instead of receiving hoods at commencement, undergraduates shift the tassels on their mortarboards from right to left when their degrees are conferred.
Most hoods have velvet borders whose color designates the academic fields of the wearers, as follows: white arts and letters drab ...................................................... business administration
Colored velvet also trims the front edges of doctors’ gowns. Hoods are lined with the colors of the schools that grant the wearers’ degrees, sometimes a single color, sometimes two, one a field color and the other a chevron-shaped stripe. The colors of the College of Staten Island are gray and CSI blue; its masters’ hoods have gray as the field color, College blue as the chevron color.
In recent years, universities have adopted colored doctoral gowns to take the place of black gowns. Ordinarily, these gowns use the field color of the institutions’ doctoral hoods: Columbia and Yale university gowns are a pale blue and a medium blue, for example, Harvard and Rutgers university gowns are crimson, New York University gowns are violet, Princeton University gowns are orange, and The City University of New York gowns are dark blue.
Academic processions, like religious processions, are organized hierarchically. Bachelor’s degree candidates come first, then master’s degree candidates, then faculty, then administrators, trustees, and honorary degree candidates. The president, who comes last, is preceded by a mace bearer. This order is reversed in recessionals.
The College of Staten Island’s mace, dedicated in 1986 to mark the tenth anniversary of the College, was made by a Finnish American silversmith, Veikko Huotari. The College’s seal is at the top above four ornaments: the seals of Staten Island Community College and Richmond College (its predecessor institutions), the symbol of the borough of Staten Island, and dolphins, the College’s mascot. The College’s motto, “Opportunity and Challenge,” encircles the neck of the mace’s shaft.
NOTICE
Please be aware that photography/video is being taken at this event and is intended for general archival and noncommercial purposes for the College of Staten Island. Photos may be subsequently made public. Do not enter Commencement if you do not wish to be subject to the foregoing.
Please scan the QR code, or visit csi.cuny.edu/graduation for information about today's Commencement Exercises, including plans in the event of inclement weather and important information regarding guidelines on bag checks and noisemakers, parking instructions, accessibility accommodations, and directions for both graduates and guests—such as candidate assembly points and guest entry locations.
