One of the greatest honors for the University of Colorado Board of Regents, the institution’s governing board, is to be part of this commencement ceremony. Your success is a success for us all. Your degree is a measure not only of an accomplishment of dedication and talent, but also notice to the world that you have the skill and discipline to contribute greatly to any endeavor you pursue.
This commencement ceremony, like every University of Colorado graduation since 1935, will close with the reading of the Norlin Charge. As originally expressed by former CU President George Norlin in 1935, graduation "marks your initiation in the fullest sense of the fellowship of the University, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, and as promoters of her spirit." Welcome to the ranks of CU’s alumni family, which is over 587,000 strong. Congratulations on achieving this milestone. Well done and well earned!
Cordially,
The Regents of the University of Colorado
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Back Row: Elliott Hood (D), At Large; Frank McNulty (R), District 4; Wanda James (D), District 1; Mark VanDriel (R), District 8; Ray Scott (R), District 3.
Front Row: Nolbert Chavez (D), District 7; Callie Rennison (D), Chair, District 2; Ken Montera (R), Vice Chair, District 5; Ilana Dubin Spiegel (D), District 6.
December 13, 2025
Congratulations, graduates! It took hard work and grit to reach this moment, and you did it! The entire University of Colorado community celebrates your achievement and stands behind you, rooting for your continued success.
With your CU degree and the many things you’ve learned during your time here, you’re well-positioned for the future, no matter where life takes you. You’re now part of an extraordinary network of CU alumni making significant contributions to their communities, the state of Colorado, the nation and the world. My own CU education has served me very well over the years. I know yours will, too.
As you worked to reach this milestone, you undoubtedly received support from others along the way. I urge you to pay it forward as you make your way in the world. You’ll discover – if you haven’t already – that helping others is one of the most rewarding and important things you’ll do in life.
On behalf of the CU community, I wish you great success and fulfillment now and in the years to come. Again, congratulations!
All the best,
Todd Saliman President, University of Colorado
December 13, 2025
Dear Graduates,
Many congratulations to you, your families, and the community that supported you on your journey to graduation. Your drive toward excellence, reflected in your years of hard work, is at the core of our mission: to make education work for all. On behalf of our faculty and staff, we celebrate your achievement, encourage your continued growth, and welcome you to our network of more than 120,000 alumni.
At the University of Colorado Denver, our commitment to you does not end at commencement. We aim to foster a community that not only supports you while you are here but welcomes your return. Wherever your degree takes you, I encourage you to stay connected. To increase access to the cutting-edge innovation on our campus and make education work for all, we must lead by example, meeting learners wherever they may be in the future, and that includes you.
Whether you return to complete graduate coursework, a microcredential, or to serve as a mentor or campus volunteer, I challenge you to be present and help us to continue building a forward-thinking CU Denver—one that positively impacts students from all walks of life, the way it has for you.
You are now, and always will be, part of our Lynx community. Your future is bright, and we cannot wait to hear about the great things you accomplish—both personally and professionally!
Kenneth T. Christensen Ph.D. Chancellor
RESTROOMS
Business School
College of Architecture and Planning
College of Arts & Media
CEREMONY SEATING MAP
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Education & Human Development
School of Public Affairs
Doctoral Candidates
Guest Seating for Friends & Family of Graduates
Pre-Registered
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OFFICIAL DELEGATION FOR THE 2025 FALL COMMENCEMENT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
REGENTS
Wanda James, District 1
Ken Montera, District 5
Callie Rennison, District 2
Ilana Dubin Spiegel, District 6
Mark VanDriel, District 8
OFFICIANTS
President Todd Saliman
Chancellor Ken Christensen
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Karen Marrongelle
Phillip De Leon, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Chief Research Officer
Ester De Long, Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs
Juan Diaz, Student Government Association Vice President
Leonard Dinegar, Senior Vice President for Internal Operations and Chief of Staff, CU System
Martin Dunn, Dean College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Zina Evans, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Enrollment and Student Success
Tammy Ewin, Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications
Antonio Farias, Vice Chancellor for Vice Chancellor for Access and Campus Engagement
Genia Herndon, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Pamela Jansma, Dean College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Alana Jones, Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of International Affairs
Ann Komara, Professor, and Associate Dean of the College of Architecture and Planning
Michael Lightner, Vice President for Academic Affairs, CU System
Katie Linder, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Innovation and Strategy
Marvin Lynn, Dean School of Education & Human Development
Kristyn Masters, Professor, Chair Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Design, & Computing
Mitchell Mauro, Student Government Association President
Leslie Soich
Daniel Maxey, Chief of Staff
Lara Medley, Assistant Vice Chancellor and University Registrar
Andrey Mikhailitchenko, Associate Dean of Programs
Annie Miller, Associate Dean, School of Public Affairs
Beth Myers, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
Mark Rabideau, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Affairs
Danielle Radovich Piper, Senior Vice President for External Relations and Strategy, CU System
David Rifkind, Dean College of Architecture & Planning
Meloni Rudolph Crawford, Dean of Students
Chris Puckett, Managing University Counsel
Todd Saliman, University of Colorado System President
Jodi Shepherd, Director of Auraria Library
Ann Sherman, Executive Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
John Swallow, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Christopher Weible, Interim Dean School of Public Affairs
Margaret C. Wood, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Achievement
FACULTY MARSHALS GRADUATE NAME READERS
Kristie Kauerz
Kemi Ajayi
Gisella Bassani
Rod Blunck
John Broaddus
Maria Elena Buszek
Peter Ellingson
Tulay Flamand
Gregg Graham
Kyle Hurst
Laurel Hyslop
Heather Johnson
Jiban Khuntia
Gita Alaghband
Margariet Bainco
Scott Bauer
Rodney Blunck
Robin Brandehoff
Nina Buchanan
Deserai Anderson Crow
Ann Komara
Julia Mahfouz
Carrie Makarewicz
Peter Marxhausen
David Mays
Evan McClintock
Sean McGowan
Scott McLeod
Shuyang Peng
George Quansah
Junior Reina Toc
Kevin Rens
Martin Sabo
Matthew Shea
Candice Shelby
Jennifer Steffel Johnson
Dane Stickney
Omar Swartz
Nathan Thompson
Jo VandenBurg
Anthony Villano
Falene Young
FACULTY DOCTORAL ADVISORS
Paula Cushing
Cristina Gillanders
Kristin Kilbourn
Yaning Liu
Julia Mahfouz
Hani Mansour
Scott McLeod
Joan O’Connell
Lori Ryan
Elena Sandoval-Lucero
Geneva Sarcedo
Robert Talbot
Esmeralda Adolf
Gita Alaghband
Scott Bauer
Jody Beck
Wendy Bolyard
Robin Brandehoff
Lorne Bregitzer
Joann Brennan
Nina Buchanan
Emma Bunkley
Priscilla Burrow
Jennie Callender
Faye Caronan
Cynthia Cazanas Garin
Frederick Chambers
Kirsten Christensen
Julia Cummings
Desa Daniel
Maryam Darbeheshti
Ester de Jong
Dennis DeBay
Madhuri Debnath
Kyle Ehrhardt
Todd Ely
Xiang Fang
Sarah Fields
Rashmi Gangamma
Troyann Gentile
Julian Gifford
Storm Gloor
FACULTY DELEGATION
Ben Greenwood
Andrew Guerrero
Keith Guzik
Kathryn Hamilton
Mitchell Handelsman
Stephen Hartke
Roxann Hayes
Erica Holyoke
Martin Huber
Antwan Jefferson
Eric Jewett
Kaushiki Joshi
Peter Kaplan
Larry Kaptain
Lisa Keranen
Kristin Kilbourn
Jefferson Knight
Emily Large
Yaning Liu
Kelly Lynch
Hani Mansour
Wes Marshall
Kristyn Masters
Jacyn Meyer
Andrey Mikhailitchenko
Wayne Miller
Annie Miller
Aditi Misra
Matthew O’Brien
Joan O’Connell
Erin Orrick
Miyoun Paek
Alejandro Parada-Mayorga
Christopher Phiel
Mark Rabideau
Meysam Rabiee
Amy Roberts
Michael Rogers
Lori Ryan
Michelle Sanchez
Scott Schaefle
Evan Shelton
Susan Stirrup
Yile Su
John Swallow
Bud Talbot
Alex Thomen
David Tracer
Maria Uribe
Ekaterini Vlahos
Gregory Walker
Bryan Wee
Kristin Wood
Margaret Wood
Mike Wunder
Jian Yang
Florence Young
Alma Mater Video
ORDER OF EXERCISES
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2025
Master of Ceremonies
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Genia Herndon
Processional Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39
Highland Cathedral, Roever and Korb
Michael Lancaster, Bagpiper
The National Anthem Lark
Welcome Genia Herndon
Greeting from the Chancellor
Introduction of University Leaders & Distinguished Guests
Presidential Remarks
Doctoral Degrees
Business School
Doctor of Philosophy
College of Architecture and Planning
Doctor of Philosophy
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Doctor of Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
School of Education and Human Development
Doctor of Education
Doctor of Philosophy
School of Public Affairs
Doctor of Philosophy
Conferring of Doctoral Degrees
Master’s and Baccalaureate Degrees
School of Education & Human Development
Educational Specialists
Master of Arts
Master of Science in Education
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Master of Engineering
Master of Science
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Master of Arts
Master of Humanities
Master of Science
Master of Social Science
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
Ken Christensen
Ken Christensen
Todd Saliman
Genia Herndon
Ken Christensen
Marvin Lynn
Martin Dunn
Pamela Jansma
ORDER OF EXERCISES
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2025
College of Arts & Media Lucinda Bliss
Master of Arts
Master of Science
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Science
College of Architecture and Planning David Rifkind
Master of Architecture
Master of Landscape Architecture
Master of Urban Design
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Master of Science in Historic Preservation
Bachelor of Science
School of Public Affairs Christopher Weible
Master of Criminal Justice
Master of Public Administration
Master of Public Policy
Bachelor of Arts
Business School
Master of Business Administration
Master of Science
Bachelor of Science
Conferring of Master and Baccalaureate Degrees
Scott Dawson
Ken Christensen
The Norlin Charge and Tassel Turn Callie Rennison, Ken Montera
Recessional: The Olympic Spirit John Williams
The ceremony will last approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. In consideration of the audience and the significance of this event, all guests and graduates must remain seated for the entire ceremony.
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Business School
OUTSTANDING GRADUATES
RECOGNIZED BY THE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Master of Business Administration Victoria Pulsipher
Master of Science Munguntsetseg Iderkhuu
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Thao Nguyen
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Hailey Wong
College of Architecture and Planning Summer
Master of Architecture Sophia Angela Ostendorf
Bachelor of Science Avrie E Tomsik
Fall
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Karlyn Russell-Carlson
Bachelor of Science Yulissa Pena Chavez
College of Arts & Media
Master of Science Gwendolyn Kubik
Master of Science Tierney Moe
Master of Science Alexander Nash
Bachelor of Fine Arts Angell Fioretto
Bachelor of Fine Arts Stefanie Olivan
Bachelor of Science Jonas Gilbert
Bachelor of Science Emelia Stahl
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Doctor of Philosophy Iris Linck
Master of Science Aaron Sullivan Streme
Bachelor of Arts Emma Jolly
Bachelor of Science Gabriel Gragg
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy Alyssa Hohorst
Master of Arts Indira Saha
Master of Science Jessica Jean Loeffler
Bachelor of Arts Marit Loessl
Bachelor of Science Marisol Lemus-Corona
School of Education & Human Development
Master of Arts Jo Hazelton
Bachelor of Arts Aaron Valle
Bachelor of Science Sofia Montanez Trujillo
School of Public Affairs
Master of Criminal Justice Jessica Manrique
Master of Public Administration Brendan Fung
Master of Public Administration Kimberly Heckber
Master of Public Policy Hunter Platzman
Executive Master of Public Administration April Zion
Executive Master of Public Administration Porter Blackford
Bachelor of Arts Alana Blanford
Bianca Campos
Angelina Fioretto
UNIVERSITY HONORS
UNIVERSITY HONORS AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Emma Jolly
Tien Nguyen
HONORS SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Emelia Stahl
Nicholas Villanueva
Diane Clements
Tiana Haussler
Ricky Hill
Harpreet Kaur
Ryan Meeks
Sofia Montanez-Trujillo
Stefanie Olivan
Kaya Ozekin
Erin Ruiz
Sharall Ashini Virginia Withanage
RETIRING FACULTY & STAFF
Shannon Leigh Hagerman School of Education & Human Development
Michelle Jaramillo
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Mary Ann Malina Business School
Kenneth J Schroeppel College of Architecture and Planning
Barbara Lee Seidl
School of Education & Human Development
Donald Paul Thornwall ADM AVCFM BMO Anschutz
Xiaotai Wang College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
DOCTORAL GRADUATES AND DISSERTATION TOPICS
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
School of Education and Human Development
Julio Alas
“Sembrando sueños, cosechando calidad: A Case Study on the Perspectives of Rural Latina Mothers Regarding Preschool Quality”
Nefer Bovea
“New Beginnings: How Community Cultural Wealth and Sense of Belonging Impact Black Male Students’ Persistence While Enrolled in the New Start Program”
Leah Buchholtz
“Parent perspectives on outreach and referral in the early childhood special education evaluation process: A mixed methods study”
Bertha Delgado
“Caregiver Empowerment Through Culturally and Trauma-Informed Practices”
David Derose
“Attendance Check-Ins: A Case Study of Research Based Chronic Absenteeism Interventions at a Rural Mountain High School in Colorado”
Sierra Dinges
“Exploring Playful Pedagogical Experiences in Early Learning: A Mixed Methods Study of Elementary Principals’ Perceptions, Practices, and Paradigms”
Amanda Gonzales
“A Golden Face Turned Skyward: Exploring the Application and Expression of Girasol’s Guiding Principles Through a Chicana Feminist Lens”
Amanda Harrison
“Exploring the Gender Gap in Community-Based Learning Participation at One Institution”
Michelle Joy
“Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth in Community Schools”
Branden Lane
“How Does the Effectiveness of the Soul of Leadership Program Shift in Response to the Evolving Needs of Leaders, During, Immediately after the COVID-19 Pandemic and in the New Normal?”
Mirna Mattjik
“Psychological Safety in Teams: Fostering Belonging for Minoritized Students in First-Year Engineering Design”
Analisse Nava
“Carried by Community: Alumni Navigating STEM and Postsecondary Pathways Through Community Cultural Wealth”
“Colorado Safe Schools Act (2022) and Unified Improvement Plans (UIPs)”
Allison Sickels
“Supporting Students with Disabilities During a Remote Learning Experience: Utilizing Promising Strategies”
Taymie Vega Fonseca
“Leveraging Technology: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education of Students in English Language Development”
Nicholas Weingardt
“Defining and Implementing Student Decision-Making: A Qualitative Comparison Case Study of Independent School Administrators”
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Business School
Dung Tien Nguyen
“Technology Mediated Routines and Their Effects on Organizational Performance: An Integrated Affordance Theoretic Approach”
College of Architecture and Planning
Jonathan W Burton
“A Critical Physical Geography of Golf Risk in Aysén, Chile”
Jade Nicole Orr
“Physical Spaces of Protest: How Space Shapes Dissent, Participation and an Alternative Democratic Future”
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Jennifer Kwan Briggs
“Dynamical Systems Approaches for Inferring Unobserved Physiology: Mathematical Modeling, Signal Processing, Complexity Theory, and Machine Learning in the Cerebral Vascular and Glucose-Endocrine Systems”
Yuchen Ding
“Embedded 3D printing of UV-curable thermosetting composites with continuous fiber”
Keith Dodd
“Functional Connectivity Contributions to Obesity in Schizophrenia”
Thomas Anthony DosSantos-DiSorbo
“Towards a Patterned, Flexible, Abiotic Glucose Fuel Cell for Use in Medical Implants”
Iris Correa Das Chagas Linck:
“EVCE - Framework for Enhancing Video Compression Efficiency”
Michael O’Donnell
“Identification of Possible Gene-Specific Promoter and Enhancer Sequences for Adeno-Associated Virus Induced Optogenetic Transduction of Somatosensory Neural Subsets”
Forest Speed
“Voltage Imaging with Periodic Structured Illumination”
Tarah Welton
“Drumbeat Optogenetic Stimulation: Using Multi-Site Stimulation to Improve Optogenetic Stimulation of the Peripheral Nervous System”
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ruqoyat Omobolanle Abdulsalam
“Essays on Unplanned Hospitalizations and Expenditures among American Indian and Alaska Native Medicare Beneficiaries”
Esmeralda Adolf
“Examining Associations of Individual and Work-Related Factors on Burnout in Psychosocial Oncology Clinicians”
Richard Adjei-Boateng
“Essays in Health Economics”
Isabel Corona Guevara
“Sparse Bayesian Polynomial Chaos Expansion Methods for Uncertainty Quantification”
Alyssa Hohorst
“First Year Performance of Horticulturally Relevant Native Forbs Under Increasingly Limited Water Availability”
Richard Ryan Jones
“A Phylogenomic and Biogeographic Hypothesis for North American Solifuge Family Eremobatidae (Arachnida) and the Resurrection of Genus Eremospina Roewer”
Alexander Dyson Moss
“Follow the Leader: Group Recruitment in the “Greedy” Ant Tetramorium Immigrans”
Gabrielle Russo
“Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P): Evaluating Impacts of a Pilot Telehealth Intervention on the Mother-Infant Relationship, Maternal-Reported Adult Attachment, and Parental Reflective Functioning”
Mollie Elizabeth Shin
“Predicting Divorce from a Sample of U.S. Army Couples from Marital Processes, Service Member Mental Health, and Military Experiences”
School of Education & Human Development
Sena Harjo
“Why Commit to Indigenous Education?”
Robert Knurek
“A Collective Case Study Investigating College Algebra Students’ Graph Reasoning and Conceptions of Coordinate Systems”
Hillary Nieman
“The Role of Emotions on the Science Identities of Women Undergraduate Students Engaged in STEM Outreach”
James Spotts
“Family-School Partnership Survey Validation and Analytical Tool Development”
School of Public Affairs
Julia Fisher Cummings
“Public Policy Communications: Promoting Voter Engagement through Narrative Economics, Contextual Issues/Images, and Diverse Narrators”
Nathan Jeschke
“Subnational Governance of Natural Hazards: Agenda Setting and Anticipatory Policymaking”
DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
School of Education and Human Development
Mackenzie Philip
“Racial and Gender Variations in Psychosocial Factors Associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”
The following list of candidates is not an official record that all candidates have been awarded such degrees.
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Scott Dawson, Dean
SUMMER 2025
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Ricardo Chacon Andrade
Noah Vincent Artinger
Katharine Stewart Bacon
Makenzi Bloser
Oscar Brambila
Phillip W. Brockwell Jr
Garrett Matthew Brown
Alec C. Burke
Lee Williams Butler
Joseph Michael Colson
Erin E. Conley
Jack Clayton Cruise
Tyler James Damon
Audrey Marie Dorsher
Elizabeth Colleen Drake-Bernberg
Kharel Finch
Jared Flagg
Jack Alan Flower
Madison Foster
Mika Gans
Rana Zakaria Al Louz Jr
Yordanos Alemayehu
Caroline Shields Baumunk
Sherap Tharchin Bhota
Emilee Kathryn Bishop
Janine Bosworth
Rebeca Guadalupe Brambila Montoya
Jerry Y. Chiang
Grace Ann Comley
Laura Corder
Alice Crogan
Kimberly Dieser
Stacey Downen
Kara Patricia Dunham
Thomas Fredric Fitter
Orion James Frederick
Ryuki Furuya
Maximillian Golden
Nicolas Gomez
Rachel S. Haverly
Matthew Hedrick
Rebecca Blair Hunnicutt
Jared Kent Jesske
Nicholas Johnston
Heather Louise Jones
Leah Renee Kaplan
Mantaj Kaur
Clare Maureen Kavanagh
Joanna Meryl King
Colin Kraus
Margaret Kuchinski
Blair Elizabeth Larson
Laura Daniela Lawrence
Kendra Anne LeMay
Jayden Ilyssa Levine
Audrey Faye Lookner
Stephen Charles Mack
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Zachary Redford Garland
Anastasiia Vladimirovna Garlick
Katelyn Anne Gille
Casey Eileen Goodmen
Maya Julia Shandiin Greenberg
Anthony John Hafner
Tuneishia Bayone Harris
Salvatore Andrew Harvey
Jennifer Marie Herron
Kelsey Shea Hussey
Acacia Lyn Johnson
Shelby Marie Kane
Sreenadh Karnati
Brook Keogh
James Wilson Kimble
Joanna Meryl King
Kevin Klausz
Isidro B. Magaña
Elizabeth Ann Matthews
Chau Ngoc Bao Nguyen
Jennifer Le Nguyen
Kelly O’Connell
John Wesley Ray
Samuel Richards
Jack Michael Sanchez
Rebecca Bassam Sawaged
Angela Scheribel
Jacob Sheffres
Kaitlyn Sitzman
Simran Kaur Sodhi
Hunter Stofft
Sahira Syed
Carter Tinsley
Stephanie Nkao Zong Vang
Lesley Waterson
Taylor Langeland
Nicholas Lederman
Ashley Ibsim Lee
De’shon Nze Matthew
Iman Mohamed
Abriana Felicity Moreno
Cameron Nicole Ochse
Austin Ortiz
Sunny Nareshbhai Patel
Prasanna Repani
Nathaniel Roberts
Robyn Adele Labrador Ronen
Zachary John Paul Van Sant
Amanda June Williams
Fredy Eduardo Zarate
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Spencer Adams
Summa Cum Laude
Ibrahim S Afridi
Cum Laude
Edward FuMing Aldridge
Abdulkareem Shaya Alshaya
Angie Olivia Barrera Diaz
Alexis Nicole Beamon
Magna Cum Laude
Ashley Bernales
Wendy D. Brown
Julia Messina Buckman
Luis David Cabrera Canchola
Jennifer Cardona
Marian De Santiago
Alexander Joseph Defex
Nicholas Michael DiGuido-Boro
Cum Laude
Kara Dreiling
Mauricio Alberto Dzib-Hau
Pouyan Eydi Shahroodi
Cum Laude
Lathan Tucker Field
Katherine Hughes
Cum Laude
Abdulrahman F A A Khoursheed
Gale Ann Kirby
Riley Jo McCasland
Natasha Vernell Morris
Madison Sienna Mueller
Magna Cum Laude
Molly Cristina Neenan
Anh Thi Nguyen
Summa Cum Laude
Calvin H Nguyen
Hannah Ngoc Nguyen
Magna Cum Laude
Calvin Nguyen
Magna Cum Laude
Laura Jimena Ordaz Garcia
Andrew Parrish
Landon Xavier Quinonez
Rawan Mostafa Ramadhan
Cum Laude
Caleb Ray
Grace Ann Robinson
Semyon Alexander Safronov
Summa Cum Laude
Victoria Alexandra Scavone
FALL 2025
Jonah Semmen
Cum Laude
Maya Marie Shaw
Myles Dominic Sperandeo
Jake Thacher
Summa Cum Laude
Gabriela Petra Tijerina
Summa Cum Laude
Claudia Ivone Valdez
Summa Cum Laude
Allen W Wexler
Brendan Wiman
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Losol Amarbayasgalan
Berkley Carol Ruth Bainum
Skylar Christopher Balascio
Dylan James Barr
Alberto Bermudez
Graham Benjamin Bloom
Amber Jolene Bollinger
Randall Sean Buckley
John David Burcl
Jose Daniel Chavez
Rui Chen
Alexander Conradi
Aaron Michael Copperberg
Alexander Winston Cox
Stephanie Ermione Dantos
Andrii Vasilyevich Derevianko
Megan Ann Dougherty
Eric Duesterhoft
Danyle Sabree Dupray
Alexander Lowell Flor
Caitlyn Foss
Brian McHugh Funk
Gabriel R. Garcia
Lea Garcia
Alyssa Marayha Acosta
Favio Acosta
Alejandro Agudelo
Princess Esther Ajibade
Salvador Alfaro
Yamil Bautista
Collin Gates
Jeanette Louise Gaydos
Cy Hunter Gourlay
Shemeza Mishita Habonimana
Alex Hanson
Jonathan Hunter Hataway
Taylor Carmina Heckmaster
Joseph Hochschild
Maria Elisabeth Hoerig
Jacob Alan Hollenback
Allison Elizabeth Houck
Kaitlin Kristine Hunt
James Aaron Jarrell
Curtis Jessop Jeffs
David A. Johnson
Nicole Masako Kobayashi
Martin Krsak
Kristine Lima
Steven Luu
Jarrad Alexander McKay
Andrew Garrett Mclean
Jessica Renee Nebelsick
Anton Olson
Carlin Michael Spadoni Page
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Jesse Boersma
Austin Bryan
John David Burcl
Andrea Marie Burkhart
Mariana Carvallo Hernandez
Vicky Chepkirui
Grant Vincent Pedigo
Tatiana Pevtsova
Edda Catherine Phillips
Joseph Plunkett
Emily Pope
Victoria Pulsipher
Outstanding Graduate
Alyssa Ramsey
Farran Callahan Reiland
Aaron Reznick
Jonathan Sanders
Samuel Jeremiah Sherrow
Sarah Shirazi
Brett Robert Sibel
Samira Singer
Julia Banks Soriano
Molly Clarissa Stanley
Pranav Waghmare
Allyson Nicole Wedley
Travis Sterling White
Brandon Michael Windhorst
Eugene John Yom
Evelyn Zilberman
Amanda Nicole Clay
Hanna Kathleen Coatney
Stephanie Colon Rivera
Austin Scott Cooper
Aaron Michael Copperberg
Orin Crouse
Dung Tien Nguyen
Carlanna Cunningham
Zack Czelada
Bhavana Dandu
Blake Robert Daniels
Rachel Lynn DiPretoro
Lydia Dixon
Clayton Huu Do
Anmarie Shaura Dominick
Marcia Marie Durniat
Matthew Everhart
Victoria Marie Flarity
Darrell Joseph Frye
Sebastian Gadzina
Manuel Garza
Manish Reddy Gavva
Richelle Marie Gibson
Gabriel G. Gill
Krystal Gonzalez
Alison Christine Henry Grant
Baxter James Gully
Duvvuri Venkata Harvesh Kumar
Alexander Maximillian Hatala
Nadine Mercedes Hess
Jiacheng Huang
Munguntsetseg Iderkhuu
Outstanding Graduate
Caitlyn Janney
EmmaLee Grace Janssen
Justin Lewis Jarvis
Justin Thomas Jordan
Jenna Kelly
Michelle Ke Kincaid
Megan Elizabeth Koester
Nandana Krishnan
Nkaujnaas Kue
Michael Tomas Lango
Amanda LeAnn Langston
Sydnie Sage Leeson
Claire Hoa Levitt
Shyamanth Lingampally
Nicholas Darren Lomax
Shiva Keerthi Maddhuri
Fantasia C. Martinez
Jamie Alice Matsuura
Yashwanth Goud Matta
Jasmine Miranda Gutierrez
Bruna Monzoni
Beth Anne Moore
Prudhvi Reddy Naidu
Jessica Renee Nebelsick
Hung Nghiem Nguyen
Leigh Nowicki
Harrison Olle
David Jose Olvera
Kim Pham
Michelle Ann Louise Pittman
Erin Potter
Isuri Dinethra Rajapaksa
Divya Raju Kuruppumadhom
Jocelyn Stephanie Reynoso
Erin Elizabeth Guai Yee Rupert
Christopher Joseph Rutledge
Naomy Sanchez Cordova
Naik Satti Kartik
Gabriel Jon Scott
Nishanth Siddagoni
Purna Prasad Siwakoti
Kenny Spratt
Madison Ann Stegner
Mark Stevens
Mariana Guadalupe Tabares
Manikarnika Tangi
Daniela Tejeda Delgado
Aman Tewolde
Thao Kim Tran
Sarah Lynn Tunget
Sravan Kumar Reddy Turpu
Catherine Ketai Tutani
Caleb Kenneth Urban
Sri Sai Chandan Vaddeboyina
Jocelyne Vera
Tam Thi-Minh Vu
Sarah Ward
Brynn Marie White
Andrew Wixson
Guy Tinh Yip Jr
Brianna Sabria Young
Vita Zhelezoglo
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Muhamed Abdalhafez
Sion Abnoossi
Magna Cum Laude
Jacqueline Aguilar
Joseph M Ahmad
Summa Cum Laude
Deniece G Akwaboa
Mustafa Al Hamowandi
Summa Cum Laude
Jadie M J Kh O Aldhafiri
Summa Cum Laude
Ishmam Ali
Summa Cum Laude
Sulaiman Abdullah Alqallaf
Cum Laude
Yousef AlQassar
Hamad Alroumi
Abdulaziz Alsumait
Megan Faith Asbill
Zelalem Debebe Barasa
NaShari Bell
Magna Cum Laude
Diana Bernal Armendariz
Heera Binyamin
Cum Laude
Abdulrahman Boushahri
Claire Joan Yanqin Brady
Cum Laude
Jennifer Brown
Magna Cum Laude
Lydia Morgan Buckman
Cum Laude
Daniela Juliana Bustamante
Kyle Thomas Cable
Summa Cum Laude
Kelly Stephanie Camacho
Dawson Campbell Cum Laude
Dana Nicole Campos Ahues
Magna Cum Laude
Ema Magarasevic Casey
Vincent Xavier Chavez
Mariana Chavez Palmerin
Cum Laude
David Chui
Magna Cum Laude
Jordan Chuong
Evangeline Coleman
Cum Laude
Fernanda Lizbeth Colotl
Cadyn Reece Cordell
Jaden M Cottorone
Michael Ben Criswell
Ana Cruz
Summa Cum Laude
Gene Michael Cruz
Brandon Hung Dang
Ethan Michael DeMarco
Summa Cum Laude
Emma N Dennison
Misa Trang Doan
Magna Cum Laude
Daynon Downey
Karen T Du
Bryce J Ellis
Eleazar Estrella Palomino
Temidayo Akintunde Fadase
Johnny Jerry Fino
Christian Fisher
Cum Laude
Ani Flores
Ellie Marie Friesema
Cum Laude
Reyna Isabella Galindo
Felipe Garcia
Magna Cum Laude
Gladis Garcia
Summa Cum Laude
Vanessa Garcia Pena
Erica Garfio-Sanchez
Abdulhadi Salem Garni
Sheryne Gharbi
Thomas Maximilian Gilida Jr
Alejandro Gonzalez
Cum Laude
Benjamin Nichols Goodrum
Daniel Graney
Nathan Huu Ha
Cum Laude
Fuad Farah Hassan
Magna Cum Laude
Rich Hau
Joshua Charles Heineman
Magna Cum Laude
Jennifer Herrera Ramirez
Magna Cum Laude
Victor Jewel Jackson
Karen Daniela Jaramillo
Emma Helena Jolly
Summa Cum Laude
Alfredo Juarez Alba
Justin Jung
Julie Michelle Jurkowski
Summa Cum Laude
Bereket Gebreyesus Kahsai
Prasanna Karki
Abra T Kayne
Summa Cum Laude
Henock Tewodros Kebede
Thalia Xuan Khau
Yaseen Khoursheed
Yuka Kimura
Charles Kirkland
Carson Kliner
James Ryan Kramer
Manisha Kumari
Summa Cum Laude
Kelly G La
Seneca Lea Lamphier
Jason A Le
Jonathan Phan Le
Lebon Thien Le
Jennifer Catherine Leverson
Shanyang Lin
Fletcher MH Lippert
Malia Lo
Jason P Logan
Richard J Lovett
Kaley Luna
Lauren Macias
Hayley Ann Magin
Cum Laude
Mason Tu Mai
Summa Cum Laude
Ashlee Jordan Martinez
Blake Connor Mathews
Rachelle McClish
Jenessa Renae Meany
Summa Cum Laude
Ryan James Meeks
Kathryn Sierra Melim
Manuela Dayana Mendoza
Gavin D Metcalfe
Summa Cum Laude
Jonathan Mitchell-Sur
Moo Moo
Joshua Lee Moon
Brittany Azul Mora
Camila Morales
Magna Cum Laude
Marissa Susan Morales
Ty Mortson
Alizae Yasmin Mota
Carolina Munoz
Summa Cum Laude
Dahrion Muntukwonka
Jarett T Nakamura
William Spencer Needler
Serena Renee Newby
Han Lam Hong Nguyen
Mary Minh Phuong Nguyen
Summa Cum Laude
Thao Da Nguyen
Summa Cum Laude
Thinh Hoang Bao Nguyen
Cum Laude
Uyen Nguyen
Phat Nguyen Vo
Brandon Okamatsu
Greta Vivian Olson
Magna Cum Laude
Lesly Jeanette Padilla
Cum Laude
Damon Pallitta
Cum Laude
Vance Petersen
Sheree Elizabeth Pfannenstiel
Rikil Poudel
Cum Laude
Mason Putnam
Summa Cum Laude
Eduardo Quiriarte Sanchez
Vanessa Yvette Ramirez
Carlos Eduardo Ramirez Bermudez
Cum Laude
Jesica Robles Gonzalez
Cum Laude
Marisol Robles-Muneton
Jonathan Rodriguez
Caitlin Roney
Magna Cum Laude
Pieter Sahertian
Hosny Mustafa Salah
Nicholas John Savage
Alexa Nicole Schuster
Magna Cum Laude
Clayton Murphy Schwarz
Hebah Khader Shubbak
Austin James Sibayan
Magna Cum Laude
Brendan Slocum
Summa Cum Laude
Seth Robert Spindler
Hayden Michael Storms
Summa Cum Laude
Adrian M Stucky
Cum Laude
Mohammad Taqi
Keegan Jane Terborg
Summa Cum Laude
Nathaniel Tesfaldet
Dusty Marie Tiedemann
Hebron Andualem Tirusew
Magna Cum Laude
Janiah S Tottress
Tony Duy Tran
Cum Laude
Tiffany Tu Truong
Summa Cum Laude
Germaine Tuyishimire
John Cole Umbaugh
Summa Cum Laude
Alondra Villalobos Vargas
Summa Cum Laude
Leslie Michelle Villasenor Martinez
Summa Cum Laude
Trinity Tuong Vi Vo
Grant Davis Von Hortenau
Summa Cum Laude
Leilani May Walter
Rong Wang
Magna Cum Laude
Sara Elizabeth-Grace Wattley
Benjamin Jacob Weiss
Haley Wessel
Makenzie Roulae Wiggins
Lok Ching Wong
Summa Cum Laude
Denise Woods
Summa Cum Laude
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
David Rifkind, Dean
SUMMER 2025
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Abdullah Alrumaihi
Erica Ann Knapp
Sophia Angela Ostendorf Outstanding Graduate
MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Ren Golembieski
Sraavya Satyarthy
MASTER
Alesha Adolph
Ren Golembieski
Mika Keydel
Dakota Erika Frederick
Mika Keydel
Jaelynn S. Armijo
James Freeman
Aracely Galaviz Ojeda
Cum Laude
Jonathan W Burton
Jake A Gilchrist Dudley
Dreen Leona Fincham
Anthony Gaglia
Avery McKishnie Scrabis
Jessica Jane Whitney
MASTER OF URBAN DESIGN
Avery McKishnie Scrabis
Savannah Leary Terrell
Jessica Jane Whitney Outstanding Graduate
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Stephanie Miranda Sanchez
Cum Laude
Jayda Peninger
Cum Laude
FALL 2025
Logan Mathew Roth
Avrie E Tomsik
Summa Cum Laude Outstanding Graduate
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Shelley Anne Roth McMullen
Jade Nicole Orr
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Julia Cierra Hughes
Abhinav Sahariah
Jaime Soto
Zachary Arkin Tafoya
Andrew Russell Teague
Jacob Tipton
Christopher Andersen
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Anthony Mitchell Baker
Todd A Matuszewicz
MASTER OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Alexander Paul Curtis
Jake A Gilchrist Dudley
Maille Kathryn Heneghan
Sarah Elizabeth McLaurin
Karlyn Cooley Russell-Carlson
Natalie Wilson
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Benjamin Vladimir Agranoff Honors
Masuud A Aimad
Zainab Allabbad Honors
Liseth Amaya
Addison Taylor Andrews
Sarah Arbogast
Kristina Maria Celeste Armijo Martinez
Sarah Cristina Arnold Ferreira
Nathan Joseph Bennett Honors
Carlos Alonso Bernal
Sudri Sarai Castillo
Amdre Steve Chinchilla
Allyson Baylee Chu
Arleen Valerie Delgado
Frank E Formanek Honors
Israel Garcia-Orozco
Margarita Holguin
Torey Michele Lane
Yafei Li Honors
Aidan Loveall
Mariyah Mansuri Honors
Daniela Mejia Honors
Dresa Parker-Edmonds
Yulissa Pena Chavez Honors
Outstanding Graduate
Leslee Perez
Daniela Resendiz Mendiola Honors
Bray Rosillo Caballero
Dylan Sipes Honors
Autumn Snow Honors
Fernando Solorzano Mejia Honors
Kelly Alexa Strand
Jocelyn Casandra Torrecillas Miramontes
Donovan Jared Trujillo Honors
Nicolas Villanueva Honors
Jonah Paul Williams
Makayla Lynnette Oflynn Cum Laude
COLLEGE OF ARTS & MEDIA
Lucinda Bliss, Dean
SUMMER 2025
BACHELOR OF ARTS
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Said Cisneros-Toledo
Braden Allen Cloutier
Abigail Grace Gertzen
Randall Thomas Brandt
Gwendolyn Anne Kubik
Jeremy Mare
JoAnna Cordell
Summa Cum Laude
Corina Nicole Bauer
Ramona Anela Borchers
Kelsey Buneta
Eric Castro
Joseph Fisk
Angellina Rachelle Fioretto
Summa Cum Laude
Oliver Pierre Hays
Nicholas James
McKenzie Nichole Kernan
Hannah Lee
James Henry
Lucas Robert Milani
John Bryce Pennington
Samuel James Reckase
Ryan Wardak
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Parker Adams Gates
FALL 2025
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Tierney Brynn Moe
Alexander Elijah Nash
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Asher Emanuel Hoffman
Summa Cum Laude
Douglas Ross Tulman
Audrey Waddell
Leslie Dorothy Lopez Jordyn Stewart
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Matthew David Lowe
Olivia Massey
Magna Cum Laude
Jackson Eric Matthews
Summa Cum Laude
Madison Morris
Gabrielle Naftulin
Summa Cum Laude
Stefanie Olivan
Magna Cum Laude
Isabella Maria Panakos
Cum Laude
Reese Joel Paulson
Genevive Lanoy Phommmarath
Michael Liam Rogers
Kaitlyn Citlali Sanchez
Ally Vang
Sujjvala Varra
Vivian S Vien
Summa Cum Laude
Aster Nikolas Baldwin
Jared Barnes
Alexander Gunner Beck
Shae Breton
Summa Cum Laude
Nicholas Pacheco Bursten
Lucas A Cardinale
Cum Laude
Zoe E Cosentino
Magna Cum Laude
Yaziel J. Diaz
Christian Furbeck
Jonas Connor Gilbert
Magna Cum Laude
Samantha Leann Keach
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Ethan Kibbey
Katarina Lydian
Cum Laude
Juliette Hannah Lynn
Samuel Edward MacCarthy
Pedro Maydana Maydana Britto
Rylie Kate Miller
Summa Cum Laude
Axel Leroy Miramontes
Pranav Surya Narayanan
Nicholas Allen Padilla
Maxwell Lee Pearson
Magna Cum Laude
Payton Lee Perez
Jade K Price
Summa Cum Laude
Antta’Nanda Alexene Owenda Rodgers
Harkeen Kaur Singh
Emelia L Stahl
Summa Cum Laude
Autumn Taylor Stoltz
Magna Cum Laude
Sawyer Elizabeth Thiessen
Kaylei Virtue
Summa Cum Laude
Luke Camden Willenberg
Summa Cum Laude
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND COMPUTING
Martin Dunn, Dean
SUMMER 2025
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Jennifer Kwan Briggs Yuchen Ding
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Keith Dodd
Esraa Aldhufairi
Danae Fai Au
Brittany Fager
Erika M Eberhardt
Tumura Gamada Elamo
Ryan Allen Kaskie
Sama Kasmani
Murad Mahir Maayah
Kathryn Suzanne Mirandette
Efren Montelongo
Kalyan Tirumalasetty
BACHELOR OF ARTS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Nicholas Herman
David C Tran
Zachary K Wieland
Ali Abrowshan
Huseen Alhadad
Ebrahim Alhouli
Ali Jamal Aljamea
Bandar Alkhatlan
Mohammad Almasoud
Abdulaziz Alqallaf
Isaiah Douglas Beaman
Remington W Edelen
Ashleigh Yutong Jin
FALL 2025
Brooke E Pasvogel
Robin Shrestha Honors
Andrea Toscano Mejia Honors
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Mary Marjorie Bevilacqua
Thomas Anthony DosSantos-DiSorbo
Yama Gulzad
Thalia Haro
Morgan Lynn Orozco Komar
Benjamin Michael Alexandar
Olonnuur Amarmend
Zaina Issa Ashour
Conner James Beasley
Mori Berman
Amber Jolene Bollinger
Iris Correa Das Chagas Linck
Michael O’Donnell
Forest Speed Tarah Welton
MASTER OF ENGINEERING
Mamata Laudari
Mehrnaz Mousavi
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Sai Kiran Reddy Boreddy
Corey Taylor Cox
Radia Dakhama
Pratikshya Devkota
Ian David Dwyer
Benjamin Garrett
Yusuf Abbasbhai Pulavwala
Michael Resty
Prateek Gothwal
Brett Richard Hanika
Sai Krishna Karnam
Ruchitha Komatireddy
Poorya Kulkarni
Maydha Kumar
Prasanthi Mandagani
Jordan Patrick McClung
Bhargav Naginbhai Mehta
Garkipati Navya
David Thanh Nguyen
David Nugent
Zahra Abdi Abdullahi
Luqman Osmael Abdurshid
Vanessa Madison Benavente
Andrew Emil Ebert
Honors
Katira Isam Elbashir
Thomas G Frederics
Shuaibo Hua
Emma Helena Jolly
Special Honors
Felipe Lopez
Parker O Macomber
Kaiyang Qian
Elizabeth Roshkovskiy
Abhinya Shukla
Aaron James Sullivan Stremel
Ladpha Teawdeswan
Juan Jose Vasquez
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Sarah Mateen
Daniel Laine Melia
Special Honors
Ahmed Morady
Lynn M Nguyen
Nathaniel-Khoi Dinh Nguyen
Andy Nguyen
Steven Nguyen
Katy Pacheco
Rana Abdulalim Saidmaeruf
Spencer Ágúst Schultz
Cynthia Sathyya Sor
Mohammad Abdullah
Saad Abdullah
David Adams
Muhammad Afrooz
Malek Abusnina
Saoud Mansoor A A Al-Janahi Honors
Sulaiman SS A Alhashan
Asrar Waleed Almatrouk
Abdulrahman Almuftah
Special Honors
Omar Almutairi
Fala Alobaidan
Khaled H Alotaibi
Anwar Alwazzan
Dagan Bain
Vanessa Benavente
Cameron M Boyer
Jaid Lee Chambers
Skylar Cisarik
Ivan Contreras
Alexandria Carlisa Delatorres
Caleb Sean Demarest
Daniel Dove
Jesus Fontes Jr.
Bhavishya Vudatha
Grace Wadas
Dylan Zelkin
Yiping Zhang
Brody Dax Sprouse
Micah Daniel Thomas Honors
Amani Vang
Richard Van Vo
Zachariah Ashe Weir
Zachary Wieland
Michael Xiong
Sheza Zaka
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Gabriel Gragg
Mala Griffith
Kevin Harris
Brian Alejandro Hernandez
Kaehla Mae Hoffman
Curtis Eric Hunt
Haley Marie Jockman
Marilyn Johnson
Bredon Kaminski
Hunter Lazar
William Louttit
Justin Lowe
Allen C Lu
Troy MacNicholas
Justin Makori
Yessica Medina-Garcia
Lachlan Merrill Honors
Stephanie Novak Honors
Ayisha Nuhu
Jason Noel Orozco
Zoe Veronica Pielsticker
Special Honors
Samuel Plummer
Kiernan D Pol
Blake Edward Reifsteck
Jesus Rodriguez Ruiz
Thomas William Roecker Honors
Nicholas Romero
Omar Ruiz Reyes
Ahtem Aiya Salzman
Dennis Sanchez
Jared Stroud
Braden Thomas Tillema Honors
Vinh Tran
Harrison Tremaine
Yhair Vazquea-Lujan
Givoanni Velez
Khaled WMZ Alansari
Trevor Walker
Ryan Westback
Cole A Willis Honors
Tanner Woodard
Michel Jimeng Xiong
Marcus Elliot Yoo
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
Pamela Jansma, Dean
SUMMER 2025
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Esmeralda Adolf
Jem Elowyn Aspen
Xinyue Gou
Yael Greenberg
Jibril Ahmed
Faisal Bader S Alotaibi
Emma Calhoun Censky
Omar Salah Alruwayeh
Justin Matthew Aragon Cum Laude With Distinction
Nereida Arroyo-Ramirez With Distinction
Richard Alec Benge With Distinction
Zhang Bo Yuan*
Gina Elise Chacon Cum Laude With Distinction
Yifan Chen*
Simone Chung
Anna Rose Craig With Distinction
Sean Dean With Distinction
Scarlett DeBow
Maria Elena Delacruz With Distinction
Nicholas Michael DiGuido-Boro
Yijia Ding*
Cum Laude With Distinction
Anna Elizabeth Dodd
Andrianna Monique Edmondson Cum Laude With Distinction
Outstanding Graduate Honorable Mention With Distinction
Roman Mora With Distinction
Joseph Robert Miskolci With Distinction
Arianna Murray
Mitch Edward Nordskog With Distinction
Michelle Quintana-Torres
Denise Naomi Quiroz Avila
Alicia V Reynolds
Jenaya Allison Ripko With Distinction
Kevin Rosas Huezo With Distinction
Monica R Valentino
Ashley Christine Weaver
Jennifer Zubia Roque With Distinction
ALMA MATER
Today we will be singing verses 1, 3, and 4 (as highlighted in GOLD below).
VERSE 1
Underneath a canopy of stars tonight
The mile high city reaches up to touch the sky
Closer to the heavens means we’re closer to our dreams
Stone by stone we pave the way for every voice to speak
Brick by brick we build a future bright!
And mighty like the walls of Tivoli
VERSE 2
Mighty like the walls of Tivoli we strive
To hold each other up and journey inward side by side
Tethered to each other through the beauty and the pain
Swaying to the music in communal pride we sing
With every voice together we can climb!
Higher than the rocky mountainside
VERSE 3
Higher than the rocky mountainside we rise
And revel in identities that move and intertwine
Forging brighter futures with a light upon the past
Differences unite and build a partnership that lasts
Bring your truth and passion to the fight
Auraria we see you
CHORUS
When the snow is fallin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
When the land is callin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
When the people need liftin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
And voices need listenin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
VERSE 4
Cradled by the golden plains and mountain pines
Gazing up at stars and out at Denver city lights
Different worlds together blend like herbs over the fire
Blossom from the ruins ‘neath the Colorado sky
Basking in three hundred days of sun
Our voices ring together now as one
VERSE 5
Voices ring together now as one in pride
With Milo standing guard of who we truly are inside
Here we make our mark like branching roots beneath the ground
Feel the beat of those before, and carry on their sound
Black and gold envelop every cry
Auraria we see you
CHORUS
When the snow is fallin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
When the land is callin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
When the people need liftin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
And their voices need listenin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
CLOSING CHORUS
Cuando cae la nieve (Te vemos, CU Denver)
Y la tierra llama (Te vemos, CU Denver)
Cuando el pueblo quiere (Te vemos, CU Denver)
Que lo escuchen y eleven (Te vemos, CU Denver)
THE NORLIN CHARGE TO GRADUATES
From the baccalaureate address by President George Norlin of the University of Colorado, June 1935.
“You are now certified to the world at large as alumni of the university. She is your kindly mother and you her cherished sons and daughters.
This exercise denotes not your severance from her, but your union with her. Commencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and the beginning of life apart. Rather it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit.
The university is not the campus, not the buildings on the campus, not the faculties, not the students of any one time—not one of these or all of them. The university consists of all who come into and go forth from her halls, who are touched by her influence and who carry on her spirit. Wherever you go, the university goes with you. Wherever you are at work, there is the university at work.
What the university purposes to be, what it must always strive to be, is represented on its seal, which is stamped on your diplomas—a lamp in the hands of youth. If its light shines not in you and from you, how great is its darkness! But if it shines in you today, and in the thousands before you, who can measure its power?
With hope and faith, I welcome you into the fellowship. I bid you farewell only in the sense that I pray you may fare well. You go forth, but not from us. We remain, but not severed from you. God go with you and be with you and us.”
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
CU Denver’s origins date back to 1912, when the University of Colorado’s original campus in Boulder opened a Department of Correspondence and Extension in Colorado’s capital city to meet the needs of the growing metro area. As decades passed, it filled a unique niche by helping nontraditional students pursue degrees, build skills, and enrich their lives near home and work. In 1973, a Colorado constitutional amendment established CU Denver as an independent university that would share downtown
THE HISTORY
Denver’s Auraria Campus (completed in 1976) with two other higher education institutions.
Today, CU Denver is Colorado’s top public urban research university. Each year, it helps 13,000 students meet their moment thanks to more than 125 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs, as well as more than 125 certificate offerings. The community has grown to include residence halls, robust student services, and more than 100 clubs that anchor a vibrant campus culture. And CU
THE MACE
For centuries, in academic and ecclesiastical processionals, a mace has been carried by the marshal to symbolize the official opening and closing of a formal event.
The mace’s design elements represent many aspects of education. A globe representing the
worldly scope of education is at the base of the staff. The mace’s shaft incorporates a profile of the Denver skyline and the Auraria campus. At the top of the mace, flames spiral upward to represent CU Denver sending its graduates as bearers of the torch into the community and world.
Denver’s legacy of accessibility and affordability continues. Dozens of CU Denver degrees can be earned virtually, and CU Denver has been ranked as Colorado’s #1 university for social mobility several years in a row. Nearly 70% of its more than 120,000 alumni remain in the state after graduation, which fuels Colorado’s workforce and contributes $771 million in annual economic impact.
The mace was designed and created by Michael Brohman, senior instructor of sculpture in the College of Arts & Media, and recipient of a 1995 CU Denver master’s degree in architecture.
THE ACADEMIC REGALIA
The pageantry and dress of the academic procession have been inherited from the medieval universities of the 11th and 12th centuries where academic life began, first in the church, then in the guilds. The teaching guild was the guild of the master of arts. The bachelor was the apprentice of the master, and the dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility.
Principal features of academic dress are the gown, the cap, and the hood. Early in its evolution, it became necessary for universities to set rules to preserve the dignity and meaning of the academic dress.
Formal academic attire for American campuses was established in 1895 with the adoption of the Intercollegiate Code, which prescribed the patterns, colors and materials for each part of the regalia for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels. The American Council of Education presented a revised code, which generally governs the style of academic dress today.
The Gown
The flowing gown comes from the 12th century. While it originally may have been worn as protection against the chill of unheated buildings, today it has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it covers any dress of rank or social standing underneath. Gowns vary in their trimming and sleeve design. The doctoral gown has velvet facings down the front and three velvet chevrons on the bell-shaped
sleeves. These velvet trimmings may be black or the prescribed color of the academic area. The master’s gown has oblong sleeves, open at the wrist, while the bachelor’s gown has long pointed sleeves; neither has trimming. The bachelor’s gown is always worn closed. Master’s and doctoral gowns may be worn open or closed.
The Cap
The academic cap is a sign of freedom of scholarship as well as responsibility and dignity. Old poetry records the cap of scholarship as square to symbolize the book. The color of the tassel denotes the discipline. The square black mortarboard is the recommended cap, though some schools have adopted other styles. Doctors may wear a velvet cap with a gold tassel.
The Hood
The hood identifies the level of the degree, the school that granted it, and the academic area. The silk lining of the hood is the color of the school. The color of the facing denotes the discipline represented by the degree. Colors you may see represented today include:
Architecture: Blue Violet
Arts: White
Business: Sapphire Blue
Dentistry: Lilac
Education: White
Education Specialists: Blue
Engineering: Orange
Environmental Design: Brown
Fine Arts: Brown Journalism: Crimson Law: Purple
Medicine: Green
Music: Pink
Nursing: Apricot
Pharmacy: Olive
Public Affairs: Peacock Blue Science: Gold
The Honor Cords
Silver and gold honors cords are worn by graduates who are awarded the following honors by their school or college:
Summa cum laude (with highest honors)
Magna cum laude (with high honors)
Cum laude (with honors)
Special honors
Honors
Distinction
The gold and royal blue honors cords designate members of the Golden Key National Honor Society.
The red and white cords recognize those students who have served through their participation in Student Government.
Red, white, and blue cords are worn by military veterans.
THE UNIVERSITY SEAL
In its history, the University of Colorado has used three different seals. The current seal, adopted in 1908, depicts a male Greek classical figure sitting in front of a pillar and holding a scroll. Next to the figure, laurel branches frame a burning torch. The inscription in Greek reads “Let Your Light Shine.” The seal’s designer, Henry Read of Denver, chose the classical motif because Greek civilization “stands as the criterion of culture.”
The laurel symbolizes honor or success, the youth suggests the “morning of life” and the scroll represents written language.
From 1893 to 1908, the University seal was a copy of Wyon’s medallion, “Science Trims the Lamp of Life.” In this version, a Greek woman knelt before a lamp, and stalks of mariposa lilies decorated the border. Before 1893, an adaptation of the Colorado
State Seal was used, but it was never adopted by the Board of Regents.
The seal is used primarily on official documents, such as diplomas and transcripts that have been issued on behalf of the University. The Board of Regents uses the seal on its official documents and publications. The seal also appears on the President’s Chain of Office, the University Mace, Regent regalia, and various formal publications.
