2021 Knox College Commencement Program

KNOX COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT 2021 GALESBURG, ILLINOIS

KNOX COLLEGE

THE 176TH COMMENCEMENT

SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2021 10:00 A.M. AND 3:00 P.M. GALESBURG, ILLINOIS

GRAND MARSHAL TODD HEIDT

FACULTY MARSHAL JONATHAN POWERS

COLLEGE MARSHAL DANIEL CONG BIEN

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ORDER OF EXERCISES PRELUDE Can You Blame Them ................original composition by Lindsay Smith ’19 Recorded by the Knox College Cherry Street Combo

PROCESSIONAL All for Me ...........................original composition by Zachary Barnes ’19 Come On ............................original composition by Zachary Barnes ’19 Recorded by the Knox College Cherry Street Combo The audience will stand for the Processional and remain standing for the Opening.

OPENING Anne R. Ehrlich Vice President for Student Development

WELCOME Charles F. Smith ’84 Chair, Knox College Board of Trustees

SONG Even When He is Silent .................................................Kim Arnesen Recorded by the 2020-21 Knox College Choir Laura L. Lane Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities

I believe in the sun, even when it’s not shining.

I believe in love, even when I feel it not.

I believe in God, even when He is silent.

CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Teresa L. Amott President of the College Candidates presented by Michael A. Schneider Provost and Dean of the College Doctor of Science – Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Doctor of Humane Letters – Tom Rivett-Carnac Doctor of Science – Ngozi Ogbunamiri Ezike

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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Ngozi Ogbunamiri Ezike

SENIOR CLASS SPEAKERS Ikenna Chris Ozor Morning Commencement Isaac Shepherd Hughes Afternoon Commencement

CONFERRING OF THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ON MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2021 Candidates presented by Michael A. Schneider Provost and Dean of the College

REMARKS TO THE GRADUATES Teresa L. Amott

ANTHEM

The Knox Hymn, Hail to Alma Mater .......................Carpenter-Weddell Recorded by the 2020-21 Knox College Choir Lyrics are printed on page 4.

The audience will stand for the Anthem and remain standing for the Closing and Recessional.

CLOSING Teresa L. Amott

RECESSIONAL Save It ...............................original composition by Zachary Barnes ’19 Recorded by the Knox College Cherry Street Combo

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THE KNOX HYMN HAIL TO ALMA MATER 1. HAIL TO ALMA MATER, FLING HER BANNER HIGH! SING THE SONGS OF COLLEGE DAYS, SONGS OF DAYS GONE BY. REFRAIN: FOR THE LONG, LONG ROAD TO ALMA MATER IS THE ROAD THAT CALLS US HOME O’ER HILLS AND PLAINS,

BY LAKES AND LANES, OUR WOODLANDS, OUR CORNFIELDS, OUR COUNTRY, OUR HOME. 2. IN THE QUIET HOURS, OF THE STARRY NIGHT, DREAM THE DREAMS OF COLLEGE DAYS, MEM’RIES BURNING BRIGHT. (REFRAIN) 3. HAIL TO ALMA MATER, LET OUR VOICES RING! HAIL TO KNOX ALL GLORIOUS, UNTO THEE WE SING. (REFRAIN)

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PLATFORM PARTY CHARLES F. SMITH ’84 Chair, Knox College Board of Trustees TERESA L. AMOTT President of the College MICHAEL A. SCHNEIDER Provost and Dean of the College ANNE R. EHRLICH Vice President for Student Development TODD HEIDT Associate Professor of Modern Languages JONATHAN POWERS Assistant Professor of Economics IKENNA CHRIS OZOR Member of the Class of 2021 ISAAC SHEPHERD HUGHES Member of the Class of 2021

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HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT JENNIFER LIPPINCOTT-SCHWARTZ Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz attended Swarthmore College, taught high school science in a rural village in Kenya and at a private school in California, earned an M.S. from Stanford University, and did her Ph.D. work in biochemistry at Johns Hopkins University. After post-doctoral work at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, she headed her own research group there, becoming Distinguished NIH Investigator and Chief of the Section on Organelle Biology in the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. In 2016, she joined the Howard Hughes Medical Institute–Janelia Research Campus as senior group leader.

Dr. Lippincott-Schwartz has made major contributions to our understanding of how cells maintain homeostasis in both healthy and diseased states. Her lab devised and applied numerous innovative imaging techniques to label, visualize, quantify, and model specific protein populations and organelles in living cells, including the creation of a protein that is invisible until activated by UV light.

This has made it possible to create and label image-specific protein populations to measure their turnover rates and determine their temporal expression patterns in living cells or organisms. Working with physicist colleagues, Lippincott-Schwartz showed this protein could be used to break the diffraction barrier in light microscopy, launching superresolution technologies that are currently defining nanoscale architecture within cells.

Dr. Lippincott-Schwartz’s work has been widely recognized within the scientific community, including through her elections to the National Academy of Sciences (2008), the National Institute of Medicine (2009), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019). She served as President of the American Society of Cell Biology in 2013, and is the author of 280+ scientific papers and co-author of the textbook Cell Biology, used by college and graduate students throughout the world.

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HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT TOM RIVETT-CARNAC Tom Rivett-Carnac is the co-founder of Global Optimism, an advocacy organization that builds awareness and engagement on ways to combat climate change, and was one of the key architects of the historic United Nations Paris Agreement, in which 196 nations agreed to work to limit additional global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius and to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Through Global Optimism, Rivett-Carnac works with some of the world’s most influential corporations and philanthropic leaders to advocate for policies to reduce carbon emissions. Though he has referred to himself as a “stubborn climate optimist” who believes that meeting the Paris Accord’s ambitious goals is possible, Global Optimism’s emphasis is on the necessity of taking bold action within the next decade.

As the co-author (with Global Optimism co-founder Christiana Figueres) of the best-selling book The FutureWe Choose, he has inspired citizens across the globe to become active participants in the fight against climate change. While he offers a clear-eyed assessment of both the scale of the climate crisis and of the sweeping changes necessary to address it, he also asserts it is not too late to save the planet and that progress is being made. Rivett-Carnac also co-hosts the podcast Outrage + Optimism, in which he speaks with government and industry leaders about the steps they’ve taken to reduce carbon emissions.

During his tenure at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Rivett-Carnac served as a senior advisor to the executive secretary, leading political strategy. Previously, he served as president of CDP North America, a nonprofit that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states, and regions to manage their environmental impacts.

Earlier in his career, he was a sustainable innovation advisor for appliance manufacturer Dyson and spent two years as a Buddhist monk.

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HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT NGOZI OGBUNAMIRI EZIKE Dr. Ngozi O. Ezike has served as director of the Illinois Department of Public Health since 2019 and is the first Black woman to be appointed as head of the 143-year-old state agency. She is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Rush Medical College in Chicago.

As IDPH Director, she has been at the forefront of Illinois’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She has become a familiar and respected presence, in part because of her steady and compassionate demeanor at media briefings where she has provided updates about the pandemic.

Dr. Ezike spent more than 15 years with the Cook County (Illinois) Department of Public Health, promoting its mission of delivering integrated health services to patients with dignity and respect, regardless of their ability to pay.

She has delivered inpatient care at Chicago’s Stroger Hospital, and primary and preventive care in community and school-based clinics.

She served as medical director for the Austin Health Center in Chicago, engaging with the community through health initiatives involving obesity, diabetes, and breastfeeding.

Dr. Ezike also served as medical director at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, the country’s largest single-site juvenile detention facility. She is a national policy advisor on juvenile correctional health topics and has presented at numerous local and national conferences for medical professionals and youth audiences.

She graduated with honors from Harvard University and earned her medical degree from the University of California at San Diego. She completed her internship and residency at Rush Medical Center in Chicago and earned a management certificate from Harvard Business School.

In 2020, she received the Lester H. McKeever Individual Service Award from the Chicago Urban League and the Health Innovator Award from Erie Family Health Center in Chicago. Chicago Magazine named her one of 2020’s Chicagoans of the Year.

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CLASS OF 2021 BACHELOR OF ARTS TEEBA AL BAKA ~ Cum Laude ~ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.......................BIOCHEMISTRY; Minor in Biology; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology PAOLA ALARCON ~ Chicago..........................INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Creative Writing ALFONSO ARELLANO JR. ~ Hoffman Estates .........CREATIVE WRITING; COMPUTER SCIENCE AIKATERINI DANAI ASTERIADOU ~ Thessaloniki, Greece..................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Dance Studies RYAN JOSEPH ATCHLEY ~ Peoria...............................................POLITICAL SCIENCE; Minor in Educational Studies MATTHEW ALEXANDER BAILEY ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Groveland...............................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; ENGLISH LITERATURE ELLIOT BAINBRIDGE ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Wirral, United Kingdom ...........ECONOMICS; Minor in Statistics; Minor in Business and Management ALESSANDRO BENELLI ~ Cum Laude ~ Milan, Italy ..................................ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ACACIA MAYO TRACHTEN BERG ~ Cum Laude ~ Richland Center, Wisconsin.................

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; Minor in Spanish; Minor in Psychology JULIAN JOSEPH BLYE ~ Los Angeles, California ....................................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Computer Science; Minor in Psychology EMMA CATHARINE BOHMAN ~ Schaumburg............................................ THEATRE; Minor in History MARIAH MICHELLE BOLTZ ~ Westminster, Colorado.............................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Educational Studies; Minor in Psychology OTTO BOTTGER ~ Oak Park .....................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; HISTORY RAVIE FAUVETTE BOUNGOU ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Peoria ........................................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY Minor in Educational Policy; Minor in Dance Studies JAYNEE ELISE BOWKER ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Dahinda ............................................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; ENGLISH LITERATURE SIMONE CECELIA BOYD ~ Chicago.............................................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Business and Management MATTHEW DEAN CAGLE ~ Marion ...................................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Educational Studies HUYEN KHANH CAO ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Hanoi, Vietnam ....................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Japanese MAXIMILLIAN SYLVAN CAPLAN ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Chicago .......................HISTORY; Minor in Chinese; Minor in International Relations ELIZABETH JULIET AMANDA CASTAÑEDA ~ Cum Laude ~ Cottage Grove, Wisconsin ........

ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Social Service GABRIELLA FRANCES LUCILA CASTAÑEDA ~ Cum Laude ~ Cottage Grove, Wisconsin........

ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Social Service MICHAEL JOSEPH CEPOLSKI ~ New Lenox ..............EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; PHYSICS

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DMITRI OLEG VINCENT CHAMBERS ~ Vinalhaven, Maine.........................ART HISTORY; Minor in Design DAVIN E. CONWAY ~ Sarcoxie, Missouri......................................POLITICAL SCIENCE; Minor in Educational Policy MAGGIE JO CORLEW ~ Cum Laude ~ Plano, Texas .................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Social Service KATHRYN ELIZABETH COSEGLIA ~ Willowbrook...... EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Studio Art JACK T. CRAIG ~ Cum Laude ~ Wataga ..............INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Economics AUTUMN LYNN CULVER ~ Galesburg.................................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology JESSICA LYNN DECKER ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Galesburg ..........................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Dance Studies BRIAN GREGORY HAMILTON DILLARD ~ German Valley.................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Theatre - Performance DANICA BETH DOSMANN ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Chandler, Arizona.....POLITICAL SCIENCE; ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY JOHN J. DOWNEY ~ Cum Laude ~ Lockport ...............................ENGLISH LITERATURE; EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY GRETA KATHERINE EANES ~ Cum Laude ~ Evanston ........................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology; Minor in Studio Art SARAH ROCHELLE EITEL ~ Cum Laude ~ Pueblo, Colorado.......................................

ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Journalism; Minor in Peace and Justice Studies IBRAHIM HEASHAM IBRAHIM HUSSEIN ELABD ~ Cairo, Egypt .................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Minor in Economics RENEE FALCON ~ Chicago ....................................................................SPANISH; Minor in Computer Science BENJAMIN LIAM FARQUER ~ Williamsfield .............EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in English Literature MADYSON REIGH FERRIS ~ Sterling .....................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Psychology HANNAH ELIZABETH FIEDLER ~ Chicago ..................................ENGLISH LITERATURE; Minor in Educational Policy CHEYENNE JEAN FINKE ~ Cary ..........................CREATIVE WRITING; POLITICAL SCIENCE CARLOS ENRIQUE FLORES-GAYTAN ~ Waukegan .........................................HISTORY; Minor in Film Studies JASMINE FRISON ~ Houston, Texas......................AFRICANA STUDIES; CREATIVE WRITING BRUCE GAITOR JR. ~ North Las Vegas, Nevada...INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Africana Studies ALAN IVAN GALLO ~ Chicago ...............................................................HISTORY; Minor in Educational Studies ANELISA CAROLINA GAMIZ SANDOVAL ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Phoenix, Arizona .............

ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Political Science; Minor in Spanish XUAN GAO ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Hanzhong, People’s Repub. of China ........ECONOMICS; Minor in International Relations; Minor in Psychology SEAN LAWRENCE GARDNER ~ Milo, Iowa.....................................POLITICAL SCIENCE; Minor in Economics

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JAINA LYNN GLIVA ~ Cum Laude ~ Joliet .....................................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Theatre - Design and Technology CAROLINE MICHELLE GOBEN ~ Havana .............MUSIC; ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY LAUREN GRACE GRAY ~ Evanston .............................................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in English Literature LUCILLE YVONNE GREY ~ Cum Laude ~ Corbett, Oregon .........................................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Japanese; Minor in English Literature PRIYANKA GURUNG ~ Cum Laude ~ Kathmandu, Nepal............ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT JORDYN FAITH HALL ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Bennington, Nebraska...........BIOCHEMISTRY; Minor in Spanish MUHAMMAD HAMMAD ~ Lahore, Pakistan .........................................ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT JOHN ANDREW HARDEN ~ Urbana ......THEATRE; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT JAMIE LYNN HELLER ~ Plano ..........................................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Educational Studies; Minor in Social Service CLARE ELIZABETH FLOWERS HENSLEY ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Saint Louis, Missouri..........

POLITICAL SCIENCE; Minor in Environmental Studies; Minor in French KATARINA TERESA HERNANDEZ ~ Chicago................ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY RYAN C. HIGGINS ~ Cum Laude ~ Springfield ......................INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Minor in Economics JOHANNA BRENNER HILL ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Saint Louis, Missouri ........................

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; Self-Designed Minor in Youth and Community Studies; Minor in Theatre - Design and Technology ABIGAIL MARYN HOLLOWAY ~ Cum Laude ~ Chicago ....ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Religious Studies KAITLYN ROSE HRIVNAK ~ Kewaunee, Wisconsin ..................................... THEATRE; Minor in Creative Writing ISAAC SHEPHERD HUGHES ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Vashon Island, Washington .................

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; PHILOSOPHY HANNAH SCOTT HYZY ~ Downers Grove..............EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Psychology MUSADDIQ JAVED ~ Cum Laude ~ Lahore, Pakistan .......................COMPUTER SCIENCE; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SEEUN JEON ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Seoul, South Korea ...ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - NO LICENSURE RILEY JIN ~ Cum Laude ~ Seoul, South Korea ...............................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Psychology; Minor in History MYA DAWN JOHNSON ~ Aurora.......................................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Creative Writing TANIAYAH LANAYE JOHNSON ~ Chicago ...........INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Africana Studies NATALIE JUAREZ ~ Chicago ......................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; SPANISH SAKURA NOEL KAMIOKA ~ Cum Laude ~ Mercer Island, Washington...........................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Business and Management TY KIATATHIKOM ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Rockford .............. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Minor in Chinese

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CONSTANTINOS KOURTELLAS ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Nicosia, Cyprus ...........................

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Minor in History VERONICA KIMBALL LANGLEY ~ Cum Laude ~ Burbank, California......CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Film Studies LILLIAN ROSEMARY LAUVER ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .................

CREATIVE WRITING; ENGLISH LITERATURE SAMANTHA SABRINA LEWIS ~ Chicago................................ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; Minor in Spanish AUGUST GORDON LINDBERG ~ Shoreview, Minnesota .............................ECONOMICS; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology ANDREW JAMES LIPUT ~ Cum Laude ~ Chicago ...................INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Minor in Economics SAMUEL MILLER LISEC ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Chicago ....................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Philosophy SARAH ELIZABETH LOHMANN ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Saint Louis, Missouri...................

CREATIVE WRITING; ASIAN STUDIES ZACHARY JONATHAN LOWE ~ Lincoln, California .......................................HISTORY AVA KATERINA LU ~ Morton ...........................................................STUDIO ART; Minor in Chinese; Minor in Business and Management NAKEVA JALIYAH MACK ~ Cum Laude ~ Tucson, Arizona .........................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Psychology MELISSA MAGAÑA ~ Aurora ......................................................BIOLOGY; SPANISH NOAH ALEXANDER MANZO ~ Shorewood .........INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Psychology PAUL LOUIS MARASA ~ Galesburg ..........................................ENGLISH LITERATURE; Minor in Film Studies BRYANNA LEIGH MARTINEZ ~ Chicago .................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Dance Studies SEBASTIANO MICHELE MASI ~ Cum Laude ~ Chicago ......................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Theatre - Playwriting CLAIRE DIANE MAZIUS ~ West Bloomfield, Michigan .............................STUDIO ART; Self-Designed Minor in The Study of Embodied Expression COREY ALEXANDER MCKNIGHT ~ Aurora.........INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Spanish MCKENZIE ERIN MEADOWS ~ Lombard................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Psychology ETHAN MEEKER ~ Cum Laude ~ Galesburg .........................................BIOCHEMISTRY MATTHEW GEORGE MILEWSKI ~ Arlington Heights........................POLITICAL SCIENCE; Self-Designed Minor in Public Policy ISAAC WILLIAM MILNE ~ Chicago ..................INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Economics SHUBHAM MOITRA ~ Mumbai, India .................................................ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ARJUN CHRISTOPHER MOORE ~ Chicago .........................................ASIAN STUDIES; Minor in French CHELSEA NICOLE MORLAN ~ Weeping Water, Nebraska ...................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Film Studies OLUWAMAYOWA MORONFOLU ~ Lagos, Nigeria.................................NEUROSCIENCE; Minor in Philosophy

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JILLIAN ROSE MORRIS ~ Cum Laude ~ Downers Grove ..........................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Creative Writing; Minor in English Literature DIPANKAR SHYEDUP NAKARMI ~ Cum Laude ~ Kathmandu, Nepal.............................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Psychology; Minor in Philosophy JUSTINA NOTHEMBA WEARING NDYETABULA ~ Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania ......................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Journalism ANNA NICOLE UNDERWOOD NEUBAUER ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Oakton, Virginia ............

HISTORY; MODERN LANGUAGES - SPANISH BRADLEY C. NEWLAND ~ Brea, California ...........ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MACKINLEY REED NEWMAN ~ Princeton ..............EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Studio Art; Minor in Psychology Kiệt Dãng tuấn nguyễn ~ Bac Ninh City, Vietnam ..........................BIOCHEMISTRY;

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT NGUYEN HA NGUYEN ~ Cum Laude ~ Hanoi, Vietnam ............................PSYCHOLOGY; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ROBERT NGUYEN ~ Hanoi, Vietnam ....SELF-DESIGNED MAJOR IN SPORTS COMMUNICATION; Minor in Journalism TAISEI NISHIKI ~ Cum Laude ~ Tokyo, Japan.......INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Economics MAIA SIERRA NOBLE ~ Springfield ......................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Religious Studies ALICIA MARIA OLEJNICZAK ~ Des Plaines.........................INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Minor in Journalism; Minor in Spanish JOSHUA KWESI ORHIN ~ Accra, Ghana ............INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS ALEXANDROS PAPASTERGIOU ~ Cum Laude ~ Thessaloniki, Greece..............................

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; Minor in International Relations; Minor in Japanese MITCHELL DEON PARKER ~ Peoria ........................................................BIOLOGY; Self-Designed Minor in Sports Medicine ANDREW J. PAWLISZ ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Naperville ...................................MUSIC; Minor in History BRIANNA FAITH PERRY ~ Cum Laude ~ Chicago ..............AFRICANA STUDIES; STUDIO ART EINAR PIELER ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Crystal Lake ........................................MUSIC; ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY KARLA ELIZABETH POBLANO ~ Berwyn .............................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Social Service NATALIA PODSTAWSKA ~ Cum Laude ~ Chicago ....................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Spanish ETHAN JAMES PODWOJSKI ~ Cum Laude ~ Rio..........EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; HISTORY SEAN NATHANIEL IKAIKA POLLOCK ~ Rancho Cucamonga, California.........................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Educational Studies; Minor in Economics JULIA LOUISE GENEVIEVE PORTER ~ Westchester...EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - NO LICENSURE; Minor in Psychology; Minor in Religious Studies ALLISON FLORENCE PRITZL ~ Milwaukee, Wisconsin...............................STUDIO ART; Minor in Africana Studies ALYSSA TORI RANDEL ~ Chicago .........................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in English Literature

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TYRESE REED ~ San Diego, California ........................................POLITICAL SCIENCE; Minor in Economics ANNA ELIZABETH RHODES ~ Avon ............................................POLITICAL SCIENCE; Minor in Spanish OLIVER JAMES RIVERA-DREW ~ Washington, D.C. .................................STUDIO ART LOGAN MATTHEW ROBBEN ~ Mediapolis, Iowa .....................................ECONOMICS; Minor in Political Science; Minor in Educational Policy JANYL TRANETTE ROMERO ~ Santa Fe, New Mexico....................................HISTORY; Minor in Educational Policy AVALON GRACE ROSENBERG ~ Wheeling............................. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; Minor in Health Studies; Minor in Biology JOCELYN CHARLOTTE RUBY ~ Seattle, Washington .......................ENGLISH LITERATURE; Minor in Arts Administration ADRIAN WONDERS RUPKE ~ Victoria, Canada .......................................ECONOMICS; Minor in German SHAE GABRIEL EMERSON SALTS ~ Cum Laude ~ Overland Park, Kansas ........................

CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in German; Minor in Theatre - Playwriting FRANCES ALEXIA R. SANTIAGO ~ Cum Laude ~ Chicago...........................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Economics SUCHITA CATHLEEN SATYAL ~ Kathmandu, Nepal .................INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Minor in Anthropology and Sociology; Minor in Art History EMILY JOAN SCHARTZ ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Coralville, Iowa .........ENGLISH LITERATURE; COMPUTER SCIENCE NICOLETTE THERESE SCHMIDT ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Inverness .................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies ABIGAIL ANN SCHOLWIN ~ Dwight......................EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in History JOSHUA PAUL SCHUMACHER ~ Berthoud, Colorado ................FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT COREY JAMES SCHUNKE ~ Gilman ..................INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Economics; Minor in Psychology PAYTON R. SHAW ~ Colo, Iowa.............EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; STUDIO ART TANAY SINGH ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Fremont, California ........................................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Economics ALEXIS LAUREL SMITH ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Austin, Texas ............ENGLISH LITERATURE; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology; Minor in Spanish KALEN MULCAHY SMITH ~ Lake Geneva, Wisconsin..............................................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY; CREATIVE WRITING CASSIDY FEY SNYDER ~ Saint Louis, Missouri......................INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Minor in Studio Art DANIEL JOSEPH SPRINGSTEEN ~ Taylor Ridge.............................................HISTORY; Minor in Creative Writing LOLA LEMONEDES STAM ~ Miami, Florida ..................ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Creative Writing; Minor in Environmental Studies LINDSAY TAYLOR STANSFIELD ~ Cum Laude ~ Chino, California..................................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Psychology

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JACK CONNOR STORNELLO ~ Elk Grove Village .............................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Film Studies JAMES ALVIN LEE STRATTON ~ Cum Laude ~ Cordova ..................................HISTORY; Minor in Religious Studies TYSHAUN KEATON STRAW ~ Wichita Falls, Texas............................POLITICAL SCIENCE; Minor in Economics LAUREL KATHERINE STUGART ~ Cum Laude ~ Hillsboro, Oregon...............PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Educational Studies HASSAN SUHAIB ~ Islamabad, Pakistan ...............................................ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT RAE SULLIVAN ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Austin, Texas ................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in International Relations; Minor in German BILL SHELTON TATE ~ Chicago ...............................................................Physics; Self-Designed Minor in Acoustics ERIC MATTHEW THOMPSON ~ Cum Laude ~ Galesburg ...........................................

EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - ELEMENTARY; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology ARIANNA JOPLYN TULL ~ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma..................................THEATRE; Minor in Creative Writing; Minor in Film Studies MADELYN IRENE TURNER ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Bushnell .........................STUDIO ART; Minor in Art History CHARMAINE AMBER VAN KIRK ~ Silver Spring, Maryland............................THEATRE; Minor in Psychology PHELIX VENTERS-SEFIC ~ Denver, Colorado .........EDUCATIONAL STUDIES-CONTENT AREA; STUDIO ART VERONICA AIN VENTERS-SEFIC ~ Cum Laude ~ Denver, Colorado........CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies EMILY GRACE WALLACE ~ Cum Laude ~ Marion .....................................STUDIO ART; EDUCATIONAL STUDIES-CONTENT AREA SAMANTHA MARIE WEITHERS ~ Cum Laude ~ Frankfort ..................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in English Literature MARIE KATHRYN WESTBROOK KALOWSKI ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Chicago .........HISTORY; Minor in English Literature JASON OWEN WHITE ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Mokena ................FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS; ECONOMICS FRANKIE WILLIAMSON ~ Cum Laude ~ Seattle, Washington.............PSYCHOLOGY; SPANISH ELIZABETH ANNE WINCHESTER ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Nolensville, Tennessee ................

INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; Minor in Statistics; Minor in Economics JUSTIN MATTHEW WINDT ~ Plainfield ...............................................................

SELF-DESIGNED MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY OF ADOLESCENT SOCIAL WORK; Minor in Social Service MOYA ELIZABETH WOODS ~ Cum Laude ~ Portland, Oregon ..........................SPANISH; Minor in Creative Writing; Minor in Political Science MATRICE MARIE YOUNG ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Chicago ..................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Africana Studies; Minor in Educational Studies ALEX SPENCER ZIECH ~ Joliet...........................................ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; Minor in Biology AMELIA KAY ZIELKE ~ Cum Laude ~ Alexis ..........................................PHILOSOPHY; Minor in Business and Management

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CLASS OF 2021 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE RASSEN ACHARYA ~ Kathmandu, Nepal ...................................................PHYSICS; Minor in Economics AMIT ADHIKARI ~ Kathmandu, Nepal ......................................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Business and Management OLUWABAMISE SIYAN AFOLABI ~ Opa Ile Ife, Nigeria .................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Psychology MARISSA D. AKERS ~ Shelbyville, Indiana ...............................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology; Minor in Psychology GAETH ALALOU ~ Cum Laude ~ Raqa, Syria ................................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Mathematics REBEKAH MARY ALEXANDRE ~ Miramar, Florida .................................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Africana Studies ALEXANDER STEWART BAKER ~ Evergreen, Colorado.......................BIOLOGY; HISTORY KENDRA L. BATES ~ Blue Island............................................................BIOLOGY; Self-Designed Minor in Race and Culture JANKI ANANDKUMAR BHALODI ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Rajkot, India................BIOLOGY; Minor in Chemistry SARANSH BHARAT ~ New Delhi, India.....................................................PHYSICS; Minor in Computer Science LOISLOVE YEBOAH BOAKYE ~ Chicago ....................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Anthropology and Sociology MADISON ZORA BYRNE ~ Cum Laude ~ League City, Texas ...........................BIOLOGY; Minor in Environmental Studies MONTSERRAT CANCINO AGUILAR ~ Chicago .............BIOLOGY; LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES RIYA DAHAL ~ Kathmandu, Nepal.................................................NEUROSCIENCE; Minor in Psychology SAILESH DAHAL ~ Cum Laude ~ Aurora, Colorado ........................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Creative Writing MATTHEW RYAN DAVIS ~ Plano ...........................................PSYCHOLOGY; BIOLOGY NICHOLAS PAUL DUCHARME ~ Bedford, New Hampshire .............................PHYSICS; Minor in Astronomy RYAN JAY EARLES ~ Boulder, Colorado .....................................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in History CAITLIN EDELMUTH ..........................................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Environmental Studies WALLACE MAXWELL EHLERS ~ Winnetka .................................................PHYSICS; Minor in Economics; Minor in Astronomy KELLY FENG ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Twin Falls, Idaho ...................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Chinese; Minor in Business and Management ANNE FLINTGRUBER ~ Peoria Heights ..................................................CHEMISTRY; Minor in Computer Science DREW ALEXANDER FRIEND ~ Wichita, Kansas .............................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Psychology MAKENZIE FAITH T. FUNK ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Spokane, Washington.............BIOLOGY; Minor in Psychology; Minor in Spanish BLAKE GEISLER ~ Rockford ..............................................................CHEMISTRY; Minor in Biology

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BHUMIKA GUPTA ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ New Delhi, India .............................PHYSICS JERRY JOSEPH HACKER ~ Rock Island ....................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Psychology JORGE ALBERTO HERNANDEZ ~ Aurora ...........................................NEUROSCIENCE; Minor in Spanish MINNIE MI HEE KANG ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Portland, Oregon ....PSYCHOLOGY; HISTORY SHELBY LYNN KEEN ~ Streator .............................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Psychology; Minor in Neuroscience KARINA KHANNA ~ Cum Laude ~ Mumbai, India ...................PSYCHOLOGY; ECONOMICS LONG DUY LE ~ Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.....................................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Biochemistry HUNTER JAKOB LEE ~ Watseka .........................................ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; Minor in Biology HAO LI ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Chengdu, People’s Repub. of China...................PHYSICS; MATHEMATICS JIAMING LIU ~ Beijing, People’s Repub. of China ......................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Physics CONNOR E. MCCLELLAND ~ Rockford................................ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - SECONDARY CHARLES JOSEPH MENNERICK ~ Cum Laude ~ Saint Louis, Missouri ...COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Chemistry ALLISON MARIE MOLINARI ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Milwaukie, Oregon .............PHYSICS; Minor in Astronomy MAHELIKA VINATI MOLLIGODA ~ Colombo, Sri Lanka................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Psychology; Minor in Biochemistry Hiếu Hoàng nguyễn ~ Cum Laude ~ Hanoi, Vietnam.............................CHEMISTRY;

Minor in Mathematics IMMANUEL NII ODAI ODARTEIFIO ~ Accra, Ghana ......................................PHYSICS; Minor in Astronomy; Minor in Mathematics IKENNA CHRIS OZOR ~ Aurora, Colorado ...............................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Chemistry AVNISH PANDEY ~ Dehri-on-Son, India....................................................PHYSICS; Minor in Mathematics; Minor in Astronomy AKASH UMESH PATEL ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Hoffman Estates .................BIOCHEMISTRY; Minor in Spanish ROBERT EDWARD PHILLIPS ~ Minooka ...................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Business and Management KEEGAN NATHANIEL PROCTOR ~ Cum Laude ~ Hillsboro, Oregon ............BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY AMAR PURI ~ Cum Laude ~ Kathmandu, Nepal ...........................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Mathematics ADAM VAN RYAN ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Los Gatos, California................NEUROSCIENCE; Minor in Chemistry MYIAH LACIE RYNER ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Galesburg...........................PSYCHOLOGY; Minor in Educational Studies IBRAHIM SAKRANI ~ Lombard ..............................BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES LILIA FRANCES SLADCIK ~ Austin, Texas ..................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Chemistry; Minor in Psychology SIERRA UNG LANG SYVERUD ~ Madison, Wisconsin ......................COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Chinese

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IMAN TOSKIC ~ Irvine, California..........................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Chinese BISHAKHA UPADHYAYA ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Kathmandu, Nepal .....COMPUTER SCIENCE; Minor in Neuroscience MONIKA WOLDEGIORGIS ~ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ...............................NEUROSCIENCE DAVID CRISTIAN ZAVALA ~ Cum Laude ~ Stickney ...................................CHEMISTRY; Minor in Biochemistry

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GRADUATION EXPECTED BY DECEMBER 2021 ABAYOMI RAPHAEL ADEYEMI ~ Muscat, Oman HUNTER ELLIS BAQUET ~ Chicago RALEIGH ANDREW BERRY ~ Petaluma, California MICHAEL BROCKMAN-VELAZQUEZ ~ Galesburg ADAM JOHN BROWN ~ Streator MILO CAMAYA ~ Evanston ALEXANDER PAUL DAVIS ~ Sterling TAYLOR CHRISTION DAVIS ~ Galesburg BROOKLYN MICHELE DEMING ~ Paw Paw, Michigan JOSEPH WARREN DORGAN JR. ~ Stevens Point, Wisconsin ALIA SAADI EL HASSANI ~ Marrakesh, Morocco ALYX ELIZABETH FARRIS ~ Bothell, Washington MOLLY JEAN FOLLOWELL ~ Bloomington, Indiana MARION OPAL FRANK ~ Wauwatosa, Wisconsin ALEXANDRA NEOMA GLINSKI ~ Lansing JOSEPH MICHAEL GOEHRING ~ Ocala, Florida JENNIFER ROSE GONZALEZ ~ Phoenix, Arizona AJAY KHOSLA GUSTAFSON ~ Saint Charles KAITLYN JANAE HAASE ~ Kelso, Washington CASEY ALEXIS HIPP ~ Crown Point, Indiana DEJAH PATRICE KENT ~ Chicago HAIDER ALI KHAN ~ Quetta, Pakistan TAKIRA DE’ADRA KOONCE ~ Miami, Florida LUIS MATEO LIENDO PATIÑO ~ La Paz, Bolivia GLEN MALAST ~ Saint Louis, Missouri JEREMIAH LOVE MATTHEWS ~ Covina, California BENJAMINE CHRISTIANE MIHANDA ~ Salamanca, Spain LinH Diệu nguyễn ~ Ha Long, Vietnam

KWAME ODOMSE OWUSU-NYANTAKYI ~ Accra, Ghana MAIKA NATHALIA PADILLA ~ Albuquerque, New Mexico MICHAL PAVLIK ~ Oakbrook Terrace NICHOLAS ALAN PILLER ~ Normal RAJA SALAR SALEEM ~ Islamabad, Pakistan ZEINA SBAI ~ Amman, Jordan ZOE ROSE SCHMIDT-FEENSTRA ~ Chicago JONATHAN RICHARD SCHNEIDER ~ Wood Dale SHAHIM SHAAR ~ Houston, Texas SAMRIDDHI SHRESTHA ~ Bhairahawa, Nepal VEDANT SHRESTHA ~ Kathmandu, Nepal KYRA MARIE SMITH ~ Houston, Texas ALEXAVIER LEVELL TUCKER ~ Chicago BENNETT ELIZABETH VAN METER ~ Houston, Texas INGRID MARY WASMER ~ Chicago

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MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2020 WHO HAVE RECEIVED DEGREES SUBSEQUENT TO JUNE 2020 BACHELOR OF ARTS HYAA ALMAKKY ~ Chicago .............................................................STUDIO ART; Minor in Psychology KIANA CELSA ARANGO ~ Chicago .........................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Psychology JIAMU BAO ~ Nanjing, People’s Repub. of China................................ASIAN STUDIES; Minor in Business and Management ELIZABETH MARIE BELL ~ Grayslake..................................................ECONOMICS; Minor in Business and Management ALEXANDER JAMES CUMMINGS IV ~ Cum Laude ~ Dunlap ...........................BIOLOGY; AMN FAROOQ ~ Lahore, Pakistan ..............ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; ECONOMICS SASHA ARIELLE GURZAKOVIC ~ Chicago ....................ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Journalism SHAPRICE HUNT ~ Chicago ................................... ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Educational Studies; Minor in Social Service DALTON PAUL JAMES ~ Tuscola .........................................ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; Minor in Business and Management LILA KUMARI JOHNSON ~ Galesburg .................................................STUDIO ART; Minor in Latin American Studies VAN EVERETT JOHNSON III ~ Milwaukee, Wisconsin ..................................THEATRE; Minor in Africana Studies NATALIE ROSE LAIRD ~ Chicago................................................... NEUROSCIENCE; Minor in Creative Writing EMILY YOLETTE LEWIS ~ Arlington, Massachusetts......................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Educational Policy LIUBOV MIKHAILOVNA LIUBVINA ~ Galesburg ..........................STUDIO ART; BIOLOGY AHMED ALAM MAHSUD ~ Islamabad, Pakistan .....................................ECONOMICS; Minor in Business and Management; Minor in Spanish NIJAE NAOMI MINTER ~ Denver, Colorado......................................NEUROSCIENCE; Minor in Psychology DINH QUANG ANH NGUYEN ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Hanoi, Vietnam ............ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT TUAN DUY NGUYEN ~ Cum Laude ~ Hanoi, Vietnam ...............................ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT DEBORA ORTIZ LUSTGARTEN ~ Magna Cum Laude ~ Quito, Ecuador............ECONOMICS; Minor in Statistics; Minor in Business and Management GLORIA PONCE ~ Chicago...............................................................STUDIO ART; Minor in Theatre - Design and Technology KIMBERLY ANN ADAMS POST ~ Cum Laude ~ Loveland, Ohio ..........................SPANISH KARA ADRIANA RIVERA ~ Addison.............................GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES Minor in Social Service ZOYA IHAREVNA STEPANENKO ~ Glendale, Arizona ..............................BIOCHEMISTRY; Minor in Psychology TIMOTHY JOSEPH STOUT ~ Florissant, Missouri ...........ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Japanese

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KHIZAR TARIQ ~ Sialkot, Pakistan .....................................................ECONOMICS; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT EMILY AUTUMN WHITTEN ~ Plano ............................................CREATIVE WRITING; Minor in Journalism GAO YEE YANG ~ Maplewood, Minnesota ...................ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY; Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies; Minor in Social Service ERIN NAYEON YU ~ Seoul, South Korea ..................................................THEATRE; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ARON ANDERSON ZHENG ~ Saint Paul, Minnesota ...................FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS Minor in Business and Management

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MUHAMMAD MUSA KHAN ~ Overland Park, Kansas ....................COMPUTER SCIENCE; INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT GRACE ANABEL LADUCA ~ Summa Cum Laude ~ Quincy, Massachusetts ...........BIOLOGY; Minor in Spanish; Minor in Environmental Studies NAFISA RAHMAN ~ Los Angeles, California .............................PSYCHOLOGY; BIOLOGY CAMILLE CHRISTINE TAFLINGER ~ Alpha ..................................................BIOLOGY CHE KIMANI WOODSON ~ Naperville ....................................................BIOLOGY; Minor in Biochemistry

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COLLEGE HONORS, 2020-2021 ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY ANELISA CAROLINA GAMIZ SANDOVAL – Jury Trials in Small Town America: How One of the Main Pillars of Our Free and Fair Legal System Has Adverse Effects in Small Towns

ANTHROPOLOGY-SOCIOLOGY AND MUSIC EINAR PIELER – What Makes a “Music Maker”?: Exploring the Personal and Social Narratives of Musicianship on a Liberal Arts College Campus

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS KARINA KHANNA – Is Green Consumption an Effective Mating Signal?

BIOCHEMISTRY KEEGAN NATHANIEL PROCTOR – Studies Probing the Structure for the GBH1 Protein Biopolymer Hydrogel

BIOLOGY MADISON ZORA BYRNE – Anatomy and Physiology in Centrarchid Fishes Demonstrates a Functional Correlation of Feeding Behavior with Biomechanics

CREATIVE WRITING RILEY JIN – Land of the Tiger SARAH ELIZABETH LOHMANN – The Vegetarian and Other Stories by Han Kang: A Critical Assessment and Translation

ECONOMICS ELLIOT BAINBRIDGE – Research into the Use of Advanced Statistical Models to Forecast Asset Options Prices

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ISAAC S. HUGHES – Meat Your Maker: Understanding the Effects of Public Participation in the Illinois Livestock Management Facilities Act

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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES JOHANNA BRENNER HILL – Critical Environmental Pedagogy and YPAR at the Elementary Level

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ALEXANDROS PAPASTERGIOU – Spengler Revisited: An Intellectual History of the Reactionary Revolution in 20th and Early 21st Century Europe

POLITICAL SCIENCE CLARE ELIZABETH FLOWERS HENSLEY – Are the Odds Already Against You? How Gender and Scandal Impact Election Outcomes

THEATRE MARION OPAL FRANK – Directing Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal: A Critical Analysis of Anti-Capitalist and Feminist Themes

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ELECTED TO PHI BETA KAPPA CLASS OF 2021 ELLIOT BAINBRIDGE

SARAH ELIZABETH LOHMANN

MAXIMILLIAN SYLVAN CAPLAN

ALLISON MARIE MOLINARI

DANICA BETH DOSMANN KELLY FENG

ANNA NICOLE UNDERWOOD NEUBAUER

ANELISA CAROLINA GAMIZ SANDOVAL

AKASH UMESH PATEL

BHUMIKA GUPTA

EINAR PIELER

AJAY KHOSLA GUSTAFSON

MYIAH LACIE RYNER

JORDYN FAITH HALL

EMILY JOAN SCHARTZ

CLARE ELIZABETH FLOWERS HENSLEY

NICOLETTE THERESE SCHMIDT

JOHANNA BRENNER HILL

ALEXIS LAUREL SMITH

ISAAC SHEPHERD HUGHES*

ANNIE F. SONG

SEEUN JEON

MADELYN IRENE TURNER

TY KIATATHIKOM

MARIE KATHRYN WESTBROOK KALOWSKI

CONSTANTINOS KOURTELLAS

ELIZABETH ANNE WINCHESTER *Elected as Juniors

CLASS OF 2022 SOPHIA ROSE BOWLEY CHARLES CADEN WASHINGTON BROOMFIELD REBECCA BELLE GADIEL ROSALINE JANET ZUCKER

SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS PRESIDENT .......................................................Caitlin Edelmuth VICE PRESIDENT ..............................................Ikenna Chris Ozor SECRETARY/TREASURER .........................Montserrat Cancino Aguilar

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SCHOLARLY DISTINCTIONS, PRIZES AND AWARDS TO GRADUATING SENIORS DEAN ACHESON PRIZE ..................................................Constantinos Kourtellas ACS DIVISION OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY UNDERGRADUATE AWARD ...................................................Anne Flintgruber ACS DIVISION OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY UNDERGRADUATE AWARD .........................................Keegan Nathaniel Proctor ACS ILLINOIS HEARTLAND LOCAL SECTION COLLEGIATE SCHOLASTIC AWARD ................................Keegan Nathaniel Proctor ACS PRIZE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY .....................................David Cristian Zavala DAVID AGAR ATHLETIC SERVICE AWARD ..........................Kathryn Elizabeth Coseglia Amelia Kay Zielke HOWELL ATWOOD AWARD ................................................Danica Beth Dosmann Anelisa Carolina Gamiz Sandoval Seeun Jeon Einar Pieler BAKER-VELDE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD ..............................Bishakha Upadhyaya DR. DIANA BECK HONOR AWARD ..................................................Otto Bottger Ravie Fauvette Boungou Bryanna Leigh Martinez BEVERLY BENDER SCHOLAR IN ART ..........................Dmitri Oleg Vincent Chambers Alyx Elizabeth Farris Allison Natividad Garcia DONALD L. BENEDICT STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD .....................................Hao Li EVELYN BIELEFELDT AWARD ...............................................Madyson Reigh Ferris BLICK ART MATERIALS PRIZE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN .....................Alia Saadi El Hassani BLICK ART MATERIALS PRIZE IN NON-TRADITIONAL MEDIA ..............................................Phelix Venters-Sefic BLICK ART MATERIALS PRIZE IN PAINTING .............................Madelyn Irene Turner BLICK ART MATERIALS SENIOR AWARD ...................................Ingrid Mary Wasmer BOOKFELLOW LIBRARY PRIZE ..............................................Madison Zora Byrne WILLIAM E. BRADY PRIZE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE ................Lillian Rosemary Lauver Jocelyn Charlotte Ruby JOHN W. BURGESS PRIZE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE .......................Danica Beth Dosmann ELDA CRICHTON CAMPBELL PRINT PRIZE ......................................Haider Ali Khan Ava Katerina Lu GENERAL CHEMISTRY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ................................Anne Flintgruber Ajay Khosla Gustafson Jordyn Faith Hall SALLY COLEMAN PRIZE IN SPANISH LITERATURE ......Anna Nicole Underwood Neubauer Frankie Williamson COLLEGE MARSHALL ...............................................................Ty Kiatathikom COLTON PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE .....Emma Catharine Bohman AUDREY COLLET-CONARD PRIZE ....................................Alexandra Neoma Glinski Lillian Rosemary Lauver Alexis Laurel Smith A. EUGENE & ELLA STEWART DAVENPORT LITERARY AWARD IN FICTION ......................................Lillian Rosemary Lauver Samuel Miller Lisec

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A. EUGENE & ELLA STEWART DAVENPORT LITERARY AWARD IN NON-FICTION ...............................Lillian Rosemary Lauver Samuel Miller Lisec A. EUGENE & ELLA STEWART DAVENPORT LITERARY AWARD IN PLAYWRITING ..................................Greta Katherine Eanes A. EUGENE & ELLA STEWART DAVENPORT LITERARY AWARD IN POETRY .......................................Lillian Rosemary Lauver Samuel Miller Lisec Alexis Laurel Smith Matrice Marie Young LAWRENCE L. DEMOTT PRIZE ......................................Acacia Mayo Trachten Berg NINA MARIE EDWARDS MEMORIAL AWARD ............................................Riley Jin Sarah Elizabeth Lohmann FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE ....................................................Bhumika Gupta WILLIAM FERN RESEARCH AWARD IN HONOR OF JEANNE ZEMEK BOHN .....................................Linh Dieu Nguyen WILLIAM FERN RESEARCH AWARD IN HONOR OF THALIA MANGANARI PAPAVAS .........................Emily Grace Wallace WILLIAM FERN RESEARCH AWARD IN HONOR OF THEODORE YELICH ..................................James Alvin Lee Stratton STEVE FLOYD MEMORIAL AWARD ...................................................Otto Bottger DESMOND FORTES ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PRIZE ........................Priyanka Gurung Johanna Brenner Hill Ibrahim Sakrani E. INMAN FOX PRIZE ........................................................Johanna Brenner Hill RUTH LOCKWOOD GOODSILL PRIZE .................................Caroline Michelle Goben MATTHEW DALE GUNTHER MEMORIAL AWARD IN DRAWING .........Claire Diane Mazius MIKISO HANE ASIAN STUDIES PRIZE .....................................Minnie Mi Hee Kang Ty Kiatathikom Sarah Elizabeth Lohmann PHILIP HARING AND JOHN HOUSTON AWARD .......................................Riya Dahal ROBERT STEVENS HARPER PRIZE FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY ..............................Rebekah Mary Alexandre Nicolette Therese Schmidt ROBERT STEVENS HARPER PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY SENIOR RESEARCH POSTER .............................Minnie Mi Hee Kang Myiah Lacie Ryner LELAND HARRIS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY .........................Hieu Hoang Nguyen ELIZABETH HAYWOOD ENGLISH RESEARCH AWARD .................Jocelyn Charlotte Ruby JOHN W. HILDING PRIZE ......................................................Alessandro Benelli JOHN HOFSAS PRIZE IN DANCE .............................................Jessica Lynn Decker HUNTER TROPHY .......................................................Alexander Stewart Baker SYLVIA & IRWIN JAFFE MEMORIAL PRIZE IN MEDICAL SCIENCES .........Jordyn Faith Hall Benjamine Christiane Mihanda CLARENCE HUBERT JOHNSON AWARD ...................................Kaitlyn Rose Hrivnak VINTON C. JOHNSON PRIZE ...................................................Alessandro Benelli JAMES AND HELEN HUNTINGTON JOHNSTON PRIZE .........................Jordyn Faith Hall VICTORIA LEGNER JUNOD PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS ......................................Hao Li K-CLUB AWARD .....................................................Corey Alexander McKnight

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THEODORE HAZEN KIMBLE MEMORIAL AWARD IN JOURNALISM ......Samuel Miller Lisec KNAUSS STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD FOR THE LINCOLN STUDIES CENTER ..................Anna Nicole Underwood Neubauer Julia Louise Genevieve Porter THE LINCOLN ACADEMY STUDENT LAUREATE .........................Isaac Shepherd Hughes MICHEL LOOMIS AWARD ..........................................................Bhumika Gupta Shelby Lynn Keen DAVID LOWRY JAZZ AWARD .........................................Maximillian Sylvan Caplan Clare Elizabeth Flowers Hensley LINDA ELIZABETH KARGER AWARD IN THE THEATRE ARTS ...............Marion Opal Frank ROBERT R. MARINER FAMILY RESEARCH AWARD ....................Allison Marie Molinari MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT ENDOWED FUND STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD ....................................................Avnish Pandey JEAN BLOOMQUIST MCBATH MEMORIAL PRODUCTION AWARD IN STUDIO THEATRE .............................Marion Opal Frank John Andrew Harden Jamie Lynn Heller Johanna Brenner Hill Veronica Kimball Langley Arianna Joplyn Tull MOLLER CUP ..........................................................Kathryn Elizabeth Coseglia Danica Beth Dosmann MERRITT H. MOORE PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY ..........................Isaac Shepherd Hughes GLENN M. NAGEL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ........................................Anne Flintgruber Keegan Nathaniel Proctor LASZLO J. NEMETH MEMORIAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD .....Akash Umesh Patel INN-SIANG OOI PRIZE .............................................................Ibrahim Sakrani OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD .........................................Ravie Fauvette Boungou Caitlin Edelmuth Isaac Shepherd Hughes Ikenna Chris Ozor PAUL’S PRIZE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ...............................................Long Duy Le ALVAH PETERSON BIOLOGY PRIZE ..................................Janki Anandkumar Bhalodi ELBRIDGE PIERCE PRIZE FOR SCHOLASTIC IMPROVEMENT ......Frances Alexia R. Santiago JANET GREIG POST PRIZE IN MUSIC .......................................Ingrid Mary Wasmer JEFF SANDBURG MENTAL TOUGHNESS AWARD ....................Brooklyn Michele Deming THE SCRIPPS PRIZE ......................................................Lillian Rosemary Lauver ROBERT F. SEIBERT PRIZE ..........................................................Ty Kiatathikom PROCTOR FENN SHERWIN SHORT STORY AWARD ........................Matrice Marie Young LORRAINE SMITH PRIZE IN ENGLISH .................................Sarah Elizabeth Lohmann SMITH PRIZE IN PHYSICS .................................................Allison Marie Molinari STROBEN ENTREPRENEUR FUND ....................................................Amit Adhikari LUCILE SUDBURY PRIZE ................................................................Einar Pieler SZOLD PRIZE IN HISTORY ............................................Maximillian Sylvan Caplan CHARLES & ARVILLA TIMME FELLOWSHIP AWARD ...................Isaac Shepherd Hughes DEAN TREVOR MEMORIAL AWARD ...............................Corey Alexander McKnight DEAN S. TREVOR AWARD FOR WOMEN .................................Makenzie Faith T. Funk Bhumika Gupta

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VAN CLUTE PRIZE ............................................................Johanna Brenner Hill EDITH POWERS VAN DYKE MEMORIAL AWARD IN PSYCHOLOGY .....Matthew Dean Cagle Minnie Mi Hee Kang JOHN C. WEIGEL PRIZE ...................................................Isaac Shepherd Hughes HOWARD A. WILSON PRIZE ..........................................Matthew Alexander Bailey Jaynee Elise Bowker Jocelyn Charlotte Ruby Samriddhi Shrestha DEAN DEBORAH WING AWARD .........................................................Seeun Jeon ALBERT C. YOUNG AWARD IN MIXED MEDIA .........................Allison Florence Pritzl

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KNOX COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR OF THE BOARD CHARLES F. SMITH ’84

CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON CAMPUS LIFE AND ATHLETICS TONY ETZ ’83

Attorney and Partner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP Chicago, Illinois

Agent Creative Artists Agency Los Angeles, California

VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD LAURA M. ROSENE ’90

Vice President Human Resources, Retired Upper Arlington, Ohio

CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS KEITH E. MASKUS ’76

Arts & Sciences Professor of Distinction University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, Colorado

CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL AID TINO H. SCHULER ’87

Chief Executive Officer Schuler Educational Consulting Jacksonville, Florida

CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON ADVANCEMENT SUSAN HAERR ZUCKER ’78

CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE R. KYLE WINNING ’83 Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer Alliant Strategic Investments Little Rock, Arkansas

CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON FINANCE PATRICK ST. A. LYN ’84

Head of Distribution Mellon Investments Corporation Arlington, Massachusetts

CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON TRUSTEES JOSEPH C. BASTIAN ’67 Owner and CEO, Retired Panera Bread Franchise Chapel Hill, North Carolina

PRESIDENT OF KNOX COLLEGE Teresa L. Amott Galesburg, Illinois

Vice President and General Counsel, Retired City Real Estate Incorporated Chicago, Illinois

GENERAL TRUSTEES BARBARA A. BAIRD ’73

Horace White Professor of Chemistry Cornell University Ithaca, New York

DOUGLAS L. BAYER ’66

President Douglas and Maria Bayer Foundation Bellevue, Washington

NYERERE K. BILLUPS SR. ’99

Director PMO Development Operations AbbVie Chicago, Illinois

VALERIE JO BLEVINS ’86

Of Counsel Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP Shawnee, Kansas

SUSAN A. BLEW ’75

Executive Consulting and Technology Berkeley, California

MICHAEL E. CHUBRICH ’67

Attorney Michael E. Chubrich, P.A. Portsmouth, New Hampshire

CAROL B. CRAIG ’89

Founder and CEO Craig Technologies Merritt Island, Florida

CELINDA K. DAVIS ’15

Academic Advisor University of Wisconsin LaCrosse, Wisconsin

DEBORAH S. DEGRAFF ’80 Professor of Economics Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine

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DONALD F. HARMON ’88

Senate President Illinois General Assembly Oak Park, Illinois

ELZELIEN HARTOG ’66

Director of Interagency Collaboratives, Retired Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Ridgefield, Connecticut

JOHN T. LAWLER ’88

Chief Financial Officer Ford Motor Company Bingham Farms, Michigan

KEITH Y. LEE ’94

Chief Executive Officer Feenix Venture Partners New York, New York

GWEN L. LEXOW ’90

Director of Title IX and Civil Rights Compliance, Lecturer in Social Sciences Bates College Portland, Maine

HELEN H. LIN

Founder and Chief Executive Officer Discern.io New York, New York

ROBERT C. LONG ’75

Shareholder Littler Mendelson P.C. Miami Beach, Florida

DAVID S. MITCHELL ’83

Portfolio Manager William Blair & Company, LLC Chicago, Illinois

LAURENCE J. MSALL ’84 President The Civic Federation Inverness, Illinois

AMY E. OLSON

EVP - Marketing and Sales BankFinancial NA Elmwood Park, Illinois

DEREK F. PAPP ’01

Sports Medicine Physician Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute Key Largo, Florida

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SUSAN C. PLOMIN ’86 Park City, Utah

JAMES R. POTTER ’63

Attorney and President James R. Potter, P.C. Springfield, Illinois

JULIE K. RADEMAKER ’83

Attorney and Partner Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Nagelberg, LLP Chicago, Illinois

DAVID A. SCHULZ ’74

Director, Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Clinical Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow Yale Law School New York, New York

JANICE V. SHARRY ’73

Attorney and Partner Haynes and Boone, LLP Dallas, Texas

DANIEL J. SPAULDING ’99 Chief People Officer Zillow Group Seattle, Washington

JULIANA TIOANDA ’95

Senior Director, Business Strategy Manager Microsoft Bellevue, Washington

ADAM G. VITALE

President G & M Distributors, Inc. Galesburg, Illinois

GERALD F. VOVIS ’65

President and Chief Executive Officer Vovis Enterprises Cheshire, Connecticut

SCOTT L. WESTERMAN

Executive Vice President and General Manager, North Central Sub Region Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits Saint Louis, Missouri

EMERITUS TRUSTEES THOMAS L. ANDERSON ’66

STEVEN P. LUETGER ’75

LAUREL J. ANDREW ’86

DAN M. MARTIN ’61

President, Retired HemaSource, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana

Director and Treasurer Andrew Family Foundation Las Vegas, Nevada

HAROLD D. BIBB ’62

Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Zoology, Retired University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island

NANCY B. CARLIN ’72 Retired Naples, Florida

SANDRA E. FRUM ’70

President, Retired Village of Northbrook Northbrook, Illinois

JOSEPH B. GLOSSBERG

Senior Managing Director Gofen & Glossberg, Inc. Chicago, Illinois

MARY MULLINS HINZ ’58

President, Retired F. Thomas Heller, Inc. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

GARY L. JACOBSON ’77

Interim Executive Director Elysium Health, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana

ROBERT J. JAMIESON ’65 Journalist New York, New York

JAMES M. KILTS ’70

Founding Partner Centerview Capital Former Chairman, President and CEO The Gillette Company Naples, Florida

CHAIR EMERITA JANET M. KORAN ’71

General Counsel, Retired YMCA of the USA Snowmass Village, Colorado

Senior Managing Director, Retired Mesirow Financial Elmhurst, Illinois Managing Director, Retired Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center Washington, D.C.

JOE A. MASTERSON ’65

Chairman Masterson Foods, Inc. Naples, Florida

GEORGE J. MATKOV JR. ’64 Of Counsel Ford Harrison LLP Chicago, Illinois

CHAIR EMERITUS DUSHAN PETROVICH ’74

President, Retired William Wrigley, Jr. Company Downers Grove, Illinois

JOHN D. PODESTA ’71

Chairman Washington Center for Equitable Growth Washington, D.C.

EUGENE A. PROCKNOW ’76

Historian Consulting Partner, Retired Deloitte LLP Washington, D.C.

THOMAS V. REILLY ’68

Putnam Investments, Retired Boston, MA and London UK Dover, Massachusetts

CHAIR EMERITUS RICHARD V. RIDDELL ’72

Senior Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Retired Duke University Durham, North Carolina

CHAIR EMERITA DIANE S. ROSENBERG ’63

Chair of the Board, Retired Olson Rug Company Riverwoods, Illinois

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FAY B. STEVENSON-SMITH ’64

CAROLINE HAMBLIN TUCKER ’53

PRESIDENT EMERITUS ROGER L. TAYLOR ’63

RALPH WALTER ’69

Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Retired Wilton, Connecticut

Of Counsel, Retired Partner Kirkland and Ellis Ellisville, Illinois

Teacher, Retired PRIME Mechanicsville, Virginia Visiting Fellow Kellogg College Los Angeles, California

HONORARY TRUSTEES RICHARD HENKE ’56

Physician, Retired Pathology Consultant Oceanside, California

MARY KENT KNIGHT ’60

Data Processing Technician, Retired Northern Trust Company Lake Forest, Illinois

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CHAIR EMERITUS MORTON W. WEIR ’55

Chancellor Emeritus and Emeritus Professor of Psychology The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Green Valley, Arizona

ACADEMIC REGALIA The regalia worn by participants in today’s academic procession have their origins in the garb worn by scholars in the first European universities in the 12th century, most of which held theological charters. The robes were similar to clerical cassocks, and capes and hoods were worn for warmth in the unheated stone buildings of the time. At the Council of Oxford in 1222, England’s archbishop Stephen Langton required all clergy to wear the cappa clausa, a closed, flowing gown. Nearby Oxford and Cambridge Universities adopted the same style, which was brought to the United States by the colonists. By the late 19th century, different styles of academic gowns were adopted by various American institutions. This led to an 1895 conference at Columbia University to standardize academic regalia. The Intercollegiate Bureau Code, established after the 1895 conference, has guided academic regalia ever since, supported by sponsorship from the American Council on Education in 1932.

Most of the gowns in today’s procession are doctoral robes, with bellshaped sleeves, velvet panels down the front and around the neck of the gown, and three velvet bars on each sleeve. During the 20th century, many universities departed from the prescribed black robe. Among those colors today are the crimson of Harvard, blue of Yale, black with orange of Princeton, and maroon of The University of Chicago, among others. Many members of the Knox College Board of Trustees choose to wear special Knox gowns of purple and gold.

The hood is another medieval relic. Each hood is lined with the official colors of the institution conferring the degree, and the lining is worn exposed. The hood is trimmed with the color indicating the branch of learning to which the degree pertains. Most of the hood trim in today’s procession is dark blue, indicating the large number of Ph.D.s, or “Doctor of Philosophy” degrees. Other trim colors include violet (journalism); white (arts, letters, humanities); and purple (business).

Caps awarded by American universities are either the mortar board (the Oxford tradition) or the beret-like “softcap” (the Cambridge tradition).

Some universities outside the United States have unique styles of caps.

Adapted from the University of Idaho Faculty Handbook and from “Academic Costumes and Regalia” by Dr. Stephen E. Lunce. Used with permission.

The accessories to the graduates’ Commencement regalia signify four distinct honors. Gold stoles signify Latin honors from the College.

Graduates wearing gold and silver cords have been initiated into Mortar Board, a national honor society. Those wearing gold and white cords have been initiated into Order of Omega, an honor society for members of Greek organizations. Knotted together gold and purple cords signify the student has completed College Honors.

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KNOX COLLEGE IS...

HISTORIC In 1836, a colony from upstate New York, led by Presbyterian minister George Washington Gale, traveled to Western Illinois to found an educational institution and a town. Knox Manual Labor College was chartered by the Illinois legislature in 1837, 182 years ago. Twenty years later, our name was shortened to Knox College. Abraham Lincoln first denounced slavery on moral grounds in his debate with Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 on the steps of Old Main—the centerpiece of our campus, then just a year old. Today, Old Main is a National Historic Landmark and the only remaining Lincoln-Douglas debate site in the nation.

DIVERSE Social reformers who opposed slavery in all its forms founded Knox, and we quickly became known as a center for abolitionism. The first Black American to serve in the United States Senate studied at the Knox Academy, and we awarded a bachelor’s degree to one of the first Black college graduates in Illinois. Knox was a pioneer in higher education for women. Today, more than half of all Knox students are either international—hailing from 49 countries—or students of color, creating a global and diverse learning environment.

COMMITTED We remain steadfast in our belief that a liberal arts education best prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of learning and civic engagement. Our founders believed the College should teach one how to think, how to argue, how to listen, and how to learn, with academic degrees based on intellectual abilities regardless of gender identity, race, cultural background, or financial means. We offer a diverse teaching faculty with close faculty-student working relationships. We support independent research and creative and career exploration by providing students with a minimum of $2,000 to use during their junior or senior year through the Power of Experience program. Today’s Peace Corps Preparatory Program, the first of its kind in the nation, and KnoxCorps, a joint community service partnership between Knox and Galesburg, are two ways current students prepare themselves to become global citizens committed to bettering their communities and the world.

ENGAGING Half of all Knox students participate in off-campus study programs in the United States and abroad. Sixty percent of our students participate in at least one varsity, intramural, or club sport. Knox’s record of engaging students in community service has been recognized multiple times with the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Student theatre productions, dance performances, concerts, and exhibits fill the College’s calendar.

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INDEPENDENT Since 1878, Knox’s award-winning student newspaper, The Knox Student, has carried on the tradition of independent journalism established by its founder, S.S. McClure. McClure, Class of 1882, was the creator of McClure’s Magazine, one of the first publications in the field of American investigative journalism. Students and faculty together have earned Knox national notice for the quantity and quality of independent undergraduate research. Knox’s Gerald and Carol Vovis Center for Research and Advanced Study coordinates funding for student generated research and creative projects. Close to 90 percent of Knox students complete independent studies as part of their undergraduate experience.

CREATIVE During this pandemic year, faculty have continued to publish articles, fiction and poetry, textbooks, and other scholarly work on a regular basis.

In addition, many have publicly performed (often via new technologies), presented, or exhibited their artistic work, while many others have received funding to support new research. The nation’s oldest continuously published literary journal, Catch, has received national and international awards. For more than 40 years, Knox’s Repertory Theatre Term—the only undergraduate program of its kind in the country—has introduced students to the experience of operating a repertory theatre company. Knox ranks in the top four percent of liberal arts colleges in the proportion of graduates who have earned doctorates in business, and in the top 10 percent for graduates who have earned doctorates in mathematics, computer science, and the physical sciences. Our 16,000 alumni are proof that a liberal arts education gives graduates the skills to find professional and personal success.

SUSTAINABLE Our campus community is dedicated to a more socially equitable world and ecologically sustainable future. Knox is a signatory on the Talloires Declaration and a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), which rates Knox among its “Silver STARS” colleges and universities. Sustainability is integrated into many aspects of the College’s curriculum, operations, planning, and community outreach. Knox’s Alumni Hall and Whitcomb Art Center are LEED Gold certified, highlighting the College’s commitment to sustainable energy and resource use. Knox also commits to reducing waste with various on-campus opportunities to share resources, composting of the cafeteria’s food waste, and growing produce for campus consumption at the Knox Farm. As evidence of our students’ commitment to these values, more than 115 members of the Class of 2021 have signed the Graduation Pledge for Social and Environmental Responsibility, noted by a green ribbon among their Commencement regalia.

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THE COLLEGE SEAL The Knox College Seal, in its present form, dates from 1937, the year of the College’s centennial. It was designed by artist Ralph Fletcher Seymour and is a refinement of earlier designs. Oval in shape, it has in its center a stylized lighted torch superimposed on an open book, both symbols of learning. The book bears the word Veritas (Latin for “Truth”), and the symbols are wreathed in laurel leaves, the Roman symbol of honor. Around the outer rim of the seal are the College’s name in Latin, Collegium Knoxense, and the date of its founding, 1837, in Roman numerals.

This is the College’s fifth seal.

The first two, dating from approximately 1838 and 1857, were round, with the College’s name and location surrounding an image of an open book.

The third seal, also round, was designed in 1887 by Robert J. Finley, a graduate of that year. It introduced all the elements of the current seal, plus an outer ring of pine branches. The fourth seal was adopted in 1903 from an 1890s design by Finley’s brother, John Huston Finley, Class of 1887, the College’s seventh president. Carrying forward most of the elements of its predecessor, the fifth seal reconfigured them for the first time into the familiar oval shape we see today.

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