Spring 2025 Commencement Program

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Spring Commencement

University of Nevada, Reno

Commencement Ceremonies......................................................3 Program.............................................................................................4 Alma Mater.......................................................................................6 Academic Dress...............................................................................7 All Candidates for Graduation..............................................9 Senior Scholars & Mentors..........................................................20 Honors College Graduates .........................................................41 Commencement of 1925.............................................................42 University Awards.........................................................................45 Regents Awards..............................................................................46 Student Awards..............................................................................47 History of the University.............................................................51 University Leadership...................................................................52

Illustration by Moses Achoka | Nevada Silver & Blue

We acknowledge that the University of Nevada, Reno is situated on the traditional homelands of the Numu (Northern Paiute), Wašiw (Washoe), Newe (Western Shoshone) and Nuwu (Southern Paiute) peoples.

These lands continue to be a gathering place for Indigenous Peoples and we recognize their deep connections to these places. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on their territory.

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Commencement Ceremonies Thursday, May 15, 2025 • 8:30 a.m.

College of Science & School of Social Work

Thursday, May 15, 2025 • 3:00 p.m.

College of Liberal Arts, Orvis School of Nursing & Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism

Friday, May 16, 2025 • 8:30 a.m.

College of Business

Friday, May 16, 2025 • 3:00 p.m.

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources & College of Engineering

Saturday, May 17, 2025 • 8:30 a.m.

College of Education and Human Development, School of Medicine (Speech Pathology) & School of Public Health

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Program Baccalaureate & Advanced Degree Ceremonies PROCESSIONAL “The Earl of Oxford‘s Marche” • William Byrd “Intrada No. 7” • Melchoir Franke “Processional for Brass” • Paul Koepke • University of Nevada, Reno Symphony Brass Jason Altieri, Conductor • Aaron Hill, University Marshal • Jeffrey S. Thompson, Master of Ceremonies NATIONAL ANTHEM • Wolf Pack Quartet Brittney May ’17, Director INDIGENOUS BLESSINGS • Hope Allen ’25, Yerington Paiute Tribe (Thursday) • Kaylani Redner ‘25, Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe (Friday) • Carolyn Sanchez, Reno Sparks Indian Colony, (Saturday) WELCOME • Brian Sandoval ’86, President GREETINGS FROM NEVADA STATE SENATORS • Catherine Cortez Masto, Senator (Thursday A.M., Friday A.M. & Saturday A.M.) • Jacky Rosen, Senator (Thursday P.M., Friday P.M. & Saturday A.M.) GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTS • Heather Brown (Thursday A.M.) • Joseph C. Arrascada ’93,’00 (Thursday P.M. & Friday P.M. ) • Jeffrey S. Downs, Vice Chair (Friday A.M.) • Carol Del Carlo, (Saturday A.M.)

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STUDENT REMARKS • Dawson Deal ’25, President, Associated Students of the University of Nevada • Liesel Kemmelmeier ’25, Vice President, Associated Students of the University of Nevada • Tania Akter ’15, ’19, ’25, President, Graduate Student Association SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ~ University of Nevada, Reno Herz Gold Medal for Outstanding Scholarship (Thursday P.M.) ~ Board of Regents’ Honorary Doctorates (Friday P.M.) PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES • Brian Sandoval ’86, President • Jeffrey S. Thompson, Executive Vice President and Provost ALUMNI REMARKS TO 2025 GRADUATES • Mike Hix ’89, Nevada Alumni Council President ALMA MATER ~ Jack H. Morse • Wolf Pack Quartet • University of Nevada, Reno Symphony Brass RECESSIONAL Nevada Fight Song “Hail to Our Sturdy Men” Arr. A.G. “Mack” McGrannahan • University of Nevada, Reno Symphony Brass

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Alma Mater The Mackay Song Words by Jack H. Morse Where the Truckee’s snowfed waters, Drop from mountain’s crest, And the meadows meet the sagebrush, By the sun caressed.

Cradled by the silver mountains, ‘Neath the western blue, Stands our noble Alma Mater, Our Nevada U. As the miner on the desert, Prospects ev’ry place, So Nevada seeks the future With an upturned face.

Ev’rywhere she gathers knowledge, All that’s good and true, Gives she to her sons and daughters, Of Nevada U. We will ever live to serve her, Live to give our best, Live to make our Alma Mater Pride of all the West.

Let her praises wake the echoes, While we pledge anew, Hearts and minds and hands and voices To Nevada U.

Several songs have served as the Nevada alma mater over the years, including “Beside the Waters of the Truckee,” “U of N So Gay” and “Nevada, My Nevada.” The current alma mater, “Mackay Song,” with words by Jack H. Morse, came into use circa 1955, although its official adoption date is unknown. The earliest version of “Mackay Song” in print was included in the 1924 University Songbook.

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Academic Dress Academic costumes date to the 11th and 12th centuries with the first organized institutions of learning in Europe. In 1895, the academic institutions in the United States adopted a code of academic dress that gave this country a beautiful and impressive method of signifying scholastic honors. With the exception of revisions in 1932 and 1959, the code has been virtually unchanged since its inception.

MACE. Once a terrible instrument of medieval close combat, the mace has evolved into an ornamental, ceremonial staff borne at the head of processions marking the beginning of a convocation or commencement.

CAPS. The black mortarboard is most commonly used in the United States. The tassel, normally worn in the left front quadrant of the cap, is black, although it may be of the color appropriate to the subject of the degree. The tassel on the doctor’s cap is usually made of gold thread.

GOWNS. The bachelor’s gown has a long, pointed sleeve. The master’s gown has an oblong sleeve open at the wrist (or some older gowns may be open near the upper part of the arm). The doctor’s gown is fuller than the others with velvet panels full length on the front and three velvet crossbars on each sleeve in black or in a color distinctive of the subject pertaining to the individual’s degree. The gowns are black except for the doctor’s,

which may be a color representing the institution that awarded the degree. A number of colorful cords and sashes recognizing student achievement and activities are worn by many of the graduates.

HOODS. Academic hoods signify the wearer has received a master’s, doctoral or other advanced degree. The hood, draped over the shoulders and down the back, indicates both the institution granting the degree and the academic area of specialization.

The silk lining of the hood represents the color or colors of the institution from which the degree was received. The higher the degree, the more the lining is revealed.

The level of the degree is designated by the length of the hood and the width of the velvet edging. The master’s hood is three-and-one-half feet long, and the doctor’s is four feet long. (The shorter bachelor’s hood is not given at Nevada.)

The velvet edging is three and five inches in width for the master’s and doctor’s degrees, respectively. The color of the velvet signifies the field of learning, such as orange for engineering, green for medicine and gold for science. For Ph.D. or Doctor of Philosophy degrees, the dark blue color represents mastery of the discipline of learning and scholarship in any field, and is not intended to necessarily represent the field of philosophy.

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135th Commencement

All Candidates for Graduation Candidates presented by the dean of each school or college

Doctoral Degrees • Dissertation titles appear in italics GRADUATE SCHOOL

Markus Kemmelmeier, Dean

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Kara Cleveland Education Beyond Recruitment: An Evaluation of the GradFIT Program Tiffany B. Robinson Young Education Mirror and Windows: Exploring the Intersection of Reflective Practices and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy.

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS Adea Badivuku Musical Arts The Contemporary Pianist’s Toolkit: Reimagining the Piano’s Sonic Identity Through Extended Techniques Katherine Grace Parker Musical Arts The ‘Siren of Naples’ Reborn: Reexamining the legacy and developmental repertoire of Isabella Colbran

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Kabita Adhikari Cellular and Molecular Biology Advancing pandemic preparedness through developing broad-spectrum antivirals, sustainable PPE decontamination, and vaccine efficacy evaluation of human coronaviruses.

Aaron Taylor Aguilar-Bonnette Psychology “We deserve to be seen, heard, and included in recovery spaces:” A content analysis informing the improvement of alcohol use treatment for sexually diverse individuals Tania Akter Chemistry Electrochemical CO₂ Conversion to Multi-Carbon Products: Strategies for Enhancing Selectivity and Efficiency Hayaa Alhazani Education “Accomplishing Education Vision 2030: An ICT-based Constructivist Approach to Enhance Content Knowledge and Learning Attitudes of Saudi Arabian High School Students”

Kelsey Marie Allen Neuroscience Ria Anand Cellular and Molecular Biology Dissecting Slit Signaling: Regulating Stem Cells, Proteolytic Cleavage, and its Emerging Roles in Metabolism Ashley Lenae Anderson Education The Role of Medical Education Learning Specialists in Preparing Students for the United States Medical Licensing Exam Step 1 Md Kausar Alam Anik Civil and Environmental Engineering Mitigation of Liquefaction-Induced Foundation Movements using 1g Shake Table Tests Leah Elizabeth Auchter Anthropology Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation Methods Palina Bahdanovich Atmospheric Science Laboratory Chemical Characterization of Fresh and Aged Bioaerosols Spring Commencement • May 2025

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Anithakrithi Balaji Biomedical Engineering

Zara Rose Browne Anthropology

Sivasankar Balakrishnan Epidemiology Going beyond the average treatment effect: estimating the diverse impacts of a home visiting intervention on infant hemoglobin, breastfeeding, and dietary diversity

Elena V. Bubnova Education Outcomes among College Students in Online Courses: Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Fady Ahmed Mohamed Elshazly Civil and Environmental Engineering Janice Lynn Burke Seismic Analysis and Isolation Strategies Social Psychology for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Systems Understanding Factors that Influence

Allison Bartlett Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Regulation of Interstitial Cells by Hormones and Neuropeptides: Mechanisms and Implications for Gastrointestinal Motility Nicole M. Beaulieu Computer Science and Engineering Jeffery Best Geography Advancing UAV-Based Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Ecological Monitoring, Habitat Disturbance Detection, and Forensic Science in Arid Landscapes Cindy A. Black Education Preparation and Training of School Counselors for Roles in Virtual K-12 Settings Elijah Nathaniel Boardman Hydrology Linking Hydrological Processes With Water Resource Insights Through Synthesis of Big Data and Physics-Based Modeling Alec Brennan Chemistry Utilizing Chemical Biology Approaches to Study Streptococcal Quorum Sensing Julia Brockman Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Linking Individual Behavior to Population Dynamics: Insights for Effective Raven Management

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Attorneys’ Plea Recommendations Terina O. Caserto Education Robert P. Chastain Statistics and Data Science Multivariate Random Events Driven by Truncated Exponential Observations Zhihui Chen Civil and Environmental Engineering Ranging-Image-Based Methodologies to Enhance LiDAR Processing Efficiency Uriel Cholula Rivera Environmental Sciences and Health Assessing the Effects of Deficit Irrigation on Alfalfa Grown in Northern Nevada Tara Christensen Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology How interactions with plants influence butterflies’ responses to environmental stressors: from pathogens to climate change Alexandra Cecilia Coconis Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Drivers of species distribution in woodrats (Neotoma) of the Great Basin Desert Heinrich Di Santo Environmental Sciences and Health Sustainable Approaches to Enhance Water Productivity in Horticultural Crops Shane Dominguez English Disaster Fiction and Cultural Characteristics In Twenty-First Century America

Ryan Joseph Durbin Neuroscience Protons and Potentials: Monitoring Activity-Dependent pH Transients and their Effects on Neurotransmission

Brian J. Feeney Psychology

Suoyao Feng Civil and Environmental Engineering Socioeconomic Considerations in Traffic Safety Studies by Leveraging Vehicle Trajectory Data Annanicole Fine Social Psychology Judging AI: Exploring professional identity and attitudes toward artificial intelligence in the legal system Amy B. Fitch Environmental Sciences and Health Heat waves, early birth, and vulnerable populations: Epidemiological and spatial analyses in the United States Alan Garcia Psychology Milad Ghahramanieisalou Mineral Resources Engineering Advancing Rockfall Hazard Assessment through Data-Driven Modelling Based on Laboratory-Scale Experiments Ari Grele Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Burak Gulsacan Mechanical Engineering Estimation and Enhancement of Hydrodynamic Performance of BioInspired Underwater Propulsion

Shannon Colleen Hartmann Political Science Majid Hassani Sr. Chemical Physics From Pulses to Pathways: Unveiling Molecular Motion and Energy Landscapes with 2D IR Spectroscopy Hailey J. Hermann Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Recombinant human laminin-111 restores cell signaling and molecular mechanisms through laminin adhesion complexes Haydon J. Hill Cellular and Molecular Biology To Catch a Virus: the Development of Immunoassays to Detect Viral Pathogens Elijah John Holschbach Biochemistry Kara A. Hoofman Social Psychology Message Framing and Personality in Older Adults’ Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions with AI-driven Healthcare Treatment Recommendations Khondker Fariha Hossain Computer Science and Engineering Robust and Efficient AI-models for Medical Image Reconstruction, Segmentation, and Multimodal Knowledge Distillation Weijian Hua Mechanical Engineering Hydrogel-Particle Interaction-Powered Embedded Ink Writing: from Material Design to Biomedical Applications Nataliia Aleksandrovna Igrashkina Civil and Environmental Engineering Towards a New Generation of UHPC Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Systems Md Tasmirul Jalil Mechanical Engineering

Yi-En Ji Civil and Environmental Engineering Seismic Response of Nonstructural Platform framed Cold-formed Steel Walls Subassemblies Detailed for Drift Compatibility

Madeleine Lohman Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Spatiotemporal Modeling for Wildlife Demographic Analysis: Bridging Analysis to Waterfowl Conservation

Vala Kafil Biomedical Engineering Noble Metal-Based Nanocomposites and Their Bioapplications

Johnathan Lomas Biochemistry

Sampada Karandikar Social Psychology Affluenza: Scale Construction and Validation, Association with Dark Personality Traits, and Potential Role in Perpetration of White Collar Crime Sandy Karkar English Time Machines: The Sensation Novel as a Technology of Transimperial Temporality

Austin Perry Lopez Mechanical Engineering Flies, Data, Robots: Insect-Inspired Flight Strategies for Robust UAV Navigation in GPS Denied Environments Siying Lu Atmospheric Science Analysis of Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols using Numerical Techniques Christopher J. Mallon Chemical Physics

Ericka R. Kay Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Ecological Perspectives on Cannabis Phytochemistry: Biotic Interactions and Abiotic Stress in Managed and Natural Systems

Bridget Martinez Basque Studies Uncovering the protective mechanism propelling the high incidence of RH negative blood in the Basque population

Aidan Klemmer Physics Measurements of Magnetic Compression and Melt of Electrically Thick Metals Driven

by Lineal Current Densities Characteristic of Pulsed-Power-Driven Fusion Devices

Trevor D. Mclemore Economics Entrepreneurship in times of changing technology and labor markets

Garrett Larson Chemistry Tahliah Ling-Sudler Social Psychology Digital Locker Room Talk: A MixedMethods Assessment of Sex Buyers’ Online Narratives in Nevada’s Legal and Illegal Commercial Sex Industry Cameron Keegan Locke Chemistry Associative Polymer Networks with Bipyridine-Metal Complexes: Extensional Rheology and Applications

Mona Mehrani Chemistry “Development and Structural Analysis of Peptide-Based Probes for Modulating Quorum Sensing in Streptococcal Bacteria.”

Ramkrishna Mishan Electrical Engineering Impact of IBR-Storage Technologies on Modern Electric Grids: Dispatchability, Ancillary Service and Transient Stability Ericka Maria Mora Campos Civil and Environmental Engineering Advanced Mobility Applications using High-resolution Vehicle Trajectory Data Spring Commencement • May 2025

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Arunava Nag Computer Science and Engineering The Invisible Landscape: Statistical Characterization and Simulation of Large-Scale Outdoor Odor Plumes

Danny Tran Phung Education Psychological Distress in Gay Asian American Men: The Role of Cultural Values and Conflict of Allegiance

Melanie Schmidt-Wolf Computer Science and Engineering Towards Safety-Assured Environments of Autonomous Robots via Intent Expressive Autonomy

Lauren Olivia Netzel Neuroscience Visual-Oculomotor and Head Movement Strategies in Postural Control

Devon A. Picklum Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology

Hailey Schollnick Chemistry

Brian Prince Biochemistry Reading between the strands: Deciphering dsRNA-based immune responses in mosquito-virus interactions

Michael Ray Schulz Education From Resilience to Response: A Critical Analysis of Mental Health Preparedness in EMS Training

Stormi Elizabeth Nevada-Noll Atmospheric Science Characterization of Stratospheric Gravity Waves Observed During the Perlan Mission II Campaign Travis R. Numan Civil and Environmental Engineering Post-wildfire mobilization of nutritional elements Rita Olla Psychology Determining the Predictive Utility of IRAP and Q Methodology in the Analysis of Teamwork Among Humans and Artificial Intelligence in An Analog Work Setting Joshua Temitayo Olowolaju Electrical Engineering Enhancing Flexibility, Operation, and Control in Modern Electricity Grids through Robust Data-Driven Methods Kemi Osho Chemistry Developing Free radical initiated peptide sequencing towards the analysis of complex mixtures John Ostermiller Anthropology Jeremiah David Paul Physics Multiwavelength Signatures of SuperEddington Accretion in Active Galactic Nuclei

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Md Hafizur Rahman Mechanical Engineering Understanding the wear-electro-corrosion mechanisms of phosphonium ionic liquids to enhance the degradation resistance of electric vehicle components Suman Rath Computer Science and Engineering A Dynamic Defense Framework for Adaptive Resiliency Against Emerging Threats in Microgrid Cybersecurity Games Christopher S. Richey Anthropology Hailey Silver Rodis Education Informal Mentoring within the Tenure-Track Faculty Experience: A Phenomenological Study Alexandar P. Rollings Physics Nuclear spin coherence times of HD trapped in solid parahydrogen matrices William Fredrick Roser Civil and Environmental Engineering Seismic Performance of Nonstructural Cold-Formed Steel Framed Exterior Walls with Drift-Compatible Details in a 10-Story Mass Timber Building

Kasra Shamsaei Civil and Environmental Engineering Advancing Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Simulation: Fuel Representation and Fire Spotting Tracy L. Shane Animal and Rangeland Sciences Novel remote-sensing and statistical approaches to evaluating landscape changes associated with targeted livestock grazing Mohammed Idris Shareef Neuroscience Temporal Dynamics and Perceptual Consequences of Face Adaptation Pooja Sheevam Geology Matthew William Shinkle Psychology Deep Neural Network-Based Simulations for Predicting, Controlling, and Characterizing BOLD fMRI Responses Mary Olegovna Smirnova Psychology Leveraging social support to enhance approach in interoceptive exposure

Courtney A. Smith Psychology Emily McKeehan Smith Anthropology Ciara Danielle Viola Neuroscience Nanosecond Electric Pulses in Neuromodulation: A Journey from Isolated Adrenal Chromaffin Cells to Murine Tissue Slices Alana Sydney Walls Anthropology “Appropriate for School”: Childhood, Relationships, and Intimacy in a U.S. Middle School Elizabeth Ellen Walsh Biochemistry Development of Molecular Tools and Elucidation of Antiviral Pathways in Culex Mosquitoes Anni Wang Business Administration Three Essays on Corporate Finance and Bond Markets Lingchen Wang Epidemiology Cancer and COVID-19: Impacts on Mortality and Long COVID Risk Danika Williams Environmental Sciences and Health Multifaceted Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Smoking, Influenza Vaccine Uptake, and Respiratory Mortality Saber Yaghoobi Electrical Engineering Enhancing Logical Reasoning and Temporal Dynamics in Complex Systems through Hybrid Logical Neural and Echo State Networks

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

Eunice Aiyuk Zoe Noelle Anderson Aamir A. Aziz Sawyer Zach Bauer Jordyn Noelle Becker Jacob Christopher Benna Milena Diem-Xuan Bradley Paulene Cay Garett Frank Cecchini Avishay Chand Andrew Park Cobourn Kallie Cobourn Mirabel E. Dafinone Mohamed S. Dahroug Ramneek Dhami Ruby Oropeza Garcia Ricardo Garcia-Inguanzo Emily Anne Ginn Erick Andrew Herrera Michael Strickler Herron Leah Marie Heydman Clarice Ho Simon Jiahao Hu Dakota Scott Johnson Jonathan Wayne Joyner Axenya Kachen Elijah David Kraus Martina Lange-Fernandez Gideon Lomiiko Lawi Kathryn Rose Lencioni Stephen Lencioni Ivan Alexandro Lopez Erin Callister Lore David Maeng Aisha Masud Braden Matthews Cody Tyler Mcgrale Jorge I. Monge Mackenzie L. Montero Haley Rae Nadone Gianna Nicole Niemeier Tatiana L. Minu Nikooei Timothy Ogburn Samantha Palacios

Roshan Mohadev Panda Paul Joseph Resong Tyler J. Rogers Jessica Lauren Scamman Jacqueline A. Keating Scarbrough Julia Schechter Jaime Angeles Sesgundo Vishal Kenneth Shah Korrina Naeem Siddiqui Wanda S. Thi Ryan E. Thomas Erika Tiffany Thys Raquel Maris Wescott Ryan Lee Wilson Victor Yu

DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE

Cynthia B. Acosta-Pizana Karey Ellen Basile Ellen Martini Beenfeldt Karlee Marie Boyd Marissa Angelina Cossio Bethany Marie Damonte Landen Pearce Flournoy Kiana Danielle Gamble Yolanda E. Gardner Erin E. Hicks Serene R. Isam Hireish Kimberly Ruth Hruby Hannah Jane Jacques Hannah Victoria Jochem Lurleen Johnson-Gonzales Ashley N. Juste Kristi Marie Lyles Kate L. Margheritis Amaris Josephine Martin Danielle Rene Mathews Jacqueline A. McDonald Kristine Pheysey Mcneill Echo Sherry Neill Jennifer Lynn Patton Daivee Terese Serafini Stacy Ann Marie Thaler Katie Wahler Gautami Yerabati

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Master’s Degrees MASTER OF BUSINESS COLLEGE OF ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURE, Therese Helen Alford BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND Reyna Alexis Baca NATURAL RESOURCES Priscillar Simon Banda

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Animal and Rangeland Sciences John H. Bergeron Morgan Malulani Davies Wade Lieurance Biotechnology Jacqueline Arevalo Monica Carey Frederica Anna Kizek Megan Lynne Kruitbosch Jasmine Lam Sevara Tashkhanova Jaeden Brock Tedsen Natural Resource and Environmental Science Sean Richard McCain Jillian Claire Schuyler Nutrition Masuda Akter Kelsey Claire Engler Sandra Kesewaa Nyarko Renu Sitaula

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY Stephanie Grace Castillo Braulio Jonathan Detrick Contreras Rodney Delva Sheryl Lee Gann

MASTER OF ARTS Economics Michael Matthew Dennis

Melissa Barajas Lopez Katherine Maureen Barth Zachariah Eron Beagle Cassidy J. Bell Ron Borenstein Isabella Michelle Bzowski Ania V. Calvillo-Mason Vanessa B. Cross Roland Daou Benjamin Daniel Dillon Christopher F.V. Disuanco Nicholas Steven Haskell Brian Edward Hill Joshua Hogan Ahmed Mohammed Fazee Ibrahim Harsimran Kaur Austin Reed Lawrence Jose Luis Limon Jr. Lee Michael Liston Jade Loren Long James Chen Looney Gurjant Singh Mand Gisselle Martinez Taylor Gillian Callo Membrere Samantha Palacios Erika Kristine Paquette Kendall Irene Rice Roberto Javier Rodriguez Victoria Rose San Clemente Jessica Sarradet Hannah Michael Serbin Tatyana Silva Ravinder Singh Sahib Singh Mitra Marjut Varjavand Nayeli Villalobos Rodriguez Zachary James Welch

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MASTER OF SCIENCE Business Analytics Nathan Isaac Corpus Economics Rachel Lynne Page Allyssa M. Pippin Colby Michael Thomas Finance Massimo Christopher Hoffmann Natalia Theresa Martino Rocio Rodriguez Madera Casey Elizabeth Stoddard Huijie Zhang

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Claudia Ashby Debanick Basu Morgan William Ebbers Francesco Galdiolo Shubham Rajendra Gosavi Colby Michael Green Utsah Lamichhane Charity Nyarkoa Osei Hesam Salmani Tehrani Akhil Ajay Sharma Kavya Sivakumar Tolkyn Takishova

Jacob Allen Davis Bryan Andrew Dinerman Carly Marie Friedman Alberto Garcia Rodriguez Mallory Katharine Guyton Tiffany Hoffman Shireen Karimi Wonha Kim Rhiannon Cushing Lish Francisco A. Lopez Cabrera Montana Miller Libby Rianda Ayala Shawn Nicole Robb Michelle Santos Filiz Sapin Robert Clinton Simms Colleen M. Ulibarri Higher Education Administration Maile Joy Callorina Caddie Sue Dufurrena Gabrielle Nicole Turner

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING Education Luannie Colina John Travis Cross Dominick Anthony Dudder Michelle Lynn Hayner Kiewicz Tyler Samuel Lee

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MASTER OF EDUCATION MASTER OF ARTS Counseling Aubrey A. Adams Joshua Reid Anderson Rebecca Faith Bishop Erin Colleen Burress Grace Kathleen Crowley Rachael Ann Danielson

Elementary Education Lorabelle Mae Tanjuan Hardisty Emily O’Neill Olson Reading Curriculum and Instruction Lucy Claire Giammona Camille Beth Hawkins Annah Morrison Birba Nanci Sochol

Secondary Education Navdeep Kaur Bedi Shandise Robert Ferretti Cole Charles Peck Special Education Susan Lynn Barnett Madison Ann Eagan Stephanie Lynne Nightingale Crystal Preciado-Ramirez Melisa Lynn Shepherd Melissa Yerxa

MASTER OF SCIENCE Equity and Diversity in Education Connor James Ebben Marisa E. Lacroix Arthur Yuk-Ming Lam Tina M. Russom Human Development and Family Science Chrisanthi Bebis Antoinette Lynn Cavanaugh Shanti Rose Johnson Ayaka Kobayashi Tawni Janae Parrish Jose Robert Sanchez Lilit Shakaryan Instructional Technology and Learning Design Danielle Suzanna Belen

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING MASTER OF SCIENCE Biomedical Engineering Dylan Christian Mendoza Ohidul Mojumder Benjamin Matthew Sreenan Civil and Environmental Engineering Iftekar Alam Gregory Dallas

Lauren Marie Edwards Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Shaik Mohammed Joarder Marcus Aldrin Acorda Reyes Brigida Rovarino Allison Sybil Troncoso Martinez Computer Science and Engineering Siththarththan Arunthavabalan III Ashley Opal Del Sesto Lauren Ivy Feldman Marissa Joy Floam Lloyd Rance Gonzales Amber Hankins Mykyta Ignatyuk Sabrina Marie Jackson Jalpa Kaila Antonio Lang Joanna Lopez Paige Mortensen Abhinav Reddy Muskey Murugappan Muthuganesan Syed Nishad Najeeb Semra Ozdemir Sachin Parajuli Joe G. Paschke Nikhil Nick Sharma Di Xiao Lihua Xiao Cybersecurity Zoheb Ashraf Derek Andrew Davila Imran Herrawi Mike Parra Christian Emilio Saracay Pebin Sojan Electrical Engineering Lorenzo Joseph Santos Arvisu Rodolfo Alfaro-Carcoba Jeremy R. Laporte John Jihyun Lee Michael A. Pittenger

Materials Science and Engineering Landin Matthew Barney Shamanta Shafique Mechanical Engineering Matthew Cory Claassen Damian Enrique Gimeno Abbey Marie Hageman Raven Maccione Casey M. Omaye David Leo Reiner Apolo Vannavong Chunxu Wang

DONALD W. REYNOLDS SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM MASTER OF ARTS Journalism Jayanti Sarkar

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Gender, Race and Identity Audrey Andrews Kerri Lynn Garcia History Adebayo Badmus John Francis Harvey Philosophy Ryan Daniel Ensminger Karlie Rae Watson Natassia Skye Zander Political Science Asma Alneel Sarah Jean Gleason Sociology Megan Daddow Kowta Susana G. Nava Ramírez Jana Danielle Pope Alexandria Bevins Stanton

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING OF HISTORY

MASTER OF ARTS Anthropology Cameron Mitchell Caywood Leo A. Demski Briana Michaela Dutra Isabelle Rachel Guerrero Zoe Madeline Levit Georgia Scott Communication Studies Hakem Al Meqdad Melody Katherine Antel Shelby Day Lindsey Guarneri Lam Boluwatife Oyeyemi Owoeye Criminal Justice Aiyana Marie Isham Mishalay Jones Sean Hyun Lee Faven Marie Stoner

English Tanya Marie Nawrocki Keegan Anthony Shepherd

Sarah Marie Keller Elizabeth Ellen Morgan

MASTER OF FINE ARTS English: Creative Writing Richard M. Baldo Michael D. Jones Ashlee Jolan Pargett Katharine Steele Satoshi Victor Tabuchi Drew R. Willis English: Creative Writing Low Residency Christine Joyce Kelsey A. Penrose Matthew Rautio Joseph Lee Smith Visual Art Rebecca V. Fahning

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Anna Rebecka Ingels Ann Marie Newman Ingrid Nicole Stumpf Qingxu Wei

MASTER OF JUDICIAL STUDIES

Eboni Moniqua Johnson Rose Ernest E. Morris Jr.

MASTER OF JUSTICE MANAGEMENT

Sydney Kristina Blythe Cota John Patrick Fitz Theodore Rolland Foth III Jennifer Kathleen Hults Cody Taybron Audrey Ann Ulitchny

MASTER OF MUSIC Music - Performance Hayden Amendola Charlotte Elisabeth Drury Jose Miguel Pereira Muruchi Zachary C. Teran Music - Education Brian Edward Eiffes

MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Public Administration and Policy Nico Ryan Ambata Gamaliel Zavala Enriquez Joshua M. Martinmaas Jesus Rodriguez Michael Nathan Skolnick Daniel Craig Snead

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MASTER OF SCIENCE Speech Pathology and Audiology Glyniel Costello Brown

Dominique Hiu-Wai Cheung Andrew Park Cobourn Robert A. Bradshaw Daugherty Sarah Daniel Melisa Doo Jasmin Kaur Dulai Munachimso Anthony Emesobum Tayler William Gerhard Alexis M. Hogan Sarah Elizabeth Hogue Alexandra Marie Klein Katrina Marie Larios Makena Nicole Lenz Vandyke Kpakpo Maclean Stephanie Bea Purnell Asialin May Saeteurn Caden Robert Salois Yarden Garidel Harvey Shedor Sarbyen Telwa Sheni Riley Ann Shepard Dulce Silva ORVIS SCHOOL Ryanne Alexis Soileau OF NURSING Marisa Terry Swanson Janice Ta MASTER OF SCIENCE Nicole Talton Bagos IN NURSING Christopher Gage Abellana-Plateros Taylor Julia Ann Thomas Chae Mackenzie Thompson Audrey Rose Arthur Cristina Calupad Torres Beverly Diana De Paz Alyssa Ree’Nae Villalpando Samantha Drejka Isabell Nichele Vona-Hernandez Rebecca Lynn Gansberg Cheyenne Kathrine Wierzbicki Stacia Jean Heller Elizabeth Williams Hillarie M. Lara Alana Jade Williamson Daisy Medrano Rachel Ybarra Yvonne Lynette Ramos Maralaya Uniza Cuba Kimberly Dodge Aliya P. Epstein Shelby Danielle Evans Kaylee Shea Gulbrandsen Christina Noel Harston Kaylin Shae Hess Jessica Grace Lattuada Abigail Martinez Garcia Maria Guadalupe Najera Kylie Renee Ortiz Heather Brianne Pellett Christopher A. Pettinari Maria Constanza Reardon Kaitlin Marie Sanguinetti Joceline Guadalupe Sarmiento Jenna Lyn Sawatzky Andrea Eileen Sullivan Devin Nicole Wright

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY

Doga Nilsu Akar MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Savanna Rose Carr Joseph P. Crump Fatema Ahmed Catherine Anne Doubek Ian Christopher Albert Kyle Ryan Edison Hamza Asumah Marwa Jalali Mouaz Baghdadi Lindsay Louise Olvera Haley Blattel Alexander Cala Pheneger

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Reshika Rimal Jr. Leigh Olivia Margaret Smith Kristin Joy Tellez-Monnery Karina F. Tomco Dai-Nien Tran Riley Grace Visscher

MASTER OF SCIENCE Health Analytics and Biostatistics Riley Cassidy Brown Christian Sharp Lingchen Wang Kinesiology Mauri DiMeo Dustin Ross Duranleau Madison Taylor Fenner Addie Jane Heithecker Kristen Grace Quigley Doria Elizabeth Schmidt

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE MASTER OF SCIENCE Biology Justus Dillon Fast Alicia Marie Huenefeld Ellen K. Wilson Chemistry Olamide Femi Akinsola Rachitha Satish Reddy Geography Hannah Elizabeth Potts Melissa Renee Schwan Griffin Shelor Paul Theate Geological Engineering Aaron Bennett Geology Marcus James Angus Alex R. Hoinville Sean Riley Ingersoll Rachel E. Micander Steven Robert O’Connell

Geophysics Kayleigh Elizabeth Dohm Mathematics Brian David Galloway Mykyta Ignatyuk Esther G. Opoku Owen P. Stewart Mining Engineering Qixuan Wen Physics Trevor Nicholas Thom Psychology Jorge A. Cao Noya Elisa Cortez Natalia Agata Duda Derrick Grime Sneha Gupta Alexis Paris Hansbrough Elianis Hernandez Edwin Florencio Jurado Sadie Lynn Klassen Camden J. Mauer Sydney Rain Morgan Ivette Melinda Santillan Serenity Elyse Saucedo Donna Marie West Brenda Estefania Zavala Statistics and Data Science Andrew Jacob Chavez William Joseph Kramer

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Hailey Abecassis Macie Shay Anderson Cheyenne Nicole Appleby Amy Jeanotte Aranda Emily Frances Buko Archie Isabelle Angel Bento Kama Blasing Anahi Flores Borjon Jordan B. Bowler

Alia Reynaga Brewer Shaylee Callahan Ariana Camarena Faye C. Carnes Kiley Marie Christophersen Cheyenne Hope Cleveland Anastasia Michelle Cooper Ana V. Corona Salinas Taylor Makenzie Crivello Elizabeth Cuna Zavala Celissa Marie Diaz De Leon Kasey Kim Evale Docena Yulia Gabriela Dominguez Coutiño Sabrina Nicole Ebelt Chancey Marie Endres Amber Mae Falgout Lucero Filorio Ramirez Lizette Fitts Mariah Ann Fredrickson Francisca Esther Gad Citlalli Garcia Alejandre Nancy Andrea Garcia Aranda Erick Garcia-Saldivar Lauren Alice Gay Alexys Bryanne Gehlert Ashley Michelle Gomez Deisy Anahi Gonzalez Kayla Sabrina Guerrero Naomi Gutierrez-Meza Yohannes Tewolde Habtemicael Itzel Hernandez Camacho Michelle Hernandez Lopez Michell Hernandez Vazquez Jenny Liliana Hernandez Jessy Hernandez Angel Hernandez Jr. Yesenia Hernandez Ericka Elizabeth Hill Kiara Lucia Jaimes Jashion Kaur Aisha Rasheed Khalaf Joungmin Lee Luke Daniel Leveroni-Sorensen Jessica Marie Link Leslie Llamas Hernandez

Drumelys Lopez Lilyanne Marie Mahnke Daisy Martinez Lauren Kailene McDonald Shannon Marie McMillen Alexis Isabella McMillen-Rezente Emily A. McMullen Shannon C. Montez Fatima Morales Bianca Dina Navarro Thao Nguyen Madison Nicole Nielson Obinna Ben Osuji Anjolina Leeanne Payson Roldan Daisy E. Perez Baylee Ann Petersen Cassandra Michelle Peterson Darlene Linne Phillips Jeimi Picazo Farias Lindsey Lee Poston Annemarie Corinne Potter Tira Rae Price Cierra Ashley Ramirez Tony Joqwearveon Reynolds Makayla Ray Rickard Julia Victoria Riggleman Darryl Riley Jr. Chase Riley Kohlman Ailish Stephanie Rincon Erica Bree Ritter Emily Micaela Robins Jazzlyn-Luz Rios Rodriguez Ruth Gale Russell Nayeli Sanchez-Alaniz Nikki Santibanez Ellen Elise Schonberg Alicia Marie Scoblic Andrea Elizabeth Scourby Sara Linda Sims Mary Elizabeth Martini Smith Megan Leann Spangler Brandon Michael Steel Stacy Nichole Stewart Shiane Rene Strode Hannah Nicole Tester

Katherine Jameson Thielen Billie C. Thompson Dayna Torrecillas Kerri H. Torrez Sophia Torrez Jammie Michelle Verdin Julia Villalpando Barajas Jessica Julieta Villarreal-Venegas Alec Quinn Walike Atante Cheyenne Patricia Walker Molly Elizabeth Warren Heather Anne Wertenbaker Noell Carol Whaley Kaitlyn Nicole Witt Mackenzie Page Wyman

INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTER OF SCIENCE Atmospheric Science William Oscar Curtiss Tyler Michael Salas Cellular and Molecular Biology Jenelle Nicole Anderson Mairani Vanessa Ramirez Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Rachel L. Lloyd Kadin William Woolever Gino Anthony Zamboni Hydrogeology Isaac Michael-Kevin Bowers Chauntelle M. Murphy Hydrology Conor M. Croskery Neuroscience Christabel Arthur Jillian Nicole Martin Kallie E. McDonald

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Undergraduate Degrees Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND NATURAL RESOURCES

William Payne, Dean

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Agricultural Science Gabrielle Valerie Franco Tatum Jo Gogna Vanessa Zoe Mackessy Sabrina A. Moore Layla Jean Ramirez Matthew Alexander Tapia Isabelle V. Thomas Katriel Jayne Van Cleve Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Zane Hanif Abi-Rached Jackson Thomas Barrow Nikhil Jonathan Boaz Hawkeye Louis Bufkin Plank Bradon Thaddeus Burd Geiselle A. Garcia Caballero William Jair Calleja Jazmyne Alexa Cuevas Heidi Brianna DeLeon-Saenz Elias Jean Pierre Dilles Madylin Rose Dodson Jaydon Ford Azauna Roseena Gebremeskel Hannah Griep Hailey Grace Guerrero Melanie Anh Ngoc Ha Jason Huerta Thaddeus Charles Hunter Megan Nicole Huynh Neilanshu Khemka Taryn C. Law Brandon Christopher Lewallen

Julianna Liu Li Isabella Katherine LoConte Jackson Tyler Nitz Alexa M. Pankopf Gavin A. Paul Asama Phenpimol Ruth Ann Seipel Kambria Jade Sosa Elenora Daisy Twedt Nina Elizabeth Vargas Vera Jacqueline Vaz Kye Zeller Vineyard Donovan J. Ward Biotechnology Flavio Miguel Coronado Austin Kyle Durman Leila Gokcekian Olivia Nadine Hall Brandon Khamsopha Xinhan Li Ryan Lockhart Nicco Gavilo Mayor Nathaniel Adam Moore Celeste Robles Elliott Andrew Runyan

Commissioned as an Army second lieutenant Todd Douglas Maes Kenna R. McCormack Sydney McDonald Elliot James Mernick Josh Rivera Ocampo Jessica Dana Osgard Blake Aaron Perry Alexa Savage Sean D. Shipman Chloe D. Sileo Nathan Tyler Stearns Haley J. Thew Aanakin Ezra Tuncer Owen Michael Watson Makaalynn Wortham Jaden Cleo Wuelzer Lillian Joanna Zinn

Forest Ecology and Management Andrea Kellyn Baker Alina Evans Garrett Heinrich Zac Kuch Henry Jens Kullberg Alan Bao Nguyen Patrick Joshua Upson Rebecca Helen Wahlstrom

Environmental Science Ivan Banuelos Ibarra Lauren Elizabeth Chetley Nutrition Abigail Sue Clarke Emma L. Anderson Matthew Charles Donohue Aislinn Yvonne Behan Katie Elizabeth Fielder Kayla Draper Maira Gomez Chloe Channgkyung Eister Hannah R. Hartley Amari Dezzire Grimes Chloe Elizabeth Yunqiu Hatcher Jessica Marie Guillen-Avelar Katelyn Anastacia Heyl Linnea Grace Larson Evan Harris Jelinek Magdalene Ann Lee Shaun Billy Joseph Haley Kathryn McPhail Zoe Patricia Kelly Chelsey Michelle Merlino Megan Marion Lindsey Clarissa Nicole Mott

Kathryn Ann Payne Madison Ronquist Carly Anne Sanguinetti Nicholas Alexander Schopfer Savanna Turnipseed Daisy Valdez Vaughn Gabriel Vicente Blesethe West Karley Mae Williams Ioannis Nikolaos Zarkos Rangeland Ecology and Management Carson Scott Browder Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Gloria Jaide Bale Taryn Rose Barrenchea Donovan Joshua Davis Delaney DeMorais Rafael Echeverria Sophie M. Fliegler Daesha Nicole Garcia Matthew James Haar Matthew Thomas Kemper Eva Marie Laiti Hailey Mae Lattin Savana Marie Manha Maddelin Irie Osterman Aria Lynn Pauling Ariel Adelaid Pefley Jamie Socorro Reynolds Mike Lyndon Tuazon Rosario Mason Francis Rosebaugh Gunnar John Rullhausen Jacob M. Smith Katriel Jayne Van Cleve Chloe R. Vasquez Garrison Frost Weems Colin Ingersoll Willis

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN VETERINARY SCIENCE Trevor Jefferson Bohannon McKenzie Ann Broughton Emily Kate Carleton Jaide Michelle Cole Nevaeh DiNapoli-Null Kiera Mackenzi Finn Jazmine-Li Gaia Gayhart Sophia Michelle Gibson Nevaeh Hernandez Autumn Marie Jackowiak Samantha Ann Premas Isabelle Starr Robinet Samuel Alexander Wang

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Gregory Mosier, Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS Economics Tatum Jo Gogna Brianna Gratton Ayan R. Patel Cade William Rombardo

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Accounting Cece Anne Elizabeth Ahmad Christopher James Baldwin

Michael Stephen Brock Javiera Cherniavsky-Preller Karla Teresa Coffman Audrey Jenay Cooper Daniel M. Cribbin Princess Ann Nadela Edano Thomas Xavier Forrest Jessica J. Garcia Nolan Richard Garrard Keelan L. Hogan Zachary James Hyzak Megan Chelsea Jackson Cody Jacquart Tyler James Kwist Cassie Caroline Lie April Yatzary Lopez Estrada

Senior Scholars & Mentors

The University of Nevada Alumni Association honors, from each college, one graduating student who meets the Association’s standards for scholastic achievement.

Each Senior Scholar selects a faculty member who played the most significant role in their educational development.

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources Scholar: Julianna Liu Li Mentor: Matthew Tucker College of Business Scholar: Hannah Marie Taylor Mentor: Matthew Hayes College of Education & Human Development Scholar: Kasandra Medina-Torres Mentor: Eleni Oikonomidoy College of Engineering Scholar: Sean Campbell Adams Mentor: Mehdi Etezadi-Amoli Honors College Scholar: Megan Nicole Huynh Mentor: Elena Pravosudova Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism Scholar: Kyra T. Fields Mentor: Joshua Anderson

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College of Liberal Arts Scholar: Alexa Savage Mentor: Roberto Ortiz University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Scholar: Allison K. Frost Mentor: Rachael Walden Orvis School of Nursing Scholar: Mackenzie Kenna Baker Mentor: Kim Buell School of Public Health Scholar: Sierra Lea Wilson Mentor: Eric Crosbie College of Science Scholar: Ashton Gabriel Sharp Mentor: Dean Hinitz School of Social Work Scholar: Rin Xiong Mentor: Lucy Cummings

Emily Luong Erin Melisa Martinez Madeline Sage McCalley Sanjna Mehta Mateo Anthony Mendoza Penny Marie Murphy Luke Yu Nicolas Jack Bowden Nowling Jason Perez Izabella Marie Quinonez Jesus Ernesto Rangel Adam J. Rogers Connor Charles Self Christian Anthony Shearer Hesston Dean Stacy Xiaotong Su Hannah Marie Taylor Manraj Singh Thind Enefiok Etim Udi Katherine Villanueva Lopez Peter Jaysen Ward Accounting / Information Systems Shivani Bhardwaj Michael Samuel Chudnow Kimberly Edith Elizondo Soto Brielle Nicole Lucero Liam Nathaniel Oster Economics Jesus Avila Ramos Michael Anthony Caliz Jr. Nathaniel Zayne Childers Isabelle Ama Dalla Ivan Do Dominick A. Floratos Adam Luke Frey Spencer Leo Grimm Benjamin Kwan Grohs Melissa Marie Harker Andre Arturo Haro Perez Moriah Christy Heavey Jürgen Hirt Maxwell Hosafros Brett James Hovde

Lucas John Laurita Hui Li Jaisyn McCarthy-Flux Jeremy Miranda Derek Anthony Montoya Tasil Patel Jose Ramirez Jr. Cole Yoshio Schumaker Peverel Dennis Shipley Jack Stein Jordan Elise Stephens Noah Tran Brooke Rey Willingham Finance Aidan F Aherne Alexsandro Angulo Eduardo Barajas Evan Louis Bava Dylan Thomas Bickers Sebastian Hans Bihrer Benjamin J. Bland Jalen T. Boone Victor Christo Calub Luke Brian Carter Joseph Cheng Andrew Iver Clutts Kevin James Collity Eric R. Craig John Christopher Craig Daniel M. Cribbin Seth Garrett Cruze James E. DeLeon-Saenz Kest Arthur Demerjian Shaosong Deng Thomas Xavier Forrest Adam Luke Frey Mark Aaron Gaddis Donovan Aaron Gaiger Ryan Fernando Gamez Jessica J. Garcia William Christopher Garratt Ally Nicole Graves Gavin Thomas Gregorec Benjamin Kwan Grohs Ethan Grant Guensler

Adalia Susanne Haddock Jeger Grothe Halbjorhus John Lucas Halki Andre Arturo Haro Perez Matthew Haugen Ashlen Elizabeth Hicks Brett James Hovde Zachary James Hyzak Nezha Idrissi Kate J. Kassity Tyler Patrick Keenan Alexander Keon Khorshidi Lexi Sue Kixmiller Felix Abucejo Ladaga Brian Lamas Lopez April Yatzary Lopez Estrada Hui Li Aiden Jacob Lipman Alex Turan Lopeman Bruno E. Macias Katherine Mary Manoukian Mark Meiszburger Mateo Anthony Mendoza Jeremy Miranda Derek Anthony Montoya Hayden Harold Morris Iver Walday Naess Cooper Joseph Nagel Dustie Rose Nelson-Chehock Nyla Thi Nguyen Jack Bowden Nowling Joel Emmanuel Palabay Samuel Christian Payne Jason Perez Dominick Michael Phillips Devin R. Poe Brian Eiamyotha Putnam Nathaly J. Ramirez Sanchez Jesus Ernesto Rangel Michael Anthony Reyes Victor Manuel Rodriguez Emmett Ryland Rosario Christopher Tyler Schwarz Jason Thomas Severson Dhruv C. Shekar

Mason Naim Shohet Ector Javier Silva Jake James Smaha Jack Stein Lydia Marie Thiess Seraphina Torres Enefiok Etim Udi Nickolas Kenneth Vargas Katherine Villanueva Lopez Brandon David Wall John Stone Walsh Ava Browning Williams Alexander Wong Meitong Wu

Rajshi Sidher Joseph T. Snyder Luke Lee Spearman Connor Scott Tidd Julian Delo Tumaliuan Joseph Richard Way Nicole O’Connell Woolley Aidan Thomas Yamamoto Javin David Yorgensen

Information Systems Agatha Lou Dancel Alcantara Rania Al-Ghuleh Vivian Jacqueline Alvarez Tyler Matthew Authement Andrew Bennett Bain General Business Tyler J. Bales Brooke Emma Baker Tanner John Barnhart Michael Jennings Ball Ayden James Bath Jack William Barrington Prenon Washim Billah Ayden James Bath Christian Ryann Blasi Grant Bergdoll Daryl Alexander Boykin Seven Tahveon Brooks Colter Shay Chilicas Yano Brandon Douglas Charbonneau Karla Teresa Coffman Natasha Chetty Matthew D. Makakoa Croarkin Abel Jeremy Duke Bradford Salvador Ehlen Garrett Lee Davis Parker DeClercq Justin W. Ellis Alyssa Rochelle Domingo Matthew Joseph Fagundes Natalie Marie Duenas Jack J. Franz Travis Scott Ganong Christopher Blaine Eigenman Andres Eduardo Garcia Nathan Charles Ernani Rudolfo F. D. Gonzales Uribe Corel Rabara Escartin Michael A. Gonzalez Ellen Leilah Fisher Mason Kali Griffiths Chase Allen Fiveash Adalia Susanne Haddock Julianna Michelle Fuentes William Tyler Ham Collin A. Guerrero Taylor Gray Holder Max W. Holmes Matthew Byron Johnson Andrew Craig Huck Conner Jeffrey Langston Gavin Ide Cameron Jonathan LaPoint Dalton James Johnson Kai Michael Malaccorto Andre Amir Marshawn Jones Jordan Drew Malmlov Gregory Matthew Jordan Jr. Elida Priscilla Medina-Arellano Cole Marshall Kushan Jack North Carlos Humberto Landa Zachary David Perez Scott Gregory Levin Riley T. Shea Lele Liao Spring Commencement • May 2025

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Ian Benedict A. Libed Yuan Yih Luo James Alan Martens Matthew Hoseas McDonald Jon Jordan McLaughlin Reagan Kathryn Merriam Juan Morales Jesse Kyle Moran Logan Paul Mushrush Michael Joseph O’Donnell Eden Patricia Osanna Jack Raymond Palliser John Pantoja Dylan Perkins Iris Ivette Rodriguez Sharar Shahed Hayley Sloan Jerome Seymour Smith Steven Talavera Steve Tamayo-Cervantes Austin Vaughn Kyle Weinberger Jayden Williams Jake Wilson Anna Terisa Woods Arthur L. Yan Garrett David Yost International Business Masha Boyko Alyssa Nicole Cook Lola Louise Gugel Marae Maggie Hankins Kaiya Kawamoto Alicia Jean Keene Otto Andres Noack Sierra Morgan Johnathan Ramos Valeria Rangel Benjamin Paul Ruiz Yesenia Ruiz Garcia Kazuma Sato Management Kaho Abe Cecilia Sophia Aguilar Gabriella Katrina Alvarez

Allysa Nicole Ballinger Virchelle Lougene Banks Hunter Bernie Barrios Julia Susan Beaty Benjamin Nathan Bell Cynthia Elizabeth Beltran Ryan William Berkowitz Joshua Charles Bloomfield Tyson Robert Bond Evan Steven Brandt Adriana Nicole Briguglio William Kamalani Buickerood Ingrid A. Burrola Estudillo Cody Jacob Callahan Ornella Sofia Cardenas Justin Richard Clark Jeremy Brandon Xavier Lao Co Amaia Paige Condon Oliver Benjamin Cook Lily Esther Cota Zachery William Crews Geno C. Crow Angelo Malakai Cuba Simon Andrew De Freitas Jackson Carter Detken Sophia P. Calculli DeYoung Mia Marie Diorio Alana J. Domingo Kaya Eileene Torres Estrada Gianna Falcocchia Carson Burbank Fish Mason Randall Flores Branden Fermin Garcia Gracie Ann Garrett Alexander Joseph Gentry Tucker Lee Goodspeed Shane Burkett Green Jake Anthony Guzelis Tyler Joseph Harrison Alexander Thomas Harryman Rian Marie Hepner Nolan Robert Housley Thomas Ian Jaekel Ethan John Jean Arabella Elizabeth Johnston

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Blake Edward Kelly Kooper Kijanka Texas Grady King Addaline Kingon Ketric Justice Kulwin Jacob Thomas Lannert Scott Gregory Levin Ava Sophia Linares Jonathan Heng Ly Guadalupe Magana Arias Tyler G. Markovsky Grace Denice Martin Emilio Martinez Kai Thomas Martinez Alyssa Ann McCombs Renicko Nakiso McDonald Cory Steven McIntyre Alec Lee Mclean Zackary Christopher Meixner Noah Rian Mitchell Alyssa Josephine Moffett Allyssa Danielle Monroe Grace Gillian Moss Dominic Laurence Motter Christian Jose Murillo Sota Namiki Michael David Nannini David Thomas Nugent Mason Larry Packheiser Jacqueline Padron Garcia John Patrick Palmer Brennan Peiffer Kathryn Leeann Ramsey Skyler Christine Raper Marissa Grace Reyes Savana Kinsli Rogne Tyler Jacob Rowan Ryan Evan Russell Michelle A. Salem Rafael Eduardo Sarrade Brandon Antonio Satter Tyler Ryan Schmidt Zachary Michael Schreurs Jacob Allen Shrout Max Domingo Shurtz

Naliyah Lizette Simpson Kira Linn Smith Skyler Vernon Hans Steele Chloe Sienna Steigerwald Jennifer Ashley Steinberg John F. W. Stinson Christopher A. Thacker Kyle Trapp Grace Margareta Vincent Colin Andrew Wagner Cole James West Cameron Giovanni Williams Kate Allyn Windfeldt Ryan J. Wolfson John Dexter Estrellado Yago Jiana Marie Zielke Management/Marketing Daniel Antonio Ayala Diego Alberto Ayala Charles Beaumont Bush Bronsen Costello Kyle A. Cracchiola Nicholas Jeffery Daniels Parker DeClercq Ethan T. Gorden Ashley Holt Caiden G. Hoopes Dillon David Jenkins Lauren Grace Luedtke Benjamin A. Marty Sonialynn Emiliana Kaimipono Ng Natividad Georgina Delfin Nitcha Jocelyn Yaide Perez Ortega Kamryn Jacquelynn Prince Ehzeriah Ariel Rivera Althea G. Tolentino Santos Joebelle Santos Elle Kelyssa Sizemore Mark Andrei Alquiza Tabua Joseph David Valenzuela Rachel Wilken

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Marketing Justice A. Acosta Logan Lee Adams Storm Allen Jevin Amrhein Marquis Chester Ashley Jr. Hayden Miller Auld Alexandra Grace Avant Hunter Pietro Bacci Allysa Nicole Ballinger Matthew Nicholas Balmy Virchelle Lougene Banks Julia Susan Beaty Cynthia Elizabeth Beltran Joshua Charles Bloomfield Ava Bonk Ashley Jean Bowen Gavin John Breckenridge Adriana Nicole Briguglio Andrew J. Brown Jessica Nicolle Carabasu Trevor R. Castillo Ryan Jade Chapman Jeremy Brandon Xavier Lao Co Camrynn R. Cole Amaia Paige Condon Isaac M. Connors Jarek Cook James Manuel Corbett Namar Stephon Cornish Jamison Benjamin Cota Lily Esther Cota Zachery William Crews Chris Critzer Bracket William Davidson Owen Cooper Davis Evan Joseph Depetrillo Logan Steele Desersa Sophia P. Calculli DeYoung Alexa Grace Diciero Jordan J. Dolan Alana J. Domingo Kaya Eileene Torres Estrada Hailey Rae Evans Gianna Falcocchia

Madeline Reed Ferguson Kaithlyn Garcia Herrera Ryan P. Gonzales Garvey Detlef Gordon Jaden Giavanna Grande Jack Alexander Grey Gianna Kay Griffith Riley Haghian James Anthony Hanson Ashton Peter Hart Rian Marie Hepner Hunter Granville Holloway Ashley Ann Jensen Emma Johnson Arabella Elizabeth Johnston Abigail Armelina Karver Addaline Kingon Ketric Justice Kulwin Karly Noel Larreau Ann Domenicale Love Irving Daniel Lucas Guadalupe Magana Arias Tyler G. Markovsky Parker Glen Martin Kai A. Matheson-McNaught Ryan Christopher McCombe Cereya Mettler Stephanie Rose Miller Kassidy Nalise Moreno Mia G. Morey Grace Gillian Moss Savanna Mrazik Kylie Emer Murakami Elle Kate Murphy Mark Louis Nugent Ayden Sebastian Pacult Grant Anthony Parker Matthew Pesusic Mindy Thuy Mi Phan Juliette Maria Pinero Lauren Elizabeth Price Samantha Lynn Price Kaiya Quintieri Michelle Rose Raulino Portia Lucia Receconi

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Alyssa Marie Rice Iris Ivette Rodriguez Savana Kinsli Rogne Benjamin Lee Ronkovich Ulises Salazar Michelle A. Salem Blake Nicholas Sapp Tyler Ryan Schmidt Ryan Joseph Sear James P. Schultz Caitlin Qianyi Smith Sander Aaron Smith Melissa Diane Steele Chloe Sienna Steigerwald Jennifer Ashley Steinberg Josey Ann Steinecke Dominic Blaine Thoma Hayden T. Throckmorton Kyle Trapp Mitchell Paul Valdez Venetia Ware Nena Ann Weldon Brent Wilegus Kate Allyn Windfeldt Joanna Wu Lianne Kiyoko Yamamoto Jiana Marie Zielke Shayne Andor Zupnik

Deana Isabel Espinoza Talia Isabel Guzman Ryan Lyle Herman Brett William Lopez Casey B. McDaniel Andrea Gail McMullan Allison Grace Rank Charles John Reyes II Zachary Pakela Rodenhurst Agustin Binuya Valdez Natalia L. Warzecha Graysen Christopher Yonano

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Human Development and Family Science Regina Aguilar Becerra Jade Nicole Beard Leanah Elyse Bell Isabella M. Bustillos Fallon Carlile Tracy Virginia Cartwright Ashley Niyellie Corona Samantha Skye Drucker Haylee Alesha Epperheimer Mahalia Jada Espiritu Odalys Maldonado Farias Lauren Elizabeth Fentress Katherine Grace Heskett Taylor Morgan Howard COLLEGE OF Dulce Alondra Infante Silva Leah Carol Johnson EDUCATION Niya Janee Jones AND HUMAN Chloe Le Grande DEVELOPMENT Denise Ly Donald Easton-Brooks, Dean Alondra B. Magana BACHELOR OF ARTS Amanda R. Mastrosimone IN EDUCATION Asia Marie McCoy Secondary Education Stella Jane Merritt Kristy Linn Peverley Anderson Hailee Elizabeth Mulic Jose A. Anguiano Santiago Cynthia Natalia Parra Gloria Jaide Bale Sara Elizabeth Reynolds Taryn Kathleen Burr Jennifer Arlet Rocha Kylie Breanne Burton Sarah Rose Connor Ambrose Dowd Chyennah May Rowe

Tijani Sammama Stacie Louise Schaniel Reagan N. Shacklett Jessica Dianne Simkins Riley Sage Skogerson Breanna Rose Stack Izzy G. Steerman Emily Jean Ann Teague Sydney Mckenna Tomko Calley Karran Tran Megan Anne Walsh Shaylynn Claire Walters Hayden Elizabeth Wilson Jezel A. Wood Abigale Ruth Zimmerman

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION Integrated Elementary Teaching Alexis Alexander Hailey Deanne Andrew Cailynne Rayne Bixby Hannah M.M. Chatfield Jordanne April Clinton Jennifer Diaz Kenna Jane Diesner Brooke Elizabeth Echeverria Jordan Lynn Eddington Sarah Michelle Edwards Lauren Grace Gunter Sierra Kathryn Higdon Maribel Rosario Hudson Ilyssa Iyulores Makenna Lee Koschik Piper V. Langson Megan Elizabeth Lujan Emily Rose Lyons Ellie Joann Manus Cristal Martinez Barranco Evan James Mcallister Ananda Michelle McCrea Hailey Elizabeth McPeters Kasandra Medina-Torres Gracie Lorett Mestas

Sydney Ann Mufarreh Mia Rose Munson Skye Emma Murakami Peyton Grace Parker Kendal Nicole Perez Brook Lyn Risner Taylor Trask Megan Nicole Vaskov Victoria Grace Waisanen Thaniqua Marie Williard Kylie Ann Woolsey Carly Anne Wright Secondary Education Ivan Banuelos Ibarra Jacob Martin Campbell Melissa Carrasco Kylie Mae Cathcart Max Gabriel Covington Samuel David Erickson Megan Marion Lindsey Brendon Allen Trimble

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Indira Chatterjee, Dean

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Tatianna Rose Beck Natalie Elizabeth Bowman Angelo Rocco Carlini Anjalee Marissa Gitthens Harely Guerrero Godwin Opeyemi Igbeoyi Kemma J. Kolstrup Raphael Luy Rachel Ximena Lykins Jacob Alexander Masterson Daniel A. Mendoza-Jimenez Benjamin Todd Miller Jordan David Nattenberg Erica Lee Nichols Jada Julia Okaikoi

Garrett Page Pettipiece Ashwin Mahadevan Rajagopalan Peter J. Ressel Thomas D. Rucinski Ankeet Jai Singh Brendan David Smith Victory Stewart Ashley Carina Yakish

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Sean Joseph Akers Anjali K. Bhatia Mackenzie Douglas Edinger Jayce Wayde Esplin Adam Christopher Georgeson Brett Wyatt Haag Thomas Thaddeus Hamby Isaac William Harrison Jared William Keller Matt Long Rowan Loranz Nathan D. Merkle Aidan Andre Perrin Arthur Ramirez Mitchell Curtis Rathbun Jose Regalado-Lopez Aisling Lee Rovarino Samantha May Thompson Stephanie Hope Werth

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING Amar Akhtar Emilee Grace Bryan Terrell Drew Calinog Tyler Edward Campbell Elany Lynn Capacia Esteban Carrillo Fabian Castaneda Frank Czechan Samuel James Elvick Attiqa Fida Conner Ryan Gage

Peter Charles Gilbert Mitchell Val Gray Daryn Elvis Harper Aiden Parker Hechavarria Kenny Douglas Hoskin Kalia Johnson Jamison Sky Kaboli Otto Maxwell Kellner Kyle H. Larragueta Hannah Rose Loeffler Austin Michael Long Kyla Wakayama Lowery Philip Alexander Mackovski Andrew Antonio Madrigal Emily Rose Milliken Alexandria Reghan Mustard Markus Petures Wyatt Christopher Prather Alyssa Reichert Alyse Elizabeth Schultz Andrew John Scolari Zephyn R. Sellars Zander Wallis Simone Samuel Sturgeon Travis Jerome Tomlinson Travis Joseph Tompkins Joshua Suarez Torrecampo

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Sean Campbell Adams Reginald Joshua Alanguilan Sebastian A. Andrade Alyssa Diana Aragon Ali Amadou Ba Christine A. Francisco Barlaan Brandon Beck Saransh Beniwal Sachin Bhatnagar Lucas Bernard Black Diego Benjamin Borne Thomas Braun Cole Leandro Carley Natalie Carrero

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Guilherme Domingues Cassiano Alicia Wai-Hun Chiang Mary Katherine Cottier Christian Culanag Cisco Spencer Dacanay Henry Liam Dalton Rino Anthony David Adam Nicholas Davis Lucas Alen Davis Antonette Di Diana Jose Diaz Christalin G. Dorsey Stephanie Y. Du Nicholas John Finne Brandon John Foy Liam Elden Francisco John Ethan Glenn Zachary S. Greenhill Matthew Richard Guild Awarded Posthumously

Kevin F. Guity Perdomo

Computer Science and Engineering Hannah Renee Haggerty Wyatt Thomas Haley Jake Michael Herweg Kai Moriyoshi Hiratani Shayan Hosseini Christopher Jack Howe Jia An Huang Brendan Conner Ingersoll Owen James Ingram Joseph Elijah Jacobson Nicholas Jarvis Brandon Michael Julian Zakhiriddin Kholmatov Dillon Christopher Kiernan Jude Luca Koenig George Richard Kokkinis Alexandra Koroleva Aiden Quin LaPierre Pearson J. Lawrence Patrick J. Lehr

Adam Lei Dustin Naoki Mader Vedant Malhotra Haley Jordan Marquez Michael R. Martin Edward Martinez-Anaya Domminic Lee Mayer Nevan P. Mcilwee Nathan James Michelotti Joel Daniel Molina Nicholas Cedric Moore Michael Salim Munakash Miguel Luis Muniz Colter Ray Niemann Evelynne Nivera Josue Jacobo Ochoa Sarah Michelle Orner Matthew Andrew Osorio Emanuelle Jumave Pelayo Alexander Perez-Herrera Carmine Potirniche Vanessa Quijano Delgado Brandon Ramirez Carson Ramocinski Jack Bennet Rau Jacob Deacon Reddicks Lexie Jo Reddon Sutter D. Reynolds Chase Atticus Rodie Sean William Rolandelli Kaleo Mekhi Sanchez Garrett J. Sharp Robin Pratap Singh Tommy Smith Matthew Stenvold Dmitrii Sukhotin Juno Suwanduan James Torres-Davila Nikola Tunguz Madeline Veric Nolan Veha Visitacion Yatin Wahi Zachary Alfred Waiksnoris Kaitlynn Ann Wayman Carter Alexander Webb

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Stephen A. West Eric Ashton Westenburg Aaron J. Whitaker Richard S. White Zachary Edward Wilhite Nathan Jeffrey Wright Reni Jiyun Wu Hayden Zamboanga Heather Nicole Zechter Oliver Woon Zolan

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Colter Rolland Adams Sean Campbell Adams Rayder George Alterman Isabelle Amanuel Derrel Archellian Dominic Harris Bacci Tatianna Rose Beck Natalie Elizabeth Bowman Joseph Brea Dimitri Nicolai Brozowski Tyler Kirk Burfield Angelo Rocco Carlini Taylor S. Coad Miles Carpenter Comstock Jayden Elliot Davis Luc Gregory DeWitt Hunter Austin Donaldson Chanceler Lee Duncan Eduardo Garcia Harely Guerrero Pattra Senem Gulbag Brandon Charles Hubbell Dillon C. Hughes Ronald Cy Icely III Godwin Opeyemi Igbeoyi Chanda Ilunga Guy Colby Rae Johnson Vanessa Marie Kalenits Megan Nobu Kershaw Jon H. Kessler Rachel Ximena Lykins Christopher-Jerre Mengu

Wallace David Norris Garrett Page Pettipiece Fernando Quintero-Ferreira Canon Rank Peter J. Ressel Sebastian Rosales Valenzuela Sukhreen Kaur Sandhu Soo Hong Shin Prabhakar Shrestha Hannah Michele Siegel Nathaniel Simpson Brendan David Smith Henryk William Sosnowski Ezra Daniel Sutedjo Hamza Ibrahim Syed Ivan Thomas Gocheco Uy Joseph Mario Wilkinson Villa Ashley Carina Yakish Steven Edward Zummallen Jr.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Maya Mary Abraham Aidan Christopher Barnes Joshua Baughman Diego E. Castellano Isaac Benjamin Cooley Jordyn Briana Dashiell Devynn Nikole Dunn-High Zachary Carter Hooker Richard Darrell Rubins

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Ethan Christopher Anderson Joy Lian Calhoun Jonathan Lizandro Ramos Grace Crystal Suenram Eric Valdovinos

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Jude Benecio V. Alsasua Anthony Araiza Gonzalez Enrico Santos Arvisu Julian Alexander Avalos Marlen Badillo Delgado Larissa Colette Beauchamp Evan Arthur Bond Shaina Davis Buksa Sofia Carmona Guerrero Ryan David Coleman Joseph Jaydonn-Taylor Day Evan Wallace Doe Antonia Evtimow Christopher Wayne Fletcher Jr. Claire P. Foy Preston Hideki Fu Johnavon Jacob Garcia Cooper Dayne Gillespie Giovanni Godina Richard Stanley Hayward Jr. Jordan Elizabeth Jackson Zacary Micael Jaggers Ashman Hunter Jeffers Joshua Donovan Jones Alexander Douglas Jorgensen Kurt Juarez Leonell Antinino La Rosa Zachary E. Lapierre Justin Tuan Le Easton C. Leath Beth Camille Marcotte Ethan Wesley Markham Jose Luis Marquez Tanner Bitz Mcilree William James Moore Cory J. Murphy Zachary Colin Myers Nicholas Negrete Halak Pratik Patel Christopher H. Pinar Lincoln R. Pinoski Jordan David Price

Logan Taco Sebastian Prins Tyler G. Quick Shanti Arceo Quinto Brandon Adali Ramirez-Lopez Aaron Wadsworth Rapp Katja Day Rodgers Diego Rodriguez Roberto Aurelio Rodriguez Theodore Roy Daniel Sayo Tanner Patrick Schultz Madison Michelle Shipp Amanda Claire Smith Ian Patrick Smith Parker Edward Smith Jeffrey Richard Sorom Kayla Nicole Steinhorst Kyra Lynn Talusik Kayleigh Alexandria Tracy Tiffany Giselle Trujillo Troy Ichiro Uemura Emily Megan Walters Hunter Frederick Weigle Levi Walker Woods Justin K. Xin

DONALD W. REYNOLDS SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

Gi W. Yun, Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS Journalism Liliana Alejandra Abel-Suarez Aaron Gene Silag Arao Malia N. Ascuaga Joseph William Azar Natalie Odette Castro Alexa Morgan Darcy Elijah Ezekial Dulay Chase Michael Dulude Kyra T. Fields Teagen Zoe Flourens Nathan David Francis Katherine Hayes Fulwider Alyssa Jade Gershman

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Wyatt Joseph Gusewelle COLLEGE OF Dominic Miguel Gutierrez LIBERAL ARTS Lily Marie Hammond Casilde Isabelli, Dean Piper J. Heath BACHELOR OF ARTS Emily Grace Hess Anthropology Mckenna Keglovits Sophia Kate Arroyave Aleah Telesia Kathleen Liilii Stephanie Bowman Christian Alexandra Manriquez Ariah S. Brown Andrew S. Maples Abigail S. Hampton Crawford Kyrstiana Rene Marangi Adrianna Nicole De Roo Alyson Bailey Marimberga Claudia Estevez Rivas Mitchell Patrick McHugh Stephen Matthew Franzen Kammi Miyashita Emma K. George Amelia Madeliene Moss Bailey Ann Hill Lola Tru Musgrave Taryn C. Law Stephanie Navarro Rocha Alyah Lemons Sophia Grace Nebesky Zoe Pearl Mehr Winter Serena Nelson Brangelitee Orozco Ayala Autumn Kaitlyn Novotny Adriana Sarai Ortiz Averey Kaelyn O’leary Ian Scott Pruneau Jace E. Ouchida Rebecca Reinhard Alexa Doris Patton Bryce Glenn Sager Daniela Marie Perez Anika Brooke Schauss Clayton Edward Posey Mirabel Stansbery John Joseph Purdy II Breanna Katie Stephen Hunter G. Ramberg Chase Jay Stogner Derek Andrew Raridon Kurt S. Stumpf Megan Marcella Ratcliffe Kiana-Chante Vance Gerick S. Robinson Audrey M. Roden Art Charles Bernard Sakmar Lindsey Aker Heather Renee Saxe Brianna L. Burgin Matt Segarra Kylie Breanne Burton Archer T. Smith Angelina Christy Lee Buswell Riley Alexa Sorge Sara Chaney Gregory A. Stone Delaney Kathrynann Creekbaum Jack Marin Tessler Kayla P. Dent Emma Margaret Tomeo Kylee Nicole Denver Lexi Trent Sydnee-Rae Filimina Dukes Ameda Isoken Uwaifo Alisha Lynn Fertal Nathan Alexander Vallin Luca Graniglia Alexandra Faith Waisanen Makena Analisa Gulino Kadreanna Walker Jeannie Harrison Stormi Dawn Welch Maya R. Hottot

Lorna Vivian Howard Austen Elisabeth Loftus Luke Giovanni Marazzo Kaylee Lynn Nielsen Meika Natasha Onigkeit Grace Kathleen Pahor Kate Elaine Payne Julia Spencer James Douglas Steele Callie Hayze Sumsion Michael C. Tegio Allison Lynn Van Buskirk Carime Anahi Virgen Art (Art History) Brianna L. Burgin

Christian Michael Jernigan Ashley M. Kirtley William Tyler Krupp Jackson Cole Lee Colby James Malkovich Corrine Elaine Mathews Casey Shannon McCord Katelyn Ann McLinden Joshua Marcus Mechanick Ryan William Middleton Amelia Madeliene Moss Jared Myrehn Stephanie Navarro Rocha Daisy Partey Davina B. Pruett Riley Faith Rosenberg Rileigh Mackenzie Shull Danielle Catrice Stroup Nathan Alexander Vallin Stephanie Marie Whalen Grace Catherine Woerner Macey Jo Yeghiayan

Communication Studies Alize Krystal Aguilar Isabella Anderson Miguel Angel Beltran Gonzalez Hunter Rose Birkeland Noah B. Blut Darian Daniel Bojkovic Dance Kaylee L. Borden Masha Boyko Alexandra Grace Borrecco Alyssa Rae Von Eberstein Josie Ann Bonnell Bradach Regan Christine Bradley English Braeden Joseph Burrows Sophia Kate Arroyave Alyssa Jean Burton Megan Lee Atoz Tosca Rose Chelini Gloria Jaide Bale Lauren Shanelle Collins Taryn Kathleen Burr Sam Darakhshan Sadie Alice Byers Riley Scott Edwards Zoey Claire Cambley Nathan Joseph Erlich Taylor Jean Canty Maya Julia Fankulewski Paige Ryann Casagrande Jack Emerson Foley Astraea Skye Chester Marisa A. Gagnon Kosette Monique Anne Côté Devin Nicole Gates Percival Crano Katherine Josephine Gladding William Stevenson Crosby Christopher T. Goode Aubree Lynn Diez Olivia Rachel Greene Deana Isabel Espinoza Lily Marie Hammond Gavin David Evans Olivia Holcomb Stephen Michael Focha John Michael Horvath Levinita S. Francisco Abigail Joy Jackson Jakob David Gagliano

Aubrey E. Garrard Clarissa Nicole Gibson Guadalupe Guaman-Sanz Mia Hawkins Emily Grace Hess Annelise Morgan Hofmann Dominique Frida Francis Kylan Lagreca Allison Cate Lorenzetti Samantha Ann Mahoney Elizabeth R. Marion Andrea Gail McMullan Aiden W. Melendez Emma Lillian Midgley Miela Sage Offerle Adriana Sarai Ortiz Hannah E. Pippin Seth William Polston Allison Grace Rank Jazmyne Nicole Rios Madison Renee Sandle Riley Grace Schoen Olivia Noel Smith Megan Nicole Webb French Kosette Monique Anne Côté Abigail S. Hampton Crawford Brianna Olivia Durant Logan James Hoopes Ryan Lockhart Shawn Tyler Morton Ariel Adelaid Pefley Gender, Race, and Identity Hope Allen Zoey Claire Cambley Clarissa Fuentes History William Elliott Ballin Jill Elaine Bergstrand Kelly Jack Michael Boston Caleb Joseph Clayton Abigail S. Hampton Crawford Jessica Sherrie Dobyns

Braeden Oswald Doria Connor Ambrose Dowd Aubrey E. Garrard Rachael Mckinzie Griswold Benjamin N. Harrel Kenzie Eileen Hawley Aloe M. Henderson Hayley A. Johnson Brandon D. Lemus Brett William Lopez Casey B. McDaniel Charles John Reyes II Zachary Pakela Rodenhurst Mathew F. Donald Salas Samantha Leigh Snyder Kurt S. Stumpf Agustin Binuya Valdez Victor Stephen Velez Natalia L. Warzecha Graysen Christopher Yonano International Affairs Ingrid Aldea Delicado Joshua Baughman Jarrad Mark Cendagorta Brianna Olivia Durant Kathleen Gail Fralick Daniel Alejandro Gonzalez Justin Alexander Griffin Ana Hernandez-Wong Liesel Maria Kemmelmeier Leah Nicole MacArt Gabriella Christy Mark Emma Olivia Peak Kaylani Eva Redner Steve Robles Ramirez Matthew R. Sauls Maria Enedina Silva McKenzie Beth Stenberg Haruka Yuki Music Regan K. Gallagher Dodge Emily N. Koszuth Grant Lucas O’Dowd Brandon Alan Wilson

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Shailynn Elizabeth Winter Riley Wyatt Musical Theatre Alyssa Rae Von Eberstein Philosophy Clay Bradley Boyd Ariana Marie Deshazer Tatum Marie Huntly Jerardo Nataren Magdalen Veda Paulson Aidan Joseph Peterson Soha Rehan Christian Thomas Schmenk Jessica Ann Struckman Noemi Valle Diaz Macie Marie Walsh Tripp N. Williams Political Science Isabella Anderson Kristy Linn Peverley Anderson John David Barnett Aucoin William Elliott Ballin Soraia Katie Bohner Clay Bradley Boyd Zoe Kathryn Butterfield Jarrad Mark Cendagorta Curtis Edward Cribbs Jr. Keeli Curl Dawson R. Deal Larissa Donielle Dedera Andrew Joseph Delgado Ariana Marie Deshazer Hope Lynn Fahey Wyatt Allen Fry Clarissa Fuentes Daniel Alejandro Gonzalez Christopher T. Goode Justin Alexander Griffin Talia Isabel Guzman Marine Jolie Heath Piper J. Heath Ana Hernandez-Wong Jarrod Nephi Horn

Bahar Jazani Christian Michael Jernigan Marta Leticia Juarez Aguilar Liesel Maria Kemmelmeier Alexander Keon Khorshidi Kaysan Eugene Lange Kyle Andrew McIntosh Megan Millar Sonia Bella Mun Jerardo Nataren Roderic Newton Andy Hieu Nguyen Tylie I. Norcutt Elliot Anthony O’Grady Ayan R. Patel Emma Olivia Peak Isabella Aylin Reese Soha Rehan Steve Robles Ramirez Ruben Tomas Rodarte Matthew R. Sauls Anika Brooke Schauss Christian Thomas Schmenk Megan Rose Seuss Maria Enedina Silva Ronnie Hoang Tran Isabella Esther Valdivieso Ana Laura Vazquez Cerritos Owen Michael Watson Linda Q. Weathers Tripp N. Williams Blake D. Wilson Janice Li Cheng Wong Nate Young Social Research Analytics Liesel Maria Kemmelmeier Sociology Paige Ryann Casagrande Lauren Shanelle Collins Anastasia Rose Coons Abigail Dykes Tyler Goss Bahar Jazani Logan Paige Kearney

Karolyne Anne Keller Casey Shannon McCord Brenda Monrroy Sonia Bella Mun Isabella Aylin Reese Talia Marie Rosen Breanna V. Sanchez Victoria Belen Sears Rileigh Mackenzie Shull Ricardo-Antonio Soto Rachel Stamps Spanish Regina Aguilar Becerra Ingrid Aldea Delicado Libby S. Ballesteros Ariah S. Brown Alexis Carman Guadalupe Cortes Solis Viktor Miguel Cruz-Calderon Margarita Felipe Hernandez Grace Leeann French Clarissa Fuentes Aaron Gomez Valtierra Lesli Hernandez Gomez Bita Jazani Kara Susan Koshy Ava Sophia Linares Teodora Lungu Madeline Maier Kayla R. McBain Haley Kathryn McPhail Richy Jerry Morgan Jerardo Nataren Meika Natasha Onigkeit Liam Nathaniel Oster Kassandra Guadalupe Perez Valeria Rangel Alexa Savage Ashton Gabriel Sharp Parker Edward Smith Ramona W. Tobey Isabella Esther Valdivieso Irving I. Vargas Hernandez Ainsley Wilson

Spanish (Language and Society) Jose A. Anguiano Santiago Theatre Liliana Alejandra Abel-Suarez Thomas Jacob Fix Hayley A. Johnson Madyson Katelyn McGraw Alexander Mead

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Joshua Michael Ajizian Mia Mckenzie Allen Mel Kessler Ubaldo Amores Matthew Anthony Anderson Arianna Daniela Argueta Daniel Alexey Astanovitskiy John Oliver Cosme Bolles

Awarded Posthumously

Sky Gabrielle Bright

Criminal Justice Tanner Riley Brown Loralye Kamalei Caldwell Christopher Daniel Capuchino Ethan P. Carmona Hockstedler Natalie Ann Clarke Anastasia Rose Coons Sydney Shea Desmond Zurya G. Diaz De Leon Hernandez Abigail Dykes Hope Lynn Fahey Everette Franklin Foxx II James David Freeman Yasmine Gallegos Leticia Garcia Arreola Alejandro David Garcia Sydney Rose Genchi Emma K. George Mark Anthony Gonzalez Lesli Hernandez Gomez Adriana Rose Taylor Hernandez

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Logan Jon Hirsig Diego Martin Santos Ambrosio Ian James Holbrook Rylan Michael Santos Kaylei Rebecca Holtman Nathan Geri Schmich Aliah Hurtado Larios Raesa Sheikh Jaeden W. Imgard Matthew Silveyra Jasey Jackson Alexa L. Singleton Justin Kim Madison Nicole Smith Annalyse Elizabeth Klekar Rachel Stamps Ashley Nicole Kuzma Sophia Brooke Starrantino Jillian R. Lane Tait Lee Thorvund Heidi Kelly Lara-Acuenteco Kamaya L. Tillett Robert Charles Leitko Jr. Bailey Torres Brooke Lowary Lemacher John James Toulouse Eric James David Leyse Ronnie Hoang Tran Emma Marie Lipowitz Noemi Valle Diaz Maria Del Carmen Lopez Rendon Ana Laura Vazquez Cerritos Gabriel Adan Lopez Mg Clarck Walter Teodora Lungu Linda Q. Weathers Andrew Thomas Macdonald Ainsley Wilson Veronica Madera Camacho Blake D. Wilson Brielle Lynn Madouse Savanna Faith Zaniel Emily Grace McKeel BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS Mylee Keona Milam Art Katy Ponce Montes Abbay Katherine Anderson Sophia C. Martin Montgomery Julianna Emily Horvath Rachel Renee Morton Maya Grace Petite Marianne Rose Mott Eva Jolette Shipley Sierra Mrazik Cody B. Thomas Liam Michael Mulcahy Alfredo Virgen Plascencia Audrey V. Murphy Sydney Elizabeth Neff Graphic Design Katie Oppenheim Anthony Nolan Calderon Brangelitee Orozco Ayala Sean E. Cornell Victor Scott Pantaleoni Matthew Aaron Cunningham Estefany Marlenne Perez Robles Samuel Dominic Duhe Anthony Thomas Perez Ericha Amory Alice Eberhart Kassandra Guadalupe Perez Kenyen Marechris Hicks Ryan Derks Petzing Cole William Pahor Briana Marlene Portillo Olivia Sue Rogers Cristal Ramales Salas Julia Vladimirovna Shumilina Rebecca Reinhard Yesenia Valdovinos Jorge Luis Rodriguez Alano Ray Weddell Jayden Charles Romero Gelsey Gabriela Romo Gomez Breanna V. Sanchez

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BACHELOR OF MUSIC Applied Music Jared Thomas Bielski Juliana Grace Carmona Tyler Andrew Kremers

Sophie Virginia Sam-Gonzalez Alyssa Nicole Sawyer Olivia Smihula Jacob C. Williams Sarina Beth Zimmerman

Music Education Sean Michael Sady Evan Van Vo Tyler David Wheaton

Charles Yingling, Dean

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

Paul J. Hauptman, Dean

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Speech Pathology Elizabeth Adcox Lindsey Adderly Tania Moreno Alcaraz Lucinda Love Bryan Andre Rylee Erin Apodaca Annahi Ayala-Flores Abigail Mary Bartko Emma Lynne Brown Tamsen Mary Burr Valarey Annette Carrasco Crystal Caycho-Guerra Katherine Fiona Clement Abigail Marie Cordova Emma Carolina Digiorgio Margarita Felipe Hernandez Allyson D. Fox Allison K. Frost Linsey Gonzalez-Aguilar Micaela Margaret Graham Amanda Marie Harvey Jodie Hoover Regan Grace Jasper Madeline Maier Allison Nicole Mick Brylee Eileen Monroe Kylie Rei Nakasu Juliana Oliver Eric Adrian Reyes Reeze Vinuya Romero

ORVIS SCHOOL OF NURSING

Cierrah Andon Shawna Bacon-Burr Mackenzie Kenna Baker Madeleine Grace Barnard Rachel Leigh Berry Abby Larhe Boyden Shannon Marie Bradley Amelia Brooke Brady Zachary R. Burns Pia Dominique Escueta Cabahug Saniya Allanah Carrillo Amber Rene Casbarro Jose Ericson Marco Castillo Rhaeya Anjelykah Cendana Erica Chavez Nyah Chio Sarah Jayne Clarke Nicholas Thomas Cole Kevin Andrew Cross Alexandria Taylor Cruz Tara Curti Genevieve Darling River Lance Dimapilis Jasper Sheppard Fievet Caryl Julliene Biala Gabon Courtney Gates Chardenae A. Soria Gonzales Lauren Mackenzie Granger Madison Claire Granger Emma Marie Guerrero Wasim Habib Jada Mikel Halle Raven C. Harmon

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Jaylee Harrington Audrey Olivia Smith Calli Stephanie Hess Alexis Somes Madelyn Thuy Trinh Ho Cathreen M. Mostoles Soriano Gabrielle Christine Houston Skyler Lee Steiner Cameryn Erin Ingram Makenzie Sundby Justice Jerry-Bill Michelle Thanh Taaffe Emma Marie Knuf Kyle Taboada-Lobaugh Francis Kumar Paul Chifung Tam Esther Y. Kwon Erika Linda Tancreto Shelby Anne LaCoste-Winter Trever Nolan Tellez Rachel Lockhart Jadie Lynn Teurn Makenzie Colin Lukas Nathan G. Turner Angeleen Marie Lumbao Isabella Christine Van Note Ava Anastasia Marcic Micah Daniel Van Nuys Angela Sachiko Hokulani Martin Leah Vengley Caitlyn Marie McTier Alwen Vergara Amanda Marie Menendez-Rains Michelle Mondarte Vidad Jia You Mihov Anthony Jun Villanueva Julian Alexander Molina-Lopez Christina Lee Wardle Cordelia Isabel Moreno Samantha Welsh Wayland Moreno Allison Paige Wiegand Jacob Andrex Navarro Ava Marie Williams Katherine Taylor Neal Nia Andrea Williams Isi Okodogbe Sophia Marie Woodard Hailey Brooke Oliver Kimberly A. Zachgo Ashley Ann Dayap Otero Jadyn Alexandria Zamora Norma Lupe Padilla Kaylea Nicole Jean Patridge SCHOOL OF Taylor Addison Perry PUBLIC HEALTH Katelyn Elizabeth Peterson Muge Akpinar‑Elci, Dean Kayla Poe Brandylee A. Prentiss BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Juna Lauren Priest Community Health Sciences Emily Province Evan Roan Achtabowski Vincent Quiroga Caly Hau’oli Ah Soon Dobnei L. Remington Anthony Michael Aiello John Raymond Robinson Emma Rose Almaraz Nataleah Helena Rodriguez Brianna Alvarez Karla Vanesa Rosales Kristen Elizabeth Amaro Katherine Grace Schmuck Thomas Hilton Amezcua Kathleen Isabel Schultz Yaire Avendano Rakeshkumar Selvakumar Olivia Banbury Antonia Patrice Shannon Ariene-Athen M. Bautista Skylar Mai Sheahan Alexia Monika Black Emelie Elisabeth Small Logan Scott Braley

Ashlyn Marie Brim Jillian Elaine Sameron Tijani Sammama Isabel Mae Cannon Selena Eloise Santillanes Candy Vanessa Castro Gomez Leslie Denise Chavez-Leon Elizabeth B. Josephine Sesay Alvin Chen Katherine Lee Shaw Lupita Torres Felipe Jordyn Rae Chiotti Nicole Torres Janelle Camille Cole Karson Fredrick Condit Abigale Kathleen Weeks Addison M. Welker Hunter Lee Cooper Sierra Lea Wilson Wyatt Nohea Dart Kiely Dawn Wonders Iman K. Calaoagan Dimalanta Stephanie C. Yanes Sandoval Dylan Ashton Divecchio Georgia Brooke Elderkin Kinesiology Dominique Noel Elias Diego Aguilera-Jimenez Kassandra Etoumi Alyson Ajdini Emma Grace Fadell Aaron Michael Altamirano Jessica Rose Fahnhorst Raymundo G. Alvarez Elisabetta Favaloro Javin P. Basabas Rachel Nicole Fenton Jessica Suzanne Berrisford Audrey Cheree Googins Aaliyah D. Bey Saurav Shane Grewal Asya N. Bey Ashley Nicole Guinasso Jaden Luka Butcher-Cummings Aaliyah Margaret Jenkins Aurora Carlson Kenadi Kersting Julia Ida Clarke Brenda Vanessa Lopez Alvarado Keegan Ries Compston Heidi Luna Chyler Cooper Madeline Rose Nichole Manning Samantha Louise Cortez Tatum J. Maytorena Katherine Maxine Dedrickson Nathan Patric Mead Michael Albert Doerr Samantha Jo Mellison Alexis Michelle Donato Megan Emilia Merlino Grace Fargen Julian Alexander Molina-Lopez Cole Matthew Feinauer Alexa Marie Moline Tatiana Idalys Franco Dominick G. Payne Dyson Elias Frank Amalia Pema Kira Marie Gibson Janice Yamileth Perez Galvan Alanna Belle Gilbert Breanna Danielle Pollnow Emily Elizabeth Gossen Nicolae Adrian Pontius Aidan Xander Gray Hailey Jordan Pugh Grace Marie Griffin Gisselle Quintanilla Rachel Noel Huff Kaelyn Ren Makayla Kessler Ashton Adams Ringkob Kailey Janee Klonicke Nataleah Helena Rodriguez Sarah Eumorphia Kokkinis Nicholas James Root Marshall Levy Devaneaux Alexander Sagaral Spring Commencement • May 2025

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Mariana Lopez Baez Christopher D. Loyola Gomez Eric Matthew Lu Jesus Alberto Medina Jacob Nguyen-Domingo Taylor Morgan Paxton Lucas Austin Peterson Karla Kassandra Rangel Luke V. Rhodes Sandra Annette Rohr Kai Domini Santos Tatiayana J. Simpson Kaci Lyn Sipple Mia Yuriko Takekuma Cherish Evi Wickman Jenna Ray Yamagata Riley Jay Zimmerman Delanie Grace Zucco Public Health Rhine Ahmed Lean Ashley Altez Kaelyn S. Baltazar Gloria Moncerrath Barragan Jasmine Bernal Madison Michele Braz Makaila Jae Cabuhat Moreno Julia Michelle Campos Kellie Ray Capps Melissa Carrasco Isabella Gabrielle Chavez Celeste Cortes Rivera Guadalupe Cortes Solis Keara Lauren Deutschman Kylie Ann Dominguez Dominic Giovanni Donato Malcolm Amory Feest Mila Eileen Finau Gerard Gonzaga Charleen Emily Gusky Julia Lynn Hammonds Cole Harris Mariah Harris Kelsey Rae Hector Teresa Marina Hurtado-Tyner

Shantel Yciar Imatz Jordyn Paige Irby Shayla Marie Joe Nicole Mary Johnson Dena Tewolde Kelati Logan Jared Kerney Anastasia Katerina Kime Haylie Jade King McKenna King Vanessa Nicole King Justin P. Kinsella Abby Melissa Krause Arianna Allison Kurth Michaela Mae Laret Nevaeh Tseabe Ledesma Matlyn Kay Leetch Katie Letos Allison Patricia Little Kirsten Emiko Locke Naomi Simone Lockett Brooke Ashley Londeree Kyla Catrina L. Loong Astri Lopez Toni Danielle Mack Karina Giselle Madera Marianne A. Lerum Maghirang Belle Violet Keilanalea Martin Angela Ana Martinez Sydni Martinez Xochitl Mateos-Meneces Morgan Jody Matsumoto Tatiana Nisha Mayers Payton Ashley McGinnis Shane Newton Mckay Jasmine Paige McNinch Sarah Lynne Merrick Cole George Merrill Isabella Rosa Amarilla Mesones Cassandra Meza Jessica M. Miller Shannon Alexis Miller Zoie Michelle Miranda Ryan David Nalducci Katherine Taylor Neal Carson Gene Niederhaus

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Kathleen Tomoko Ohno Malubia Abidi Onyeagolu Austin William Overton Carla Palomares Montoya James Vito Parisi Aaron Keith Planeta Trinity Rose Sandridge Emma Scheppmann Vallabhi Gopal Shah George Connor Smith Payton Ann Smith Madison Janelle Stacy Caitlyn Renee Stephens Ryan Mason Streyle Kambree Takekuma Angelique Abcede Tanaquin Madysen Kaylee Torres Shanna Ganina Valera Elenoa K. Vatikani Madeline Alexis Wade Tanner Eldon Wallace Romiapreet Kaur Waraich Kyle F. Wehner Payton Yi

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Louisa Hope-Weeks, Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS Geography Owen Jon Nolle Katelyn Nicole Norris Mathematics Kendra Cruz Ryan Lyle Herman Psychology Gabriella Marie Antonucci Koral M. Archuleta Taylor Kaitlyn Areia Erik Artavia Paul Anthony Taizou Atoigue Libby S. Ballesteros Kevin C. Banales Jaquelin Becerra Sanchez

April Lurene Benton Auriah Berlynn Nichole Bernal Awarded Posthumously

Sky Gabrielle Bright

Psychology Gianna Nicole Boccia Denilson Eliel Capilla Alexis Carman Amy Castillo Carlos Renato Ceja Nya Chaney Jaelyn Curl Riley Maven Danielson Juliana Dominguez Ashley Marie Doyle Celeste Cheyanne Dugger Matthew Dean Erickson Mahalia Jada Espiritu Karlee Luann Eubanks Teresita Susan Fernandez Alexa Paola Fonseca Garcia Jaydon Ford James David Freeman Lucia G. Lopez De Ahumada Arianna Gabrielle Karla I. Garcia Huizar Lauren Grace Gerber Stephanie Ghossain McGlaughlin Guisell M. Gonzalez Arellano Immagen Grace Goodman Jessica Danger Green Anna Dominique Gutowski Lauren Ashley Halloran Emily Grace Porter Hanley Melanie Hanly Stefani Lucia Heredia Madelyn Honsberger Aunna Michelle Humphries Victoria Guadalupe Jacinto Jasey Jackson Bita Jazani Robert Joseph Gillette Jordan

Hayden Alexander Jory Meena Karki-Hampton Avery Kauffman Karolyne Anne Keller Taylor Anne Koon Emily N. Koszuth Mattie Lane Israel Daniel Lara Emma Elizabeth Linn Jaden Antonio Luna Ana Cristina Magana Gonzalez Alondra B. Magana Madison Mary Matullo Chloe Stella McCarthy Eric Fernando Medina Brenda Monrroy Katy Ponce Montes Abigail Michelle Morand Ashlyn Renee Munoz Mitchell A. Murway Kevin Edward Najarro Kira Cathleen Nave Kelseayne Nicole Nevin Kyla L. Olson Luke Jason Orlando Aleyna Tarese Ortiz Alexis Raelynnn Pinon Aubrey Grace Price Jofran Tonantzin Rea Lauren Faith Scarpa Victoria Belen Sears Anastasia Seator Sadie Belle Shore Samantha Anne Smith Kimberly Solis-Miranda Ricardo-Antonio Soto Trevor Swetkovich Madison Tayler Mia F. Thompson Logan John Todd-Nelson Linda Paola Valdez Mejia Yenifer Villegas-Gomez Vivian V. Vo Macie Marie Walsh Abigale Hailey Zoey Waters

Elizabeth A. Wickenhiser Sage Elizabeth Sexton Wilcox Zachary Edward Wilhite Ainsley Wilson Kendal Wood

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Atmospheric Science Aspen Eileen Cronn Miles Grieve Biology Jordyn Leeann Amberson Madeline Christine Annett Sarah Lynn Arendt Marco Julian Barraza Nicole Elizabeth Belleci Andre Maximillian Brown Jr. Bryce Sothea Brown Daniel E. Buchholz Camryn Grace Buikema Geiselle A. Garcia Caballero Alexia Cecilia Canas Jaden Richard Carrizzo Jhulianna Abygaile Cendana Ryan Chanthapadith Viet Quoc Chu Isiah Collins Julie Cruz-Valle Madison Alis Cutler Michael Austin Daggett Zoe Lin Dao Sydney Iris Delker Anslee Elizabeth Dickerson Alyssa Malea Domingo Leobardo Raoul Dominguez Jr. Patrick Hin Dorrough Julia Eve Emerson Samuel David Erickson Djecko Yarte Estacio Jyothiraditya Eswara Caden Nicolas Fernandez Heidi Kristine Ferren Dylan Florence Matthew Isaiah Flores

May Irene Flores-Hill Cassandra Pena Palacios Savannah C. Marisa Freebury Benjamin Riccobene Selena Garcia Joseph George Rivera Bradianne Rene Glover Kylie A. Romero Jack Griffin Angie Girmarely Ruiz Centeno Matthew James Haar Amena Sabir Scott Henry Hartman Ezarai Lissette Salas Afra Israr Hasan Shea Lea Sanchez Kelsey Rae Hector Nadine Celena Savelly Mayra G. Hernandez Valadez Halyn Marjai Senegal Nevaeh Paige Holland Jonathan Michael Shenkberger Jada Paris Holloway Carson Sison Kimberly Michelle Hudspeth Kaden Tyler Smith Donnay Tatum Hunt Lina A. Strand Lauren Michelle Hunt Brendon Allen Trimble Mahealani Brigino Inciong Breseis E. Vargas Jacob Dylan Johnson Carolyn T. Vo Jade Janique Johnson Cameron R. Waitkus Thomas Anthony Klein William Macneil Wigmore Noah W. Koons Alyssa Williams Kara Susan Koshy Cassidy Wolfe Brianna Jayne Lancaster Madeline Joy Wright Elizabeth Belle Lee Mya Leticia Wright Delaney JoAnn Lewis Anna Yotsuuye Dea Lika Geography Mathew Dirk Lish Joshua Orlando Harris Traeden Daniel Loa Kayla R. McBain Gisselle Beatriz Lopez Martinez Mei Xue Lu Mathematics Anthony Lyster Logan Beier Leanne Gayle Lacson Mariano Jackson Henry Blake Frida Medina Brenden David Bowles Anna Elisabeth Mendoza Hawkeye Louis Bufkin Plank Waverly Mercado Kylie Mae Cathcart Lucas Pierre Miers Max Gabriel Covington Hailey Marie Mitchell Brandon John Foy Sarah Alessandra Morton Liam Elden Francisco Malena Leeann Murphy Khyber Troy Johnson Nandini Maya Naidu Aiden Quin LaPierre James Randall Nichols Ryan Shang Jin Lee Chinazam Stephanie Obi Jillian Parichart Pfarr Dianara Valery Ortiz Peverel Dennis Shipley Elizabeth Jane Patterson Harrison Stairs Dylan Patricia Peach Alex Edward Szczepucha Ariel Adelaid Pefley Ramona W. Tobey Spring Commencement • May 2025

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Brian Timothy Guthrie Microbiology and Jessica E. Hernandez Escobedo Immunology Heather Ann Huntington Rohit Balaji Michael Peter Keller Tyler Lee Barberie Lena Lydia Kemmelmeier Flavio Miguel Coronado Hridika Khundkar Rachel Eileen Davis Vanessa Anne Loseke Yajahira Dircio Kelly Ayaka Mader Anna Dlabalova Vincent Andrei Lumbad Esconde Jessey Lee Merritt Eva Marie Murphy Anthony Michael Essex Lesly Lissette Navarro Chavez Christine Maxine Pia Fuego Ashlyn Grace Nelson Justin Scott Greminger Jakoby Ryan Palma Melis Guzelkucuk Alyssa Danica Pangilinan Brianne Angelica James Emily Su Ra Kassandra V. Johnson Joshua Allen Reyes Alexandra Koval Christian Rojas Xinhan Li Fayza Salah Bethany Elyse Lundberg Michael William Donald Salas Marcus Trung Lyle Sanjay Shankar Lesley A. Martinez Isa Shimura Ram Joshua Cabbo Masilang Haojin Song Shawn Tyler Morton Lauren Leilani Soong Vidhi Pandit Emma Lani Hope Stauffenberg Audrey Marie Rank Kameron B. Stelzriede-Kellogg Celeste Robles Jacob Thomas Tack Caulin Robert Ross Bea Natalia Hallig Tan Larissa Brianne Sanches Vera Jacqueline Vaz Blakeley Marie Shoemaker Kelly Duy Tran Physics Camilla Tuyet Vong Logan J. Friedrichsen Carson Michael Wong Jacob Harrell Sreecharan Sai Middi Neuroscience Leonardo Emmanuel Rodriguez Niko Loukaitis Amari Nico Laszlo Vagner Woenam Kwesi Amissah Christian Allan White Zoie Isabella Armijo Neil Arya Babu Psychology Lucy Aiko Burnham Kylie Jordan Abrahamson Jasleen Kaur Chana Danielle A. Arrivillaga Albizures Kensal Grace Coudriet Leanah Elyse Bell Ethan Robert Crum Peyton Elizabeth Benner Viktor Miguel Cruz-Calderon Jeffrey R. Boatright Jr. Jessica Kaye Day Alexander Michael Bourke Sequoia Frances Genz Tivona Henry Brumfield Ashlene Kaur Gosal

Karli Ann Burns Jaiden Ann Sullivan William Jair Calleja Jordan Devon Tobin Claire Elizabeth Tsang Lillian Mary Clark Ashlyn Jo Tuss Anthony Isai Del Angel Calderon Ava Mary Doyle Bryce Dean Wellman Rin Xiong Elyse Mishel Dulaine Oliver William Yee Ashlynn Faith Duncan Nevada Escapa BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Grace Leeann French IN CHEMISTRY Araceli Lynn Galarza Isabel Briano Nikka Adelle Gallegos Justin R. Draper Olivia A. Garcia Lillianna Marie Gay Christian A. Girardot Santiago Martin Anthony Kerr Shelby Leigh Hannigan Erika Lazo Kaitlyn Harvey Claire Michelle Nelson Kassandra V. Johnson Stephanie Hope Werth Zoey Ann Keely-Busboom Emily Ryan Wolf Lena Lydia Kemmelmeier Ishani Amari Knight Sage Nella Koebcke Anna Elizabeth Leff Karina Andrea Lopez Catherine Low Denise Ly Caitlin Elizabeth Mackay Tara Paige Marjerrison Madyson Katelyn McGraw Marlie Mehrtens Ashley Morgan Morales Jaydon Andrew Mullins Carter Howard Navarre Kaela Sofia Negrych Gray Ryan Osgood Douglas Mason Peck Chloe Nguyen Pham Lindsey Dawn Reighley Carli Danielle Rice Jenna Elizabeth Rupp Mia Paige Sandoval Diamond K. Santiago-White Mikayla J. Sargenti Ashton Gabriel Sharp Casey Alan Smith Odessa Ann Stewart

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING Ashlynne Korene Springer James Christopher Thomas

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGY

Vahid Alizadeh Behbahani Trevor Patrick Ellsworth Sterling D. Ferguson Sarah Nicole Math Daniel Christopher Olivera Andrew Siciliano

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING James Allen Huerta Amber Ann Thompson

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MINING ENGINEERING Austin Porter Alley Diego Padilla Gonzalez Natalie Nicole Rubio Austin Warren

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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Lillian Wichinsky, Dean

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

Sandra Rene Aburto Abigail Louise Acciari Yesenia Aguilar Vasquez Yulisa Magaly Aguilar-Arreola Melissa Ann Alexander Melina Amador Ariana Yareli Anaya-Rios Fiana Anderson Emely Yasmin Bahena Libby S. Ballesteros Michael Kawika Berry Amare Canner Joseph Anthony Cano Brian Amado Carias Rodas Nathan Carrillo Rachel Endrina Casey Paola Desire Castillo Saavedra Abigail Betonio Castro Vanessa Lizeth Chacon-Avila Danielle Rae Covington Donna Jane Dastrup Madison Leona Dawson Taylor Michelle Dela Torre Michael Della Madeline V. Patricia Deluna Kaelan Marie Diaz Raeanne Renae Dickson Marian Taesha Estrada Olivia Sophia Etter Sofia Ewers Serina Fennell Emily Marie Fletcher Desiree Rose Floyd Eric Eugene Foreman Yasmin Gallegos Reyes Lissette Garcia Velazquez Gary Clayton Gilbert Mayra Alejandra Gomez

Lucy Cannell Pyle Peyton Ryan Fosher Aaron Gomez Valtierra Stephanie Idalia Rivas Giovanna Lina Franco Iris Anahi Gonzalez De Jesus Sophia Cristina Rivera Kali Addison Freele Brittany Marie Greco Alexis J. Rodriguez Zachary Jay Garber Alexandra Gutierrez Angel Marie Romero Rayner Garrett John Graves Abigail Velasco Haduca Kimberly Rosas Tellez Gianna Hall Sydney Rene Hare Bobbie Jean Roybal Deston Hawkins Andrew Zachary Hartman Atlas Galt Jantos Jared A. Russo Jennifer Peckham Harvey Amanda Ashley Hayes Kaylee Michelle-Corrine Sailors Kaden Isaiah Johnson Katelyn Eileen Herbert Giselle Sanchez Alaniz Hunter Joaeph Kaupiko Gia Ashlynn Herrick Melissa Katherine Schweble Pauline Gale Laxamana Coombs Rainey Ann Ryu Hultsman Ruth Lynam Tielynn Marie Scott Jordyn K. Ignacio Katherine Elena Segura-Segovia Makenna Elizabeth Lyons Maricela Jacuinde Martinez Timothy Alexander Sheldon Nathan Paul Maas Leah Carol Johnson Cody Elias Shepard Gledhill Ethan Jagger O’Neal Katelynn E. Grace Kirchubel Isabella Pauline Shuey Kalob Mahlon Pereira Gabrielle L. Casas Kullmann Yasmin Perry Beatriz Silva Montenegro Madison Renee Kuzma Nicolas Garrard Pike Graci June Smith Brisa Lara Gutierrez Jamie E. Protani Mitzi Gabriela Talavera Adan Alex Lynn Leathers Caleb Jachon Ramseur Rylie L. Thacker Lizeth Gabriela Lechuga Gomez Aedan Tupu Seiuli Adriel Joseph Tolentino Kaylee Reneeann Lessig Jacob Staggs Bailey Kaye Trease Nadia Lopez-Guerra Jacob Alexander Taylor George J.R. Uzueta III Ashley C. Lunt Sarah Turner Ryan J. Vallejo Parissa Martinez Connor Thomas West Kayla Elaine Wilson Sadie Rachelle Martinez Sherese Nichole Wilson BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Rin Xiong Jennifer Mayorga Correa Computational Linguistics Katie Zarate Megan Lindsay McCrossin Lanielle Marie Pavlik Kevin Patrick Mohan Theresa Marie Mondgock INTERDISCIPLINARY Alexandria Irena Moore BACHELOR OF ARTS Angelo M. Moreno Olivia Elaine Oliveria Interdisciplinary Studies Brooke Amanda Olson Nicholas Evan Barcelos Kelly Joanna Ortiz Luca Christian Bucciachio Kimberly Pacheco Avila Carissa Noelani Chainey Mikayla Lyn Pagh Jeriah A. Coleman Izayah Pando Tre E. Coleman Guadalupe Paredes Kitan Jashon Crawford Melanie Ali Perez Mendoza Dominic A. Desch Emma Adelaide Peterson Samaya Dunn De Pulido Sarah Elizabeth Phillips Jordan Patrick Medel Dino Shea Lee Pitts Xavier V. Dusell Karina Ivanna Preciado James Scott Ferry

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Honors College Graduates The Honors College provides undergraduate students from across the University with enriching curricular and cocurricular experiences that allow them to develop their skills in the College’s four mission pillar areas – resilience, ingenuity, stewardship, and equity. The Honors College awards three designations to its graduates, corresponding to the three honors curricular pathways. These designations are Honors Baccalaureate (14 honors experiences), Provost’s Scholar (12 honors experiences), and 1874 Scholar (10 honors experiences).

HONORS COLLEGE

Matt Means, Dean

HONORS BACCALAUREATE Nikhil Jonathan Boaz Camryn Grace Buikema Lucy Aiko Burnham Charles Beaumont Bush Alexis Carman Jasleen Kaur Chana Isabelle Ama Dalla Yajahira Dircio Anna Dlabalova Adam Luke Frey Megan Nicole Huynh Lena Lydia Kemmelmeier Sage Nella Koebcke Emily N. Koszuth Taryn C. Law Dea Lika Isabella Katherine LoConte Vedant Malhotra Madeline Sage McCalley Shawn Tyler Morton Nandini Maya Naidu Jerardo Nataren Jada Julia Okaikoi Jakoby Ryan Palma Nataleah Helena Rodriguez Riley Grace Schoen Vallabhi Gopal Shah Kambria Jade Sosa Bea Natalia Hallig Tan

Ramona W. Tobey Vera Jacqueline Vaz Megan Nicole Webb Christian Allan White Tripp N. Williams

PROVOST’S SCHOLAR Shaina Davis Buksa Andrew Iver Clutts Rachel Eileen Davis Piper J. Heath Shayan Hosseini Christopher Jack Howe Joseph Elijah Jacobson Justice Jerry-Bill Jacob Dylan Johnson Jamison Sky Kaboli Bethany Elyse Lundberg Kelly Ayaka Mader Angela Sachiko Hokulani Martin Seth William Polston Celeste Robles Agustin Binuya Valdez

1874 SCHOLAR Kaho Abe Zane Hanif Abi-Rached Isabella Anderson Sebastian A. Andrade John David Barnett Aucoin Isabel Briano Tivona Henry Brumfield Jaden Richard Carrizzo

Nyah Chio Mary Katherine Cottier Viktor Miguel Cruz-Calderon Julie Cruz-Valle Ava Mary Doyle Samuel David Erickson Jyothiraditya Eswara Alina Evans Tatiana Idalys Franco Leticia Garcia Arreola Selena Garcia Lillianna Marie Gay Hannah Griep Miles Grieve Harely Guerrero Matthew Richard Guild Brian Timothy Guthrie Marine Jolie Heath Rian Marie Hepner Bailey Ann Hill Zachary James Hyzak Hayley A. Johnson Jade Janique Johnson Otto Maxwell Kellner Jude Luca Koenig Sarah Eumorphia Kokkinis Alexandra Koval Karina Andrea Lopez Kyrstiana Rene Marangi Alyssa Ann McCombs Haley Kathryn McPhail Nathan D. Merkle Allison Nicole Mick Emma Lillian Midgley

Benjamin Todd Miller Ashlyn Grace Nelson Michael Joseph O’Donnell Vidhi Pandit Alyssa Danica Pangilinan Victor Scott Pantaleoni Alexander Perez-Herrera Yasmin Perry Asama Phenpimol Jack Bennet Rau Jofran Tonantzin Rea Alyssa Reichert Fayza Salah Sukhreen Kaur Sandhu Carly Anne Sanguinetti Kazuma Sato Raesa Sheikh Peverel Dennis Shipley Jacob M. Smith Kira Linn Smith Matthew Stenvold Jacob Thomas Tack John James Toulouse Elenora Daisy Twedt Katriel Jayne Van Cleve Madeline Veric Carolyn T. Vo Donovan J. Ward Linda Q. Weathers Nena Ann Weldon Blesethe West Zachary Edward Wilhite Makaalynn Wortham Ioannis Nikolaos Zarkos

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1925

THE PROMISE OF HISTORY Commencement Ceremony 100 years ago featured a major announcement, and several University firsts position leading the world’s 1925 was an important rubber industry in 1925. year for the University of Clark mobilized the Nevada Nevada. Over the course Experiment Station to look of the previous year, the into the rubber content in University celebrated th a state plant, rabbit brush. the 50 anniversary of its It was one of the first founding in 1874. Longtime examples of the University University benefactor working to solve a global Clarence Mackay in spring problem. When the senior 1924 announced that he Clarence Mackay and University President Walter Clark. members of the Class of and his family would be 1925 were looking for a donating approximately prominent place for their gift to the University – a $700,000 to build the University’s endowment, circular stone bench – Clark ensured it was given provide further investment in the Mackay School prominence, and gave the OK to locate it near the of Mines Building and for the construction of a new entrance to the University’s grounds overlooking the science building for the teaching of physics, chemistry University lake. If people literally needed to see the and mathematics. One year later, in 1925, University product of what the University was producing – an President Walter Clark was determined to capitalize on educated workforce – this 1925 bench would be one the momentum created by the record-setting gift from of the first things to greet them as they visited the the Mackay family.

University.

Clark, an Ohioan who had taught economics and

By May 1925, Clark had a major announcement business at City College of New York for 15 years, was planned, and made it during the May 13 appointed as the University’s fifth president in 1918. His Commencement ceremony — a $2,000 scholarship goal throughout the 20 years he served as president that would be awarded to a Nevada high school was to prove whenever possible the University’s value graduate. The scholarship would be based on to the state. 1925 was a great example of how the high school record and the promise the individual white-haired, well-spoken Clark went about doing this. demonstrated “as a useful citizen of the state and England, with colonial-based monopolies on many community,” the Reno Evening Gazette reported. natural resources, had a particularly advantageous

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The scholarship, the first of its kind in that it specifically targeted rising Nevada high school students, could in some ways be considered the forerunner of the Millennium Scholarship, introduced

by Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn in 1999 to a much wider swath of backgrounds of deserving Nevada students which revolutionized the state’s higher education system in the early 2000s. Although Clark’s scholarship – funded by an anonymous donor – was a single

scholarship, the effort to bring more attention to what the University had to offer the students of Nevada seemingly began to work. The following fall, the University reached a record enrollment of 837 students, 590 of whom were from Nevada. In a September 1925 interview with the Nevada State Journal, Clark said: “Approximately 590 youth from the Nevada population of about 77,500 is a high ratio, possibly the highest in the Union to be shown in publicly supported colleges or universities.” He added proudly that the increase was “nothing short of remarkable.”

Commencement 1925 was remarkable in other ways, too. It marked the largest graduating class in University history – 87 students. And in a rarity for the time, a University student graduated in three years.

Leota Maestretti, 17, who was born in Austin but raised in Reno, earned that distinction

Cars along North Virginia St. in Reno, circa 1925.

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Aerial photograph of the University, circa 1925.

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following a whirlwind three years that saw her earn a bachelor of arts degree as well as a special diploma to teach high school. A member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, Maestretti was well known throughout Reno as a violinist. Maestretti, who at 17 was too young to legally teach in Nevada, would pursue graduate studies in music at the University of California in Berkeley and later at the University. As she grew of age, she did teach, music at Sparks High School and Northside Junior High School in Reno before becoming a court reporter. Leota’s love of music never left her — she was a member of Reno Musicians Union 368 and was one of the first people to ever perform live on one of Reno’s first radio stations, KOH. She was married to Embree Raiford (Class of ’36) for nearly 30 years when she died at age 64 in 1971.

1925’s Herz Gold Medal recipient was Alice Norcross of Reno. It marked the second straight year a female student earned the distinction of having the highest scholastic standing among that year’s graduating class (Nevada Semenza of Reno was the 1924 recipient).

Norcross’ uncle was Frank Norcross, a member of the University’s three-person first graduating class of 1891 and later a federal judge. She was a staff member of all three of the campus’ student publications — yearbook, arts publication and newspaper — was a member of the women’s field hockey, rifle, basketball and tennis teams, and belonged to the English honor society as well as Pi Beta Phi sorority.

Alice won the award after overcoming being hit by an automobile and striking her head on a sidewalk on the University campus the previous September.

She married Lt. William Organ, a graduate of the Naval Academy, in New York City in August 1929 and

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Alice Norcross entry in the 1925 Artemisia Yearbook.

returned to live in Reno during World War II while her husband, who would eventually become a rear admiral, served in the Pacific Theater. She chaired Pi Beta Phi’s 75th anniversary celebration on campus during this time. Alice passed along a love of lifetime learning to her three children. Wrote her daughter Perry, a longtime English teacher in the Wellesley University alumni magazine, “Art has been a grounding force for me – painting, music, literature, the lot.”

For all the history that was made that day, the day itself was drab and dreary. The morning ceremony was held in driving rainfall “that soaked the grounds,” the Reno Evening Gazette reported. The rain was so hard the annual processional, where the graduates would gather on the University Quadrangle at the steps of Morrill Hall and then march along with faculty and administration to the University’s Gymnasium, was cancelled. Those in attendance — which reportedly was much greater than the year before — were enthusiastic as Clark made his announcement and degrees were conferred.

Wrote the editorial board of the Nevada State Journal about the 1925 ceremony: “Yesterday some 87 boys and girls at the University of Nevada were graduated from that institution with pomp and circumstance befitting that epoch in their careers.

Slowly and by degrees they have been advanced in wisdom and learning and now for the first time they really commence to live.”

University Awards

Presented at the Friday afternoon Commencement Ceremony

Honorary Doctorate degrees, also known as Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, are awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to the improvement of academic programs and academic life at the various institutions that are part of the Nevada System of Higher Education.

HONORARY DOCTORATE 2025

HONORARY DOCTORATE 2025

RALPH BURNS

MARILYN NEWTON

Numu Elder Ralph Burns has played a pivotal role in ensuring that the language, culture and traditions of the Numu (Northern Paiute) people is passed on through future generations to both Native American and nonNative American individuals.

After serving in the Vietnam War, Burns returned to Pyramid Lake where he perfected the powwow dances of his people and has been leading them throughout the State of Nevada since. Burns serves as the Cultural Resource Specialist for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Museum and Cultural Center.

Burns has given many Indigenous blessings at major events at the University, such as Commencement, the New Student Opening Ceremony, and the State of the University. He has become a cornerstone of the University experience, enriching the time of each student, staff, faculty, alumni and community members who attend University events.

Burns has also been an influential figure on campus as a highly respected Paiute Language teacher, serving as an instructor in the Department of World Languages and Literatures. He began teaching the Northern Paiute I course at the University in 2019 and has expanded his curriculum and coursework significantly since.

Additionally, he teaches Paiute Language courses at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. In 2011, Burns received the Nevada Heritage Award for his work advancing the culture of the Northern Paiute people.

Marilyn Newton’s award-winning and groundbreaking career as a Nevada photojournalist spanned 52 years, officially starting in 1963 but actually beginning a few years before that. Hired at age 12 by the Carson City Nevada Appeal as a papergirl, Newton had her first story (a two-paragraph sports story) published at the age of 12 and her first photo published just a year later. After graduating from Carson High School in 1962, Newton attended the University of Nevada and was hired by the Reno Evening Gazette after just one semester. Within two weeks she wrote her first front page story and within six months she was a photojournalist for the paper.

Over her career she has won close to 400 national, regional and state awards and earned one Pulitzer nomination. In 1992 she was named Nevada Photographer of the year by Shooting the West. In 2002 she was inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame and also won the national media award by the National Leukemia Society for her photos of a childhood cancer cluster.

Newton was named an honorary colonel in the Nevada National Guard in 2005. In 2022 she was inducted into the Women of Achievement Hall of Fame. Countless photos of Newton’s have been donated to the University of Nevada and are stored in Special Collections.

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Regents’ Awards 2025 ACADEMIC ADVISOR AWARD

RESEARCHER AWARD

The Board of Regents established the Regents’ Academic Advising Award in 1998. This award honors outstanding academic student advising with one award granted to a community college advisor and two awards granted to advisors at the state college or universities.

• Malia Mitooka-Ferranto, College of Engineering

Established in 1992, this award recognizes faculty members with substantial research accomplishments, national or international stature, and a significant record of grants and scholarly work.

• Vladimir Pravosudov, College of Science, Biology (Distinguished) • Monica K. Miller, College of Liberal Arts, Criminal Justice (Humanities and Social Sciences)

RISING RESEARCHER AWARD The Board of Regents established the Regents’ Rising Researcher Award in 2008. This award is bestowed upon one faculty member at each Nevada research institution in recognition of their early-career accomplishments and potential for future advancement and recognition in research.

• Joanna Blaszczak, CABNR, Natural Resources and Environmental Science • Pengbo Chu, College of Science, Mackay School of Earth Science and Engineering, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering

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SAM LIEBERMAN REGENTS’ AWARD FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP Formerly known as the Regents’ Scholar Award, the “Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship” award was renamed for Regent Sam Lieberman who passed away in 2020, in commemoration of his service and dedication to public higher education in Nevada.

• Olufemi Erinoso, Graduate • Riley Gillis, Undergraduate

Student Awards

Awards reported as of April 30; includes baccalaureate and postbaccalaureate for academic year 2024-2025

UNIVERSITY-WIDE HONORS Herz Gold medal for Outstanding Scholarship

HERZ GOLD MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP

• Liam Nathaniel Oster

Liam Nathaniel Oster

R.O.T.C. Governor’s Award

College of Business | Bachelor of Science in Business Admin.

Major: Accounting / Information Systems College of Liberal Arts | Bachelor of Arts Major: Spanish | Minor: Japanese Studies

• Cadet Terrel Drew Calinog

R.O.T.C. President’s Award • Cadet William Stevenson Crosby

Cavanaugh Community Volunteer Award • Natalie Nicole Rubio

Henry Albert Senior Public Service Award • Caitlin Shamiya

Outstanding Senior Award • Hailey Grace Guerrero • Om Patel

Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship, Graduate • Olufemi Erinoso

Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship, Undergraduate • Riley Gillis

Student Employee of the Year • Vincent Andrei Lumbad Esconde • Linda Q. Weathers

GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher • Zeynab Maghsoudi

Outstanding Graduating Graduate Student • Kemi Osho

The Herz Gold Medal is sponsored by the Thelma B. and Thomas P. Hart Foundation and the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation.

COLLEGE HONORS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences Outstanding Ph.D. Students • Nadini Gamage • Tracy L. Shane

Outstanding Seniors • Carson Scott Browder • Kiera Mckenzi Finn • Gabrielle Valerie Franco • Katriel Jayne Van Cleve

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Outstanding Ph.D. Student • Elizabeth Jennings • Brian Prince

Outstanding Seniors • Zane Hanif Abi-Rached • Elliott Andrew Runyan

Natural Resources and Environmental Science Outstanding Ph.D. Students • Alexandra Cecilia Coconis • Elijah Nathaniel Boardman

Outstanding M.S. Student • Heather Reich

Outstanding Seniors • Matthew James Haar • Alexa Savage • Rebecca Helen Wahlstrom • Owen Michael Watson

Nutrition Excellence • Matthew Bolino

Outstanding M.S. Students

Outstanding Seniors

• Benjamin Faustino • Frederica Anna Kizek • Victoria Miguel Rodrigues

Outstanding M.A. Student

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Outstanding Ph.D. Students • Thomas Andrew Bridges-Lyman

Outstanding Seniors

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Department Scholar Award • Megan Nobu Kershaw • Jacob Alexander Masterson

ORVIS SCHOOL OF NURSING Dean’s Award BSN • Mackenzie Kenna Baker • Angeleen Marie Lumbao • Danielle Rene Mathews • Karla Vanesa Rosales

• Christopher James Baldwin • Adam Luke Frey • Ameerah Mapp • Steven Spurlock • Hannah Marie Taylor

Mechanical Engineering Department Scholar Award

Department Service Award

• Audrey Rose Arthur • Yvonne Lynette Ramos

Frank D. Arnold Award

• Enrico Santos Arvisu

Dean’s Award DNP

• Anthony Cordoba

• Shaina Davis Buksa

Outstanding Service Award

Dean’s Award MSN

• Kimberly Ruth Hruby

• Marlen Badillo Delgado

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Edwin S. Dodson Educational Leadership Award

Excellence in Interdisciplinary Studies

• Ryan Smith

Excellence in Performance/Artistry

Outstanding Master’s Student

• Kaelyn Campbell

• Chrisanthi Bebis

Excellence in Research

Ross Family Outstanding Social Studies Education Award

• Brandon Kyle

• Zach Pakela Rodenhurst

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

• Shawn Tyler Morton

Excellence in Service

• Catherine Anne Doubek

Health Administration & Policy MPH Academic Achievement Award Social & Behavioral Health MPH Academic Achievement Award

• Zoey Claire Cambley

Outstanding Grad School of the Arts

Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Scholar Award

Outstanding Grad Social Science

• Zachary Carter Hooker • Otto Maxwell Kellner

Outstanding Grad SSRJS

Computer Science & Engineering Department Scholar Award

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

• Sophia Kate Arroyave • Julianna Emily Horvath • Paige Ryann Casagrande • Stephanie Marie Whalen

Speech Pathology and Audiology Outstanding Graduate • Maria Constanza Reardon

Outstanding Senior Award • Kylie Rei Nakasu

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Epidemiology MPH Academic Achievement Award

Exemplar

• Aisling Lee Rovarino • Grace Crystal Suenram

• Sean Campbell Adams

• Samantha Hoeper

• Hamza Asumah

Outstanding Grad Humanities

Outstanding Scholar Award

Ph.D. Student of the Year

• Bahar Jazani

Chemical & Material Science Engineering Department Scholar Award

• Liam Elden Francisco

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

• Munachimso Anthony Emesobum • Tayler William Gerhard • Stephanie Bea Purnell

Public Health Practice MPH Academic Achievement Award • Katrina Marie Larios • Safia Safi

Health Analytics & Biostatistics MS Academic Achievement Award • Riley Cassidy Brown

Kinesiology MS Academic Achievement Award • Kristen Grace Quigley

BS Academic Achievement Award

Wolf Pack Athlete Scholar Award

Outstanding Undergraduate Student

• Julia Ida Clarke

• Allison Patricia Little

• Trista McLaughlin • Billi Parsons • Natalie Nicole Rubio

Wolf Pack Athlete Scholar Award • Julia Ida Clarke

Public Health BS Academic Achievement Award • Sierra Lea Wilson

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Outstanding Graduate Student • Bethany Manalo • Seyedkamal Mousavinezhad • Kemi Osho

Durham Prize • Ashton Gabriel Sharp

Vernon E. Scheid Award • Katelyn Nicole Norris

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Gordon C. Frisbsy Award • Diego Padilla Gonzalez

The Old Timer’s Watchman Award • Payton Frieden

Golden Hammer Award • Travis Fisher

Good Vibrations Award • Austin Armstrong

Westfall Scholars • Brianna Barnes • Logan Coons • Justin R. Draper • Derek Elquist • Brian Timothy Guthrie • Kassandra V. Johnson • Dipin Kapila • Lena Lydia Kemmelmeier • Sage Nella Koebcke • Julian Ness • Katelyn Nicole Norris • Om Patel • Hayden Peeples • Ashton Gabriel Sharp • Andrew Siciliano • Jake Austin Stanovich-Rubalcava • Hailey Snook • Alyssa Williams • Christian Allan White

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Outstanding Graduate Student • Joungmin Lee

Outstanding Undergraduate Student • Aaron Gomez Valtierra

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ATHLETIC HONORS Academic All-Mountain West

Caly Hau’oli Ah Soon – Women’s Soccer Soma Baligad – Men’s Cross Country Michael Ball – Baseball Nicholas Evan Barcelos – Football Jade Nicole Beard – Women’s Soccer Cassidy J. Bell – Women’s Soccer John Oliver Cosme Bolles – Football Kylie Breanne Burton – Women’s Track & Field Carissa Noelani Chainey – Volleyball Natasha Chetty – Women’s Track & Field Victoria Elaine Davis – Women’s Basketball Kylee Nicole Denver – Women’s Cross Country Kylee Nicole Denver – Women’s Track & Field Dominic A. Desch – Baseball Daniel Foster – Men’s Basketball Lucia Gabino – Diving Celime Garcia – Men’s Cross Country Lou Anne Guerbert – Women’s Tennis Gianna Hall – Women’s Soccer Deston Hawkins – Football Taylor Gray Holder – Baseball Paulina Hultberg – Women’s Cross Country Youssef Kadiri – Men’s Tennis Hannah Lee – Women’s Cross Country Hannah Lee – Women’s Track & Field Aleah Telesia Kathleen Liilii – Volleyball Andrew Antonio Madrigal – Football Sergio Mazon – Men’s Cross Country Penny Marie Murphy – Women’s Soccer Claire Michelle Nelson – Women’s Cross Country Claire Michelle Nelson – Women’s Track & Field Ethan Jagger O’Neal – Baseball Yasmin Perry – Diving Caleb Jachon Ramseur – Football Emily Rich – Women’s Soccer Natalie Roberts – Women’s Cross Country Audrey M. Roden – Women’s Basketball Trinity Rose Sandridge – Women’s Soccer Halyn Marjai Senegal – Women’s Track & Field Madelyn Shipman – Women’s Cross Country Madelyn Shipman – Women’s Track & Field Caitlin Qianyi Smith – Diving

Kylie Breanne Burton – Women’s Track & Field Natasha Chetty – Women’s Track & Field Dominic A. Desch – Baseball Daniel Foster – Men’s Basketball Lucia Gabino – Women’s Swimming & Diving Celime Garcia – Men’s Cross Country Lexie M. Givens – Women’s Basketball Lou Anne Guerbert – Women’s Tennis William Tyler Ham – Baseball Hannah R. Hartley – Women’s Basketball Taylor Gray Holder – Baseball Aaliyah Margaret Jenkins – Softball Allison Patricia Little – Women’s Soccer Andrew Antonio Madrigal – Football Tatum J. Maytorena – Softball Penny Marie Murphy – Women’s Soccer Claire Michelle Nelson – Women’s Cross Country Ethan Jagger O’Neal – Baseball Haley Painter – Softball Yasmin Perry – Women’s Swimming & Diving Emily Rich – Women’s Soccer Audrey M. Roden – Women’s Basketball Halyn Marjai Senegal – Women’s Track & Field Madelyn Shipman – Women’s Cross Country Caitlin Qianyi Smith – Women’s Swimming & Diving

NCAA Championships Participant

Jeger Grothe Halbjorhus – Skiing Youssef Kadiri – Men’s Tennis Iver Walday Naess – Skiing Halyn Marjai Senegal – Women’s Track & Field

Nevada Men’s Basketball All-Time Games Played, Games Started Leader Tré E. Coleman – Men’s Basketball

Nevada Softball All-Time Home Runs Leader Aaliyah Margaret Jenkins – Softball

Nevada Women’s Soccer All-Time Goals, Assists, Points Leader Emily Rich – Women’s Soccer

NFCA All- West Region Third Team

Aaliyah Margaret Jenkins – Softball

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO – founded in 1874 as Nevada’s first institution of higher education – was established as Nevada’s land-grant institution under the Morrill Act of 1862, which was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. The act provided access and opportunity for working people who were previously excluded from higher education and helped bring the benefits of emerging research and knowledge to the entire Silver State. The University is notable for its investment of nearly $1 billion in advanced UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO labs, residence halls and facilities over the past 15 years, Motto: Omnia Pro Patria (“All for Our Country”) and its status as a leading research institution, with research Degree-Seeking Student Enrollment: 19,511 and development expenditures of more than $180 Colleges and schools: College of Agriculture, million annually. The University has a statewide economic Biotechnology and Natural Resources; impact of more than $2.2 billion annually. Widely known College of Business; College of Education & Human for its programs in earthquake science and engineering, Development; College of Engineering; Graduate School; the humanities, neuroscience, environmental science, Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism; College bioscience, biotechnology and advanced autonomous of Liberal Arts; University of Nevada, Reno School of systems, the University enjoys a Carnegie Classification ™ Medicine; Orvis School of Nursing; School of Public of R1 as a comprehensive, doctoral university with very Health; College of Science; School of Social Work. high research activity. The University has also been awarded the “Carnegie Engaged” classification in honor of its impactful engagement and collaboration to improve the quality of lives of Nevadans throughout the region and the state. The campus has a traditional yet modern feel, from 140-year-old buildings on the National Register of Historic Places surrounding a Jeffersonian Quad to some of the most technologically advanced libraries, facilities and labs Learn more about our history in the U.S. The University is home to the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine; the University of Nevada, Reno Extension; and NCAA Division 1 Wolf Pack Athletics. Today, the University delivers on its land-grant mission of access to education and knowledge by investing in the academics, facilities, support, engagement and vibrant campus life that promote our diverse students’ cognitive growth and academic achievement – all while remaining one of the best values in American higher education.

University Leadership SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

BOARD OF REGENTS

Brian Sandoval, President Jeffrey S. Thompson, Executive Vice President and Provost Claudia Aguayo, General Counsel Muge Akpinar, Dean of the School of Public Health Sarah Bousman, Associate Vice President for Budget and Planning Doug Boyle, Vice Provost and Dean of the Prim Lake Tahoe Campus Catherine Cardwell, Dean of University Libraries Vincent Catalano, Senior Vice Provost for University Projects and Strategic Initiatives Indira Chatterjee, Dean of the College of Engineering Andrew Clinger, Vice President for Administration and Finance Donald Easton-Brooks, Dean of the College of Education & Human Development Daphne Emm Hooper, Director of Indigenous Relations Aubrey Flores, Chief of Staff Michael Flores, Vice President of Government and Community Engagement Kerri Garcia, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Mridul Gautam, Vice President for Research and Innovation Paul Hauptman, Dean of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Jill Heaton, Senior Vice Provost for Enrollment Services Aaron Hill, Faculty Senate Chair Louisa Hope-Weeks, Dean of the College of Science Casilde Isabelli, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Markus Kemmelmeier, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School Darrell Lockhart, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Matt Means, Dean of the Honors College Gregory Mosier, Dean of the College of Business Tracy Ostrem, Vice President for Advancement William Payne, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources Sasi Pillay, Vice President for Information Technology Stephanie Rempe, Athletic Director Carley Ries, Vice Provost for Online Learning David Shintani, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Lillian Wichinsky, Dean of the School of Social Work Charles Yingling, Dean of the Orvis School of Nursing Gi W. Yun, Dean of the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism

Amy J. Carvalho, Chair Jeffrey S. Downs, Ph.D., Vice Chair Joseph C. Arrascada Aaron Bautista Patrick J. Boylan Susan Brager Byron Brooks Heather Brown Carol Del Carlo Carlos D. Fernandez Pete Goicochea Stephanie Goodman Jennifer J. McGrath

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NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION Patricia Charlton, Chancellor

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO FOUNDATION Frank S. Gallagher, Chair

NEVADA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Michael Hix, President

GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION Tania Akter, President

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA Dawson R. Deal, President

STAFF EMPLOYEES’ COUNCIL Helen Harriff, Chair