Graduation Program by New College of Florida

COMMENCEMENT

FRIDAY, THE Seventeenth OF MAY

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR SEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING

HISTORIC RINGLING MANSION | COLLEGE HALL

NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA

SARASOTA, FLORIDA

RECEPTION FOR GRADUATES FOLLOWING CEREMONY

2024

MESSAGE TO GRADUATING STUDENTS

Graduating Class of 2024,

We extend our warm congratulations to you for this milestone moment and equally warm thanks to your families for their confidence in New College. Your presence here this evening represents an enormous amount of cumulative effort and success.

As you walk across this stage this evening, reflect on your accomplishments and the challenges you have overcome to bring you to this point in your life. We hope that you will occasionally reflect on the important lessons embedded in the strong liberal arts education you received. Only some of you will turn your specific area of concentration into your actual life's work. Most of you will instead benefit in indirect ways from the power of your liberal arts education, which begins with the ability to think critically, to communicate successfully, and to confront new and complex ideas and viewpoints with openness and self-confidence

Indeed, the very idea of the residential liberal arts college focuses our attention on the power of multiple aptitudes in combination - including intelligence, problem-solving skills, and persistence. You have not only succeeded here academically, but you have also managed your time, made lasting life decisions, and dealt with adversity of all sorts.

The lingering effects of this influence will help shape who you are in the years ahead, deepening your sense of the benefits of the small liberal arts college experience. We are grateful in turn to all of you for what you have brought to the campus during your time here, beginning with your intellectual curiosity - the very thing that makes New College special.

No doubt all of you will do well in life, as have New College graduates who have gone before you. But the true measure of your New College education will reside in the multiple ways you bring your powers of discernment, critical thinking, and openness to human differences to bear on the communities in which you live and work You will make a difference, not by being more acquisitive than the next man or woman, but by being more committed to the common good.

Again, congratulations to you and to your family members - as you make the transition this evening from New College student to New College graduate.

Richard Corcoran President

PROCESSIONAL

Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1, Sir Edward Elgar

RDER OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION

Amy Reid, PhD, Chair of Faculty, New College Marshal

Raymond Rodrigues, MPA, Chancellor of the State University System

Richard Corcoran, Juris Doctor, President

David Rancourt, ABD, Interim Provost and Vice President of Enrollment Management

Bradley Thiessen, PhD, Vice Provost

Joe Ricketts, Commencement Speaker

Barbara Hicks, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Division of Social Sciences

Maribeth Clark, PhD, Professor of Music and Chair of the Division of Humanities

Sandra Gilchrist, PhD, Professor of Biology and Marine Science, Chair of the Division of Natural Sciences

Debra A. Jenks, Juris Doctor, Chair, New College of Florida Board of Trustees, Class of ‘80

Heidi Harley, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Peg Scripps Buzzelli Chair, Director of Environmental Studies Program

Mark Famiglio, Bachelor of Biological Science, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Class of ‘75

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

OPENING OF THE CEREMONY

Richard Corcoran, President

REFLECTIONS OF A FACULTY MEMBER

Heidi Harley, PhD

REFLECTIONS OF A ALUMNUS

Mark Famiglio, Bachelor in Biological Science

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Joe Ricketts, Bachelor in Economics, Creighton University, Omaha NE

PRESENTATION OF HONORARY DEGREE

Richard Corcoran, President

REFLECTIONS OF A GRADUATING SENIOR

Grace Keenan

RECOGNITION OF STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Richard Corcoran, President

CONFERRING OF DEGREES

Bradley Thiessen, Vice Provost

Rebecca Noss, Registrar

Sonia Wu, Associate Dean of Enrollment Services

RECESSIONAL

Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1, Sir Edward Elgar

THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Sarah A. Nash Tampa, FL

BACHELOR of ARTS

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Nikolas J. Santamaria Tampa, FL

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Isabella Alvarado

BACHELOR of ARTS

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin

Isabella Alvarado

Social Sciences

Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

Sarasota, FL

Jorg e Alvarez^

Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Halle Belden

Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities

Jacksonville, FL

Alexia Atkinson

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Gabriella Batista

Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

Log an Bell Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Sarah Birdsong^

Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Camila Sonia Blasi Greig

Social Sciences

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Osprey, FL

Michael Bolesh

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Envir onmental Science* & Anthr opolog y with Fr ench Language and Cultur e Secondar y Field Lisbon, NY

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Melissa Alyce Bouchard

Ahmet Sami Cemek

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

Computer Science & Statistics Istanbul, Turkey

Ayse Betul Cemek

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

Biochemistr y with Computer Science Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Julia Cole

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Biochemistr y/Neur oscience Nor th Por t, FL

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Mikayla Sk y Bowling A pplied Mathematics Sarasota, FL

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Religion with Theater, Dance, and Perfor mance Studies Secondar y Field Gainesville, FL

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Christopher Coon Classics Tallahassee, FL

BACHELOR of ARTS

Joshua Broyhill^ Political Science

Annapolis, MD

Isabella Alvarado Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

Marshall Xavier Bustamante Philosophy

Jorg e Alvarez^

Orang e Park, FL

Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

Danielle Campbell

Human Ecolog y* Por t Saint Lucie, FL

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

Nayelis Cardenas

Alexia Craig Marine Biolog y Sarasota, FL

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Janie Day Anthr opolog y Jacksonville, FL

Halle Belden Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Gleimi De Jesus Ar t with Statistics Secondar y Field T honotosassa, FL

Log an Bell Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Biol og y Miami, FL

Alexia Atkinson

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Vivian Cargille

Marine Biolog y Saint Petersburg, FL

Gabriella Batista Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

Liam Parker Car rillo-Rodriguez

Biolog y/Spanish Language and Cultur e Caibarien, Cuba

Ana Cedeno Escobar

Biolog y/Chemistr y Bradenton, FL

Audrey Dixon Theater, Dance, and Perfor mance Studies Sarasota, FL

Sarah Birdsong^ Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

Annie Dong Psycholog y & Ar t Tampa, FL

Madison Dye Biolog y Larg o, FL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

James Dyke

Social Sciences

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Jacksonville, FL

Zachar y East

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Computer Science Sarasota, FL

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Drake Elting Biolog y Tampa, FL

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Rebecca Eng els Cogniti ve Neur oscience* Pompano Beach, FL

BACHELOR of ARTS

Joshua Lazer-Salzhauer Epstein Economics Surfside, FL

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

Brendon Gonzalez Envir onmental Studies with Music Secondar y Field Miami, FL

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

Alexandra Gor man Psycholog y/Envir onmental Studies Gainesville, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Bristen Groves Theater, Dance, and Perfor mance Studies Saint Augustine, FL

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Brittney Hall Biolog y & Envir onmental Studies Niceville, FL

Sidny S. Hall Psycholog y Miami, FL

Leighton Sk yler Findley

Isabella Alvarado Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

Liberal Ar ts Gainesville, FL

Sophie Flem

Jorg e Alvarez^ Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

Biopsycholog y & Neur oscience/Philosophy Cincinnati, OH

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

K atie Herber t Chemistr y Bradenton, FL

Halle Belden Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Dylan J Hog an Political Science & Urban Studies Por t Charlotte, FL

Log an Bell Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Alexia Atkinson

Ender Flueg g e Computer Science West Palm Beach, FL

Alexandra Gates

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Envir onmental Studies Orlando, FL

Anna Gliw ski

Gabriella Batista Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

Ar t Histor y with Latin Secondar y Field Naples, FL

Kranti Jafar^ English Orlando, FL

Sarah Birdsong^ Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

Lindsey Bliss Jennings

Liberal Ar ts Sarasota, FL

Chloe Jones Computer Science Sarasota, FL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Celeste K adzis

Anthr opolog y with Museum Studies Secondar y Field

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Tallahassee, FL

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Marg aret K ahl

Biolog y/Chinese Naples, FL

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Jessica K atz Ar t/Anthr opolog y Tampa, FL

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Grace Keenan Classics Avon, CT

Faye Landers

BACHELOR of ARTS

Computer Science Winter Springs, FL

Isabella Alvarado Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

Sadie Landreville

Cr eati ve Writing/Envir onmental Studies New Smyr na Beach, FL

Jorg e Alvarez^

Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

Eliza Ledbetter

Biopsycholog y/Animal Well Being and Conser vation Ruskin, FL

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

Richard Leff ler

Alexia Atkinson

Urban Studies/Chinese Sarasota, FL

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Augustus Le onard Natural Sciences Orlando, FL

Gabriella Batista Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

Jenna Levich Marine Biolog y Lincoln, NE

Sydney Ling enfelser Envir onmental Studies Miami, FL

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

Cynthia Lucas

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

English & Chinese Language and Cultur e Ruskin, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Mia Ludden Anthr opolog y Avon Park, FL

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Alicia Luguri ^ English Sarasota, FL

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Nissi Luvavali Music Sarasota, FL

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Lola Lyons Biolog y Inver Grove, MN

Halle Belden

Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Jane Major Theater, Dance, and Perfor mance Studies with Quantitati ve Social Science Secondar y Field Pensacola, FL

Log an Bell

Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Sophia Victoria Mallo Psycholog y with Philosophy Secondar y Field Miami Beach, FL

Sarah Birdsong^

Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

Sebastian Mark Computer Science with Mathematics Secondar y Field Bradenton, FL

Lila Marlowe Chemistr y/Biolog y Sarasota, FL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Rosa Dilia Mar tinez

Marian Morera Bandera

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Ar t Histor y with Museum Studies Secondar y Field

Pompano Beach, FL

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

Psycholog y with Rhetoric and Writing Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

Anne McAllister

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Biochemistr y with Spanish Secondar y Field Palm Harbor, FL

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Suher Mostafa

Chinese Language and Cultur e Sarasota, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Dalia McCloud Social Sciences Lutz, FL

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Lianna McDonald

Ar t/Chinese Language and Cultur e West Palm Beach, FL

BACHELOR of ARTS

Emma McGuire

Theater, Dance, and Perfor mance Studies/Cr eati ve Writing Littleton, CO

Isabella Alvarado Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

Brendan McMahon

Jorg e Alvarez^ Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

R ussian Language and Literatur e & Inter national and Ar ea Studies Lake City, FL

Aimee Mendoza

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

Cr ea ti ve Writing/Marine Biolog y Clearwater, FL

Alexia Atkinson

Payton Mitchell

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Animal Well Being and Conser vation with Psycholog y Secondar y Field Nokomis, FL

Gabriella Batista Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

Isaac Moncada Almendarez Physics Sarasota, FL

McKenna Mooney Psycholog y Decatur, GA

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Shelby Nagle Liberal Ar ts Coral Springs, FL

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Fehmi Neffati Computer Science Sarasota, FL

Olivia Nelson Theater, Dance, and Perfor mance Studies with Statistics Secondar y Field Punta Gorda, FL

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Darian Nig ro Political Science Osprey, FL

Halle Belden Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Meg an Nig ro Zoolog y* Cr ystal River, FL

Log an Bell Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Tyler O'Neil Sociolog y Sarasota, FL

Sarah Birdsong^

Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

Spencer Emerson Opal Levine Political Science Sarasota, FL

Isabelle Origlio Biopsycholog y/Neur oscience Jacksonville, FL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Alyssa Palmatier

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Psycholog y with Philosophy Secondar y Field Miami Shores, FL

Connor Park

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Media Ar ts* Sarasota, FL

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Meg an Pelletier Physics Tampa, FL

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Michael Per tler

Mia Reyna

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

Psycholog y with Ar t Secondar y Field Miami, FL

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

Xabier Rezola Political Science Miami, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Chloe Rusek

Digital Media Pr oduction & Jour nalism* Woodstock, GA

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Marine Biolog y Deland, FL

Marios Petrov

BACHELOR of ARTS

Computer Science & Neur oscience Sarasota, FL

Isabella Alvarado Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

Nicolas Pitcher Computer Science Bradenton, FL

Jorg e Alvarez^ Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

Tomas Por ter^ Film & Media Studies* Miami Beach, FL

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

Isaac Presberg Political Science Fayetteville, GA

Alexia Atkinson

Damien Razdan

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Computer Science/Cr eati ve Writing Ocala, FL

Charles Reardon

Gabriella Batista Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

Biopsycholog y & Envir onmental Studies with Rhetoric and Writing Secondar y Field Saint Petersburg, FL

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Ariella Russin Computer Science Princeton, NJ

Galen Rydzik^ Quantitati ve Economics/A pplied Mathematics Spring Hill, FL

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Ayah Saleh Political Science Palm Bay, FL

Halle Belden

Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Alyssa Sampson Psycholog y Apo pka, FL

Log an Bell Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Sara Sar nicki Biopsycholog y Sarasota, FL

Sarah Birdsong^

Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

Ashley Sciame Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Benjamin Ser naker Envir onmental Studies Fer nandina, FL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Carina Setterberg

Botany*

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Lakeland, FL

Saiyid Shariq

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field

New Por t Richey, FL

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Carleigh Shourds

Literatur e & Chinese Language and Cultur e Pensacola, FL

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Samiha Siddiqui

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Orlando, FL

Sujit Sivadanam

BACHELOR of ARTS

A pplied Mathematics Pleasanton, CA

Isabella Alvarado Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

Phynyx Soltis-Tatro Integrati ve Ar ts* Saint Petersburg, FL

Jorg e Alvarez^

Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

Natalie Spivey Political Science Orlando, FL

Samantha Steele

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

East Asian Studies* with Economics

Alexia Atkinson

Sec ondar y Field Ne ptune Beach, FL

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Nickolas Steinig

Digital Media Pr oduction* Tampa, FL

Gabriella Batista Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

John Ste phens

Economics with Political Science Secondar y Field Gig Harbor, WA

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

Claire Stout Anthr opolog y Maplewood, NJ

Lola Swanson

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

Psycholog y/Neur oscience with Philosophy Secondar y Field For t Myers, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Isaac Tellechea

Humanities with Cr eati ve Writing Secondar y Field

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Sarasota, FL

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Greg or y Te pe

Economics & Public Polic y Sarasota, FL

Raeg an T hompson Psycholog y & Religion Tampa, FL

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Halle Belden

Magdelyn Wiliana Veras Music Bradenton, FL

Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Cyriac Versini

Log an Bell Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Social Sciences & Inter national and Ar ea Studies/Health, Cultur e, and Societies South Miami, FL

Sarah Birdsong^

Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

Tessa Vincennie Biopsycholog y/Neur oscience Jacksonville, FL

Isadora Vitkus Envir onmental Studies/Health, Cultur e, and Societies Sarasota, FL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED DATA SCIENCE

Dignorah Maria W hitty Pecora

Melvin Lewis Adkins Fairfax, VA

Quantitati ve Economics Bir mingham, AL

Rebecca Wickham^

Raymond Lukas Blaha Citr us Springs, FL

Gender Studies & Spanish Language and Literatur e Vero Beach, FL

Daemyeong Hwang Ir vine, CA

Alexander Wills

Joshua Daniel Ing ram Bradenton, FL

Computer Science with Rhetoric and Writing Secondar y Field Lakeland, FL

Fehmi Neffati^ Sarasota, FL

Christian Wing Literatur e For t Lauderdale, FL

Sabine Wittmann

David-Paul Jose ph Nezelek Sarasota, FL

Political Science/Ger man with Quantitati ve Social Sciences Secondar y Field* Sarasota, FL

Rober t Log an Patterson Pensacola, FL

Wil liam Wolfe Natural Sciences Longboat Key, FL

Nikolas J Santamaria Tampa, FL

Sarah A Nash Tampa, FL

Meilah Wimbush

Political Science & Envir onmental Studies Orlando, FL

BACHELOR of ARTS

Isabella Alvarado Social Sciences Sarasota, FL

ASSOCIATE of ARTS

Jorg e Alvarez^

Aaron Christian Spielman Orlando, FL

Samuel Wor thington Music Sarasota, FL

Xin Zhang

Ar t with Economics Secondar y Field Richmond, British Columbia

Evelyn Lisette Beauchemin Biopsycholog y Por t Charlotte, FL

Halle Belden

Miriam Baram Sarasota, FL

Liberal Ar ts Saint Petersburg, FL

Matthew Bejar Sarasota, FL

Dariana Maria Alvarez-Her rera Humanities Jacksonville, FL

Julia Dipronio Nor th Por t, FL

Alexia Atkinson

Animal Well Being and Conser vation/Biolog y Kissimmee, FL

Jasmine Deniece Doyle Miami, FL

Gabriella Batista Anthr opolog y Ponce, Puer to Rico

Emma Mayorg a Tampa, FL

Biolog y with Chemistr y Secondar y Field Sarasota, FL

Jessica J Mazon Orlando, FL

Log an Bell

Biopsycholog y Punta Gorda, FL

Ritchelle Stacy Pier re Seide Hillsboro, FL

Sarah Birdsong^

Ariana Wible Sarasota, FL

Animal Well Being and Conser vation Cooper City, FL

Cooper Wright Tallahassee, FL

*INDICATES SPECIAL AREA OF CONCENTRATION

^ INDICATES SUMMER 2024 EXPECTED GRADUATE

PARTICIPATION IN COMMENCEMENT AND INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM DOES NOT CERTIFY THE COMPLETION OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS A FULL LIST OF 2024 GRADUATES IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT

John Joseph “Joe” Ricketts is a titan in the business realm, spending 35 years building one of the largest brokerage firms, TD Ameritrade. Charles Schwab Corporation recently acquired TD Ameritrade for approximately $26 billion, combining the firms into one of the largest global financial powerhouses with approximately $6 trillion in client assets His visionary approach to recognizing opportunities in the securities market, coupled with innovative technologies and distinctive marketing strategies, propelled TD Ameritrade into a global financial juggernaut after its founding as First Omaha Securities in 1975.

In January 2024, New College debuted a version of its liberal arts degree featuring classes offered through distance learning, using curriculum from Ricketts Great Books College and supported by live video-conferencing seminars and discussion groups accessible to students everywhere. The accomplishments of Mr Ricketts and his impact extends far beyond the financial sector, as evidenced by his dedication to philanthropy and entrepreneurship. Mr. Ricketts’ approach to philanthropy is like his approach to business – he actively engages in the creation and execution of innovative programs with far reaching goals. Mr. Ricketts operates charitable and educational foundations that focus on education for all, such as Opportunity Educationand its Quest Forward curriculum platform, The Cloisters on The Platte, The Ricketts Art Foundation, and The Ricketts Conservation Foundation. Mr. Ricketts has invested in a variety of entrepreneurial ventures, including the Straight Arrow News, Village PieMaker, and High Plains Bison.

Mr Ricketts is a graduate of Creighton University in 1968 with an economics degree Today, we honor him with a Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from New College.

Commencement Speakers

Heidi Harley, PhD

The Peg Scripps Buzzelli Endowed Chair in Psychology and Director of Environmental Studies, Professor Harley is a comparative psychologist who studies the perspectives and cognitive processes of non-human animals, especially bottlenose dolphins She’s been teaching courses in psychology, environmental studies, and animal wellbeing at New College of Florida since 1994 and also has research appointments at a variety of other institutions. Professor Harley’s work has been highlighted in many media venues including an installation at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelles in Paris and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Recently, she’s been working to identify and highlight the ways in which marine mammals’ cognitive systems can be leveraged to support their own conversation.

Mark Peter Famiglio

Mark Peter Famiglio left his native Philadelphia at the age of 15 to attend New College. A National Merit Finalist and the son of Italian immigrants committed to the best education for their eight children, he graduated in just three years with a Bachelor’s of Biological Science, Class of 1975. Throughout his vibrant and varied career, Mark has been engaged in numerous business enterprises within the fields of real estate, information technology, biologics and aviation

Mark is the CEO of M Olivia Corporation, a real estate and development company He has built, owns and manages both commercial and residential property along the West Coast of Florida. He has made significant contributions towards the preservation of environmentally sensitive lands and has been instrumental in saving numerous historically significant properties, one of which he converted into the regional campus for the Florida State University College of Medicine. Mark is the Co-Founder and Managing Member of CopyTalk, a technology company that he co-founded with a fellow alumnus of New College

Formerly, he was the CEO and Principal of Boston Information Technologies and the CEO and Founder of Cambryn Biologics, a biotherapeutics company. Mark is the Managing Member of Aviation Partners of America and has owned and operated numerous jet aircraft throughout North America and Europe As the current President and Co-Founding Producer of the Sarasota Film Festival, Mark brings the art of filmmaking and the contributions of filmmakers to Sarasota by hosting an international film festival along with yearlong programs for the economic, educational and cultural benefit of the community He has also served on numerous non-profit boards including the Sarasota Opera, Sarasota Ballet, and United Cerebral Palsy, of which he was the President. He has been the Chair of the Van Wezel Foundation (Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation iteration), which supports the region’s performing arts hall, and has served on the board almost two decades.

Other charitable involvements include the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, where a gallery and the Museum Store are named in his honor. Mark established the Mark P. Famiglio Fund for Excellence at the Florida State University College of Medicine to support the presence of the medical school in his community and was inducted into the Frances Eppes Society of the Florida State University in recognition of his dedication and support of Florida education.

Mark divides his time between Sarasota, where he has lived for more than five decades, and Nantucket, Massachusetts. In Nantucket, he has served on the Executive Board of the Nantucket Film Festival as well as The Screenwriters’ Colony. In his free time, Mark enjoys boating (he was an Offshore Grand Prix North American Champion), cooking, watching films and spending time with the true loves his life, his twin teenage daughters.

Grace Keenan

Grace Keenan is originally from Connecticut and started her collegiate studies at Boston University before transferring to New College. Today, she graduates with a degree in Classics. Keenan was active in student government throughout her time at New College, and served as Student Body President and as the student representative on the Board of Trustees from 2022-2024. After graduating, Keenan plans to travel abroad this summer, and apply to law school

Debra A. Jenks, Chair, Class of ‘80

Ron Christaldi, Vice Chair, Class of ‘89

Dr. Ryan T. Anderson

Dr. Mark Bauerlein

Dr. Lance Karp

Olivia Mikkelsen, Student Trustee, New College Student Alliance

Dr Charles R Kesler

Joe Jacquot

Dr. Sarah Mackie

Don Patterson

Dr. Amy Reid, Faculty Trustee, Chair of the Faculty

Christopher Rufo

Dr. Matthew Spalding

TRUSTEES OF NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA

CURRENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Adam Kendall, Chair, Class of ‘98

Larry Geimer, Treasurer

Monica Van Buskirk, Secretary

Rob Billott, Class of ‘83

Hazel Bradford, Class of ‘73

Benjamin Brown, Class ‘05

Susan Burns, Class of ‘76

Greg Douglas

Christie Fitz-Patrick, Ex-Officio

Debra A. Jenks, Chair, Board of Trustees, Ex-Officio

Lance Karp, Ex-Officio

Brian McCarthy

James McDonald, Class of ‘77

Fermin “JJ” Miranda

Elizabeth Moore

Trustees Emeriti

Richard O. Donegan

Elaine Keating

CURRENT NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION, INC.

HONORING NEW COLLEGE of FLORIDA PAST P

RESIDENTS

We invite you to take a moment to visit the plaques in front Historic Ringling MansionCollege Hall, each commemorating the invaluable contributions of previous presidents who have since passed away.

These monuments serve not only as memorials but as reminders of the visionary guidance and unwavering dedication that has shaped New College into what it is today. With reverence and gratitude, let us honor their legacies and draw inspiration from their enduring commitment to educational excellence.

Please join us as we acknowledge the deep impact these extraordinary leaders have had on our shared history and pursuit of leading students into lives of great achievement.

George Baughman

Founding President, New College 1961 - 1965

John Elmendorf

Second President, New College 1965 - 1972

Victor Butterfield

Third President, New College 1968 - 1969

Dallas Dort

Fourth President, New College 1972 - 1973

Arland Christ-Janer

Fifth President, New College 1973 - 1975

ACADEMIC APPAREL

THE HISTORY of academic apparel has its origins in medieval British universities, particularly Oxford University, where scholars wore hoods and gowns as their customary daily attire Because of the close affiliation between the university and church at that time, academic gowns resembled cassocks and elaborately worked clerical vestments It is from these medieval garments that American academic dress derives

Gowns and hoods have been worn at American colleges and universities since colonial times, but it was not until 1895 that a code for academic attire was established by an intercollegiate commission. In accordance with this code, which has been modified over the years, academic attire reflects the level of an individual’s degree and the institution granting that degree Black is the standard color for gowns, and the three levels of degrees are distinguished mainly by sleeve style Gowns for the bachelor’s degree are usually worn closed and have long, pointed sleeves Master’s gowns are usually worn open and have oblong sleeves with the front section cut away in an arc The doctor’s gown is trimmed in velvet down the front, with three bars on each of the large, bell-shaped sleeves

The hood indicates the level of degree attained. The bachelor’s hood is three feet long and has a two-inch velvet border. The hood for the master’s degree is three and a half feet long and has a three-inch border. Doctors wear a four-foot-long hood with a five-inch border. The hood’s colored lining identifies the institution conferring the degree; this lining may have a single color or several colorful stripes or chevrons. The color of the velvet trim bordering the hood indicates the field of learning.

The black mortarboard cap is standard at many colleges and universities throughout the United States. Some authorities believe its square shape represents a scholar’s books, while others believe it represents the quadrangles at Oxford. The tassel is its distinguishing feature, with a black tassel signifying a bachelor’s degree and a gold tassel signifying a doctoral degree.

In academic procession, an individual usually wears the apparel appropriate to the highest degree that he or she has earned

COLORS INDICATING FIELDS OF LEARNING

Maize Agriculture

Apricot Nursing

Silver Gray Oratory (speech)

Olive Green Pharmacy

Dark Blue Philosophy

Sage Green Physical Education

Peacock Blue Public Administration, including Foreign Service

Salmon Pink Public Health

Golden Yellow Science

Citron Social Work

Scarlet Theology

Gray Veterinary Science

White Arts, Letters, Humanities

Drab Commerce, Accountancy, Business Lilac Dentistry

Copper Economics

Light Blue Education

Orange Engineering

Brown Fine arts, including Architecture Russet Forestry

Maroon Home Economics

Crimson Journalism

Purple Law

Lemon Library Science

Green Medicine

Pink Music

THE

TWO-SIDED NATURE OF GRADUATION

Few events in one ’ s life are as powerful, and as portentous, as undergraduate graduation ceremonies Their power derives from the tension that inheres in their Janus-faced nature: they mark an end and a beginning, a culmination and a commencement, a finish and a rebirth. One face looks to the past, marking the graduate’s successful completion of a rite of passage. The other face looks to the future, celebrating the graduate’s transformation.

From the one face, the degree certifies that the graduate has completed a prescribed course of study, and thereby joined a select group of individuals - be it a guild, a profession or, as Harvard graduation ceremonies traditionally proclaimed, the company of educated men and women. From the other face, the degree signifies that the graduate has emerged transformed.

Both faces inform the graduation ceremony. Academic regalia underscore initiation into a distinguished group. Seating arrangements emphasize transformation. When they first arrive on campus, students and their families are greeted as a group and seated together. At graduation, however, the graduates sit together, separate from their families. The implication is clear: While still close to loved ones, students have also grown apart from them

Some institutions emphasize one face over the other Liberal arts colleges tend to favor celebrating transformation New College graduations, where students wear costumes of their own choosing, unabashedly emphasize the transformational aspect

At New College, students enter curious and graduate curious. But the graduates have learned to imagine broader landscapes on which to exercise their curiosity. They have learned to talk and to write about what matters to them, to test assumptions, to ask questions and to evaluate evidence. They have demonstrated that they can act productively on their curiosity and, in so doing, have acquired confidence in themselves.

Ours is a civilization built on specialization, and 80 percent of the New College Class of 2023 will be in post-graduate studies within a few years. Based on past reports, most graduates will state, decades hence, that their undergraduate years were the most transformative in their lives. For it is, in those years, that they acquired the tools - the habits of mind - that taught them not what to think but how to think and, in so doing, set them free.

This brings us to the center of the two faces of graduation Good education transforms because it liberates No one can fully share life’s circumstances, but freedom allows one to reflect on those circumstances and to decide how one will be, those circumstances notwithstanding

Little wonder that graduations are so powerful. They celebrate the transformation that frees the graduate to participate fully in the human experience. The group to which the graduate has been initiated is far more distinguished than a mere guild, or profession or company: It is all mankind.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES AND WELCOME TO THE NEW COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION!

We are proud of your accomplishments as students and we look forward to seeing your futures unfold into lives of great achievement.

Your days as a New College student have come to an end, your life as a New College Alumnus is just beginning.

Please stay in touch after graduation and let us know where your journey takes you next.

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