University of California, Santa Cruz Benjamin
F. Porter College
Commencement
Saturday June 15, 2024
Founded as College V 1969
Welcome
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Procession of Graduates
Banner Bearers: Porter College Senate
Platform Party
Graduating Class of 2024
Ceremony
Sean Keilen
Provost, Porter College Professor, Literature
Keynote Speaker
Regonition of Awards:
College Services
Celine Parreñas Shimizu
Distinguished Professor Film & Digital Media Dean of the Arts
Sean Keilen
Provost, Porter College Deans & Chancellors Professor, Literature
Presentation of
Sean Keilen the Graduates
Provost, Porter College
Kathy Cooney
Associate Director, CSL, Porter College
Bob Giges Academic Preceptor
Valedictory Message
Sean Keilen
Provost, Porter College Professor, Literature
Conferral of Degrees
Lori Kletzer
Executive Vice Chancellor
Campus Provost
Recessional
(Please remain seated until the Platform Party has recessed).
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Participating in the ceremony as members of our Platform Party
Michael Chemers
Kathy Cooney Professor, Theater Arts Assoc. Dir. College Student Life Chair: Performance, Play Porter College & Design, Porter Fellow
Patty Gallagher
Bob Giges Professor, Theater Arts Preceptor Porter Fellow Porter College
Jennifer González Kirsten Silva Gruesz Professor, History of Art Professor, Literature & Visual Design Porter Fellow
Jennifer Horne
Aims McGuinness Assoc. Professor, Assoc. Professor, History Film & Digital Media Provost, Merrill College Porter Fellow
Laura Martin
Kyle Robertson Lecturer, Literature Lecturer, Philosophy & Legal Studies
Warren Sack Gustavo Vazquez Professor, Assoc. Professor Film & Digital Media Film & Digital Media, Porter Fellow Porter Fellow
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Benjamin Franklin Porter College
A Short History of Porter College
Porter College, the fifth college at UCSC, is named as a memorial to the grandfather of three University of California benefactors: The late Porter Sesnon, Barbara Sesnon Cartan, and William T. Sesnon. Benjamin F. Porter came to California in the 1850s with his cousin George. While living in New Hampshire, the two had been attracted t0 California by glowing stories sent to them by another cousin, John Porter, a resident of Soquel in the 1850s.
The young Porter cousins traveled by sea to Panama, crossed the Isthmus on foot to the Pacific, and boarded a ship on the Pacific coast for the final leg of their journey to California. After settling in Santa Cruz, Mr. Porter purchased a small parcel of land containing a tannery in the area now known as Porter Gulch.
By 1870 he had acquired adjoining lands and built a family home. That same year, Mr. Porter became founding director of The County Bank of Santa Cruz. In 1896, his only surviving child, Mary Sophia, married William T. Sesnon, a native of Alameda, who later became deputy secretary of the State of California.
Over the years, the Porter-Sesnon family has provided generous donations in support of UCSC. In 1968, Barbara Sesnon Cartan made a gift for the establishment of the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery and Music Room in memory of her mother. The college, which was founded in 1969 as “College Five,” was formally dedicated as “Benjamin F. Porter College” on November 21, 1981. Other gifts have enabled the University to provide capital support and an endowment to our college.
Coat of Arms and College Banner
The colors of the Coat of Arms are the red-brown and green of the redwoods paired with the blue and gold of the University of California. The brown and green are active and growing elements within the framework of the University colors. The upper band consists of five repeated “V”s, with the central “V” set apart by the color green. The letterform “V” represents the original College Five taking it’s place amongst the other colleges. The central area contains a stylized representation of the Kenneth Farrell sculpture (located on the meadow overlooking the Monterey Bay) that here
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becomes a symbol for both patterns of growth and the energy of the wave. This is set against a formal gold band on a blue field that symbolizes the institution of the University. The lower band contains the motto of the college: “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis”, Life is Brief,ArtEndures. The Coat of Arms was designed by Professor Emeritus Douglas McClellan. The college banner, bearing the Coat of Arms, was fabricated by Whitney Lane (Cowell, ‘82) and is carried in the procession of graduates by graduating members of Porter Senate.
The “Muse” lives at Porter College
The Porter College Commencement Ceremony was traditionally held in the Porter Quad and began with the Provost giving voice to the “Muse,” the bronze bell sculpted by Angelo Groza for the 1981 dedication of Porter College. Due to our increased number of graduates, we are no longer able to host our ceremony at the College, but the bell announcing the academic procession is still our beloved Muse.
The Academic Dress
Early in this century colleges and universities in the United States adopted a uniform code of academic dress. This code is followed today. Among European and other institutions, there is a wide divergence in the type of dress.
Cap
The cap is the “mortarboard” type with black cloth cover. The gold tassels may be worn by the holders of a Doctorate degree. There is no general rule for the position of the tassel on a mortarboard. Some institutions require under-graduate candidates for degrees to wear the tassel on the right front side before degrees are conferred and shift them to the left at the moment degrees are awarded. In some respects, this custom substitutes for individual hooding.
Gown
The Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral gowns differ slightly in pattern. Only the Doctoral gown bears trimmings. These are a velvet facing down the front and three velvet bars acrzoss each sleeve. The velvet may be black or it may be the color appropriate to the subject in which the wearer holds their degree. A number of American universities also have Doctoral robes, which are usually of some color other than black.
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University of California doctoral robes are black with velvet sleeve trim. This robe is worn with a specially designed hood and mortarboard.
Hood
Faculty wear an academic hood that reflects their discipline. The colored linings of the hoods are those of the college or university that granted the degree. The velvet binding or edging is the color of the subject in which the degree was granted.
Colors associated with various subjects are listed below:
Arts, Letter, Humanities
Communications, Journalism
Economics
Education
Fine Arts
Music
Science
Social Work
The Graduates
White
Crimson
Copper
Light Blue
Brown
Pink
Golden Yellow
Citron
The Graduating Class of Porter College is enriched by many transfer students who lived at Porter College, but are affiliated with colleges across campus, and are participating in these commencement exercises. We welcome them and their families and friends as part of the Porter College community.
Guest Protocol
We ask that our guests remain seated and keep aisles clear during the procession, ceremony, and recessional, so that all of our guests have the opportunity to see their graduate.
Please bear in mind that we are the first of three ceremonies on the field this today. Our clean up & reset crew would appreciate it if you remember to take your programs, flowers, water bottles, etc. with you as you exit the field.
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Keynote Speaker’s Biography
Born Celine Parreñas Shimizu, film scholar and filmmaker, is Dean of the Arts and Distinguished Professor of Film and Digital Media at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
A premiere scholar of Asian American sexualities in representation, her books include The Movies of Racial Childhoods (Duke, 2024), The Proximity of Other Skins (Oxford, 2020), Straitjacket Sexualities (Stanford, 2012), and The Hypersexuality of Race (2007) which won Best Book in Cultural Studies from the Association for Asian American Studies which also awarded her the 2022 Excellence in Mentorship Award. She co-edited The Feminist Porn Book (2013) and The Unwatchability of Whiteness (2018). Her peer-reviewed articles appear in top journals in cinema, performance, ethnic, feminist, sexuality studies, and transnational popular culture. Her writings are translated to French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Her recent films, The Celine Archive (2020) and 80 Years Later: On Japanese American Racial Inheritance (2022) each won several festival awards and are distributed by Women Make Movies.
She received her Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University, her M.F.A. in Film Directing and Production from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and her B.A. in Ethnic Studies from U.C. Berkeley.
An acknowledgment: The land on which UC Santa Cruz is located is the traditional territory of the Uypi Tribe of the Awaswas Nation. Today these lands are represented by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, descendants of the Awaswas and Mutsun Nations whose ancestors were taken to Mission Santa Cruz and Mission San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast.
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The Graduating Class of 2024
Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Conferred Summer & Fall 2023
Isaiah Carter Akselsen Linguistics
Caroline Alexander Literature
Diego Alfaro-Juarez Business Management Economics
Aidan Allan Atkinson Cognitive Science
Louise Balderas Art & Economics
David Banh Economics
Alma Anne Becerra Psychology & Theater Arts
Zea Tansy Birchim Art
Nyah Kev Bolger ³ Film and Digital Media
Hunter Ray Bowersmith Film and Digital Media & Environmental Sciences
Darian L. Brooks Ecology and Evolution
Corey Renee Bryan Psychology
Sean T. Busse-Boozer Business Management Economics
Cade Grant Calleton Philosophy
G Casanova Education, Democracy and Justice
Austin Chang Film and Digital Media
Matthew Conner Coleman Neuroscience
Raymond Earl Cowland Business Management Economics
Mackinsey Tiernan Creagan Psychology
Ooli A. Crowbear Sociology
Nicholas Taggart Cunneen ¹ Theater Arts
Noah Ludin Dentith Film and Digital Media
Stella Alexandria Dixon Psychology
Andrew Arlan Dresel-Kurtz ³ Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Ethan David Emes Anthropology & History
Isaac George Redd England-Asplund Film and Digital Media
Britney Fu Legal Studies
Joshua Amrik Gamlen Computer Engineering
Amanda Marie Garber Sociology
Ben Louis Goldstein ³ * Film and Digital Media & Literature
Jocelyn Noelle Gomez ³ * Literature
Andrew Marcos Gonzales Sociology
Gabriel Maximus Gorospe Computer Engineering
Remy Clare Green Sociology
Spencer William Greene Music & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ben Hunter Grove History
Ann Guo Economics
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Summer & Fall 2023
Skyler David Haataja ³ Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Shane Christopher Hallie Psychology
Kinley Grace Hartigan Environmental Studies/Biology
Dyana Amparo Huaraz Latin American and Latino Studies/ Sociology
Jeffrey Colton Hueckel Business Management Economics
Giandra Hutama Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Elliott Jensen Computer Science
Phillip Edward Jepkes ² * Mathematics Theory and Computation
Evelyn I. Johnson Computer Science
Yazlin Ixchel Juarez Literature
Sloane Tomasa Juncos Biology
Jay Kemp History
Toby Ketchum Environmental Studies/Economics
Therese Kilpatrick Film and Digital Media
Brix Anthony Kowalski Legal Studies
Elana Kroll Classical Studies
Angelica Joy La Marca Literature & Politics
Zachary Thomas Leavitt Agroecology & Literature
Zoe Hruby Linstrom ³ Art
Gwendolyn G. Logan Film and Digital Media
John Carter Lynch Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Leah Malachi Film and Digital Media
Emmett Bay Marks-Froot Classical Studies & Philosophy
Lyra Martin ² Plant Sciences
Bryson Alexander Mcfaull Art
Ryan Taiki Mcgonigle Technology and Information Management
Luke Thomas Mello ³ Earth Sciences
Sierra Rose Miller Biology
Ryan Mirdadian ³ Legal Studies
Micah Dale-Rae Montagna ³ Sociology
Jordan Hailey Moore ³ Art
Yahaira Abigai Mora History of Art and Visual Culture
Max Elias Neumann Anthropology
Jack Erling Nilsen Environmental Studies/Economics
Amy Niu Cognitive Science
Daniel Valdez Olaes ³ *
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Michael E. Pasaye Computer Engineering
Jennafer Lynne Peterson Art
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Summer & Fall 2023
Ruby Phillips Art
Marik Pomelov Computer Science
Emily Pyagay Psychology
Shan Raoufi Film and Digital Media
Blake Hunter Reynolds ¹ Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Zoe Marie Rickard Business Management Economics
Kristina Marie Rodriguez Ecology and Evolution
Devyn BreAnn Rogers Psychology
Henry Elliott Ross Computer Science
Hannah Tessa Odette Rouland ³ Art
William Jake Samet Earth Sciences
Jalan Lee Sanchez Business Management Economics
Jake Charles Schneider Computer Science
Cynthia Guadalupe Scott Sociology
Sophia Marie Seiwald Psychology
Hongxin Shi Psychology
Katrina Makena Siler * History
Biruk Simret Business Management Economics
Abigail E. Slater Psychology
Nicholas Joseph Sloan History
Samuel Von Rieneck Smith Politics
Shyam Soundararajan Environmental Studies
Krystille Marie Souza Film and Digital Media
Anna Tarasova History of Art and Visual Culture
Katan Thanapongporn Film and Digital Media
Jack Francis Toggenburger Computer Science
Sofia Mila Tomanov History of Art and Visual Culture
Huy Tran Art & Film and Digital Media
Isabella Darlene Tuell ³ Anthropology & Art
Natalia Verduzco-Vallejo Film and Digital Media
Gabriel Ephraim Wall Anthropology & History of Art and Visual Culture
Miles Ivy Wallace Film and Digital Media
Susan Mae Ward ² Psychology
Logan Paige Webb Anthropology & Art
Olivia Wickett Anthropology
Jacqueline May Ning Wong Film and Digital Media
Shanglin Wu Film and Digital Media
Yang Xu Economics / Mathematics
Angela Yim Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Alex Zazueta
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Conferred Winter 2024
Kevin Alfredo Aguirre Biology
Heidi Michelle Alfaro Feminist Studies
Michelle Janet Alvarez Tomas * Education, Democracy and Justice & Spanish Studies
Daria Ronni Amit Psychology & Theater Arts
Sarah Bakhshi Film and Digital Media
Sebastien Vincent Balembois Psychology
Brianna Marie Cady Business Management Economics
Suzanna Hope Cantrell Philosophy & Psychology
Christine Deshler Cognitive Science
Olivia Guadalupe DiSabatino Psychology
Trevor Jake Edwards Earth Sciences
Shelby Fazzolare ² Anthropology & Psychology
Michaela Shirrane Franklin Flemming Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
David Austin French Philosophy
Prakrit Prabhat Goel Computer Science & Mathematics Theory and Computation
Kaitlyn Rose Goodwin Marine Biology
Angela Huang Legal Studies & Psychology
Angelique Brianna Kaiser Education, Democracy and Justice & Politics
Andrew Thomas Keidel Earth Sciences
Lexi Remi Krauel Agroecology
Angus Prescott Leslie Film and Digital Media & Theater Arts
Zihao Li Mathematics Theory and Computation
Kayley Yu-Yi Liu Cognitive Science
Melanie Magdaleno Film and Digital Media
Brian Mak Computer Science
Maddie Marceau ³ Psychology
Jasmine Patricia Munguia Legal Studies
Madilynn Rose Munns Education, Democracy and Justice
Austen Antonio Muñoz Psychology
Yamileth Najera-Rodriguez Feminist Studies & Legal Studies
Harshita Kameswari Neralla Economics
Sophia Marina Nicklas * Environmental Studies
Lacey Kimball Norris Agroecology
Ana Orloff Marine Biology
Honor Phui Film and Digital Media
Adrian Roshan Qureshi Economics
Aahaan Sachin Rao Computer Science
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Winter 2024
Lola Jude Rao Philosophy
Owen Reid Legal Studies & Politics
Austin James Rossi Anthropology
Dakota Lane Rubin Computer Science
Emily Anne Rudolph * Literature
Batuhan Salih Computer Science
Anthony Michael Savoca * Environmental Sciences
Louis Siapno Earth Sciences
Zachary Scott Traczyk Computer Science
Jazz Vukalcic Cognitive Science
Sid Vundamatla Human Biology
Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Conferred Spring 2024
Daniela Abarca Art
Michael Gregory Wade Abate Global Economics
Lili Abedian Cognitive Science
Annika Josephine Agresti 4 Psychology
Karely Monserrath Aguilar Legal Studies
Zoe Rollin Alamillo * Environmental Studies & Latin American and Latino Studies
Lando Aldis Applied Mathematics
Kyle James Allemand Music
Jonathan Jocksan Alvarez * Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Catherine Claire Amis Art
Mya Amor Garcia 4 * Psychology
Brandon Nicholas Ang Technology and Information Management
Joshua Angel 4 * Computer Science
Emily Annab * Anthropology & History of Art and Visual Culture
Christoph J. Arcarese Cognitive Science
Sergio Armenta Film and Digital Media
Kyle Armstrong Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Manav Arora Business Management Economics
Saul Arrizon Cognitive Science
Fiona Elisa Aular Oløe Agroecology
Cynthya Melisa Ayala Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism & Education, Democracy, and Justice
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Gabriel Gonzales Bacon
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Emily Baer Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Nathanial Bailey Electrical Engineering
Rishab Bajaj Cognitive Science
Elise Emma Ballance Art
River Glen Band Psychology
Alice Jean Clarice Barreras Art
Tripp Barrick Anthropology & Art and Design: Games & Playable Media
Jacob Alexis Barriga-Luis Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Hudson Owen Bartram Literature
Cyrus Cameron Basharkhah Biology & Film and Digital Media
Siddharth Baxi Cognitive Science
Samuel Horace Baxter-Bray Ecology and Evolution
Diego Bazan Business Management Economics
Helen Beaton Grover History
Seren Becker Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Thomas Beckett Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Azarely Bedolla Gutierrez Environmental Studies & Environmental Sciences
Caitlin Alexandra Sutton Applied Physics
Daniel Alberto Benitez-Lopez Electrical Engineering
Samantha Benson Sociology
Owen Berry Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Jane Teresa Betancourt Biology
Susan Gabriela Betancourt Environmental Studies/Biology
Victoria Grace Billings 4 Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Hailey Lila Blair Psychology
Jordan Phillip Bliesner Art
Riley Miles Blunt Applied Physics
Lilia Boghoussian Education, Democracy and Justice
Grant Ryan Bosworth Robotics Engineering
Jack Bowen Computer Science
Linda Alexandra Bowers Biology
Dominique Kathleen Branch Art
Bryn McQueen Brentnall Psychology
Asha Meira Briscoe 4 * Environmental Studies
Bryan Ivan Briseno Biology
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Serena Mae Briseño Film and Digital Media
Abby Brown Technology and Information Management
Ian Miles Budesa Art & Biology
Mars Buell 4 Art
Jesus Ricardo Calderon Theater Arts
Skyler Calender Earth Sciences
Xochitl Abigail Camarena Palomera Film and Digital Media
Beatriz Canuto Film and Digital Media
Travis Carlen
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Kailena Carmon Environmental Studies
Finnian Carney Film and Digital Media
Hayley Marie Carolan Economics / Mathematics
Vanessa Cascante Sociology
Esteffania Castillo Latin American and Latino Studies
Maximiano Castillo Psychology
Brandon Cervantes Film and Digital Media
Harry Cha Politics
Tiana Chamsi
Angel Yun Er Chan 4 *
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
History of Art and Visual Culture & Literature
Ojas Chaphekar Computer Science
Eric Sam Chatta Business Management Economics
Cheuk Yu Hayden Chau Film and Digital Media
Reuben Timothy Chavez
William Weirong Chen
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Jaxon Chester * Film and Digital Media & Global Economics
Gloria Mam Chim Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Kairo Chou Chin * Theater Arts
Philip Minhyuk Choe
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Morgan Hyunou Choi Environmental Studies
John I. Cieslak Neuroscience
Mackenzie Cin 4 Environmental Studies/Biology
Sebastian Glenn Cipriano Film and Digital Media
Cricket Clark Environmental Studies & Ecology and Evolution
Adrian Kingsley Clayton 4 *
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Lauren Clor Environmental Studies
Samantha Westwood Colah * Biology
Declan Richard Collins History
Samantha Contreras 4 Physics
Kaelen Rex Cook Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Kylie Eloise Cook Film and Digital Media
Kory Charles Cooper Human Biology
Avery Corales Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Pablo Cortes Economics & Film and Digital Media
Eve Coyl Art
Hannah Maria Crawford Earth Sciences
Caden Charles Crowell Computer Science
Amanda Cruz Psychology
Edgar Daniel Cruz Vasquez 4 * Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Camryn Hallie Curren Environmental Studies & Plant Sciences
Ella Colette Currie Theater Arts
Amelia Dal Porto Plant Sciences
Ethan Warren Darden Economics
Estella Dashiell Linguistics
Guillermo De La Riva Applied Mathematics
Joshua Defesche Computer Science
Michael del Rio Montes Film and Digital Media
Frederique Dellavalle 4 Psychology
Aiden John Dempsey 4
Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Jacob Alexander Deutsch Computer Science
Grant Zachary Dickerson Business Management Economics
Andrew Do Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Tenzin Dodhon Business Management Economics
Gemma Jocelynn Dominguez Psychology
Fiona Macdougall Donovan History of Art and Visual Culture
Parker Downey Ecology and Evolution
Samuel Dragone Film and Digital Media
Sarah Dunwoody 4 Environmental Sciences & Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Jennifer Duran Film and Digital Media
Christian James Duro Anthropology
Ethan Henry Earle Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Carrieann Morgan Earles Politics
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Daniela Elias-Mendez History
Gage Elias-Pomaville Film and Digital Media
Lizeth Embarcadero Arroyo Sociology
Ashley Elizabeth Endean Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ellory Ogden Erecius Art
Adam Ervin Business Management Economics
Kylan Rigoli Erving Art
Maxx Antonio Escalante Business Management Economics
Valerie Rose Estrada Theater Arts
Richard Louis Everett Environmental Studies/Economics
Monserrat Fausto 4 Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Ava Marie Fernandes 4 Sociology
Alexa Jordan Feuer Psychology
Edison Forster Technology and Information Management
Liv Fragiacomo Environmental Studies
Sofia Fabiana Franck Physics (Astrophysics)
Andrew Franco Economics
Eduardo Frausto Rodriguez Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Makenzie Kristine Fry Art
Grace Galan * Literature
Patrick Ortiaga Galang Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Adrian Padilla Galimba Applied Physics
Tristan Garcia Computer Science
Tristan Garcia Electrical Engineering
Diego Garcia * Literature
Dulce Hazel Garcia Psychology
Melissa Gatica Business Management Economics
Zoe Elizabeth Genolio Earth Sciences
Rachel Carrol Giovando Environmental Studies/Economics
Benjamin Andrew Goldblatt Network and Digital Technology
Sarah Yvette Gonzalez Environmental Studies & Legal Studies
Maya Gonzalez Theater Arts
Natalie Lauren Gooch Music
Edward Gopez Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Gianni Fabrizio Gorini Business Management Economics
Maya Pelling Gould * Language Studies
Jane Lindley Holmes Grantham Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Brianna Lynn Greene Human Biology
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Lia Caroline Elizabeth Griffin Film and Digital Media
Isa Guevara * Global and Community Health
Thibaut Patrick Guiol Film and Digital Media
Mia América Gutierrez * Literature
Jade Gutierrez-Fregozo Agroecology
Damaris Guzman Viramontes Film and Digital Media
Jeremy Zane Bui Hahn 4
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Danielle J. Haley 4 Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Kevin Jason Halim * Human Biology
Collette Harrison 4
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Patrick Harte Psychology
Elizabeth Drew Hatch Art
Mars Hathaway
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Delson Henry Hays * Ecology and Evolution & Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Leonardo Xavier Hernandez Computer Science
Christopher Hernandez Film and Digital Media & Sociology
Kimberly Hernandez History
Anisa Hill Psychology
Noah Hilles * Agroecology
Gracia Natali Hmelar Literature
Anthony Ho Music
Sarah Takaba Hoang Psychology
Delphi Elizabeth Holbrook Sociology
Max Richard Homel Psychology
Kevin Hsieh Computer Engineering
William Hu Computer Science
Jingqi Huang
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Hongying Huang 4* Education, Democracy and Justice & Language Studies
Karan Humpal Computer Engineering
Samuel William Hiromi Hunt Mathematics Education
Natalie Hunter 4 Art
Colby Clark Muñoz Hurdle Community Studies
Sydney Ikehara Applied Mathematics
Bryan In Computer Science
Cindy Elizabeth Islas Ortiz Film and Digital Media
Charlie Christian Iverson Art
Eric Stanley Jackson Business Management Economics
Thomas Jasso Economics
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Jocque Pierre Jefferson
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media & Film and Digital Media
Ryan Jimenez Film and Digital Media
Maison Donovan Johnson 4
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Madison Lee Jones Environmental Studies
Madeline H. Jones * Film and Digital Media & Theater Arts
Karla Gabriela Jordan Sociology
Maria Azul Celeste Juarez Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Atal Kakar Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Kaustubh Kale Technology and Information Management
Yisen Ke Mathematics
Kyle William Keller Literature
Jude Vavra Kemp 4 Business Management Economics
Kylie Kerth * Literature
Jason Kim Business Management Economics
Monyreak Kit Computer Engineering
Andrea Rose Klamner Literature
Kyra Roklyn Knibbs Theater Arts
Taylor Lee Knight Psychology
Liam LePell Koehler Business Management Economics
Finn Henry Kopczynski Economics & Environmental Studies
Kari Noelle Kranich 4
Art & Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Sadie Josephine Krier Environmental Studies
Jacob David Krimston Cognitive Science
Olivia Grace Kroger Physics
Karlyn Victoria Kromhout Marine Biology
Daniel Kainoa Krygsman Electrical Engineering
Kaelynn Diana Kuang Psychology
Priti Kumar Politics & Cognitive Science
Zohar Kustanovich Critical Race and Ethnic Studies & Politics
Ivan Kwok Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Celine Rose Lafosse 4
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Margo Elizabeth Landry Psychology
Evan David Lane Psychology
Emma LaPolt
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Jessica Sarah Law 4 * Human Biology
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Grace Hayne Lee Environmental Studies
Emilie Rebecca Lenoir * Environmental Sciences
Natalie Celeste Leos Psychology
Sean Li Computer Engineering
Jiaqing Philip Liang Art
Arthur Sahil Lin
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Shuchen Liu Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Sharon Jing Liu Psychology
Yzzy Lizer 4 Education, Democracy and Justice & Sociology
Matthew Lopez Business Management Economics
Isabella Audrey Lopez Film and Digital Media
Ev Lopez Parada History of Art and Visual Culture
Gea Loro Computer Science
Noe Loya-Barragan Computer Science
Tatiana Lucero Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Evan H. Luu Computer Engineering
Sean Robert Lydon Applied Mathematics
Charlotte Mona Magee Film and Digital Media
Hilton Huy Mai Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Thomas G. Mailhot Marine Biology
Steven Mak 4 * Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism & Computer Science
Hazelle Malonzo Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Anjali Malyala 4 Environmental Studies
Cole Mancewicz Mathematics
Alessia Victoria Mandelli Biology
Gabrielle Marille Economics
Dave Markowitz Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Myles Marr Computer Science
Carissa Louise Martin Art & Psychology
Willa McCartney Martin Marine Biology
Josue Arthur Martinez 4 * Computer Science
Alexia Danielle Martinez Education, Democracy and Justice
Brizeyda Martinez Spanish Studies
Emory Maskalenko Psychology
Esmé Medea Angel Mason-Flook Anthropology
Ewin Sam Mathew Computer Science: Computer Game Design
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Caysen Maus History of Art and Visual Culture
Grace McCarty History
Liam McCarty Mathematics
Caroline Elizabeth McCoy Legal Studies & Literature
Claire Delight McNairy Film and Digital Media
Ryan Meeks Ecology and Evolution
Billie Melo Physics
Precious Rosemary Mendez Business Management Economics
Cydney Laren Merritt 4 Theater Arts
Sofia Marcela Mertz Film and Digital Media
Charles Reed Meyer Legal Studies
Uma Helene Miller 4 * Literature
Maia Michelle Jardenil Mislang History
Akira Miura History
Ash Mojica * Art
Victoria Anne Moore Computer Engineering
Anthony Moran Business Management Economics
Sophia Raquel Moreno Biology
Levi Morgan-Worley Art
Cody Mottau Literature
Alison Murchek Legal Studies
Sofia Murillo Literature
Dorotea Ferro-Luzzi Murray Philosophy
Alyssa Lynn Myers Marine Biology
Vibhitha Nandakumar Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Lily Nash Art
Laila Nasiri Computer Science
Alec Navapanich Computer Science
Luna Necochea Plant Sciences
Isabel Nora Nelson Language Studies
Analynn Nguyen Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Miles Allen Niedringhaus Business Management Economics
Jarett Nishikawa Mathematics Education
Caitlyn Nojiri Mathematics Theory and Computation & Physics (Astrophysics)
David Norris-Roa * Psychology
Lance Northup Environmental Sciences
Dominik Robert Novello Computer Engineering
Elias Nunez Economics / Mathematics
Peace Nwakudu Cognitive Science
Aiden Olivier Film and Digital Media
Lydia Rachelle Oltman Film and Digital Media & Legal Studies
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Miles Brenner Opferkuch
Cognitive Science
Milan Oppermann History & Politics
Rheel Osman
Cognitive Science
Demir Ozcakir Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Zeliha Ozturk 4 Psychology
Benjamin Pa Sociology
Zachary Aiden Packer Film and Digital Media
Lukas Jeffrey Padua Environmental Studies/Economics
Harrison Yubi Pae Ecology and Evolution
Shant Papirian Philosophy
Jayleen Pardilla 4 Film and Digital Media
Reid Xavier Parham History of Art and Visual Culture
William Riley Patterson Economics
Tom Patterson Linguistics
Haley Adriana Peczon Robotics Engineering
Neo Peng Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Francisco Peralta
Ashley Evelyn Perez 4
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Dakota Perez History
Jake Perkel Film and Digital Media
Asha Marie Perry-Datt Legal Studies
Lisa Phuong Anh Pham 4 * Education, Democracy and Justice & Linguistics
Ariana Lynn Phelps 4 Environmental Studies
Wichapas Harry Pichetpongsa
Autumn Plaxco 4
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Eloise Portner Literature
Darina Pospelova Environmental Studies/Biology
Ami Arunkumar Prajapati Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Jordan Price Politics
Matthew John Puentes Biology
Yesenia Joanna Puga Rodriguez Computer Engineering
Shrena Punj Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Abhay Pratap Purewal Legha Politics
Charles Qi
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Kaiyi Qiu Computer Science
Iggy Quibilan
Film and Digital Media
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Margaret Mary Fellazar Raboy Psychology
Elias Ramirez Environmental Studies
Diego Ramirez Film and Digital Media
Samantha Ramirez Ramirez Art
Demetrius Rauck Robotics Engineering
Nikhila Ravishankar Cognitive Science
Samuel Michael Reagan * Psychology
Rebeca Faith Reimal Theater Arts
Cole Alan Blair Renshaw Anthropology & Film and Digital Media
Graham Rice Earth Sciences
Chloe Rifkin Education, Democracy and Justice
Pedro Angel Rios Jr. Business Management Economics & Film and Digital Media
Heather Elizabeth Robinson Business Management Economics
Cheyenne Lafaye Robinson-Greer History
Aaron Taylor Rodriguez Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Sergio R. Rodriguez Psychology
Brenda Lizbeth Rodriguez Meza Environmental Studies
Omar Rojas Business Management Economics
Jasmyn Marie Romo History of Art and Visual Culture
Malena Ronga * Community Studies & Psychology
Payton Aubrey Rose Psychology
Cesar Rubio Chemistry
Sydney Sadler Politics
Ezekiel Salazar Critical Race and Ethnic Studies & Film and Digital Media
Luka Hossam Salib Cognitive Science
Sarah Ann Samora Psychology
Tenzin Samten Film and Digital Media
Peter Sanborn de Asis Psychology
Evangeline Isabela Sanchez * Latin American and Latino Studies/ Politics
Estefania Sanchez Psychology
Miguel Sanchez Reyes 4 * Computer Science
Alexis Nicolas Santos Art
Cameron Ryan Saylor Film and Digital Media
Anna Schacker 4 Agroecology
Drew Schafer Business Management Economics
Joseph Andrew Scheidt Computer Science
Nicholas A. Schetman 4 * Art and Design: Games and Playable Media & Business Mgmt Economics
Hans Phillip Schmid Anthropology
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Thea Mary Schmit Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Kristoffer Graham Schuh Politics
Max Luca Schwab Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Joey Joseph Schwartz Politics
Jahon Shapouri Psychology
Harley Rose Shaw Business Management Economics
Alissa Tamar Sheinin Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Rahul Shenoy Economics
Jae Shin Cognitive Science
A. J. Silberstein Applied Mathematics
Erika Lynn Silveira 4 Feminist Studies & Psychology
Jesse Castillo Sison * Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Kylia Marie Smalley Politics
Tatum Smith Psychology
Ruby Fae Sortino 4 Psychology
Meaghan Elizabeth Sowers Legal Studies
Zoey Spaulding 4 * Education, Democracy and Justice
Adam Pearce Spencer Politics
Jacob Spurgin Business Management Economics
Shreyas Srikanth Technology and Information Management
Tamyiah Mykael Starnes Human Biology
Ty Stokes Sterling * Literature
Seth Stone Computer Science
Emma Jane Stringer Psychology
Arielle Strossman Biology
Christopher Gee Sullivan Biology
Isaiah Jaewan Sung Computer Science
Vasisht Suresh Computer Science
Kotaro Suto Computer Science
Natalie Elysia Swift Environmental Sciences
Cole Mikio Takara Cognitive Science
Cameron Nicholas Talei Anthropology
Brandon Tavisora Tanega Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Fiona Elena Taylor 4 * Sociology
Junuh Franco Tejeda Nussman Sociology
Serena Teresa Literature
Rita Aksum Tesfay Cognitive Science
Isabella Thiara Human Biology
Nolan Walter Thompson Global Economics
Gonzalo Jesus Tiscareno Arredondo Electrical Engineering
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Lauren Elizabeth Tivy 4
Film and Digital Media
Alyssa Torres 4 * Latin American and Latino Studies/ Sociology
Christiane Areli Tran Business Management Economics
Kevin Nolan Trebilcock Literature
Zoran Nikola Trifunovic Environmental Studies
Collin Tse Film and Digital Media
Alyssa Ureta Psychology
Sophia Margarita Urizar Physics (Astrophysics)
Joshua Joseph Vaillancourt
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Maria Magdalena Valladarez Mendoza Spanish Studies
Nicole Van Fleet Kingery
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Gabriela Juliana Varon Barrera Anthropology
Gyle Alano Viloria
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Maximilian Rudolf von Strasser Art
Joost Vonk
Aaron Chi-Hieu Vuong 4
Yihan Wang
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media & Computer Science Computer Game Design
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Katherine Nicole Warren 4 Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Xavier Junsok Warren Earth Sciences
Benjamin Whittaker Economics
Lars Patrik Kristofer Widman History
Taylor Williams Biology
Madeline Williams Literature
Nathaniel Aaron Wolff Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Fox Wong Art
Jason Minh Wong Psychology
Maya Wood Earth Sciences
Keaton Wood 4 * Ecology and Evolution
Anathema Dehne Wrigley Chemistry
Amy Yuhua Wu Biology
Aaron Wu 4 Computer Science
Nicolette Xepoleas 4 * Psychology
ZiJun Yan Psychology
Shiqi Yang (Emma) Marine Biology
Talia Yaser
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2024
Isaac Yee 4 * Philosophy
Veyd Yewle * Art
Cynthia Zelaya Sociology
Kellen Zheng Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Keith Zhou Computer Science
Haley Ziegel Biology
Students Also Participating
Karla Acosta Psychology
Mariana Acosta Education, Democracy, and Justice
Steve An Business Management Economics
John Paolo Caguiat Aquino Cognitive Science
Luca Nicholas Archenault Computer Science
Andreu Ariciaga Film and Digital Media
Annette Zoe Samuels Asryan Physics
Sowri Athi Business Management Economics
Angelica Grace Perkins-Babinski Neuroscience
Calum Baratti Film and Digital Media & Literature
Octavio Barron Morales Literature
Mikayla Maurice Belsky Psychology
Claudia Holland Biggs History of Art and Visual Culture
JD Bonilla Chemistry
Jayla Nycole Bonner Technology and Information Management
Logan Blase Buchholz Psychology
Emelia Rose Buck Global and Community Health
Kristofer Alen Bumanglag Theater Arts
Emma Burns Environmental Studies
Sebastian Daniel Callahan Literature
Dylan Edward Campbell Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Roberto Andres Campos Psychology
Nina Martine Cappellano Art
Joshua Allen Castellanos Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Joyce Grace Cha Art
Kelly Chen Film and Digital Media & Sociology
Zoe Chin Marine Biology
Harry Chou Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Ethan Morgan Clark Computer Science
Maximilian Volker Claus Theater Arts & Marine Biology
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences also participating
Luca Orlando Cuppoletti Biology
Julian Alexander Crown Legal Studies & Sociology
Benjamin Francis Daly Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Jackson Christopher Dawson Cognitive Science
Jaime Donaldson History
Maggie Dougherty Art
Blake Damon Dringenberg Theater Arts
Randall Benedict Enger History
Stefani Taylor England Sociology
Izetta Leigh Evans History of Art and Visual Culture
Lily Faris Computer Science
Emma Claire Faszer History of Art and Visual Culture
Luc David Fearneyhough Business Management Economics
Michael Fischer-Haagens Music
Martin Christopher Flores Economics / Mathematics
Victoria Flores Psychology
Nicholas Franklin Economics
Cristina Juliana Fruehan-Vergara Art
Eric Michael Funchess Cognitive Science
Sunny Gai Art and Design: Games and Playable Media & Computer Science
Deveny Nicole Garcia Philosophy
Isaac Thomas Garfinkel Film and Digital Media
Nadim Gobran Psychology & Sociology
Samuel Wilson Goldsmith Music
Jared Michael Gonzalez Theater Arts
Gerardo Guerrero Garcia Business Management Economics
Isaiah Luis Gutierrez Education, Democracy and Justice
Carolee Elizabeth Hagey Art
Elissa Hartman Psychology
Savannah Hayes Desai Psychology & Sociology
Tierney Claire Whaley Hennessy Plant Sciences
Catherine Jane Hermann Sociology
Mark-Anthony Saul Hernandez Film and Digital Media
Naydelin Hernandez Sociology
Micaela Anne House Electrical Engineering
Yifeng Huang Art & Sociology
Paul Michael Jacob-Hines Economics & Spanish Studies
January Cordero-Johnston Literature
Joanna Nicole Juarez Legal Studies
Marisol Juarez Ortiz Literature
Tae Hyun Jung Applied Mathematics
Emerson Rae Kapture
Music & Psychology
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Tomoya Kato
Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences also participating
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Ava Keene Psychology
Lumina Kinsinger-Dang Mathematics & Computer Science Computer Game Design
Killian Rose Kiuttu Linguistics
River Meadows Kjellgren Physics
Allison Klotz Linguistics & Literature
Jack Sarkis Kouzoujian Economics
Karyssa Krebs Computer Science
Cherry Lalina Psychology
Envy Lau Business Management Economics
Lynn Liang Economics
Jifei Liu Economics & Mathematics Theory and Computation
Jassmyn Hailey Lopez Marine Biology
Jose Eduardo Lopez Anthropology
Damaris Lopez Sociology
Brandon Alan Lovelady Computer Science
Matan Alexander Maoz Sociology
Zachary Aaron Markowitz History
Rene Martinez Biology
Carlyn Mckean Psychology
Ruby Dolan Mcquie Film and Digital Media
Isham Abdiel Mendez Cognitive Science
Aidan Merchel-Zoric Film and Digital Media
Brandon Tony Miao Network and Digital Technology
Tanish Mishra Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Max Turner Monson Music
Aidan R. Mullen Film and Digital Media
Aakaash Narayannan Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Aaliyah Nasiri Environmental Studies/Biology
Andrew Ng Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Jimmy An Nguyen Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Reyna Guadalupe Ojeda Perez Art
Alanna Ozun Ecology and Evolution
Celeste Quetzalli Palacios-Oseguera Education, Democracy and Justice
Thurmann Raphael Pangilinan Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Andrés Paniagua Computer Science
Danny Pedraza Film and Digital Media
Brian Rafael Perez Computer Science
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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences also participating
Tess Diana Perkins-Babinski Feminist Studies
Kylie Alyssa Pettis Film and Digital Media
Sharon My Khanh Phan Computer Engineering
Tristan Aleksy Piotrowski Environmental Studies/Economics
Max Maximiliano Ponssa Psychology
Damian Anthony Robles Film and Digital Media
Luisa Jane Rounds Linguistics
Alex Michael Rovner Art and Design: Games and Playable Media
Gracie Ruth Ruddell Sociology
Mei Geslani Saelee Sociology
Veronica Scanlon Psychology
Shivani Scherp Ecology and Evolution
Alexis Rose Schulz Film and Digital Media
Irene Shen Language Studies
Samuel Shroyer Film and Digital Media
Destin Lau Silver Literature
Ava Rose Skupnik Marine Biology
Ryan Christopher Spaulding Cognitive Science
Kayla Ann Marie Strand Environmental Studies/Biology
Alissa Lauren Torres Business Management Economics
Ian Gerard Valderrama Politics
Johnathan Xavier Vargas Philosophy
Hayden Wagner Legal Studies
Analise Rebecca Wehner Art
Evelyn Mary Wheeler Linguistics
Tiana Nora Rose Wilt Biology
Leo Misha Wizelman Education, Democracy and Justice
Duo Yu Computer Engineering
Evie Zhang Psychology
Alyssa Cabral Anthropology
Shiyen Hnub Qub Yang Art
Christian Ycaro Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Isabel Trinity Young Environmental Studies
Yunhui Zeng Art
Evie Zhang Psychology
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University Honors
( 1) Summa cum Laude, “with highest distinction”, signifies graduate standing in the top 2% of their class.
( 2) Magna cum Laude, “with great distinction”, signifies graduate standing the top 5% of their class.
( 3) Cum Laude, “with distinction”, signifies graduate standing in the top 15% of their class.
( 4) Candidate for University Honors. Graduating seniors who may be awarded Honors after spring quarter are noted in this program as “Candidate for University Honors”.
Nominated for Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa is a national honor society that advances scholarship and recognizes excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The UC Santa Cruz chapter was established in 1985.
“ * ” Indicates student nominated for Phi Beta Kappa membership
Dean’s & Chancellors Awards
Division of the Arts
Alice Jean Clarice Barreras Dean’s Award
Lily Nash Dean's Award
Kairo Chin Dean's & Chancellor's Award
Division of the Humanities
Maia Michelle Jardenil Mislang Dean’s Award
Physical & Biological Sciences
Edgar Daniel Cruz Vasquez Dean’s Award
Katherine Nicole Warren Dean's Award
Danielle J. Hayley Deans & Chancellor's Award
Neo Peng Deans & Chancellor's Award
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Jaxon Chester Chanpuru: An exploration of contemoary Okinawan & Hawaiian material cultures
Samantha Contreras Magnonics for THz applications
Ben Louis Goldstein
Sowing seeds: Filipoina American stories from the Pajaro Valley
Spencer Greene Lost passion - a bachelor's of music recital
Zoe Linstrom Dieties of pollution
Emmett Marks-Froot
The evolution of magical names in classical antiguity
Porter College Service Award
The College Service Award is given to graduating seniors who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and commitment to the Porter College and UCSC communities.
Emily Baer
Siddharth Baxi
Octavio Barron Morales
Joyce Cha
Kory Cooper Ben Daly
Mia Gutierrez Elliott Jensen
Kyle Keller Killian Kiuttu
Fin Kopczynski
Gabreille Marielle
Natalie Leos
Gracie Ruddell
Ty Sterling
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Koret Scholars
Porter College would like to acknowledge and thank Taylor DeGiovanni, Kristin Palma, and the staff in University Advancement who coordinated this weekend of celebrations, and the College and Unviersity Staff and volunteers staff who made it possible.
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Congratulations Porter College Class of 2024!
