LAUDE SOCIETY induction

Induction into the Cum Laude Society in the fall of senior year is Hammond’s highest academic honor, bestowed on seniors whose cumulative grade point averages are in the top ten percent of the class One faculty member from each department is also eligible for induction. Seniors Rucker Brannon, Raymond Cao, Alexander Garside, Simon Lumpkin, Aiden Maragh, Evan Todd, and Luke Weinbach, alongside faculty member John McCormack ‘97, were inducted in a ceremony on November 22

Alumna Taylor Doggett ‘16, who currently works as Communications Director for Rep Mark Takano (D-CA) on Capitol Hill, spoke to inductees during the ceremony Doggett candidly described how she still has not found her exact “why” in life, but encouraged inductees to “do what drives you, and the rest will follow ”