Ron E. Lumbra ’83, Co-Chairperson
Ayden Carpenter ’25
Chris Danforth
Monika Donlevy
William Falls
Jenan Husain G’26
The Hon. Stephanie Jerome ’84
Debra G.B. Leonard
Donald H. McCree ’83
Cynthia Barnhart ’81, Co-Chairperson
Abigail McGowan
Deborah Mignucci ’82
Ed Pagano ’85
Jeff Schulman ’89
Katharine Shepherd G’97
The Hon. Catherine Toll G’87
H. Whitney Wagner ’78
Eric von Wettberg
Founded by heroes of the American Revolution, the University of Vermont is the fifth oldest university in New England, following Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown. The university has a living commitment to the ethical foundations of democracy and to values long associated with the state of Vermont: fairness, social justice, environmental stewardship, openness, independence, lack of pretense, and the achievement of practical results. Blending the academic heritage of a private university with the engagement mission of the land-grant tradition, the University of Vermont is distinguished by excellence in instruction, innovation in research and scholarship, and public service to the state, the nation, and the world. In February 2025, the university achieved the coveted R1 research institution status, placing it among the top tier of universities categorized by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education – a recognition of an extremely robust research enterprise, and a designation earned by less than 3 percent of U.S. higher education institutions. This distinction is a credit to how UVM’s undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs integrate the principles of liberal education to enhance the personal, professional, and intellectual growth of its students. Through a pervasive spirit of inquiry and investigative rigor, the university’s faculty, staff, and students are actively engaged in extending humankind’s knowledge.
The president’s medallion, worn on a silver chain by the president at university ceremonies, is a gift from Lattie F. Coor, president from 1976 to 1989. The obverse of the sterling silver medallion bears the oval seal of the university. The verso is inscribed “Badge of Office of the President / University of Vermont / Presented by Lattie F. Coor 21st President UVM / December 1989.” An earlier medallion, bearing the round seal of the university and given as a gift to the university in 1950 from John Schoff Millis, president from 1941 to 1949, has been placed among the treasures of the university.
The Class of 1927 memorial mace is carried by the university marshal at formal university occasions and is displayed on the platform during these ceremonies. The mace, a gift from the Class of 1927, is forty-seven inches long, cast bronze, plated in silver, with a black ebony handle. The sculpture on one of the four sides depicts the center section of Old Mill with Mount Mansfield in the background, symbolizing the founding of the university. Other sides display three
students reaching upwards to a lamp, symbolic of learning; the Ira Allen Chapel, symbolizing spiritual guidance; and a group of four persons, symbolizing friendship. It is crowned by the seal of the university. The mace was designed and the model sculpted by Richard Simpson, son of Carl G. and Doris Griffith Simpson, both members of the Class of 1927.
The academic regalia worn today at U.S. colleges and universities is a tradition of the Middle Ages. The University of Vermont was among the first in the country to experiment with the use of academic gowns, requiring them to be worn at the graduation of 1806. The experiment was not repeated until midcentury, when UVM and other colleges began wholeheartedly to use the medieval scholar’s clothing for ceremonial occasions. Hoods are usually black. All are lined in silk in the academic color or colors of the institution conferring the degree, with a chevron for additional colors. A University of Vermont hood is lined with green, with a gold chevron, the official school colors. The color of the hood border indicates the degree earned.
Dr. Marlene Tromp is the 28th president of the University of Vermont. She brings to UVM an outstanding record of leadership at public universities. Her presidency begins as UVM is in the wake of record-breaking research and student outcomes and is poised to build upon its tradition of excellence as Vermont’s flagship comprehensive research university and land-grant institution. She leads with a commitment to providing a world-class educational experience for students and elevating the university’s broadly impactful research enterprise. She is proud to serve in a role dedicated to the success of Vermont.
Prior to her role at UVM, Dr. Tromp served as president of Boise State University for six years. She worked in partnership with the faculty to increase the academic excellence and research profile of Boise State and shattered the graduation record, research funding record and philanthropy record throughout her presidency. She increased access for students from all backgrounds, providing exceptional opportunities and integrating the university deeply with the local community and economy. With academic leaders, she created pathbreaking partnerships with industry and nonprofits to advance students and the state.
She has been a leader in higher education nationally, serving on the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Board and the Board of the American Council on Education, as well as on the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, designed to enhance U.S. productivity and prosperity for all Americans. She represented higher education at the international G7 Summit and has overseen global scale institutes and centers on genomics, the environment, microelectronics, community engagement, computing, and tech in the humanities and social sciences.
Dr. Tromp’s passion for supporting students inspired her to increase student access by creating endowed scholarships to reduce the barrier of financial need—giving more talented students the opportunity to change their lives and bring their gifts to the world. Her conviction that students in rural communities deserved access to quality higher education led her to spearhead the Community Impact Program, which brings education to them, the Hometown Challenge, which helps students return home to give back in their communities.
She has spent the majority of her administrative career at AAU institutions. She served as the campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she oversaw one of the most outstanding faculties on the continent. She also served as a dean and vice provost at Arizona State University, named the most innovative in the nation ten years in a row. She remains a dedicated scholar and is the author of several books and many articles on Victorian literature and culture and its relationship to our current cultural moment, and has served as President of the North American Victorian Studies Association.
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Rev. Daniel Clarke Sanders, D.D 1814
Rev. Samuel Austin, D.D. 1821
Rev. Daniel Haskel, A.M. 1824
Rev. Willard Preston, D.D. 1826
Rev. James Marsh, D.D. 1833
Rev. John Wheeler, D.D. 1849
Rev. Worthington Smith, D.D. 1855
Rev. Calvin Pease, D.D. 1861
Rev. Joseph Torrey, D.D. 1866 1866
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James Burrill Angell, LL.D. 1871
Matthew H. Buckham, D.D., LL.D. 1910
1911 Guy Potter Benton, D.D., LL.D. 1919
1920 Guy Winfred Bailey, A.B., LL.D. 1940
1941 John Schoff Millis, Ph.D., LL.D. 1949
1950 William Samuel Carlson, Ph.D., LL.D. 1952
1952 Carl Williams Borgmann, Ph.D., LL.D. 1958
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John Theodore Fey, J.S.D., LL.D. 1964
Shannon McCune, Ph.D., LL.D. 1966
1966 Lyman Smith Rowell, M.S., LL.D. 1970
1970 Edward Clinton Andrews, Jr., M.D., LL.D. 1976
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Lattie Finch Coor, Ph.D., LL.D. 1989 1990 George Herbert Davis, PhD. 1991 1991
Thomas P. Salmon, J.D., LL.D. 1997 1997
Judith A. Ramaley, Ph.D. 2001 2002
Daniel Mark Fogel, Ph.D.
E. Thomas Sullivan, J.D.
2019 Suresh V. Garimella, Ph.D. 2024
2025 Marlene Tromp, Ph.D.
Cynthia Barnhart ’81, Chair of the Board
Marlene Tromp, President
The Honorable Philip B. Scott ’80, Governor of the State of Vermont
The Hon. John L. Bartholomew
The Hon. Scott L. Beck
Susan M. Brengle ’85
Frank J. Cioffi ’77
Matthew G. Devost G’95
John M. Dineen ’86
R. Stanton Dodge ’91
Jodi H. Goldstein ’89
Jennifer A. Ha G’29
McKenzie E. Hart ’27
The Hon. Stephanie Jerome ’84
Ron E. Lumbra ’83
Jason D. Maulucci ’17
Donald H. McCree ’83, Vice Chair
The Hon. Carol Bua Ode ’78
Ed Pagano ’85
Kristina M. Pisanelli ’97
The Hon. Monique E. Priestley
The Hon. Lucy E. Rogers ’18
The Hon. Shapleigh Smith Jr. ’87
The Hon. Tristan D. Toleno
The Hon. Catherine “Kitty” Toll G’87, Secretary
PRESIDENT Marlene Tromp
PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Linda S. Schadler
VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Kirk Dombrowski
VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
VICE PRESIDENT FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND GENERAL COUNSEL
CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OFFICER
CHIEF OFFICER FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT .
CHIEF MEDICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
CHIEF SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS .
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
Alicia S. Estey
Jay M. Jacobs
Sharon Reich Paulsen
Alessandro Bertoni
Bettyjo Bouchey
Kellie Campbell
Jonathan D’Amore
Richard L. Page
Michael E. Schirling ’92, G’06
Jeffrey Schulman ’89, G’03
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT Jason C. Garvey
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Wendy L. Koenig
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS Jamie McGowan
VICE PROVOST FOR INTERCULTURAL EXCELLENCE Amer F. Ahmed
VICE PROVOST FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AND DEAN OF STUDENTS Erica Caloiero
VICE PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND STUDENT SUCCESS
VICE PROVOST FOR GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES
VICE PROVOST FOR FACULTY AFFAIRS
ASSISTANT PROVOST AND CHIEF OF STAFF
CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR
UVM FOUNDATION PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Jennifer A. Dickinson
Holger Hoock
Jane E. Okech
Kerry Castano
Tessa Lucey
Kathleen Kelleher
GRADUATE COLLEGE
LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
PATRICK LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE
Holger Hoock
Richard L. Page
David Jenemann
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Linda Prokopy
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
William A. Falls
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Sanjay Sharma
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Katharine Shepherd
Mandar Dewoolkar
Peter Newman G’02
Noma B. Anderson
Bryn Geffert
University Marshal
University of Vermont Police Services Honor Guard
St. Andrews Pipeband of Vermont
Banners of the University
Marshals of the Delegates
Cynthia Barnhart ’81 CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Marlene Tromp PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Linda S. Schadler
PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
The Honorable Philip B. Scott ’80 GOVERNOR, STATE OF VERMONT
Delegates of Institutions of Higher Education Marshals of the Faculty Faculty and Emeriti Faculty of the University of Vermont
The Platform Party
Bettina Aptheker
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy DEAN AND CARLOS MONTEZUMA PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL POLICY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Kimberly A. Hopely
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT PRESIDENT, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Professor Abagail McGowan PRESIDENT, FACULTY SENATE AND UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Associate Professor Lisa J. Schnell UNIVERSITY HERALD
Professor Amy B. Trubek and Associate Professor Colby Kervick FACULTY MARSHALS—UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FACULTY
Professor and Chair Thomas Borchert and Library Professor Daisy Benson FACULTY MARSHALS—INSTITUTIONAL DELEGATES
Deb Mignucci ’82
PRESIDENT, UVM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Saba Rafiei G’27
PRESIDENT, GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE
Dagni Bredesen
PROFESSOR EMERITA, ENGLISH, EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Lorena Peñaloza
CHIEF CAMPUS COUNSEL, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UC) LEGAL, UC RIVERSIDE OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
Chey Sheen
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNA, CLASS OF 2024
Kennedy Connors ’27 PRESIDENT, STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Jennifer Jorgenson PRESIDENT, STAFF COUNCIL
Isaac Shoulderblade
FIRST NATIONS STUDENT AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT COORDINATOR
Members of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees
Officers of Administration and Deans of the University
Presidential Search Advisory Committee
PRESIDING
Abigail McGowan
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL AND PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY SENATE, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
Lisa J. Schnell
UNIVERSITY HERALD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
Linda S. Schadler
PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PRELUDE
POSTING OF THE COLORS
CONVENING OF THE CEREMONY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PROCESSIONAL
NATIONAL ANTHEM
The Star-Spangled Banner
WELCOME
REMARKS
INSTALLATION ADDRESS
The University Concert Band D. Thomas Toner PROFESSOR AND CONDUCTOR, MUSIC PROGRAM
The University of Vermont Police Services Honor Guard
The University Concert Band St. Andrews Pipeband of Vermont
Isaac Shoulderblade
FIRST NATIONS STUDENT AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT COORDINATOR
Abigail McGowan
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL AND PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY SENATE, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
Dylan Scopetski ’26 The University Concert Band
Cynthia Barnhart ’81 CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Honorable Philip B. Scott ’80 GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
Bettina Aptheker
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
PRESENTATION OF THE INSIGNIA OF THE OFFICE
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
REFLECTION
ALMA MATER
GREETING AND POETRY READING
CLOSING REMARKS
ADJOURNMENT OF THE CEREMONY
RECESSIONAL
Cynthia Barnhart ’81
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Abigail McGowan
PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY SENATE
Deb Mignucci ’82
PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Jennifer Jorgenson
PRESIDENT OF THE STAFF COUNCIL
Saba Rafiei G’27
PRESIDENT OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE
Kennedy Connors ’27
PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Marlene Tromp
PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
DEAN AND CARLOS MONTEZUMA PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL POLICY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Universitas V. Montis
WORDS BY DAVID COX ’49
MUSIC BY JANE OPPENLANDER ’79, G’81
ARR. BY D. NEIWEEM
Members of the University Concert Choir
DR. NATHANIEL G. LEW, CHORAL DIRECTOR, MUSIC PROGRAM
“passionflowers” for ntozake
Risë Kevalshar Collins
WRITER
Kimberly A. Hopely
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY AND PRESIDENT, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Abigail McGowan
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL AND PRESIDENT OF THE FACUTY SENATE, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
The University Concert Band
After the recessional, please join Dr. Tromp for a reception with the community on the University Green around the fountain. Enjoy refreshments, creemees, and please take a bag of apples from the UVM Horticultural Farm before you depart.
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Bettina Aptheker is Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of California, Santa Cruz. She has held two UC Presidential Chairs, one in Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, and the other the Baskin Foundation Endowed UC Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies. A scholar-activist Bettina co-led the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at the University of California, Berkeley 1964-65, and is currently a member of the FSM-Archive Board. She also co-led a transnational movement in defense of Angela Davis (1970-1972). Bettina holds a MA in Communication Studies from San Jose State University (1976) and a PhD from the History of Consciousness Department, at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1983). Among her many awards she received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the UCSC Alumni Association (2000) and the Ethos Award from the UCSC Alumni Association (2023). Her most popular course was Introduction to Feminisms which she taught for 30 years to 16,000 students. In 2009 Bettina developed another introductory-level course Feminism & Social Justice. In March 2019 it was released online on the Coursera platform in four lectures. As of now 130,000 people have taken the course across the globe literally on every continent. Bettina has published 8 books including Tapestries of Life: Women’s Work, Women’s Consciousness and the Meaning of Daily Experience (1989) and a memoir Intimate Politics: How I grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech and Became a Feminist Rebel (2006). She and her partner, Kate Miller, (now legally married) celebrate their 47th anniversary this year. They raised three children and now delight in their three grandsons who are all in their twenties.
DEAN AND CARLOS MONTEZUMA PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL POLICY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) is dean of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy. A member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, Brayboy’s research focuses on intersecting knowledge systems that illuminate the ways that institutional structures simultaneously hinder and enable the success of underserved students, staff, and faculty. His research also explores the ways that culture and cultural practices mediate and support Indigenous student learning, community self-determination, and tribal nation building.
Risë Kevalshar Collins WRITER
Risë Kevalshar Collins is a Black woman artist whose American ancestry precedes the Civil War. She earned a BFA in Drama at Carnegie Mellon University, and was a member of the original Broadway production of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf. She earned an MSW in Clinical and Political Social Work at University of Houston and served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Texas, Oregon, Washington State, and in North Idaho. Risë earned a BFA in Creative Writing at Boise State University where she served on the editorial staff of Idaho Review. She is a candidate for the MFA in Creative writing at The Ohio State University. Her writing across genres has been published in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Texas Review, North American Review, The Indianapolis Review, Tupelo Quarterly, The Minnesota Review, ANMLY, The Normal School, The EastOver Press Anthology of Rural Stories, 2023: Writers of Color, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a grant from the Alexa Rose Foundation.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT; PRESIDENT, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Kimberly Hopely serves as executive vice president for development and alumni engagement at Rutgers University and president of Rutgers University Foundation. Kimberly leads the organization to fulfill its purpose: deliver resources and facilitate meaningful engagement to advance the mission of Rutgers. She is a member of President Tate’s cabinet and is an officer of the university.
Prior to joining the Rutgers community, Kimberly was senior vice president and chief development officer at the ASU Foundation at Arizona State University, her alma mater. She has also held leadership positions in development and operations at Banner Health Foundation and A.T. Still University of Health Sciences.
PROFESSOR EMERITA, ENGLISH, EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Dagni Bredesen has been friends with Dr. Tromp for fourteen years after meeting her at the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association conference in 2011. Dagni is emerita professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. She has published on Victorian widowhood, nineteenthcentury female detectives, and has produced new scholarly editions of two yellowbacks and a penny dreadful. Currently, she is collaborating with Marlene Tromp and Newton Key on a set of source books on Victorian Detectives and Detective fiction commissioned by Routledge.
PROFESSOR AND REGENTS DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENT, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Michael M. Crow is an educator, knowledge enterprise architect, science and technology policy scholar and higher education leader. He became the sixteenth president of Arizona State University in 2002 and has led ASU’s rapid and groundbreaking transformation into one of the world’s best public metropolitan research universities. As a model “New American University,” ASU simultaneously demonstrates comprehensive institutional excellence, inclusivity representative of the ethnic and socioeconomic spectrum of the United States, and collaborative problem-solving dedicated to consequential societal impact.
Lauded as “one of the most radical redesigns in higher education,” ASU is a student-centric, technology-enabled public enterprise that tackles complex natural and global challenges through the focused lenses of sustainability, economic competitiveness, social embeddedness, inclusive excellence, entrepreneurship and global engagement. Under Crow’s leadership, ASU has established more than thirty new transdisciplinary schools, including the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and launched pioneering multidisciplinary initiatives including the Biodesign Institute, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, the nation’s first School of Sustainability, and significant initiatives in the humanities and social sciences.
CHIEF CAMPUS COUNSEL, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UC) LEGAL, UC RIVERSIDE OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
Lorena Peñaloza became Chief Campus Counsel for the University of California, Riverside, one of the ten campuses in the University of California (UC) system, January 2023, after serving as the Chief Campus Counsel of UC Santa Cruz for nearly six years. She provides advice to the campus on a broad range of legal issues, including employment, land use, police, student safety and conduct issues. She reports jointly to UCR Chancellor Jack Hu and UC system Senior Vice President and General Counsel Charles Robinson and serves on their respective leadership teams.
Lorena previously worked for the Office of General Counsel for the California State University (CSU) system, where she first served as a litigator and then as University Counsel for two of the system’s twenty-three campuses. Prior to joining CSU, she served as Assistant City Attorney with the City Attorney’s Office for the City of Santa Ana and began her legal career with the Social Security Administration’s Office of the General Counsel in Maryland through the Presidential Management Fellowship (formerly known as Presidential Management Internship) program.
Lorena currently serves on the board of directors for the National Association of College and University Attorneys and chairs the Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission of the California State Bar. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly known as UC Hastings College of the Law).
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNA, CLASS OF 2024
Cheyon (Chey) Sheen is driven by a commitment to solving infrastructure challenges in rural and underserved communities. A 2023 Truman Scholar and Boise State University graduate, she holds a degree in civil engineering with a minor in environmental studies, plus certificates in American Sign Language, French, Korean, and Spanish. Her experience spans public and private sectors, from Boise to Los Angeles to Maui, where she led civil construction on multimillion-dollar projects—including Ka La‘i Ola, a temporary housing initiative for over 1,500 Lahaina wildfire survivors.
As an undergraduate, Sheen researched supply chain resilience, carbon sequestration policy, sediment modeling, Tribal infrastructure, and fisheries ecology. She developed machine-learning tools with the Department of Homeland Security and supported salmon restoration with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
Beyond engineering, Sheen served as Boise State’s student body president, interned in the U.S. Senate, and curated the [PUH] [TAY] [TOH] gallery, showcasing Idaho Asian American art and narratives. She now works in the agriculture technology sector at Tellia, an early-stage startup, building a voice AI tool to help farmers preserve generational knowledge and adapt to future needs.
Sheen’s side quests include creating a Hawaiian fish dictionary, making collages for friends, and catching waves when the ocean allows.
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Mary Lou Kete
1766
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Kimberly A. Hopely 1794
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
Chase Taylor
1800
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Ian Baucom
1819
NORWICH UNIVERSITY
John Broadmeadow
1822, 1908
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
Jeffrey Amestoy
1848
SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY
Louis Patrick Leroux
1851
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Bryan Brayboy 1853
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Iris Rivero
1855
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Johanna Kalb
1861
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE
Dagni Bredesen
1863
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Anita Mannur
1865
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Newton Key
1870
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Susan Saari
1878
CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE
Monique Taylor 1881
SPELMAN COLLEGE
T.M. Robinson-Mosley, Ph.D. 1885
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Joanna Grabski
Eduardo Pagán
1886
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Susan Aronstein
Caroline McCracken-Flesher
1889
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY
Leslie Durham
1889
EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Tammi Vacha-Haase
1890
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Elizabeth Cantwell
1895
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Dagni Bredesen
1897
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Adela de la Torre
1904
SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE
Richard Plumb
1907
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I
Rachel Johnson
1921
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNING BOARDS OF UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGES
Mary Papazian
1925
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Will Hughes
1932
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
Jeremiah Shinn
1950
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT
Joyce Judy 1958
STERLING COLLEGE
Scott Thomas 1965
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Bettina Aptheker 1965
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Sherry Main 1965
VERMONT STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORPORATION
Scott Giles 1972
VERMONT LAW AND GRADUATE SCHOOL
Dan Bromberg
Beth McCormack 1985
LANDMARK COLLEGE
Solvegi Shmulsky
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CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC
STATE UNIVERSITY
Jeffrey D. Armstrong, President
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Kim Brooks, President and Vice Chancellor
HAMILTON COLLEGE
Steven Tepper, President
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
James C. Schmidt, President
KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE
Mohamed Abousalem, President
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Sally Kornbluth, President
MIAMI UNIVERSITY
Greg Crawford, President
RHODE ISLAND
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Crystal Williams, President
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Francine Conway, Chancellor
SUNY GLOBAL CENTER
John B. King, Jr., Chancellor
SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Winston Soboyejo, President
THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
Dennis Denisoff,
Ida Barnard McFarlin, Chair of English and Film
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Howard Gillman, Chancellor
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Radenka Maric, President
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I
Wendy F. Hensel, President
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Barbara J. Wilson, President
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SYSTEM
Jeffrey B. Gold, President
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Karl Scholz, President
UNIVERISTY OF TOLEDO
James Holloway, President
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Hunter Holoubek
CLASS OF 2026
PATRICK LEAHY HONORS COLLEGE
Naveen Kothandaraman
CLASS OF 2027
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
Meredith W. Loney
CLASS OF 2026
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Allison Kingsley
CLASS OF 2026
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Alisson Fernandez Tuiro
CLASS OF 2026
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Anna K. Hoppe
CLASS OF 2027
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Kylie Jessica Squires
CLASS OF 2026
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Adama Aja
CLASS OF 2026
LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Cal N Aguiar
CLASS OF 2026
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Collin A. Coil
CLASS OF 2029
GRADUATE COLLEGE
D. Thomas Toner, Conductor, Professor of Music
FLUTE
Trinity Fang Smith ’26
Jacob Fleming ’27
Grant Mathews ’25
Lindsay Oberhand ’29
Elle Sweeney ’27
Cassie Tibbetts ’28
Jessica Zaffuts ’27
CLARINET
Kyle Cairns ’26
Olivia Fisher ’29
Sarah Gentili ’26
Kurt Moore ’28
Ellise Nealey ’27
Cyrus Nichols ’28
Quinn Smida ’25
Jared Carnesale (bass) ’27
Victoria Kehlet (bass) ’28
SAXOPHONE
Casey Bolotin ’26
Tyler Morgenson ’29
Keira Weldon ’28
Vincent Williams ’29
Piper Farnsworth (bari) ’29
TRUMPET
Devon Ellicock ’28
Chayton Gierzynski ’28
Cameryn Haberlin ’29
Maria McLaughlin ’27
Kiara Sinos ’29
HORN
Audrey Barbella ’29
Isaac Damon ’26
Anna DePinho ’29
Charlotte Lyng ’29
TROMBONE
Nicholas Hoff ’27
Hunter Stack ’29
Moses Thibault ’29
EUPHONIUM
Aidan Geller ’29
TUBA
Tess Sedlar, ’26
Jay Yarlott, ’28
PERCUSSION
Dylan Reich ’27
Lula Solomon Rohr ’28
Anna Willis ’26
Savannah Wisniewski ’29
Words by David Cox ’49
Music by Jane Oppenlander ’79, G’81, arr. by D. Neiweem
From the lofty peaks of Mansfield to the shores of Lake Champlain, comes a mighty swelling chorus, whose echo will remain:
CHORUS:
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont! Our University!
Our hearts and minds and voices sing in love and praise to Thee!
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Shadows falling ’cross the campus, changing seasons’ wond’rous scene, stir our thoughts of Alma Mater, and the colors Gold and Green:
CHORUS:
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont! Our University! Our hearts and minds and voices sing in love and praise to Thee!
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Heartfelt and sincere thanks to the many individuals and departments across the university whose dedication, collaboration, and hard work were instrumental in both the planning and successful implementation of the installation events. Your contributions—whether visible or behind the scenes—played a vital role in creating a memorable and meaningful experience for our entire community.
Thank you for your unwavering support and commitment.