GRADUATE DEGREE CEREMONY
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025 • 3 P.M.
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
DECEMBER 11 • 3 P .M.
Graduate Degree Ceremony
Graduate School
School of Law
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
School of Communication
School of Education and Human Development
College of Engineering
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Grand Marshal Robert W. Keane, Ph.D.
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Centennial Banner Marshal
Helen M. Bramlett, M.S. ’97, Ph.D. ’98
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Alumni Banner Marshal Antonio Junior, B.A. ’79
Faculty Banner Marshal Brian Mapes, Ph.D. Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Academic Banner Marshals
Graduate School Karina Gattamorta, Ph.D.
School of Law Andrew Dawson, J.D.
School of Architecture Alex Morcate, M.S.F.
College of Arts and Sciences Lillian Manzor, B.A. ’77, Ph.D.
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School Michael Fuerst, Ph.D.
School of Communication Regina Ahn, Ph.D.
School of Education and Human Development Terilee Wunderman, M.S.Ed. ’79, Ph.D. ’87
College of Engineering Murat Erkoc, Ph.D.
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Elizabeth Babcock, Ph.D.
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Coleen Atkins, Ph.D.
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Ana Ivanchenko, D.M.A. ’16
School of Nursing and Health Studies Carmen Presti, D.N.P
Hooders
William Carpenter, Ph.D. School of Education and Human Development
Jennifer Kahn, Ph.D. School of Education and Human Development
Christina Lane, Ph.D. School of Communication
Murat Erkoc, Ph.D. College of Engineering
George S. Georgiev, J.D. School of Law
Jessica Owley, Ph.D., J.D. School of Law
Greta Mitzova-Vladinov, D.N.P. School of Nursing and Health Studies
Mary Mckay, D.N.P. School of Nursing and Health Studies
Commencement Program
Academic Procession*
University of Miami Fanfare
David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05
Pomp and Circumstance
University of Miami Commencement Band
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Robert M. Carnochan, D.M.A. (1963-2024)
Former Director of Wind Ensemble Activities
Tina DiMeglio, D.M.A. ’20
Edward Elgar Conductor
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
President’s Procession*
President’s Processional Fanfare Toward Our New Century
Brian Balmages, M.M. ’00
Pomp and Circumstance
Edward Elgar
Convocation Opening Joel Samuels, J.D.
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
The National Anthem* Nicole Ferretti
The Star-Spangled Banner Student, Music Education
Francis Scott Key
Invocation*
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Rabbi Jason Cook Jewish Chaplain, University of Miami
Imam Abdul Hamid Samra, Ph.D. Muslim Chaplain, University of Miami Adjunct Professor, College of Engineering
Father Richard Vigoa Catholic Chaplain, University of Miami
Welcome Joseph J. Echevarria, B.B.A. ’78
President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Miami President, UHealth
Introduction of Speaker The Honorable Charles E. Cobb Jr., M.B.A. Member, Board of Trustees
Advice to Graduates
Vincent K. Omachonu, B.S.I.E. ’78, M.S.I.E. ’80, Ph.D. Interim Dean, College of Engineering
Conferral of Academic Degrees
Graduate School
School of Law
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
School of Communication
School of Education and Human Development
College of Engineering
Nicole Leeper Piquero, Ph.D., Interim Dean
Patricia S. Abril, J.D., Interim Dean
Rodolphe el-Khoury, Ph.D., Dean
Leonidas G. Bachas, Ph.D., Dean
Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean
Karin Wilkins, Ph.D., Dean
Laura Kohn-Wood, Ph.D., Dean
Vincent K. Omachonu, B.S.I.E. ’78, M.S.I.E. ’80, Ph.D. Interim Dean
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Benjamin Kirtman, Ph.D., Dean
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Alma Mater*
Latha Chandran, M.B.A. ’22, M.D., Executive Dean
Serona Elton, M.M. ’95, J.D., Interim Vice Dean
Hudson Santos, Ph.D., Dean
Nicole Ferretti
Lyrics by William S. Lampe Student, Music Education
Music by Christine Asdurian
Arranged by Henry Fillmore
Recessional*
Man of the Hour
Miami March
The Crosley March
The Noble Men March
Composed by Henry Fillmore
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
University of Miami Commencement Band
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Note: Degrees with years denote University of Miami alumni.
* If possible, please stand for these portions of the program. At the conclusion of the program, the audience will remain standing until the platform party has left the Watsco Center. The band was recorded during the Fall 2020 Commencement exercises. The commencement set was designed by Leonardo Ramos, B.G.S. ’12.
Commencement Speaker
VINCENT K. OMACHONU
Interim Dean, College of Engineering
From common medical mistakes such as prescribing the incorrect medication or mislabeling blood and urine samples to more serious incidents like amputating the wrong leg during a surgical procedure, Vincent K. Omachonu has dedicated an industrial engineering career to preventing defects in and improving the operation of the health care industry.
Omachonu’s path to improving the industry brought him more than 5,500 miles from his homeland of Nigeria to Coral Gables, Florida, where he enrolled at the University of Miami and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the College of Engineering, followed by a second master’s degree in operations research from Columbia University in New York.
More than four decades and a Ph.D. from New York University Tandon School of Engineering later, he has taught and conducted research at the University of Miami since, educating tomorrow’s industrial engineers while writing seminal texts in the field of health care quality management.
Interim dean of the University of Miami College of Engineering and professor and chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering, Omachonu is renowned for his contributions to health care quality and performance improvement, with his expertise having had a lasting impact on both academic curricula and industry standards.
His research and consulting expertise proved instrumental in the early adoption of Total Quality Management methodologies by hospitals across the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean, reinforcing his position as a pioneer in health care quality improvement.
Omachonu’s passion for higher education innovation is unparalleled, as he has developed and expanded academic programs that integrate health care systems engineering, business strategy, and data-driven decision-making. His ability to design and evaluate curricula has made him a much sought-after consultant for institutions looking to align their programs with industry needs and accreditation standards.
His extensive publication record runs the gamut. Omachonu has penned more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, books, and monographs in fields such as health care quality measurement, cost analysis, productivity management, and systems engineering for service organizations. His research has been published in internationally recognized journals, including Health Services Research, Journal of
Population Health, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, and Journal of Health Care Management Science.
His book, “Total Quality and Productivity Management in Health Care Organizations,” received the Institute of Industrial Engineers Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award in 1993 and has been adopted by more than 25 universities and colleges in the United States. Highlighting its real-world applicability in health care administration, the book also served as a critical reference guide for hospitals preparing for Joint Commission accreditation audits.
Omachonu has served as the principal investigator and investigator on several funded research grants, securing funding for interdisciplinary projects focused on health care efficiency, patient safety, HIV, and performance improvement.
He has held leadership positions on multiple health care and academic boards, influencing strategic decision-making, accreditation readiness, and research investment.
Omachonu is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers; a member of the American Society for Quality; and a recipient of multiple prestigious awards—including being honored with the IBM Faculty Award in 2012, which recognized his leadership in health care management and quality improvement. He is also a two-time recipient of the Alexander Orr Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, presented by the College of Engineering Alumni Association.
A Master Black Belt in Six Sigma Quality Methodology, Omachonu has been featured on CNN discussing quality in health care organizations, and he has delivered keynote addresses and executive presentations to professional organizations and industry leaders across the U.S. and globally.
For his academic and research leadership in addressing and improving health care quality and the patient experience, health care data analytics, and service science, the University of Miami is proud to welcome Vincent K. Omachonu as commencement speaker.
Candidates for Degrees
The awarding of degrees and honors to the candidates named in this program is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of the appropriate requirements by each candidate. The listing of a student’s name in no way implies or ensures graduation, nor the award of honors. The information listed on the following pages was current as of October 10, 2025.
Graduate School
Established 1941
Presented by Nicole Leeper Piquero, Ph.D., Interim Dean
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
William C. Adams
Major: Exercise Physiology
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Gait Variability and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults With and Without Parkinson’s Disease
Nawaf Amgad M Almadani
Major: Industrial Engineering
Dissertation: Dynamic Physician Assignment Under Licensure Constraints in Emergency Telemedicine: Evaluating Predictive Policies Through Simulation
Laura Mary Lucy Vasquez Bass
Major: English
Dissertation: Austere Lives: Afro-Caribbean Geographies of Political Austerity
Mistoria Kristel Brown
Major: Teaching and Learning
Dissertation: The Wealth We Carry: Mapping Literate Identity Across Affinity Spaces
Michael Andrew Caballero
Major: Industrial Engineering
Dissertation: Design and Deployment
Co-Optimization Solar and Storage Microgrid With Endogenous Technology Selection
Lino F. Cappelli
Major: Exercise Physiology
Dissertation: Comparison of the Predictive Ability of Balance, as Assessed by Reach Testing and Jump Testing, on Non-Contact Ankle Injury Frequency in High School Athletes
Joely Anne Centracchio
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Prognosis Awareness and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer: Moderation by Anxiety, Age, and Cancer Type
Jiuyan Chen
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Cationic Carbon Dots and Their Application in Cancer Cells Inhibition As Well As Gene Delivery
Shawnus Chen
Major: Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dissertation: Multi-Scale Magnetic Materials for Medical Devices From Magnetoelectric Nanoparticles to Macroscale Electromagnetic Devices
Shruti Choudhary
Major: Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dissertation: Development of Next Generation Particulate Matter Sensors: Health and Safety in Indoor, Outdoor, and Space Environments
Josep Ramon Codina Garcia Andrade
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Accelerating Peptide Design for Diverse Molecular Targets Using Molecular Docking and Machine Learning
Hanjing Dai
Major: Applied Marine Physics
Dissertation: Spatial and Temporal Measurements of Short Wind Waves Using Shape From Polarization: Assumptions, Procedures, and Applications
Laura Pilar Doyle
Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dissertation: An Adaptive Switch Controlling Polarized Cell Growth and Stress Response in Schizosaccharomyces Pombe
Anastasiia Evans
Major: Biology
Dissertation: Dissecting the Neural Circuitry of Thermosensation in Drosophila Larva
Scott Ian Frank
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Unveiling the Holistic Pain Experience: Integrating Neural Correlates, Pain Drawings, and Pain Distribution in Spinal Cord Injury Patients With Neuropathic Pain
Isaac Thomas Furtney
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Graph Neural Networks and Uncertainty Estimation in Health Care: Advancing Patient-Specific Clinical Predictions
Ehsan Harati Khalilabad
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Standardized Design Approaches and Strength Reliability for Lateral Torsional Buckling in Pultruded FRP Elements
Jiaming Hu
Major: Human Genetics and Genomics
Dissertation: Multimodal Data-Driven Computational Models for Kinase Inhibitor Discovery and Cellular Drug Sensitivity Prediction
Natasha K. Khatwani
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: Enhancing Metabolic Fitness and CAR-T Cell Function Using MicroRNA-29a
Isha Ravindra Kowey
Major: Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dissertation: Structure-Property Relationships in 6FCDA-Based Fluorinated Copolyimide Membranes for Energy-Efficient Light Olefin/ Paraffin Separation
Mayra J. Laverde Paz
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Elucidating Disease Markers and Mechanisms of Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Xuebing Leng
Major: Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation: Regulating CD8 T Cell Exhaustion via miR-29a and Apd-1/PD-L1
Tiffany Shinyi Leung
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: The Story of Sickness: Improving Children’s Sick Face Perception
Ceewin Naomi Louder
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: Stress, Racism, and Resilience: The Influence of Racism-Related Stress and Coping on Cardiovascular Functioning in Young Black Women
Mercedes Lozano Garcia
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Drug Delivery and Development for Clinical Applications in Oncology, Hemostasis, and Viral Infection
Michele Serita Mayne
Major: Sociology
Dissertation: Understanding Barriers and Decision-Making Pathways in Drug Addiction Treatment: A Community-Based Study on Black/African Americans in Miami-Dade County
Brooks Mullen
Major: Economics
Dissertation: Corruption and Economic Growth: Evidence for the Existence of the Theory of Optimal Corruption
Austin Daniel Newsam
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: RHOA Loss of Function Downregulates CD19 and Enhances Chronic IFNy Tolerance in CAR-T Resistant in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Samuel Abidemi Oluwole
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Multifunctional Ionic Liquid Hybrid Solvents: From Intermolecular Dynamics to Biological Applications
Corin O’Shea
Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dissertation: Understanding and Extending the N-Degron
Ayush Bickram Rana
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: Paracrine Polyamine Signaling in the Glioblastoma Tumor Immune Microenvironment
Amanda Holly Elizabeth Rawstern
Major: Biology
Dissertation: The Role of Intermicrobial Interactions and Host Genotype in Shaping Microbiome Community Assembly and Functioning
Arthur Rech Tondin
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Harnessing the Immunomodulatory Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Application in Transplantation and Type 1 Diabetes
Tamara Lynn Richardson
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: A Socioecological Model for Understanding Racial Inequities in Child Maltreatment Case Outcomes
Claire Alexandra Richie
Major: English
Dissertation: ‘This Printing Blood’: Reproductive Materialities in Early Modern English Literature
Shrita Sarkar
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Exploring the Influence of Peripheral Macronutrient Utilization in Regulating Metabolism-Fueled Tumorigenic Glioblastoma Stem Cells
Debasish Sarker
Major: Physics
Dissertation: Statistical Physics Approaches to Low-Speed Human Movement
Sophia Oommen Thomas
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Factors Contributing to SARSCoV-2 Vaccine Uptake Among Black Women in Miami-Dade County, South Florida
Andrea Tomassini
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Illuminating Life at the Nanoscale: Rational Design of Green-Light Activatable Bodipy-Based Fluorophores for Live-Cell Super-Resolution Microscopy
William Jacob Villano
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Situating Emotion Within a Predictive Brain: Neural Dynamics Underlying a Naturalistic Emotional Experience
Yujie Wang
Major: Industrial Engineering
Dissertation: Advanced Heterogeneous Recurrence Analysis of Complex SpatialTemporal Dynamics With Biomedical Applications
Ruming Yang
Major: Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies
Dissertation: Queered Orientalism in Cuba and Peru
Zhiliang Zhou
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Integrating Cathodic Protection and Energy Storage in Concrete: A Multifunctional Zn-Cement Anode for Durable and Electrochemically Active Infrastructure
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Arnaldo Alexis Aguero
Major: Physics
Dissertation: Time-Dependent Solutions for Solitons Embedded in AdS4
Salman Shaheen Ahmad
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: A Psychoeducational Workshop to Facilitate Help Seeking in Muslims Living in the United States by Applying an Islamic Lens on Mental Health
Ifedioranma Okechukwu Anikpo
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: Evaluation of Statin Use, Drug Interactions, and Their Associations With Lipid Changes in People With HIV
Danielle Antoine
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Role of the Gut Microbiome in Prolonged Pain Hypersensitivity Following Neonatal Morphine Exposure
Prajakta Badve
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Spectroscopic Investigation of Protein Dynamics and Small Molecule Binding in PGRMC1 and Fe-S Clusters Using Biomimetic Models
Brianna Bernard
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Engineering Functional Materials: Microwire Platforms and Carbon Dots for Versatile Biomedical Applications
Joseph A. Bonner
Major: Exercise Physiology
Dissertation: Predictors of Vascular Markers of Cardiac Risk in Collegiate Students
Hannah Claire Broos
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of Intolerance of Uncertainty: Linking Computational Measures With Clinical Factors
Zikun Cao
Major: Physics
Dissertation: Fabrication of High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Brianna Nicole Carney
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Role of Astroglial TNFR2 Signaling in Synaptic and Cognitive Function in Multiple Sclerosis
Tericka Smith Cesar
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Obesity: A Comprehensive Analysis Using a Family Health Framework
Nicholas Alexander Cisneros
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation: What Is ‘Veganism’? Making Progress on Vegan-Vegan Disagreements
Ashley Taylor Cook
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: A Passive Acoustic Approach to Studying Rice’s Whales (Balaenoptera ricei) in the Gulf of Mexico: Detection, Sound Propagation, and Call Density Estimation
Matthew David Coppello
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: The Associations Between Ambient Environmental Factors and Sleep Parameters Among Black Adults in South Florida
Leah Verna Dodds
Major: Prevention Science and Community Health
Dissertation: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the United States: A Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhood, Interpersonal, and Individual Determinants
Shida Duan
Major: Mathematics
Dissertation: Extensions on Predictable Forward Performance Processes: Models and Analysis
Anthony El Kommos
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Hybrid Hydrogels Augmented via Additive Network Integration (HANI) for Meniscal Tissue Engineering Applications
Hope Elizabeth Elliott
Major: Ocean Sciences
Dissertation: Estimating Aerosol-Derived Phosphorus and Iron Fluxes to the Surface Ocean: Looking Beyond Mineral Dust To Understand the Aerosol Indirect Effect on Biogeochemical Cycles
Marcia Fanti Negri
Major: Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies
Dissertation: WeMigration: Remapping Women’s Voices in Contemporary Brazilian Writing
Eukene Franco Landa
Major: Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies
Dissertation: Variation in Nominal Ergative Marking and Its Social Meaning: A Linguistic and Ideological Comparative Study Between the US Basque Diaspora and the Basque Country
Luca Galli
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Enhancing Windstorm Resilience of Coastal Communities Through Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC)
Beck Eliot Graefe
Major: Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Dissertation: Application of Finite Mixture Modeling in Meta-Analysis for Evaluating Between-Study Heterogeneity
Judith Greengold
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Operationalizing Connectedness in Hybridized Health Care: Machine Learning Analysis of Blood Pressure Measurement and Diagnostic Gaps in Real-World Settings
Eric Michael Griffin
Major: History
Dissertation: The Soul of the Nation: Guarani Indigeneity and Nationalism in Paraguay and Corrientes, Argentina 1900-1955
Melissa Alexandra Gutierrez
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: Refinement and Evaluation of a Parenting Psycho-Educational Intervention for Latine Families
Elizabeth Rose Halliday
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: The Development and Evaluation of a Single-Session Intervention for Parent Distress Tolerance
Nathan Hanson
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Delta-Radiomic Analysis in the Prediction of Pancreatic Tumor Response During Magnetic Resonance Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Elizabeth Haley Jacobs
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Mechanistic Insights and Exploration of a Mini-MTMR5 Therapeutic Approach to Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 4B3
Tashmay Jones
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Tail Wags Dog: Influence of ‘Solubilizing Tails’ on the Binding Affinities of Photoswitchable Kinase Inhibitors
Ariana Jose
Major: Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics
Dissertation: Downstream Effector Pathways of G-Protein Signaling in the Caenorhabditis Elegans Egg-Laying Circuit
Yahnell Judah
Major: Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics
Dissertation: Molecular Mechanisms and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Sensitivity of Cardiac Ion Channels
Nima Khodadadi
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Concrete Technologies: Predictive Models and Applications
Jiye Lee
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Effects of Neighborhood Environment on Child Behavioral Health
Tiffany Elaine Leesang
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Reprogramming the Epigenome of (Pre)malignant Hematopoietic Cells With Retinoic Acid and Ascorbate
Rafael Oliveira Leite
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Weight Discrimination and Its Association With Cardiometabolic Health
Kathleen Kiely Little
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Impact of Discriminatory LGBTQ+ Legislation on Sexual Minority Families: An Ecological Systems Analysis and Resilience Model
Kenji G. Lota
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation: Reasons for Asking: Beyond Journey’s End
Liang Luo
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: Roles of FANCA in Breast Cancer Development and Cell Cycle Progression
Sean Meehan
Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dissertation: Phosphatidylserine Decarboxylase and Its Effects on Retinal Ganglion Cell Axonal Growth and Lipidomics
Michael Patrick Moraskie
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Illuminating Quorum: Engineering Quantitative Bioluminescent Biosensors for the Novel Quorum Sensing Molecule 3,5-dimethylpyrazine-2-ol and Revelations From the Quantified Presence of Quorum Sensing Molecules in Humans, Animals, and Bacteria
Samantha Nebylitsa
Major: Atmospheric Sciences
Dissertation: Modulation of Tropical Cyclone Intensification by Environmental Parameters and Microphysical Processes
Deepa Neupane
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Investigating the Interaction of Huntingtin Protein With Copper: Insights Into Huntingtin Protein Aggregation Pathways and Therapeutic Implications
Lukas Frederick Novak
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: A Critical Analysis of the Measurement of Flourishing
Subhashree Panda
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Relationships Between Composition, Structure, Reactivity, and CO2 Uptake in Calcium Aluminosilicate Glasses
Karen Nicole Papazian
Major: Atmospheric Sciences
Dissertation: An Idealized Study of Cold Air Outbreaks
Alexa Mercedes Parra
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: The Effects of Intersecting Identity and Social Determinants of Health on AfroLatina Maternal Morbidity and Infant Birth Outcomes in Florida
Patricia Beatriz Pedreira Abreu
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: The Influence of Vulnerability and Resilience Factors on Hispanic Prostate Cancer Survivors in a Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Intervention
Dominique Alethea Joi Phillips
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Informant Discrepancies in the Treatment of Youth Internalizing Disorders: Implications for Clinical Outcomes and the Effect of Measurement-Based Care
Parth Rathee
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Computational Insights Into Factors Controlling Diverse Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
Rachelle Alicia Reid
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Trajectories of Religious Coping and Social Support Among Black Women Living With HIV in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Marie Valerie Roche
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: From an Epigenetic Study in Humans to a Mouse Model
Hwan Ryu
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation: Essays on Dispositional Realism
Dalton L. Scott
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Intergenerational and Cultural Drivers of Depressive Symptoms in Hispanic Sexual Minority Youth
Naysha Naima Shahid
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Examining the Impact of Adverse Life Events and Mental Health on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Black Women Living With HIV: Does Resilience Mitigate CVD Risk?
Jason Heath Sonners
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Exploring the Hyperoxia-Hypoxia Paradox Impact of Various Po2 Exposures on Cognition, DNA Methylation, Cytokines, and Cell Regeneration
Jack Phillup Stahl
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Developing Oligonucleotide Combinations for Neurological Disorders
Anchen Sun
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Deep Learning for Predicting Cancer Prognosis
Lei Sun
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: The Reciprocal Processes Between Inner and Outer Development Among Psychoanalytically Oriented Psychotherapists
Mohammad Sadegh Tale Masoule
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Mechanisms of Air-Entraining of Biomolecules in Cementitious Materials
Ruby Rose Taylor
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Biomarkers of the Inflammatory Response Following Brain Injury
Valeria Turino
Major: Marine Geosciences
Dissertation: Thermal Structure and Exhumation During Time-Dependent Subduction: Insights From Numerical Modeling
Rachel Marisa Verhagen
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Inside the Black Box: Therapeutic Processes During Motivational Interviewing With Stimulant—Using Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men
Nicolas A. Vitari
Major: Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation: The Intestinal Immunoglobulin Response During Morphine-Induced Microbial Dysbiosis
Emily Ann Walsh
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Engagement With a Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Website: Assessment of a Waitlist-Controlled Trial Among Women With Breast Cancer
Geyi Wang
Major: Communication
Dissertation: How Loneliness and Misinformation Become Dual Epidemics in the Digital Age
Elliott Royal Weinstein
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Exploring the Role of Novel AgingFocused Syndemic Conditions on HIV Risk and Quality of Life Among HIV-Negative Older Sexual Minority Men
Stephanie Elizabeth Whitney
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Stuck Between an Inflexible Heart and Mind: Examining Heart Rate Variability, Cognitive and Emotion Flexibility in Relation to Internalizing Symptoms
Erin Caitlin Williams
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Development of a Dynamic Next Generation Semicircular Canal Assessment Device
Katherine Aubry Wolcott
Major: Biology
Dissertation: Morphology 3.0 - 3D Pollination Biology of Cacao and Its Relatives (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae) Using Micro-CT and Machine Learning
Jiawen Yang
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Effects of Distinct Chemical Factors on the Mechanism of Metallohydrolase and Its Synthetic Analogues
Zixiao Yang
Major: Communication
Dissertation: Navigating Caregiving Challenges: An Intersectional and Mixed-Methods Analysis of Resilience Among Family Cancer Caregivers
Elizabeth A. Yanuskiewicz
Major: Ocean Sciences
Dissertation: The Chemical Characterization of Particulate Organic Matter Under Contrasting Productivity Regimes
Daiwei Yao
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell’s Degradation Under Voltage Reversal and Innovation for Electrochemical Lithium Extraction
Abbey R. Yatsko
Major: Biology
Dissertation: Uncovering Unseen Elements of Termite Carbon Cycling in Australian Tropical Savannas: From Hollow Trees to Methane Emissions
Maria Fernanda Yepes Restrepo
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Safety and Efficacy of a Pan-Caspase Inhibitor Combined With Therapeutic Hypothermia for Noise-Induced Inner Ear Injury
Vincentia W. Yuen
Major: Business
Dissertation: Two Essays on How Smartphone Versus Personal Computer Use Affects Consumer Decision-Making
Lili Zhou
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Unsupervised Feature Selection With Variable Priority
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Antwan Tyrone Allen
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Reimagining Asynchronous Teacher Preparation Coursework Design Using a Community of Inquiry
Lindsay Blume
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: From Waste to Worth: Building Smarter School Cafeteria Operations Through Problem-Based Learning
Christianna Louise Bobo
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: EduZen: Using MindfulnessBased Interventions to Combat Teacher Stress and Burnout
Victoria Danielle Brooks
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: EduZen: Using MindfulnessBased Interventions to Combat Teacher Stress and Burnout
Lauren Barbara Gonzalez
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: From Waste to Worth: Building Smarter School Cafeteria Operations Through Problem-Based Learning
Kaitlyn Grange
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: From Waste to Worth: Building Smarter School Cafeteria Operations Through Problem-Based Learning
Tia Simmone Harold
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: EduZen: Using MindfulnessBased Interventions to Combat Teacher Stress and Burnout
Russell Brock Hathcock II
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Cognitive Load Theory: Retention’s Perfect Pitch
Justin Houston
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Cognitive Load Theory: Retention’s Perfect Pitch
Ariel Lynann Junkin
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Build to Learn: Empowering First-Year Nursing Students
Gabriela McLeod
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: Lived Experiences and Collaborative Learning Among Undocumented Immigrant College Students
Rachel Lee Mitchell
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Reimagining Asynchronous Teacher Preparation Coursework Design Using a Community of Inquiry
Kimberley Aisha Mitchell-James
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Cognitive Load Theory: Retention’s Perfect Pitch
Keriayn Reddick
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Build to Learn: Empowering First-Year Nursing Students
Loretta White Sheffield
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Build to Learn: Empowering First-Year Nursing Students
Yadira Suazo
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: EmPower EQ: Building Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for Marginalized High School Students Through Peer-Led Programs
Julie Ladawn Tart
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: EduZen: Using MindfulnessBased Interventions to Combat Teacher Stress and Burnout
Rujia Zhang
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: Enhancing Student-Athletes’ Career Development: A Focus on Division I Football Players
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Ava Michelle Allen
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Transforming Workplace Dynamics: Addressing Social Practices and Networking Barriers for Diverse Employees
Maria Victoria Andrade Guimaraes
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Transformational Spiritual Learning: Implementing an Online Religious Education Program
Geovanna Patricia Batista
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Key Challenges and Strategies To Strengthen Alumni Band Engagement and Participation
Hannah Elisabeth Bodet
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Smart Giving Model: A Systems Approach to Sustainable Athlete Philanthropy
Sihang Chen
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: Exploring Discrimination and Safe Spaces: A Narrative Inquiry of LGBTQ Student Experiences in Higher Education
Kathryn Ann Connors
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: A Transformative Approach to AI Literacy and Responsibility in Secondary Education
Juléa Roselita Eppinger
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Role of HBCU Athletes Participation in Academic Achievement and Personal Development Among Collegiate Student-Athletes
Jamey Evans
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: A Transformative Approach to AI Literacy and Responsibility in Secondary Education
Usa Giselle Grace
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Empowering the Haitian and Hispanic Golden Child: An Andragogical Approach to Sociocultural IEP Training for Parents
Thomas Clifford Henderson
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Role of HBCU Athletes Participation and Academic Achievement and Personal Development Among Collegiate Student-Athletes
Amanda Nicole Hendrickson
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: Infusing Creative Thinking Into College Classrooms
Matthew Todd Henson
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: A Transformative Approach to AI Literacy and Responsibility in Secondary Education
Sephora Reynolde Jolicoeur
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: Tackling Burnout Among Student Affairs Personnel in Higher Education
Jenna Helene Lanza
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Key Challenges and Strategies To Strengthen Alumni Band Engagement and Participation
Kalai Chelvan Many
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Transformational Spiritual Learning: Implementing an Online Religious Educational Program
Tikenya Yarnese McNeil
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Key Challenges and Strategies To Strengthen Alumni Band Engagement and Participation
Jessica Ashlee Miller
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Role of HBCU Athletes Participation in Academic Achievement and Personal Development Among Collegiate Student-Athletes
Danay Montesdeoca
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: A Proposed Model for Translating Military Training Into Academic Credits
LaNishia Montae Moore-Munoz
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Developing a Digital Literacy Toolkit for Minority Students
Armica Nabaa
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Smart Giving Model: A Systems Approach to Sustainable Athlete Philanthropy
Gloria Guadalupe Navarro
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: A Situational Learning Approach to Research-Based Interview and Interrogation Training for Law Enforcement
Victoria Louise Nicholas
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Leveling the Playing Field: Digital Literacy as a Pathway to Workforce Equity
Pamela Puri
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: A Transformative Approach to AI Literacy and Responsibility in Secondary Education
Dannier Rafael Reyes
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: How to Conduct Interviews and Interrogations Effectively
Tomorris Robinson Jr.
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Role of HBCU Athletes Participation in Academic Achievement and Personal Development Among Collegiate Student-Athletes
Ruth Elizabeth Stewart
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: A Transformative Approach to AI Literacy and Ethical Responsibility in Secondary Education
Adam Robert Thibeault
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Transforming Workplace Dynamics: Addressing Social Practices and Networking Barriers for Diverse Employees
Sophonie Gaspard Wright
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Empowering the Haitian and Hispanic Golden Child: An Andragogical Approach to Sociocultural IEP Training for Parents
Fabiana Karina Zorrilla
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Key Challenges and Strategies To Strengthen Alumni Band Engagement and Participation
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Lingjian Ai
Major: Instrumental Performance
Final Project: A Feasibility Study on Applying the Thinking Logic of the Pyramid Principle to Musical Instrument Practice: Using the American-Style Oboe as an Example
Yi Mei Ciou
Major: Instrumental Performance
Final Project: ‘Complementary Percussion’ by Keith Aleo
Jacqueline Jove
Major: Instrumental Performance
Final Project: José Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte: Afro-Cuban-French Violin Virtuoso, Pedagogue, and Composer—An Argument for the Inclusion of Six Concert Pieces for Violin and Piano in the Performance and Teaching Canon
Meiquan Lian
Major: Keyboard Performance
Final Project: Application of Theodor Leschetizky’s Teaching Principles to Souvenirs D’Italie, Op.39: A Lecture Recital
Xiaotong Wang
Major: Keyboard Performance
Final Project: Nordic Romanticism: Sonic Scenery in Selected Piano Works by Niels W. Gade
Degree conferred August 1, 2025
Congcong Wang
Major: Vocal Performance
Final Project: The Selected Chinese Art Songs of Luo Zhongrong: A Performance and Pronunciation Guide
DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Natalie Karina Ali
Jhohanna Patricia Alvarez
Samantha Asher
Jonathan Camacho
Sabine Cayo-Saylor
Quianna Monique Chavis
Isabella Cortes
Savion Raphael Dickerson
Marina Drenovac
Aryeh Esterson
Anyer Garcia Amaro
Taina Marie Gonzalez-Ferrer
Emily Ann Halfaker
Irene Hu
Adrian Jimenez
Jessica Jorge
Shawn R. Kelly
Kellye Marie Koubek
Matthew Robert Kuhn
Yesenia Licor
Amanda Logsdon
Stefanie Macedonio
Amanda Marie Marrero
Ryan Mejia
Norma Rosa Mendoza
Aldrin Noces
Briana Nicole Padron
Greudy Michael Perez
Jessa Mae Perez
Jean M. Philiossaint
Claudia Rivero
Javier Rodriguez De La Flor
Gabriela Rojas
Maria Elena Ruffner
Karen Salazar
Yanessy Sanchez
Heidy Sanchez Rodriguez
Jaclyn Sequeiros
Analise Krisan Thomas
Jennifer Tsai
Roberto Andres Urquiza
Adrian Vichot
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Miracle Victoria Arceus
Shayla Marie Barrett
Courtney Lynne Caputo
Lianis Del Valle
Diana Marie Dhanraj
Brittney Lynn Garcie
Dhibo Kassim Hussein
Ana Maria Montana
Christina Salazar
School of Law
Established 1926
Presented by Patricia S. Abril, J.D., Interim Dean
MASTER OF LAWS IN ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS, AND SPORTS LAW
Degree conferred July 23, 2025
Emily G. Finch
MASTER OF LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Joao W. Arbildo Caro
Alejandro José Capellán Lopez
Estefanía Hernández
Javier Vicente-Arche Balbuena
MASTER OF LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Lidisis Achang Rivas
Eduardo Clay Alcala Casasola
Yurany Arbelaez Franco
Mariana Bego
Mayle Castillo Alarcon
Javier Dario Coronado Diaz
Wilmy Dessalines
Elina Endemann
Alejandro Gonzalez
Liliam Hernandez Rivero
Natalia Lorena Morales Alvarez
Maria Fernanda Ponte Muricy
Nikiel Nesbeth
Yusbel Olivares
Elianne Perez Fernandez
Sara Ahmed Mostafa Rashed
Elizabeth Ruiz Navarro
Ahymed Socorro Rodriguez
Luz E. Valencia
Incegrid Rosa Vidal Ricourt
Laura Ines Zarama
Degrees conferred July 23, 2025
Luisana A. Albornoz De Salazar
Ríocard Jamil Marc-Vincent de Soúlouque
MASTER OF LAWS IN MARITIME LAW
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Andrew Iakomi
Clara Isabella Tomé
MASTER OF LAWS IN REAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Zakary S. Benjelloun
Suzanne K. Knibbs-Amaya
Olivia C. Polimeni
MASTER OF LAWS IN TAXATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Phillip Joseph Arencibia
Debora Ferreira Baptista
Ygnacio Garcia-Saladrigas
Benji Jultak
William T. Lowman
Saagar K. Patel
David A. Sosa
MASTER OF LAWS IN TAXATION OF CROSS BORDER INVESTMENT
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Marcia Buffara Mulinari
JURIS DOCTOR
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Eduardo Clay Alcala Casasola
Carolina G. Batista
Mariana Bego
Ryan David Brazner
Hannah H. Budd
Mayle Castillo Alarcon
Javier Dario Coronado Diaz (C)
Wilmy Dessalines
Alejandro Gonzalez
Gavriella Hardoon Hodge
Liliam Hernandez Rivero
Andrew Iakomi (C)
Kathleen Black Michaud
Anthony Montano III
Thomas S. Pudas (M)
Elizabeth Ruiz Navarro
Ethan Schwartz
Incegrid Rosa Vidal Ricourt
Laura Ines Zarama
School of Architecture
Established 1983
Presented by Rodolphe el-Khoury, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Ali Can Akkan
Wren Parkhill Ferris
Vassilios Georgakopoulos
Shannon Grace Maria
MASTER OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND URBANISM
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Alexander Cermak Biber
Antonio Carlos Fraga
Wenceslao Jalife
Rafael Eduardo Martinez
Lucas Kristian Petersson
Valentina Saldarriaga Franco
Felipe Vilhena Silva
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Ali Can Akkan
Stephen Brunetti Jr.
Jake Ellwood Canepari
Cody Thomas Casserly
Mariemilia Cedeno
Christophe Chaumont
Caleb Douglas Crawley
Wren Parkhill Ferris
Anthony Fioravanti
Conor Gallagher
Vassilios Georgakopoulos
Sophia Ann Gorski
Sofia Henriquez
Giaffon Sebastian Lam Salinas
Shannon Grace Maria
Kevin Mendez
Brianna Xiomara Ponce
Ivo Rondinoni
Francisco Alejandro Sanabria Garcia
Kalea Amani Sanders
Estefania M. Woll
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Benedetto Rebecca
Mathilda Elizabeth Ron
Yuanxun Xia
MASTER OF URBAN DESIGN
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Harrison Bluestein
Justin N. Burker
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Ali H Y H Alnejadah
Catherine Sue Calhoun (C)
Henry Matthew Lewiston
Deirdre Niamh Nash (M)
Kean Ferrel O’Connor
Sophia Kristina Tosti
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Ann Michelle Ceballo
Tyson Nicholas Hanning
Tomas Hudson
Matthew Jaramillo
Meghan Christina Mahoney
Malachi Elijah Matthews
Lares Monge
Nicholas Ryan Tournour (S)
Sara K. Tufail
Harry A. Zurcher Alice
College of Arts and Sciences
Established 1926
Presented by Leonidas G. Bachas, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Jonathan Ban
Yussif Minott Basa-Ama
Sandy Theresia Denis
Editha Gomez
Osvaldo Martinez Jr.
Jemima Mills
Mia Valente
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Olivia Grace Cole
Fabian Escalante
Randall Thomas Fitzgerald
Alejandra Nicole Grijak
Anne-Marie Esper Issa
Bailin Lu
MASTER OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Carlton Daniels Jr.
Akheem Nels Mesidor
Ryan R. Rodriguez
Deisiane Teixeira
Yessenia De Jesus Zamora
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Grace Bonnie Hurren
Lance Michael Ward
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Sofia Catherine Bond
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Arlene Marie Buckland
Rainey Briana Taylor
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Miguel Antonio Anez Salaverria
Brian C. Elliott
Beatrice Noel
Jeanine Carmen Ocon
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Joseph Nicholas Bretl
Madeline Natasha Collazo
Devoux Deysel
Jade Kyassa Muyambo
Luiza Torres Pardo-Evans
Sushmita Persaud
Pengxiang Zhang
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Frances Alonso
Daniella Amador
Haitao Ao
Emma Brianna Baskind
Amanda Nicole Belanger
Bharat Bharat
Robert Carroll
Michael Crawford
Madison Drye
Chabely Altagracia Figuereo
Sara Isabel Freire Blanco
Claudia Gutierrez
Melissa Maria Herran
Amanda Rose Jensen
Izabella Johannes
Maya Metser-Waldman
Maria Naffah Roldan
Shane Alan Stewart
Amaia Victoria Vargas
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Kimberly Sophia Adt
Ayhan Patricio Aksu
Abdulmajid M A S Alashwak
Alp Alkan
Melany Amaya
Audrey Angel
Zili Ao
Joao Marcos Purchio Arede
Gahmliel Artison
Rueben Ellis Bain Jr.
Deny Basulto
Christopher David Bedecs
Markel Shawn Bell
Nicole Marie Betancourt
Avery Madison Bethurum
Wesley Emmanuel Bissainthe Jr.
David L. Blay Jr.
Kyle Simon Bolton (S)
Alyssa Rose Boxer (C)
Charles Leonard Brantley
Joshua Scott Carlson
Alexandra Paola Carrillo Rametta
Jacqueline Marie Chason
Emiliana Chediak
Isabella Alezandra Childress
Tyler Lee Chin
Natalie Makala Cole
Luna Jade Contini
Giselle Olivia Crumbley
Carter Michael Davis
Antonia De Martino
Julianna M. Del Rey
Ashley Romayne Delisser
Owen Ryan Deruyter
Emily Ann Grace Devane
Ava Lyn Diamond
Nathaniel Ruben Diaz
Jayson Hunter Eisner (C)
Isabella Espinosa
Olivia Michelle Estoppey
Isabel Teresa Falcon
Isabella Catherine Freeman
Caitlyn Marie Freitas
Andria Jayne Galante (M)
Yicheng Gao
Olivia Maria Garcia
Adam Gery (M)
Naomi June Ghaliai
Rose Liyan Gladstone
Mikayla Elan Godbolt
Giovani Roskilde Gomez
Claudia Marie Gonzalez (S)
Yanesi Gonzalez (M)
Gabrielle Sophia Gottlieb
Noah James Grace (M)
Oceana Naya Gross
Paula Marianne Guersching (M)
Kylie Heller
Dallas Storm Jackson-Jordan
Simone Ella Janjua
Siyuan Jiao
Sean Russell Kaps (S)
Elaine Karabo (C)
Hanna Kassab
Jasmine Violeta Kennedy
Ezra Oliver Kies
Carson Stone King
Sophia Kouhail
Jakob Alexander Kroll
Victor Stefan Lam
Karrington Lee-Louise Lawson
Nathan Lederman
Sabrina Leon
Malaika Ballay Lewis
Zilin Li (C)
Spencer Lidov
Zixian Lin
Tristan Lippert
Jadon Shane Lonner
Olivia Kathleen Lopez
Emma Jeanne Losey (M)
Tracy Cui Lynn
Armelie Wa Ngoie Mande
Nalia Luisa Matias-Jacinto
Rebecca J. Maynard
Matthew McCoy (M)
Jamie Elise McDermott
Fangyi Meng
Ramon De Jesus Moncayo Escalona
Philip Carr Moody
Ahmad Moten
Sean Patrick Murphree
Jack Andrew Nickel
Ava Renee Oakes
Jasmine Aria Parchment
Hunter Franklin Parks
Martin Jerry Peeples
Chiara Pellacani
Miranda Celeste Perez
Shawn Sebastian Perez
Abbigale Prieto
Matthew Jon Ramstrom
Isabella Grace Ribeiro Da Cunha Pereira
Martina Rinaldi
Ella Gwynn Rivers
Jocelyn Grace Robles (C)
Kenneth Michael Romeu
Holly E. Russell
Camila Sanchez-Perez
Connor Matthew Schinski
Jeremy Alan Grant Schoeneborn
Mariana Mai Sommer
Lily Caroline Sternlicht
Carlos Daniel Suarez-Cabal
Biandie Trente Et Un
Adrianna Fatima Trinidad
Marina Velis
Gregory W. Veliz
Valentina Villar
Aidan Wade
Branden M. Walsh
Warren Alexander Wang
Tiffany Anna Wilen
Anita Olivia Wright
Ashton Yadegar
Chaoyu Yang
Melanie Andrea Zamora
Alejandro Zapata
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Awrad Alsubaiai
Lia Nicole Aslanian
Sophia Anita Barry
Skyler Ann Brotherton-Julien
Joshua Nathan Buxbaum
Kennedy Mariah Cameron
Julia Canseco Roter
Clay Deming Canterbury II
Athena Anastacia Caralis
Rachael Chandley
Lokesh Chintapalli
Maria Victoria Coburn
Nicholas Constantine Darras III
Juana Davin
Manxi Dong
Devin Dorame
Cole Dupee
Lujain M. Elbanna
Emma Faria Proud
Shyanne Friday
Garrett Hunter Fuhrer
Christopher William Gepfert
Jacqueline Trinity Gilmore
Isabelle Marie Gomez
Jacob Goralnik
Gabriella Alexis Guevara
Eduardo Gutierrez
Cameron James Hackett
Conor Patrick Harkins
Allison Charlotte Harrison
Emmanuel Heliou Le Heux
Edwin M. Hernandez
Zhengtao Huang
Kiree Samir Huie
William Thomas Hunnewell
Defne Ilaldi
Cheyaan Hannah Jamal
Emily Anju Jana
Isabella Jordan Kane
Guemara Marcelin
Eric Oswaldo Mena
Brian Edward Miller
Jackson Lee Morris
Nalea Chandra Naraine
Jael Noel
Samson Adeyemi Okunlola
Evan David Nikola Paldrmic
Sebastian Mauricio Parada
Alexander James Photakis
Bryce Kristian Pickett
MacKenzie Lobbe Pierce
Melanie Ling Pohl
Darrione Rogers
Emma Marie Santos
Shayla Nicole Smith
Mary Katherine Stose
Isaiah Paul Taylor
Julia Tedesco Berzosa
Ashley Toscano Vasquez
Katherine Emily Welling
Emory Daniel Williams
Broderick Fletcher Young
Dominique J. Young
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Catalina Char Piedrahita
Julia Walker
BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Christhal D. Cannon
Andre Carty
Haydee Carvalho
Cristina Araminta Fonseca
Steven Frometa
Alina Areas Gonzalez
Julia L. Lemus
Monica Martinez
Caden Dewayne Nall
Luis O. Rivera
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Miguel Angel
Michael McCann Cody
Lizett Corral
Kalani Alfonso Duran
Alessandra V. Fusco
Sean T. O’Brien
Gregory Clayton Phifer
BACHELOR OF LIBERAL ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Anez J. Cooper
Asher Foonberg
Sixuan Pu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Alexandra Maria Alexandrescu
Fahad Y H B R Almutairi
Nitya Anne
Dario Ayala
Diviana Azuaje
Olivia Marcelle Biggs
Aliane Castillo-Diaz
Ivy Yuting Chen
Seth Ryan Cox
Natalia Isabel De La Fuente
Adrian Diaz
David Samuel Erulker
Jose Fernando Fernandez Finale
Laura Mae Gale
Alexandra Elizabeth Gallagher (M)
Michelle Paulyn Gitman
Jonathan Parker Gleason
Nickolas Charles Goodis
Nicole Gorbatov
Paige Arden Gusek
Alexander Robert Hammel
Ryan Edward Hunt
Joia Intrator
Lianet Belinda Jimenez
Claire Keebaugh
Peter Jorge Kellogg
Sophia Nadia Knutson (S)
Ethan Michael Lamka
Polina Lastovskaya
Emily Catherine May Lavin
Elijah Scot Lehman
Leo Irving Levine
Hanyu Li
Qingchun Li
Victoria Loredan
Kevin Wenjian Ma (M)
Selena Alecia-Marie MacDonald
Sophia Allena Mantegari
Michael Christopher Maron
Ashley Rose Millilo
Elliana Grace Mohrhardt
Anthony Navarro
Joshua Jensen Ostler (S)
Alexa Genovaite Paulaitis
Kyle Romero
Luis Alfredo Rosales
Julia Ann Ruggieri
Faisal Sayed
Samuel David Schell Jr.
Clara Rose Schwind (S)
Carolina Senhorini Seixas (C)
Katherine Victoria Shalyaev
Sofia Sherzoy
Mallory Sims
Donald John Siudmak Jr.
Isabella Marie Soto
George Stedronsky (M)
Kassidy Angeline Tapia
Jack Ryan Taylor-Ebersole
Mackenzy Marie Twogood
Lea Marie Vaydie Silveiro
Andrea Arturo Venti Fuentes
Ryan Joseph Waite
Maya Jane Walcott
Shalyssa Anna-Lee Noelle Watler
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Sofia Ann Bolger
Jaden Cavazos
Caroline I. Diaz-Silveira
Stephanie Oliveros-Diaz
Hannah Sydney Scherer
Nicholas Olivier Solages
Sophia Pauline Soli
Benjamin Zachary Steckel
Angelica Tacoronte
Roberto Vazquez
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
Established 1929
Presented by Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Celine Agocha
Alanoud Khaled M Alkahtani
Harish Anantharamakrishnan
Gisele Maria Krystel Armand
Jenny Gabriel Aslan
Danny Juan Avalos
Blandine Valerie Marie Azais
Alena Bailey
Ingrid G. Barrera Wahlestedt
Bianca Marie Beato
Thomas Blackshear IV
Isabella Boet
Olena R. Bracho
Dorian Lamont Brown II
Elena Pass Brown
Gerald Anthony Calixte
Maria Karla Casals
Pilar Charrada
Ivet T. Cordoba Torres
Carlos A. Correa
Santiago J. Cruz
Tanya-Gay Nicole Dacosta-Hills
Alfred De St. Croix Von Seidlitz
Ted Densmore
Nicole Diaz
Ricardo Andres Diaz Peraza
Anna Maria Douglas
Marc Edun
Bernard Fils Leon Etienne
Caitlin Farrell
Luanne Force
Alexis Madison Gerchak
Guillermo T. Gonzalez
Myles Grantham
Kallie Green
Maria Paz Grijalba
Andres Grisales
Erick David Guerra
Joshua Bradley Hammons
Jeremy Michael Harper
Jose Andres Hernandez
Nicholas Hessing
Pierre Michael Hilario
Bailey Kirsten Hugh
Tor Wentworth Jarrett
Jerome Johnson
Robert Kamil
Maximilien Henri Kern
Avi Menashe Yaakov Krinsky
James Landis
Maria Angeles Lawson
Desiree M M S Machado
Owen Margeson
Husain Mazher Master
Ana Maria Medina
Aesha Mehta
Michael Mitchell
John Carlos M. Mouw
Alexis Mustelier
Madison Barbara O’Reilly
Sophia Pace
Lauren Paneyko
Schadrac Pierre
Andy Pinto-Castillo
Sanoj Punnen
Thurayya Firyal Ravelo
Brady Andrew Repasky
Thierry Trevor Ritfeld
Jose Carlos Rivera
Nicole Marie Rivera
Dominique N. Rolle
Julio Romero
Alberto Romo
Tucker James Russ
Raymond Sardiña
Rashard Lamar Scippio
Fred Shelton III
Sara Maria Sidaoui
David Benjamin Solares
Katharina Elizabeth Staecker
Timothy M. Sullivan
Nikil Swaroop
Paloma Trejos
Jessica Paula Trochiano
Alfredo Valdes Gonzalez
Mark Younger
Joseph Paul Zeminski
Sophia Angelina Zulich
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Veronica Ballester
Conor Barry
Maria Cole Battershall
Carlo Alfredo Bidone Jr.
Sebastian Camacho
Brandon Carver
Jordan Chatman
Christina Dean
Sean Dixon
Nury Enamorado
Kamal Said Farha
Hunter Fieri
Cody Ford
Lavoy Ulyses Golden
Juan Jose Gomez
Dominique C. Gray
Shaylin Alexsaundria Horner
Yasmin Humes
Eli Johnson
Jonathan Jokhai
Ciara Major
Donovan Patrick Malone
Yaylim Martinez
Richard Brennon McDonald
Samuel Alexander Morales
John Owens
Stephen Phillips
Taishah Pierre
Gabrielle Polo
Samara Rabassa Rodriguez
Yusef Rush
Aryel Sanborn
Emilia Shermeta
Christian Andrew Toucey
MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Ivette Aguilar
Jonathan Bolivar
Lyvette Charity Carrasquillo
Destyni Chism-Lewis
Irene Maria Collado
Dania Cruz
Sayelle Amelie Denis
Natalie Grace Fuhr
Beatriz Megumi Garces
Ernesto J. Gonzalez
Tahlia A. Harrison
Thomas R. Labelle
Charles Anthony Labrador
Alyssa Marie Masternick
Orisa Patel
Anasophia Perez-Blanco
Adriana Saravia
Quinn Kelly Schaedler
Megan Nicole Schwarte
Gabriel Joseph Shore
Isabela G. Silva
Jordon John Anthony Thomas
Florence Vandenbulcke
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Saman Haroon
Xari Demetria Mathis
Samuel Sanantonio
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Rana Saba Azad
Khadijah Muhammad
Camila Fernanda Perez
John James Roberts
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Jonathan Daahoud Kaslow
Jonathan B. Moore
Carlos Augusto Silva Jr.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTANCY
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Nicole O’Brien Brinkmann
Pierson Wyatt Chan
Ashley Auxiliadora Chavarria
Kevin Felipe Cruz
Patrick Lloyd Glynn
Zachary Leb Klein
Hayden Matthew Mangru
Syon Singh Sandhu
Jake Daniel Spiryda
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Sabrina Arevalo
Andrew Joseph Cohen
Casiana Fernandez-Bango
Mavrick Judah Komasinski
Xavier Rigby Schore
Ernesto Ryan Suarez
Alex Taraszka
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN FINANCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Salem Alibrahim
Thamer S M TH Alqhisan
Vincent Anthony Barbaro Jr.
Luca Vittorio Bezada Schenone
Ryan Paige Cameron
Gavin Steele Casas
Ashley Tracey Cledanord
Nicole Costa
Nathan Cotroneo
Yasar Kayra Demirbulak
Diego Gonzalez
Santiago Martin Kestler
Andrea Labruna
Jessica Mijares Feijoo
Virginia Montero
Andres Otero
Flavia Eliza Padoveze Goncalves
Xabier Ignacio Palacios Eguidazu
Jose Guillermo Perez Rosario
Faran Qureshi
Paulo Segundo Soares De Mello Wong
Angela Maria Soler Rojas
Juan Manuel Zaragoza Fernandez
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Joshua Danson
Diana Carolina Montalvo
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TAXATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Ali H. Jafri
Valerie Jean Lehner
Jimmy Marzouka
Matthew Faustino Roche
Ryan Samarel
Jonathan Michael Serna
Emily Suarez
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Camille Alexa Acevedo
Kyle Franklin Albertson (M)
Simon Alvarez
Sasha Anand
Joseph Athanasio
Cristian Juan Azcona (C)
Gianluca Antonio Bellomo
Andre Luiz Benicio
Tyler Peter Bergendahl
Lewis Walton Black III
Max Jakob Bogensberger
Xavier G. Bombaro
Jacob Cw Brown
Riley Butters
Gabriel Castro
Kerong Chen
Andrew Kooyoung Chung
Sara Pazos Conroy
Matthew Cook
Will Thomas Cooper
Gregory Kent Copeland Jr.
Nicholas William D’Iorio
George T. Dowdle
MacKenzie Layne Dryden
Kyle Eldridge
Catalina Escobar
Kassandra Marie Ferreira
Thomas Riker Ferry
Colin Neil Forster
Alec Gordon Gatcliffe
Julia Gill
Simon Greenstein
Richard Gubin
Martina Carola Gutierrez
Alec Reed Hall
Qais Ibraheem Hijazi
Laura Hilgemberg Merlin
Anthony Adrian Hobkirk
Andrew Hromada (C)
Nicole Eugena Kalagin
Martin
Simon J. Katz (M)
Michael Stephen Kirchner
Celia Ann Kostopoulos
Antonio Kozhaya Ward (C)
Jesus Labrador
James Anthony LaReddola (S)
Madeline Grace Leber
Madeleine Nicole LeCloux
Grace Liu
Matthew Malhotra
Maxwell Benjamin Marko
Caetano Maydana Britto
Ian McAllister
John Michael Munitz (M)
Max Joseph Nathan
Kian Nesari
William Joseph Nessim
Robert Winthrop Newton III
Khang Phuong Nguyen
Kailey Nunez
Mark Pekic
Nathalie Perez
Emma Rose Pidding (C)
Natasha Nascimento Pokrajac
Megan Patricia Pulice
Ryan Chase Raiter (M)
Christopher Silas Rhoades
Jensen Ring (M)
Farah Ayn Rizvi
Nicolas Saenz (M)
Maxwell Walter Shafran
John Forrest Siegler
Nitsa Sigua
Aethan Soifer
Aliza Sovie
Dylan Scott Spain
Nathaniel Blake Steinmann
Max Irvin Strohecker
Jaren David Thimons
Victoria Isabella Vaca
Mauricio Valenzuela Anan
Jason Vance
William Christopher Webb
Brady N. Wisdom
Adam Thomas Wise
Henry West Witiw
Bryan Lucas Wong
Juan Pablo Yanez
Zixuan Zhou
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Luis A. Aparicio
Aidan George Bailey
William Isaiah Brodsky
Ryan Paige Cameron
William Murphy Cassini
Aden Leigh Cohen
Mateo Philippe Coles
Lynette Fernandez
Brett Engel Fisher
Kiana M. Gaviria
Gabriella Daquis Grissom
Carolyn Hazard
Matthew Juan Jimenez
Anthony M. Kennedy
Maximilian Karl Christian Kolb
Julia Rose Korb
Arina Krylova
Peter Apollo Mauthe
Michael A. Murphy
Sebastian Perez
Sade Vanessa Piggott
James Marco Rampi
Jia Marie Romero
Braden James Sweeney
Chase Arthur Townsend
Kevin Che Tran
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Nayden Harris Fromberg (M)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Aidan Maxwell Aronin (C)
Juan Carlos Bosacoma (M)
Sathvik Reddy Chadive
Raina Lee Damodaran
David Del Valle
Sunmisola Sesi Dosu
Lilly Jane Dreyer (S)
Emely Mary Gonzalez (C)
Frederick James Green IV (C)
Ethan Zachary Ephraim Hartman (C)
Drake Alexander Johnson (C)
Mikheil Kirvalidze
Joao Pedro Lebrao Mesquita
Isabel Damini Yi Ping Lie Pauw Sam (C)
Joseph Daniel McDevitt (C)
Max Steely Mencimer
Samuel Robert Mitchel (S)
Nicolas Paredero Quiros
Ben Julian Reinhardt
Eric Sebastian Safavi
Jack Tyler Strauss
Andor R. Szekeres
Stefaniya Zhalkovskaya
Degree conferred August 1, 2025
Mark Edward Carbone Jr.
School of Communication
Established 1985
Presented by Karin Wilkins, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Alba Nydia Bonko
Daniel Braz
Noah Gulley
Honor Jackson
Dara Karadsheh
Chenxi Zhao
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Cyro Asseo De Choch
Alexis Rae Litzinger
Isabella Rose Popadiuk
Jaya Araye-Pal Williams
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Jonathan Baptiste
Mavrick Judah Komasinski
Denis S. Rovinskiy
Xiaopei Wang
Adina Weiss
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Liana Barros
Ashlynn Kay Helms
Camila Ortiz Londono
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Brooke Bonynge
Wenxin Cao
Camilo Duran Scarpetta
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Luis Eduardo Alvarado Jimenez
Kaia Bonner
Isadora Gasparini Tavares
Oscar Gutierrez
Oliver E. Hernandez Jr.
Madison Justine Hurtado
Javiera Ignacia Irarrazaval Irarrazaval
Kendall Leilani Nelson
Alexandra Sofia Roiz
Ngoc Hong Nguyen Than
Cameron Williams
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Gabriella Lucia Abudoj Rey (C)
Rukayat Animashaun
Patricia Elena Barthle
Jake Christopher Bevis
Julia Renee Bober
Jessica Lillian Boyd (M)
Aidan Johannes Brown (S)
James Avery, Micheal Connors (M)
Katherine Margaret Cruciano
Sebastian M. Gonzalez
Gracie Xiu Ge Herberholt
Jade Caryia Hidalgo (C)
Kayli Madison Higgins
Victoria Elizabeth Howell (S)
Joshua Tsai Hubbard
Idara E. Ibanga
Isabella Jardim Rodrigues
Alexa Katherine Juehring
Wyatt Kraft
Margaret Lee Loggins
Nicholas Alfred Marshall
Ramiro Ernesto Martinez
Francis F. Mauigoa
Layla Clarise McGrady
Daniele Montefiori (M)
Semrit Kaur Nijjar (S)
Cooper Evan Ohlsson
Valeria Grazia Palladino Rodriguez
Vittoria Papa
Carolina Sofia Parr
Ivana Zoe Perez Rivera
Andrea Victoria Perez-Ramirez
Ava Peyton Prinzo (S)
Aidan Andrew Reidy (C)
Angie May Reyes
Alyssa Nicole Rivero
Manuel Rodriguez Rubio
Camila Francesca Salinas Cuba
Ana Victoria Santana (C)
Mimi Stobbart Shapiro
Samuel Scott Soltankashefi
Taylor Stocks
Anna Katherine Sutton
Ainara Vadillo
Ranran Wang
Catarina Whitaker
Marie Tsudae Wilkins
Nathaniel John Williams
Dalia Wilson JR
Cooper Wyler
Lillian Adair Wytrzes
Royed Roy Yakub
Michael Zelenov
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Emma Bampton Bosacki
Jack Paul Butler
Dawson Robert Cunningham
Felipe Franco
Alejandro Manuel Galego (C)
Sofia Maria Gasparo
Samantha Mary Gautier Ayala (S)
Allison Kyla Haber
Elle J. Haymond
Kay-Ann Kadeja Henry
Mariama Michele Hilliard
Jacey Lane Hinton
Hunter Lucille Holstein (M)
Matthew Alexander Klosek
Chloe E. Lamas
Gabriel Lovell
Maria Alejandra Luengo Gimenez
Laura Lynne Martella
Isabella Alisa Matos
Sydney Alton Odiorne
Sophie Ann Okray (C)
Sebastian Pakciarz
Jasmyne Roberts
Christofer Edward Saldarriaga
Camila Schwarz
Logan Seelig
Nicole Smittcamp
Caroline Rose Sorrentino
Scarlet Rose Stallone
Benjamin Ryan Treacy
Joshua Joseph Valencia
Daniel Isaac Vaughn
Anthony John-Rafael Vazquez-Romeo
Mckayla Reese Vincent
Alexis Waserstein
School of Education and Human Development
Established 1929
Presented by Laura Kohn-Wood, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Stephanie Reynoso
Madison Lindsey Sharpless
Elizabeth Soethe
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Amanda Renee Capo
Devon Falco
Laquetta Monique Hairston
Kerrington Harvey
Sabrina Heredia
Matt Klepper
Marisa Marie Modjeski
Jake Joseph Nord
Alejandra Scheuren
Joseph Wachtel
Matthew Weiske
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Julianna M. Aviles
Kyasia Aytch
Domenic Michael Boccalupo
Jose Carlos Fernandez
Carson G. Fischer
Tori Grambo
Ryan Gutstein
John F. Howard
Vincent Lee Jackson
Yaolin Jiang
Kamir Larin
Hansheng Li
Miguel Martinez-Urrutia
Jalen Maurice Mathis
Brody Moazzeni
Yanelly Pavon
Veronica Saiki
Valentina Salinas Cafferata
Inaki Sardina Riviello
Reebha Sharma
Solomon Charles Strader
Rachel A. Stratton
Rey Antonio Suarez
Leonardo F. Tauzard
Chao Wang
Jihao Wang
Jamison Washington
Lonzell Jamaar Wilson
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Jacob Yeshua Abrahamson
Brianna Gavriella Aguasvivas
Steven Angel Aportela
Alanna Rayjean Ardoin
Ronald Simeon Bantang
Adam Zachary Baranovsky
Arash Barmaan
Ethan Robert Billings
Sammy Bitchatchi
Harrison Blech
Bridgette Bluitt
Charles Boyd
Daija Donique Boyd
Camryn A’jea Brown
Eric David Buring
Adrianna Elizabeth Cera
Lily Decker
James Patrick Delaney
Francisco Duenas
Kniqua Fredericks
Jillian Hadder
Mekhi Hayes
Kenan Jean
Brandon Isaiah Kissinger
Skylah Beth Klein
Taylor Lapage
Mark Lemke
Janie Rose Lobel
Annie-Grace Louthan
Raul Andres Maristany
Natalija Lju Marshall
Francesco Keanu Mastriana
Lindsay Merenda
Eduardo Adrian Meurinne Redondo
Hanna Jo Moore
Michael Muscala
Dieynaba Joana Ndaw
Abigail Davis Neff
Mikayla Amelia Oliveira
Leira Sofia Padron
Erica Janay Plant
Owen Andrew Simon
Alex Marie Solomon
Heather Stevens
Frankie Dion Stige Ii
Timothy John Sullivan
Manasa Tirupathi
Lucero Trejo
Adrian Torrell Williams
Patrick Joseph Wixted
Madelon Belle Wood
Shengru Wu
Yuchang Xing
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Brittany Michelle Andres
Patrick Quay DiPietro
Kaley Pearson Dye
Bailey Rhianne Eichelbaum (S)
Darryn Josephine Groves (M)
Sebastian Jesus Gutierrez
Luckie T. He
Maurice Antoine Manswell
Rodrigo Maza
Isaac Jay Robbins
Nakiiyah Adrianna Sairsingh
Blake Stern
Pablo Daniel Tannenbaum
Lev Vaynberg-Movchan
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Claydon Douglas Dunn
Benjamin Tyler Gallinson
Gianna Nicole Ortega
Brian Kyle Walters
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Marvin Kit Cheng
Bennett Rae Handrich
Julia Howe
Kyle Joseph Jordan
Maria De Lourdes Lorenzo
Casey Anne Scharoff
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Syed Humzah Ali
Olivia Rose Carfagno
Zuri Keyonna Greenlee
College of Engineering
Established 1947
Presented by Vincent K. Omachonu, Ph.D.,
Interim Dean
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Sebastian Buenano
Richmond Scott Carlton
Ricardo Gonzalez Rea
Cesar Martin
Destini E. Okoro
Jose Miguel Tovar
Gabriela Vega
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Patrick Balters
Amr Ashraf Elsayed Mahrous Elhendawy
David Lombrozo
Shilo Mazepa
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Alexander John Carrieri
Sofia Andrea Franciosa
Alexa Gonzalez
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Phub Dorji
Degree conferred August 1, 2025
Nicholas Morgan Fujimoto
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Adriana Maria Diazgranados Monroy
Andrew Marete Kimathi
Zhikun Su
Chengqian Zhang
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Omer Erkam Erkoc
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Anthony Manuel Diaz
Audivon Bautista Galliguez
Kepei Miao
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL PHYSICS
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Yuntao Wang
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NEURAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Julia Vanessa McDevitt
Emmanuel Jose Millan
Kevin Morales
Olivera Nikolich
Jake Alan Nixon
Esmie Nichole Otter
Xinyu Qian
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OCEAN ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
John Sheridan Lee
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Haorui Jiang
Hotsuyuki Kawanishi
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Oscar Sosa
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Sofia Andrea Franciosa (M)
Alexa Gonzalez
Laura Marcela Mejia Rosales
Olivera Nikolich
Ricardo Ignacio Reina-Martinez
Joshua Torres
Devin Verity
Gabriel Vianna
Emmanuella Samantha Yaffa-Kremen
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Santiago Lavarreda Sanzogni
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Christopher Peter Papa
Ella Sokolowski
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Mikael Tomas Figueroa
Bana Bassel George Zoumot (C)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Michael William Denis
Hannah Clarisse Matias Penano
Aidan James Puskas
Nicolas M. Ramos
Abdulaziz KH B A Salman
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Allison Elizabeth Plante
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Gohar Ali
Blake Aidan Austerlade
Omer Erkam Erkoc
Umut Gural
Riley Christopher Gutmann
Maria Fernanda Terceros
Degree conferred August 1, 2025
Arianne Sequeiros Joffre
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Jin Rain Chung
Audivon Bautista Galliguez
Sadana Devi Ramadhar
Nathan Jacob Reservitz
Jiangshuo Zeng
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Jenna Issabel Viard
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Established 1969
Presented by Benjamin Kirtman, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Sienna Marie Aguiar
Kevin Brian Archambeault
Soline Baly
Flora Beleznay
Baileigh Dawn Bishop
Grace Brown
Zachery Brown
Lia Alexa Caldwell
Belen Anais Carrasco
Caitlynn De Los Santos
Liam Patrick Downey
Tyler Ryan Druck
Douglas Flessner
Mya Gabrielle Garrison
Ianna Gilbert
Emma Lauren Hickey
Caviana Lenise Hill
Rachel Holic
Andrea J. Ippen
David Gibson Kinniburgh
Vanessa Martinez
Dayna Simone McKenzie
Sade Cierra Montgomery
Vanessa Dominique Gabrielle Nelson
Genna Marie Nordling
Anton Dinh Pham
Serena Grace Pritchard
Tanner Cole Reese
Allison Joy Halpern Reish
Jeanarry Rosa Rodriguez Hernandez
Anne Marie Ryan
Natalya Skye Sarkari
Evan Sawan
Savannah Lee Schiebel
Celeste Schonberg
Lauren N. Schur
Ryan Nielsen Sedagat
Marius Nobleza Siscar
Tara Stevenson
Kimberlly Tapia
Sara Mackenzie Teague
Emily Elizabeth Timberman
Sierra Amber Tompkins
Nathaniel Dyer Weiss
Rheanna Mae Wilder
Leora Jane Wilson
Alyssa Yost
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Cayman Christ
Gavin Gusler
Lauren Jacqueline Hayes
Hannah Elizabeth Jacobs
Anabella Madrid
Alexandra Danielle Polk
James Huddleston Secor
Harrison A. Smith
Victoria Michelle Spadaro
Danielle Jean Tenberg
Svetlana Vikhlyantseva
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Ivonne Batan
Katherine R. Eaton
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Mason Nicole Fitzgerald
Cristin Mayes
Jennifer Norcross
Carolyn Pope
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Reagan Noelle Burman
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MARINE AFFAIRS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Isabella Emma Blechner
Jasmine Amelia Bohannon
Ariella Pauline Duvel (S)
Isabela Puente
Aubriana Babe Rhodes
Denzi Alexander Wroy Jr.
Degree conferred August 1, 2025
Elise Marie Roman
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Allyson Adams
J’nesse Alexandria Balkman
Melissa Nascentes Borges
William Garrett Bouza
Marina Claire Deane-Gonzalez (S)
Faith Kylie Erickson
Teilil Garcia-Gonzalez
Max Solomon Graivier
Brendan James Janasiewicz
Katherine Flora Johnston
Harley Anne Jones
Brayden Thomas King (M)
Emma Sophie Teresa Masetti
Gio Gabriel Ramirez
Roxanne Elizabeth Reed
Morgan Elizabeth Scola
Dakota Fitzgerald Williams
John Henry Yudt (S)
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Mia Alejandra Brelsford
Alexis Bianca Carrasquillo
Darius Todd Eggleston
Caitlin Elizabeth Hayes
Elizabeth Gabrielle Mazzie
Charles James Ogle
Jeremiah Michael Wright
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Established 1952
Presented by Latha Chandran, M.D., Executive Dean
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Farouq Y Y Y Alsarawi
Anna Victoria Hernandez
Sophia Marie Poslock
Matthew Hoyt Weeks
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Carla Sofia Casana
Eduardo L. Hernandez
Jasmine Looi
Gianna Irene Macones
Suraiya Matin
Isis Nelson
Rutvija Rabari
Anuradha Ramdas
Ashima Singh
Maxwell Carl Wray
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Omolade Adeyemi
Jennifer Nicole Biondo
Genesis Aaliyah Campbell
Carlos Augusto Canales
Jesse Hall
Maria Alejandra Idarraga Parra
Ali Kamiar
Laura Alexandra Melo Escobar
Lena Oshana
Daniela Alexandra Ramos
Melanie Aprah Taylor-John
Alexandra Mary Vanderkley
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Frederick Michael Ackerman III
Sierra Jade Bagwell
Paola Beato Fernandez
Arianna Emperatriz Brito
Ying Cen
Kathryn Mary Conway
Cassandra Fernande Coriolan
Yefei Cui
Angela Michelle Dawson
Kelly Falcon Paris
Alonzo Arsene Frederic
Lily Moffet Friedman
Laurent G. Garchitorena Gomez
Daniela R. Gayol
Sanamnaz Imani Oroumieh
Isabella Rachel Kamholtz
Claudia M. Kersting
Heaven Antonette Laster-Torres
Ariane Leconte
Isabella Marconi
Mary Markaryan
Sabrina Maria Mas
Anthony Monsalve
Madisyn Taylor Opstal
Arianna Patel
Arthur Perez
Sammya Salomao Antonio Mufarrej
Eva Isabel Sanchez
Mary Ann Sanchez Bautista
Isha Shailesh Shirvaikar
Victoria Soto Rincon
Clark Junior Viexama
Aidan Wells
Ana Xu
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Degree candidate December 11, 2025
Roger Cassagnol
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Yi Huang
Sarah Elizabeth Schuyler
Yifan Wang
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Established 1926
Presented by Serona Elton, M.M., J.D.,
Interim Vice Dean
MASTER OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Jared Baly
Ana Manuela Baraya Llana
Rose Aliyah Blumenfeld
Melissa Ruth Brown
Daniel Timothy Cockerill
Lesley Ann Gent
Samantha Gonzalez
Pei Chi Li
David Edward Lopour
Huy Tien Luu
Alexa Perry
Anabella Torres Alvarado
Bryce Edward Ungerman
Chloe’ Victoria Washington
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Hailee M. Andrews
Jolie Blecker
Lindsey Caitlin Dobson
Amelia Isabel Gil-Figueroa
Joshua David Levi
Javier Eduardo Logreira
Deiondria Kyara Moore
Markas Morton
Emily Pawluk
Cristala Janelle Poole Dorsey
Calli Susan Ross
Rickie Singerman
Andrew Timothy Switaj
Jordyn M. Whitaker
MASTER OF MUSIC
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Jaden Aguinaldo De Guzman
Nicole Rose Mangione
Kiana Marie Ratay
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Devaury Beverly
David Laurent Cote
Cheyanna Slack
Gregory Thomas Stepanich
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Valentina Ochoa
Madison Ryan Serletic
BACHELOR
OF MUSIC
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Melika Borujerdi
Leo Isaac Brandt
Christjian Blaythorne Brown
Madison Jean Grant
Angela Marie Hernandez
Russell James Hornung
Maxwell Ian Levy
Melissa Aguila Machado
Kodi Isaac McKean
Tyler Murphy Pons
August Miller Vesilind
Aidan Wahlmann (M)
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Established 1968
Presented by Hudson Santos, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Nida Sami Abdel Jabbar
Elina Abla
Reinier Acosta Perez
Amalia D Adames
Leandro Aguila
Kimberly Tamara Aldas
Aaliyah Alicia Allen
Marlon Arias
Hensley Starr Babb
Matthew Joseph Bainter
Geraldine Barranco
Brenda Marie Bernal
Natalie K. Bernard
Precilla Bernard
Morgan Blackman
Kristina Samone Bourne
Nadejda Brihunet
Viviana Mabel Brito
Yisroel Eliyahu Bryski
Isabella Maria Cabarrocas
Paulina Carracedo
Gabriela Cedeno Hernandez
Sophia Alexandra Celaya
Arancha Crespo
Caroline Bathurst Cronin
Michelle Delgado
Addie Maureen Deppa
Dara Marie Diamond
Claudia Diaz
Carlos Echevarria
Jennifer Farrell
Dayami Farres
Aury Fernandez
Carolina Fernandez
Alexis Folgueira
Emily Forero
Arden Freedman
Hallie Fuchs
Amily Garcia
Cecilia Catalina Garcia
Frank John Golembeski IV
Jenny Guerrier
Lissette Gutierrez
Tania Guzman
Irmary Hernandez
Tiffany Chantall Hernandez
Jemely Herr
Amaia Irusta
Karen Izquierdo
Alexis Sara Jackson
Jennifer Cassie Jean
Irina Kalvarskaya
Jamie Nicole Karlin
Alena Karotkina
Melinda Asli Kayku
Sabrina Llanes-Hill
Madeline Lopez
Lisa Maclachlan
Joseph Malo
Alana Mandrick
Priscilla Marzouka
Cristina Beatriz Mastache
Marimar Mateo
Amanda Summer McGiboney
Janelle Alexandra Menendez
Darin Gutierrez Mestres
Cristina Montalenti
Isabel D. Neyra Contador
Grisselle Marie Nieves-Arzuaga
Jonni Nigro
Christina Noskova
Tiffany Mireille Obregon
Stephanie Ordonez Levasseur
Lizzania Veronica Orozco
Gabriel Padin
Kristen Palmer
Monica Maria Parrilla
Alyssa Michelle Pena
Lorena Beatriz Pena
Isabella Perez Pombo
Samantha Petrillo
Brianna Grace Pumariega
Antonio Quinones
Chelsea Liannet Quinonez
Rachelle Denise Ragoo
Gabriella Marie Ricciulli
Isabelle Rivas
Marilyn Rivero
Valentina Rodriguez
Elizabeth Rodriguez Pestana
Paula Romero
Emmy Rueda
Monique Esmeralda Sanchez
Evelyn L. Santos Guerrero
Talia Lillian Etanah Sessel
Michelle Shandez Shaffer
Elana Shpunt
Katia Marie Sierra
Phillipe Silva
Natalia Useche Smiarowski
Ventasia Adriana Smith
Melanie Ann Sosa
Elyssa Nicole Stuart
Sofia Kelly Terry
Tracey Jerona Thurston
Valeriia Tiertyshnikova
Shane Alex Torrico
Lauren Frances Trentacoste
Giulia Trippetti
Lizbeth Valdes
Melissa Varela
Digna E. Vargas
Sarahi Velazquez
Juaurin Lourdes Viloria
Genesis Sarahi Vindell
Claudia Vivas
Nia Washington
Laura Williams-Kunnen
Logan Riley Winchester
Andrea Zdrnja
Yu Zhang
Emilia Zumaita Hilario
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Cameron Paige Araujo (M)
Khushi Hemen Bajaria
Luke Todd Brunn (S)
Andrea H. Caldera
Isabella Josephine Martins Caridade (M)
Chloe Celler (S)
Gianna Bella Dandino
Audlyn Yerah Emmanuel (M)
Norah Katherine Feldman
Alexandra Elizabeth Gallagher (M)
Shayanah Lynn Garcia
Jasmin K. Grewal (C)
Hanna Leigh Hooper (M)
Julia Hroncich
Marissa Nicole Hurle (C)
Joseph Jude Jorge
Lauren Elizabeth Krieger (S)
Sydney Randall Litten (S)
Jake Alexander Marin
Zoe McCrae (C)
Kylie Erin McWilliams
Christopher Joseph Michelini (M)
Lara Sophia Montalbano
Ashley Nicole Parrish (S)
Sara Elizabeth Parrott
Xema Quirino
Andjelija Radevic
Leslie Anne Rodriguez
Piper Jaylinn Santana
Alexa Angela Scaravilli (M)
Abby Jessica Schyman
Shawn Sunil Shiwnath
Sofia Pilar Tapanes (C)
Michaela Torres
Chase Elizabeth Keyu Winston
Degrees conferred August 1, 2025
Ryan Oneil Brooks
Ziana Adaya Capellan
Gabriela Gloria Cardona
Gabriel Enrique Cobas
Faris Mazen Daoud
William Enrique Hernandez
Angelina Bella Miller
Megan Taylor Morgan
Joshua Alexander Orange
Brenda Prophete
Isabel Rovinsky
Julianna Antoinette Sweitzer
Jennyca Ulyse
Anthony Vaka
Sebastian Robert Vergara
(S) Summa Cum Laude
(M) Magna Cum Laude
(C) Cum Laude
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Degree candidates December 11, 2025
Justine Therese Abriam
Lena R. Agnew
Liliana Almeida
Jennifer Alvarez
Andrea Amaya
Austin Artaza
Stephanie Azor
Kelly Kathleen Bargowski
Bridgette Laura Bayate
Lauren B. Bejar
Maria Fernanda Blanco
Ariel Boganim
Chloe Bresnick
Alexandra Aida Brito
Morgan Elizabeth Burger
Drew Chinigo
Brittney Nicole Colon
Lyana Ashlyn Corvea (C)
Taysha Nahiomy Cotto Gonzalez
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The Mace
The academic mace, an enduring symbol of institutional authority and prestige, is a vestige from prehistoric times. First used as a battle weapon, the mace evolved into a ceremonial staff carried in processions of royalty, magistrates, and church or university officials.
The University of Miami’s current mace, which dates back to 1986, was sculpted by former art professor William Ward. He chose a contemporary design, one that reflects the University’s timelessness and perpetual growth from a young institution to one of national prominence. The clean lines and polished silver surface are elegant; dignified; and reflective of colors, textures, and forms in the everchanging environment. Ward indicated that timelessness is further represented by the mace’s geometric design. Rather than employing symbols like books, candles, or globes, he noted that these geometric shapes are not tied to fad or style but are an integral part of our world.
“There are obvious relationships to mathematics and the sciences, and as the mace is rotated, some of the planes at the top resemble letters. Its complexity is like the unfolding plot of a good story,” Ward said.
The University of Miami’s mace serves as a symbolic weapon to protect the ideals of truth, justice, and learning. During the commencement ceremony, it is carried at the head of the academic procession by the grand marshal, whose symbolic duty is the protection of the University, its people, and its processes.
In 2019, staff and faculty members in the Department of Theatre Arts performed preservation and restoration work on the mace, crafting a new base and reviving the original sheen so that, after decades of use, the mace continues to play its role in the University’s commencement ceremonies.
Academic Honors and Regalia
The ceremonies of commencement immerse us in the rich tradition of academic honors and dress that reaches back to the early days of the world’s oldest universities.
The University of Miami awards degrees in three basic divisions— the doctorate, master’s, and baccalaureate—which can be traced to medieval times. The student receiving a “first degree in arts” was crowned with a wreath of laurel berries, hence “baccalaureate” and “bachelor.” The master’s degree was a license to teach (Licentia docendi), so the “master” was an appropriate title. The doctor was even better qualified to teach, for this degree required advanced study, independent research, and defense of a dissertation. These standards still apply to the doctorate, except for those conferred honoris causa (as honorary degrees) for meritorious service in public or private endeavor.
Some degrees are awarded with special recognition. For those who have achieved appropriate standards in their work, the words cum laude (with praise), magna cum laude (with high praise), and summa cum laude (with highest praise) are used. Students who have met formal scholarly demands, including both specified courses and high overall grade averages, may graduate with “General Honors.” These achievements are recorded on diplomas and in official transcripts.
From medieval practice, academic dress has three items: cap, gown, and hood. In reviving the use of these items for the United States, an intercollegiate commission in 1895 drafted a code that most universities, including the University of Miami, follow.
For all degrees, the mortarboard is the traditional cap. The tassel may be gold for a doctor or may indicate the field of study.
The bachelor’s gown is black with long, pointed, open sleeves. The master’s gown is black with a long, closed sleeve hanging below the elbow. The doctor’s gown is black and is distinguished by three bars of velvet on a full sleeve.
The academic hood is the identifying symbol of the degree. Its length indicates which degree it represents: three feet for the baccalaureate, three-and-a-half for the master’s, and four for the doctorate. The lining indicates the college or university that awarded the degree. University of Miami hoods are lined in orange, green, and white. The color of the velvet band represents the academic discipline. The most frequently seen colors are white for arts, yellow for science, pink for music, sapphire blue for philosophy, purple for law, scarlet for divinity, green for medicine, light blue for education, drab for business, orange for engineering, violet for architecture, gray for general studies, and apricot for nursing.
President Joseph J. Echevarria wears a black robe with four black velvet bars. The fourth chevron indicates this is the presidential regalia. The gown features orange and green piping as well as a doctoral hood lined in orange, green, and white—reflecting the official University of Miami school colors.
The Music of the Ceremony
University of Miami Fanfare
Great universities throughout the country begin their halftime performances with a special fanfare consisting of small portions of their school fight songs and alma mater. The fanfare signals the start of halftime festivities, exciting the crowd and encouraging loyal fans to remain in their seats during the band’s performance.
Following the Miami Hurricane’s National Championship season in 2001-2002, David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05, wrote a similar fanfare for
the University of Miami. “University of Miami Fanfare” was premiered by the University of Miami Band of the Hour during the 2004 Miami Hurricane home football opener versus Florida State University. It has since been performed as a prelude to all Band of the Hour performances and has become a part of the University of Miami’s commencement to announce the opening of the ceremony.
President’s Processional Fanfare
Commencement ceremonies are rich in history, tradition, and ritual. Over the years, the University of Miami has had a number of talented musicians and composers contribute to that history and tradition.
The “President’s Processional Fanfare—Toward Our New Century” was commissioned by the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music and written by Brian Balmages, M.M. ’00, in 2016.
Alma Mater
William S. Lampe and Christine Asdurian Arranged by Henry Fillmore
Southern suns and sky blue water, Smile upon you, Alma Mater; Mistress of this fruitful land, With all knowledge at your hand, Always just, to honor true All our love we pledge to you.
Alma Mater, Stand forever,
On Biscayne’s wondrous shore.
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