COMMENCEMENT 2021 The beat goes on

COMMENCEMENT COMMENCEMENT ‘21 ‘21

It was a day for both

celebration and reflection as Xavier’s newest class of alumni received their degrees during the University’s 94th annual Commencement, held May 8, 2021, in the Convocation Center.

Even with separate sessions for the College of Pharmacy and the College of Arts and Sciences, the fact that family members were able to attend this year’s ceremony – albeit in limited numbers – provided a welcome transition towards normalcy after 2020’s totally virtual affair.

COMMENCEMENT COMMENCEMENT ‘21 ‘21

Some 584 graduates, including 52 of whom who earned summa cum laude honors (three with 4.0 grade point averages), were awarded their degrees. In that number were:

Bachelor of Arts

Morgan Jackson – Mass Communication Cleopatra Singleton – Political Science Naomi Winston – History

Bachelor of Science

Kyra Banks – Chemistry Pre-Med Sydney Barrett – Biology/Pre-Med Raimel Brooks – Biology/Pre-Med Jakobi Bruce – Accounting Altonnesha Darby – Biology/Pre-Med (4.0) Alexis Edwards – Biology/Pre-Med Kyrah Felder – Computer Science Wacuka Gitahi – Accounting Breyanah Graham – Biochemistry Jailyn Heisser – Business/Finance Taylor Holt – Speech Pathology Jagari Jennings – Computer Science Camryn Jones – Biology/Pre-Med Kyelin Knowles – Biology/Pre-Med Chynna Mills – Psychological Science Amber Neal – Psychological Science Angela Nguyen – Biology/Pre-Med Anh-Tuan Nguyen – Biology/Pre-Med Brooke Nguyen – Biology/Pre-Med Trang Nguyen - Biochemistry Chizoba Ogbuefi – Biology/Pre-Med (4.0) Karen Osei-Boamah – Biochemistry Phong Pham – Psychological Science Lorenzo Rael – Psychology/Pre-Med Sukana Raza – Chemistry/Pre-Pharmacy Kennedy Righteous – Biology/Pre-Med Cailyn Robertson - Neuroscience Kezia Robinson – Biology/Pre-Med Tausif Siddiqui – Chemistry/Pre-Med Kaycee Tate – Computer Science Jennifer Tran – Biology/Pre-Med Nam Tran - Chemistry Tristan Tran - Biology Jordan Wise – Biology/Pre-Med

Doctor of Pharmacy

Page Bankston (4.0) Danny Cao Allison DiMaggio Tunhi Duong Cierra Frazier Samah Hammad Shadombria Kelly Giang Le Khanh Le Jonathan Lin Anthony Nguyen Anthony Pham Jeffrey Posley Katryna Vo Viet Vu