WC Commencement Program 2021_final web

McCall Prize in Economics, International Studies Award †Elizabeth Anne Lilly, summa cum laude, George Washington Medal & Award, The Department of Philosophy and Religion Award, Sociol

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Washington College Commencement

Professor of English and American Studies

Interim President of the College

The National Anthem Madison Gabrielle Battle ’21

and Lift Every Voice and Sing Berkleigh Mackenna Fadden ’21

Daniel Palmatary ’21 Destiny Smith’21

Senior Class Speaker Paris A Young ’21

Christine Lincoln ’ 00 Interim Provost and Dean of the College

Greetings and the Mandamus Stephen T Golding ’72

for College Honors Chair, Board of Visitors and Governors

Conferring of Honorary Degree Dr Powell

Response & Address Katie Hood

Doctor of Public Service

Graduation of the Class of 2021

Conferring of Degrees Dr Powell

Presentation of Candidates Dr Harvey

Hi Juvenes, Candidati Alumni Sunt Marshal DeProspo

The Alumni Association’s Award Dr Harvey

for Distinguished Teaching

Faculty and Student Awards Dr Harvey

Senior Honors and Prizes Dr Harvey

The Jane Huston Goodfellow Memorial Prize

To a graduating senior, majoring in science, who has an abiding appreciation of the arts and humanities and has shown scholastic excellence.

The Gold Pentagon Awards

To one senior and one alumnus, faculty or friend of the College, selected by the Omicron Delta Kappa Society, in recognition of meritorious service to Washington College.

Sophie Kerr Prize

To the senior having the best ability and promise for future fulfillment in the field of literary endeavor.

Awards Conferred by the Entire Faculty

The Louis L Goldstein ’35 Award

To a graduating senior who, in the opinion of the faculty, has demonstrated unusual interest, enthusiasm and potential in the field of public affairs.

Eugene B Casey Medal

To a senior woman voted by the faculty to be outstanding in the qualities of scholarship, character, leadership and campus citizenship.

Henry W.C Catlin 1894 Medal

To a senior man voted by the faculty to be outstanding in the qualities of scholarship, character, leadership and campus citizenship.

Clark-Porter Medal

To the student whose character and personal integrity, in the opinion of the faculty, have most clearly enhanced the quality of campus life Presented by Charles B Clark, class of 1934, in memory of Harry P Porter, class of 1905.

George Washington Medal and Award

To the senior who shows the greatest promise of understanding and realizing in life and work the ideals of a liberal education.

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of the Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums

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Honorary Degree Recipient

A dynamic speaker and frequent panelist, Hood has appeared

at Aspen Ideas: Health, Milken Global Conference, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Conference and The Nantucket Project Her 2019 TED talk, “The Difference between Healthy and Unhealthy Love,” captured more than 8 million views

Hood received her bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School She lives outside of New York City with her husband, four children, and two dogs

Alumni Citation Recipient

Christine Lincoln ’00

CHRISTINE LINCOLN is an internationally winning author and motivational speaker Her stories have appeared on stage at Symphony Space and Word Theatre, read and performed by Don Cheadle, Gary Dourdan, and Lizan Mitchell Her short stories have appeared in various literary journals such as Pleiades Magazine and the Paris Review

award-Lincoln is Poet Laureate Emeritus of York Pennsylvania During her service to the City of York she created a writing group at a local domestic violence safehouse where she helped survivors of trauma and abuse explore poetry as

a means to healing She also created “Writers Voice,” a monthly column for the York Daily Record that featured emerging writers and visual artists throughout South Central Pennsylvania

Christine has traveled throughout the United States and the world, including South Africa where she was the first author to represent the United States in South Africa’s annual Year of the Writer Celebration She has appeared on NPR, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and has been featured as a

“Phenomenal Woman” in O: The Oprah Magazine

Lincoln’s life motto is this: you only have this one wild beautiful life, so live it like you mean it Currently, Lincoln divides her time between Ghana, Africa and the United States, working as a writer, speaker, teacher, artist, community leader and activist And primarily this is how Lincoln sees herself, as an artist activist who uses every talent and gift like a superhero, like Princess Diana of Themyscira But, instead of using a magic lasso and invisible plane Lincoln uses words to save herself and hopefully the world

Candidates for the Degree

†First Honor Graduate

First Honor Graduates

Bachelor of Arts

†Liane Elise Beckley, summa cum laude, Lynette

Neilsen Professional Practice Award, Lynette

Neilsen Juror’s Choice Award

†Annalie Rose Buscarino, summa cum laude,

Emil J.C Hildenbrand Memorial Award,

Margaret Horsley Award

†Bethany Joy Ford, summa cum laude, Dr Davy

H McCall Prize in Economics, International

Studies Award

†Elizabeth Anne Lilly, summa cum laude, George

Washington Medal & Award, The Department of

Philosophy and Religion Award, Sociology Service

Award

†Julia M Manaraze, summa cum laude, The

Norman James Humanities Award for Excellence

†Megan Stephanie Walsh, summa cum laude,

Emil J.C Hildenbrand Memorial Award

Bachelor of Arts

Rebecca Joan Kanaskie, summa cum laude

Kathryn Elizabeth Shenk, summa cum laude,

Arthur A Knapp ’39 Memorial Prize in History,

Phi Alpha Theta

Emily Nicole Fehsenfeld, summa cum laude,

Political Science Award

Caitlin Rose Woods, virtual attendee, summa

cum laude, The Seán O Connor Teaching Award

Vanessa Leigh Rupertus, in absentia, summa

cum laude

Patrick T Salerno, virtual attendee, summa cum

laude, The Department of Philosophy and Religion

Award

Emily Rose Wiest, summa cum laude

Anna Garow, summa cum laude, The Economics

Department Award, Arthur A Knapp ’39

Memorial Prize in History

Nicole Hatfield, summa cum laude

Sarah Anne Bowden, summa cum laude

Nicole Ann Noce, summa cum laude, William

Gover Duvall ’30 Prize

Vax Jones, summa cum laude, Psychology

Department Outstanding Achievement Award

Aidan Kelly, summa cum laude

Lucy-Dannielle Abena Ofosu-Appiah, summa

cum laude

Charles Matthew Snyder, summa cum laude Yoshiki Masuda, in absentia, summa cum laude William George Rotsch, summa cum laude,

The Economics Department Award

Jacquelyn M Smith, summa cum laude, Bennett

Lamond Senior Capstone Award in English

Benjamin Barton, summa cum laude,

The Economics Department Award

Holly Ann Shaffer, summa cum laude Talia Seidman, summa cum laude Alana Lexi Pecchioli, magna cum laude Gillian H Kelahan, magna cum laude Michelle Nguyen Ly, magna cum laude Leah Rose Morris, magna cum laude,

American Studies Program Senior Capstone Experience Award

Yuying Liu, magna cum laude, Dr Davy H

McCall Prize in Economics, Tai Sung An Memorial Prize

Agnes Anderson, magna cum laude Lizet Ivarra, magna cum laude, Erika & Henry

Salloch Prize, Psychology Department Award

Tamia Janelle Williams, magna cum laude Justin T Nash, magna cum laude, The Maureen

Jacoby Prize

Maya Anne Moskunas, magna cum laude,

Department of Business Management Senior Capstone Award

Miles Nicholas Cochran, in absentia, magna

cum laude

Brenda N Clark, magna cum laude Zachary Austensen, magna cum laude Megan Leanne Ritchey, magna cum laude,

Political Science Award

Bradley Harrison Melzer, magna cum laude,

Department of Business Management Award, Department of Business Management Senior Capstone Experience Award

Jacob W Goudy, in absentia, magna cum laude Parker Elizabeth Wolf, magna cum laude,

Outstanding Dance Minor Student Award

Isabella Robbin Sansanelli, cum laude, Penny J

Fall Award

Ethan Hu, cum laude

Grace Campbell Moery, cum laude

Annie Rebecca Javitt, cum laude, Alpha Chi

Omega Music Award

Destiny Smith, cum laude, Alpha Chi Omega

Music Award

Elizabeth Hill, virtual attendee, cum laude

Michael Spence, cum laude

Jason Christopher Miller, cum laude

MacKenzie Brady, cum laude, The Writers

Union Award

Bethelehem Kassahun Yirga, cum laude

Michael Colin Levi, cum laude, The Communication

and Media Studies Capstone Experience Award,

Education Department Award

Evan Lee Wilson Gaines, cum laude, The

Communication and Media Studies Outstanding

Scholar Award

Anna Elise Bennett, cum laude

Aaron B Adler, in absentia

Caroline Elizabeth Albert

Angela Julianne Aponte Gonzalez, The Lambda

Alpha Gamma of Maryland Chapter Senior Award

Jada Vanessa Aristilde

Rute Solomon Assefa

Elleny Ayano

Steffan A Barahona

Kayla Marie Barney

Joanne Edele Bond

Emilee Kirsten Brock

Victoria Brooks

Aizha Niaira Brown

Daniel Justin Brown, W Dennis Berry M ’87

Award

Giselle Liza Brown, in absentia

Kashmira Anyae LaShae Brown-Rochester, in

absentia

Sarah Jennifer Bruno

Gabriella M Bucci

Thomas Joaquin Buckman

Logan Patrick Bunch

Caylin June Cannavino

Derrick Joseph Carter

Sarah Marie Margaret Cataldo

Aidan Finn Chadam

Xin Chen, in absentia

Zheyuan Chen, in absentia

Rahat ChouderyLaura Nicole CochraneMark Roland CooleyLarah C Cox

Julia Rose Cunningham, in absentia

Hunter DaseChristopher Nathaniel Del RosarioDominic James Delcoco

Andrew DelPercioAaron I Deutsch

Kevin A Dickey, in absentia Sarah Dexter Dockham, in absentia

Sara DouglasLeah Anne Duff

Jacqueline Mildred Dulaff, in absentia

Brett William EdwardsGriffin James Eisenmann

Harrison Colby Ernst, in absentia Ziwei Fang, in absentia

Andrew K Feeley

Guotai Feng, virtual attendee

Jackson G FilicicchiaHanna Bird FlowersNoah FrebertEvan Joseph GabaJulianna Gill

Melia Marcelin Estelle Greene, in absentia

Keen Lipperet GriffinBrandon M GrossJustin M Gruen

Destiny Lynn Harris, Clark Porter Medal, The

S.E.E.D Award (Successfully Educating and Empowering for Diversity)

Audrey HaynHannah Rebekah HensonMikala Rene HerlihyEileen HernandezKaitlyn HerrickMichael Thomas HersheyKwarysha D HowardDavid Hudak

Elyse Clare HummerNathan Randall Hutton

Jinlin Jiang, in absentia

Leo Cameron Quinn Johnson

Kaitlyn Nicole Jones

Catherine Keirn

Megan Elizabeth Klink, in absentia

Darya Sergeyevna Kolesnikova

Frank R Koons IV

Anne Krysztofiak, Education Department Award

Gabrielle Kszak

Katie Lauren Lengyel

Alden Chase Lentz

Kimberly Leonard, in absentia

Raymond Lewis, in absentia

Charles Ji Yuan Liang, in absentia

Ruijia Liang, virtual attendee

Liam V MacKenzie

Joseph Robert Maimone

Natalie Caroline Mansfield

Austin A Martin-Williams

Benjamin David Masclans

Benjamin Alexander Mathews, virtual attendee

Lauren Elizabeth Maxwell

Amelia Francis Mazza

Barry D McCormick Jr

Alexandra Melvin

Alejandro Cardenas Mendoza

Haley Morgan Michael-Lee, in absentia

Angelica Miller

Cody Hupfeldt Miller

Kyle Delane Mitten, in absentia

Gemma Francis Mochi

Jamie Lynn Morris

Lisa Marie Mulhearn

Brad Spence Mundorf, in absentia

Madison Noonan

Tinotenda Ziyanda Nyawata, in absentia

Laura L Oliveira Silva

John William Oliver

Rhoda Apotierioluwa Oluwalana

Ethan Townsend O’Malley

Vincent Issac Pacheco

Daniel Palmatary, Department of Music Award

for Professional Promise in Research and Creative

Achievement

Korneli Patarkalashvili

Dillon Pierpont

Margaret Katheryn Pietrucha

Hugh S Plumb, virtual attendee

Sarah Collette Polo

Joshua Porteous, in absentia

Hannah Quinn Powell

Kaitlyn Pritchard, Anthropology Achievement

Erika Michelle Reynolds, in absentia

Samantha Bradley RobinsonJacklyn Russo

Brandie Dawn RuthBrianna LaRae SampsonLuis Sanchez-Aguilar

Abigail Elizabeth Saxton, Rachel Scholz

Leadership Award

Nicholas P Schmelzer, in absentia

Taylor SchroyerSamantha Segura CisnerosMatthew Porter King Siems

Bethany Ann Simms, virtual attendee

Joe Anthony SivoNatasha SlabyAbigail Lee SmithLauren Margaret SouderJulia Sparco

Elisse Danielle Spence, The Daniel L Premo

Award in Political Science

Harriet StarrGrace Steele

Rose Sheri Stevens, in absentia Cole Francis Pio Storm, The Rebecca Corbin

Loree Business Leadership Award

Lindsay Nicole StraussKatherine Kingsley SwartleyJoe Tobin

Jiruwak Chala Tolessa

Colin Peter Underwood, in absentia

Devin Grace Semmes ValcichJonathan Nicholas VitaleJaime Rose Waddell

Yijia Wang, in absentia

Yu Wang, in absentia

Veronica Washington

Dylan Thomas Wheeler

Quinn A Willis

Charles Schroeder Wittich

Christian Tsion Yosef, virtual attendee,

The Simon Hultman Award

Benjamin Eric Young

Paris Young, Louis L Goldstein ’35 Award

Kayla Zapcic

Jiale Zou, in absentia

Bachelor of Science

Brittany Walker, summa cum laude

Kylie Peets, summa cum laude

Haley Wilt, virtual attendee, summa cum laude,

Washington College Premedical Professional

Award, Department of Biology Research Award,

Joseph McLain Prize

Samina L Soin-Voshell, summa cum laude, Jane

Huston Goodfellow Memorial Prize, Eugene B

Casey Medal, Middendorf Award for Academic

Excellence in the Study of the Environment

Kamdyn Rose Finney, summa cum laude

Brianna Michelle Parise, summa cum laude

Maggie Witham, summa cum laude, Department

of Biology Award of Special Recognition

Allison Hannah Gallagher, summa cum laude,

Jane Huston Goodfellow Memorial Prize,

Washington College Pre-Pharmacy Award, Joseph

McLain Prize

Kailyn Elizabeth Brandt, summa cum laude,

Washington College Pre-Allied Health Award

William Parker Cosner, summa cum laude,

Middendorf Award for Academic Excellence in the

Study of the Environment

Meghan E McHenry, summa cum laude,

Department of Biology Award of Special Recognition

Nathaniel Neuland, summa cum laude, James M

Miller ’51 Prize in Chemistry

Heather Rohwein, summa cum laude, Washington

College Pre-Nursing Award

Caroline E Braungard, in absentia, summa cum

laude, James M Miller ’51 Prize in Chemistry

William Fifer, magna cum laude

Olivia Grace Butler, magna cum laude, The

Department of Environmental Science and Studies

Research Potential Award

Mahin Ayesha Zaman, magna cum laude Shannon Thomas, magna cum laude,

The Department of Environmental Science and Studies Research Potential Award, Karen Kaitz Emerick Award

Harry Ryan Redding, magna cum laude Emma Ellen-Crosby Dodsworth, magna cum

laude

Berkleigh Mackenna Fadden, magna cum laude,

Garry E Clarke Performance Award

Camerin Caraballo, magna cum laude Gavin Campbell, cum laude

Douglas Thomas Kurtz, cum laude, Henry

W.C Catlin 1984 Medal, Environmental Science and Studies Award, The Jonathan A Taylor Jr Leadership Award

Kayla Mehrtens, cum laude Martina Elizabeth Towers, cum laude Brendan Michael Farrell, cum laude Olivia Sara Oakley, cum laude Jessie Ngo, cum laude, Psychology Department

Capstone Experience Award

Jennifer Shabrach, cum laude Najeyah Al-Tamimi, Environmental Science and

Studies Award

Madison Gabrielle BattleSummer Mae BlackZachary Quinn Blackwell

Brooke Sierra Brown, in absentia

Nicolina Elvira Maria Capitanio

Kinza Ahmad Cheema, in absentia

Kaelyn Elise Connor

Michaela Hope Creel, virtual attendee

Meghan Catherine DeanJake P Dipaola

Kaitlyn Nicole Ecoff, Virginia M Conner ‘85

Psychology Award

Philip Douglas Martin Estes

Gabrielle Francis, in absentia

Matthew GregoryKelly Lynn GreiserJessica Jaymes GunoskeyJulia Christine HallmanKellen F HanleyTyler HawkinsAbigail Hilty

Christina Hommer

Christiana Mackenzie Dorothy Hooker,

in absentia

Danitha Isma

Ajyh Ken-Taj Johnson, virtual attendee

Sarlina Qwaviya Joseph

Bridget Karpman

Riley E Katzman, virtual attendee

Julie Lynn Marie Kinsley

Julia Fennel Matsen

John Thomas Mecca

Sabrina Annetta Mendez, Erika & Henry

Salloch Prize

Dylan Nepert, in absentia

Terran Tumpale Ondiek, in absentia

Kelly Elizabeth Ramsey, virtual attendee William Patrick Reid, Jane Huston Goodfellow

Memorial Prize, Stewart Theatre Award

Mah Tha, in absentia

Sara Ann Thurwanger

Allison Tran

Zachary Urbanski

Stephaney Wilson, in absentia

Ziyin Zhao, virtual attendee

Andrew Cole Hazlett, Upon Completion Burke Tanner McFillin, Upon Completion

Other Senior Honors and Prizes

The American Studies Program Senior Capstone Experience Award

Awarded to a graduating American studies major with the most outstanding senior research project.

Leah Rose Morris

The Anthropology Achievement Award

Given to the graduating major or majors who have shown exceptional understanding of anthropology and other cultures, past or present.

Kaitlyn Pritchard

The Lambda Alpha Gamma of Maryland Chapter Senior Award

Awarded to the graduating senior in anthropology for demonstrating the most outstanding formal writing skill as

the chapter’s candidate for the Lambda Alpha national scholarship.

Angela Julianne Aponte Gonzalez

The Lynette Neilsen Professional Practice Award

Awarded annually by the department faculty to the studio art senior who demonstrates the most engaged, dedicated,

and consistent creative practice over the course of the SCE year

Liane Elise Beckley

The Lynette Neilsen Juror’s Choice Award

Awarded annually by an invited guest juror, the award is given to the artist presenting the most outstanding work of art in the Senior Capstone Exhibition.

Liane Elise Beckley

Washington College Pre-Pharmacy Award

Awarded to the graduating biology major who has demonstrated academic excellence, who is

pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy and who has a strong potential for success in the field of pharmacy.

Allison Hannah Gallagher

Washington College Pre-Nursing Award

Awarded to the graduating biology major who has demonstrated academic excellence, who is

pursuing a nursing degree, and who has a strong potential for success in the field of nursing.

Heather Rohwein

Washington College Premedical Professional Award

Awarded to the graduating biology major who has demonstrated academic excellence, who is pursuing a medical or veterinary degree, and who has a strong potential for success

in the medical or veterinary fields.

Haley Wilt

Washington College Pre-Allied Health Award

Awarded to the graduating biology major who has demonstrated academic excellence, who is pursuing an allied health degree,

and who has a strong potential for success in an allied health field.

Kailyn Elizabeth Brandt

The Department of Biology Research Award

Awarded to the graduating biology major who has demonstrated excellence in academics and undergraduate biological research.

Haley Wilt