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Return to Index Commencement 2007 Commencement Exercises Table of Contents MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.......................................................................................................... 2 ORDER OF EXERCISES University Commencement...................................................................................................................................... 3 BANNER BEARERS, SENIOR CLASS COUNCIL and OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ..................................................................................... 4 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SENIOR OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION, and DEANS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT ....................................................................... 5 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients.............................................................................................................. 6 RETIRING FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY, KROEPSCH-MAURICE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS, and UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS............................... 9 GRADUATES College of Agriculture and Life Sciences............................................................................................................... 10 College of Arts and Sciences................................................................................................................................. 13 School of Business Administration........................................................................................................................ 20 College of Education and Social Services.............................................................................................................. 22 College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences............................................................................................. 26 The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources......................................................................... 28 College of Medicine................................................................................................................................................ 30 College of Nursing and Health Sciences............................................................................................................... 32 Honors College....................................................................................................................................................... 33 UNIVERSITY AWARDS .................................................................................................................................. 34 HONORS GRADUATES Seniors graduating Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Cum Laude ................................................. 46 Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key, Alpha Sigma Lambda ........................................................................................... 47 Boulder Society, Mortar Board, Order of Omega, Towerr Society, Community Service Scholars, Green and Gold Scholars, Pizzagalli Vermont Scholars........................................................................................ 48 Vermont Scholars..................................................................................................................................................... 49 GUEST INFORMATION................................................................................................................................. 49 HISTORICAL INFORMATION The Academic Costume, The Class of 1927 Memorial Mace, The University Seal, Banners of the Colleges and Schools ................................................................................................................... 50 SONGS Universitas V. Montis............................................................................................................................................... 51 Gaudeamus igitur................................................................................................................................................... 51 COMMENCEMENT MAP ............................................................................................................................. 52 PLEASE NOTE that errors will occur in the listings of candidates for graduation. Because of the time required for printing the program, the listings may contain names of persons who will not receive a degree at this time and also may omit the names of a few persons who will receive degrees. These errors are unavoidable. The University of Vermont is a 504 Title IX Affirmative Action Institution. Printed on 30% post-consumer recycled paper. 1 Return to Index Commencement 2007 Message from the President Dear Graduates, Families, Friends, and Colleagues, We gather here today to celebrate the University of Vermont Class of 2007 and the many accomplishments of our graduates. Commencement is a time to look back on our shared experiences and to look ahead. Your years at UVM have included many memorable moments. As a campus we have gathered in Ira Allen Chapel and Patrick Gym to hear distinguished speakers such as Barack Obama, Antonin Scalia, Nobel Peace Prize laureates Bishop Desmond Tutu and Elie Wiesel. We’ve been privileged to view the work of major artists such as Warhol, Goya, and Rembrandt in world-class exhibits at the Fleming Museum. During your years here we have launched an Honors College, built a beautiful new residential learning complex, added greatly to our facilities at Trinity Campus, and nearly completed a new student center. I’m certain that it hasn’t always been easy to be a student in the midst of such transformation. Your patience throughout these important construction projects will be rewarded, I hope, when you look back with pride on the enhanced value of your alma mater in the years to come. During your years here our campus has come together in moments of triumph. This season’s outstanding run for the men’s basketball team couldn’t help but bring back memories of the stirring, unforgettable moment when the Catamounts upset mighty Syracuse in the 2005 NCAA tourney. And we have come together in tragedy following the death of Professor James Petersen in August 2005 and last fall’s terrible loss of student Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a member of the Class of 2007. The students and faculty who came to know Michelle in her time on her campus remember her as a caring, vibrant, committed young woman, all that we hope our students will be. Michelle is in our hearts today. There are many people to thank on a day as momentous as graduation. It is a time to recognize the contributions of our extraordinary faculty, who in many respects simply are the University, and of our talented and dedicated staff, indispensable colleagues on whom we all depend. The rich, complex community of the University of Vermont stretches far beyond the boundaries of our campus. The UVM family includes more than 100,000 graduates, including nearly 90,000 living alumni whose ranks will swell today. The Alumni Association will keep you connected and informed through the Vermont Quarterly, alumni events, and more. Families and friends, thank you for the support and care you have provided the graduates throughout their time at the University. You share in their accomplishment and success. On behalf of all of my colleagues, please allow me to say that we feel deeply moved and privileged to share this moment of pride and achievement with you. May 20, 2007 2 Daniel Mark Fogel President Return to Index Commencement 2007 The University of Vermont Commencement Ceremony Sunday, May 20, 2007 9:00 a.m. University Green Order of Exercises PRESIDING Justin M. Joffe, University Marshal and President of the Faculty Senate, Professor of Psychology PRELUDE MUSIC University Memorial Carillon David Neiweem, Professor of Music, University Carillonneur Field Drums Jeffrey Salisbury, Class of 1991, and Brian Johnson PROCESSIONAL MUSIC The University Brass Ensemble D. Thomas Toner, Associate Professor of Music, Conductor The University of Vermont Police Services Honor Guard The Pipes and Drums of St. Andrew’s Society of Vermont THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Bridget Dornick, Class of 2007 GREETINGS Carl H. Lisman Chair of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees Samuel P. Madden, President of the Senior Class Council Seth E. Bowden, President of the Student Government Association Eileen J. Hanerfeld, President of the Staff Council PRESIDENT’S REMARKS Daniel Mark Fogel, President of the University of Vermont ADDRESS The Honorable John R. Lewis United States House of Representatives AWARDS Alumni Greetings and Presentation of the George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award by Janet E. Terp, Class of 1980, Graduate College 1994 President of the University of Vermont Alumni Association Recognition of Outstanding Student Leader Award Recipients by John M. Hughes, Senior Vice President and Provost CONFERRING OF DEGREES HONORIS CAUSA CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE Master’s Degrees • Doctor’s Degrees • Bachelor’s Degrees • University Scholar Designation CLOSING REFLECTION Stephanie Kaza, Professor of Environmental Studies Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Universitas V. Montis Elizabeth Finlayson, Class of 2007 RECESSIONAL 3 Return to Index Commencement 2007 University Marshal • Justin M. Joffe University Herald • Robert S. Tyzbir Faculty Marshals • Judy Cohen and David Hirth College and School Marshals • Jacques Bailly, Lynne Bond, Carolyn Bonifield, Clare Ginger, John Green, Betsy Greene, Kieran Killen, Christopher Koliba, Larry Kost, Walter Kuentzel, Todd Pritchard, Laurence Rudiger, Katharine Sheperd, Sherwood Smith, Sondra Solomon, Alan Strong, Sufia Uddin Commencement Program Coordinator • Leslie Logan, Administrator of University Events, President’s Office Commencement Logistics Coordinator • Shane Cutler, Director of Conference and Event Services Commencement Producer • Jeff Modereger, Chair, Associate Professor & Scenic Designer, Department of Theatre Head Usher for University Commencement • Joseph C. Fischer, Assistant Athletic Director Banner Bearers College of Medicine Graduate College Honors College College of Agriculture and Life Sciences School of Business Administration College of Education and Social Services College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources College of Nursing and Health Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Scot A. Millay Peter M. Evans Bevin Alexandra Cohen Nathaniel Thundering Bear Moore Martin Klimes Matthew Simpson Alaina Skye Dickason Emily R. Lord Jessica Lynne Benoit Lindsay Ann Ward Senior Class Council 2006-2007 Executive Board President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Community Service Chair Gift Chair Events Co-Chairs Public Relations Chair Folklore Editor Class Council Liaison Sam Madden Rick Galante Caitlin Kelly Nicole Draper Carly Hodgins Swati Ganmukhi Joseph B. O’Brien Rachel Rasmussen Sarah Gambee Carlie Grob Amanda D’Agostino Senior Class Council Members Chantal Champaloux Josh Fredman Heather Greenberg Elizabeth Isabelle Andy Jones Lizzy Kolodner Amber Leenstra Kristen Norris Erica Nuzzo Geoffrey Robinson Jackie Straznitskas Phuoc Le Officers of the Alumni Association 4 President Vice President Janet E. Terp, Class of 1980, Graduate College 1994 Mary Ellen Guzewicz, Class of 1973 Return to Index Commencement 2007 The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Board of Trustees Carl H. Lisman, Chair of the Board Daniel Mark Fogel, President The Honorable James H. Douglas, Governor of the State of Vermont The Hon. Edwin H. Amidon, Jr. The Hon. Claire D. Ayer James M. Betts The Hon. Bill Botzow, Secretary Ian D. Boyce The Hon. Harry L. Chen Frank J. Cioffi, Vice Chair Robert F. Cioffi Jeffrey L. Davis The Hon. Johannah Donovan The Hon. Martha P. Heath John A. Hilton, Jr. Susan Hudson-Wilson The Hon. James P. Leddy Deborah H. McAneny Raymond C. Pecor, Jr. Beth H. Rice John R. Snow The Hon. Donna G. Sweaney The Hon. Jeanette White Stirling A. Winder Robert H. Young Senior Officers of Administration President of the University Senior Vice President and Provost Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, Interim Vice President For Finance and Administration Vice President for Student and Campus Life Vice President for Federal, State and Community Relations Associate Provost for Multicultural Affairs, Interim Associate Provost Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant Daniel Mark Fogel John M. Hughes Francine T. Bazluke Frances E. Carr Kathleen Kelleher J. Michael Gower Thomas J. Gustafson Karen N. Meyer Wanda R. Heading-Grant Jill Mattuck Tarule Gary L. Derr Deans of the University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Rachel K. Johnson College of Arts and Sciences Eleanor M. Miller School of Business Administration Rocki-Lee DeWitt College of Education and Social Services Fayneese S. Miller College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Domenico Grasso Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Acting Deane Wang College of Medicine, Interim John P. Fogarty College of Nursing and Health Sciences Betty A. Rambur Honors College Robert P. Taylor Enrollment Planning and Admissions, Interim Susan A. Wertheimer Libraries and Learning Resources Mara R. Saule Students David A. Nestor Continuing Education Cynthia L. Belliveau Continuing Education Carol M. Vallett Extension Douglas O. Lantagne 5 Return to Index Commencement 2007 SPEAKER AND DEGREES HONORIS CAUSA John R. Lewis Doctor of Laws Commencement Speaker That John Lewis, one of the major leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, endured more than 40 arrests for his activism is remarkable, but it is not the salient fact of his life. His commitment to non-violence - even in the face of the brutal police attacks on March 7, 1965 the historic day when he and Hosea Williams led 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the first march from Selma to Montgomery for voters rights - continues to be the courageous touchstone of his life. The now nine-term Congressman Lewis (D-Georgia) is held in high esteem by politicians on both sides of the aisle for his ethical standards and moral principles. The man whom Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has called “the conscience of the U.S. Congress” and Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) has lauded for his courage, earned his status the hard way. Lewis, the son of sharecroppers, grew up on his family’s farm near Troy, Alabama. His was a segregated life, but his birth timing – 1940 – proved serendipitous for a coming-of-age epic. Inspired by the Montgomery Bus Boycott and by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., he committed himself early to activism and to King’s doctrine of nonviolence. As a student at Fisk University, where he earned a degree in religion and philosophy, Lewis organized sitins at segregated lunch counters. In 1961, he risked his life in the Freedom Rides and helped form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an effort he would later lead as chairman. At the age of 23, Lewis was an architect of and a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington in August 1963. Two years later, on March 7, 1965, Lewis and Hosea Williams led more than 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on their way to Montgomery. On the other side of the bridge lawmen were waiting and brutally attacked the peaceful demonstrators including 6 Lewis, whose skull was fractured. The event became known as “Bloody Sunday.” The Selma to Montgomery marches marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and ultimately resulted in the passing of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. Lewis later became director of the Voter Education Project, and during his leadership, VEP added nearly four million minorities to the rolls. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed him director of ACTION, the federal volunteer agency. Following service on the Atlanta City Council, he was elected to Congress in 1986, representing Atlanta and nearby areas. In November 2006, Esquire magazine named him “one of the Nine Pillars of Congress,” describing him as “a beacon of probity in the House.” Among his numerous awards, Lewis received the Martin Luther King Jr. Non-Violence Peace Prize and the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for lifetime achievement. His autobiography, written with Michael D’Orso, Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, was published in 1998. At the groundbreaking of the King memorial on the National Mall last November, Lewis said of King: “He inspired us to get in trouble, but it was good trouble, necessary trouble.” The King monument, he said, reminds us “that it is better to love and not to hate; it is better to reconcile and not divide; it is better to build and not tear down.” Henry Louis Gates Jr. Doctor of Letters Henry Louis Gates Jr., a worldrenowned scholar, teacher, literary critic, and author has been innovative and prolific, a disabuser of the prejudicial status quo for all things African and African American, and an eloquent educator in all media. Gates’s titles and projects hint at the complexity of his interests: He is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities, and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, all at Harvard; he is editor-in-chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center, the first comprehensive scholarly online resource in this field; he has been a MacArthur Foundation Scholar (1981); he has written, produced, and hosted documentaries on PBS and the BBC, including the critically acclaimed “African American Lives”; his 13th and most recent book is Finding Oprah’s Roots; and last year, he was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution. When Time magazine chose Gates as one of the “Twenty-Five Most Influential Americans” in 1997, it wrote: “Combine the braininess of the legendary black scholar W.E.B. Du Bois and the chutzpah of P.T. Barnum, and the result is Henry Louis Gates Jr.” Gates, who was born in West Virginia, graduated with a B.A. summa cum laude in history from Yale University in 1973. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in English literature from Clare College at the University of Cambridge, where mentor and Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka persuaded Gates to study literature. In 1989, he won the American Book Award for The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of AfroAmerican Literary Criticism. In 2000, he and Cornel West wrote the widely acclaimed The African American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, a collaboration with K. Anthony Appiah, was published also on a CD-ROM as Encarta Africana by Microsoft. Gates’s catalog of honors includes the National Humanities Award, presented by President Bill Clinton in 1998. His induction last year into the Sons of the American Revolution was perhaps one of the more surprising events in his honor-studded life. He learned of his Revolutionary War lineage while filming his PBS documentary, “African American Lives,” an investigation of the ancestry of eight notable African Americans using DNA and genealogical research. “You could have knocked me over with a feather,” Gates said of his personal discovery. Gates is best known, however, for proposing a Black literary canon. “We have to conceive a new aesthetic status for American art in all of its Return to Index Commencement 2007 facets,” he’s said. In The New York Times Book Review, he wrote, “There can be no doubt that white texts inform and influence black texts (and vice versa), so that a thoroughly integrated canon of American literature is not only politically sound, it is intellectually sound…” Jackie M. Gribbons Doctor of Laws When Jackie Gribbons came to UVM in 1966 as dean of women, neither she nor the university realized that she would be the last person to hold that position. The academic organizational climate had changed nationally, and by 1975, positions as deans of men and women were fading as campus structures evolved. In every way, the change was serendipitous for UVM. Gribbons’s service and influence on campus spread wider and grew deeper. Following her first tenure, Gribbons assumed the challenging position of UVM’s first coordinator of Title IX, responsible for bringing the university into compliance with this landmark federal legislation renown for ensuring equal opportunities in collegiate athletics. For the next eighteen years, Gribbons’s talents would be called on in a variety of positions – assistant to the executive vice president, assistant to the vice president for administration, student grievance coordinator, senior associate to the senior vice president, and director of staff professional development. For many of those years, she was the highest-ranking female administrator at the university. While she was still dean of women, however, Gribbons was instrumental in the creation of a graduate program in higher education and student affairs administration (HESA) that would become her outstanding legacy. As a charter member of the HESA faculty, in the College of Education and Social Services, she served as course instructor, faculty advisor, and coordinator of the program’s graduate internships. She is recognized nationwide for including in the HESA curriculum a campus practicum requirement for all graduate students. UVM’s HESA program has been ranked fourth in the country in the graduate preparation of higher education and student affairs administrators. When she retired from her administrative post in 1993, Gribbons continued to teach and advise in the HESA program until 2006. She has held numerous leadership positions, including president of the National Association of Women in Education and membership on the board of directors of the Vermont YWCA. Not to be overlooked is her longstanding and tireless support of UVM’s women’s basketball program. In addition to the wide recognition of her work – from the American Council on Education, Who’s Who Among College and University Administrators, the World’s Who’s Who of Women, among them – Gribbons has been honored by three awards named for her: the Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award, presented by the Vermont Chapter of the American Council on Education; the Jackie Gribbons Practica Supervision Excellence Award, presented by HESA; and the Jackie M. Gribbons Panhellenic Award, presented by Bowling Green State University. Leonard Miller Doctor of Laws Leonard Miller ’51 began life modestly in Burlington’s Old North End, but, with intelligence and drive, he shaped an extraordinary career in real estate development and an equally outstanding record in philanthropy. At the celebration of his 55th UVM class reunion, Miller announced a $5 million gift to support the university’s Center for Holocaust Studies, an area of abiding focus for him and his wife, Carolyn Rosen Miller, who died in 2006. The Millers made their home in Florida, where, in addition to his real estate career – he is the retired vice president and director of Pasadena Homes, Inc. in Hollywood, Florida – Miller also served as the mayor of Indian Creek Village. Carolyn was a highly successful realtor and entrepreneur. Both were strong supporters of UVM’s Center for Holocaust Studies prior to their latest gift. They established the Leonard and Carolyn Miller Endowment, which provides programmatic support and funds for the Miller Symposia, held in alternate years. UVM’s Center for Holocaust Studies celebrates and perpetuates the achievement and legacy of Raul Hilberg, author of The Destruction of the European Jews, widely regarded among scholars as the seminal work on the Holocaust. Hilberg taught at UVM from 1956 to 1991 and initiated Holocaust studies. The center offers an academic minor in Holocaust Studies, teacher training, seminars, and public lectures and publications. “Growing up in Burlington’s Old North End, I would never have dreamed that some day I could do something meaningful to assure that the horrors of the Holocaust would not be forgotten,” Miller said when he announced his gift. The Millers’ gift will support the renovation of Billings Library as a permanent home for the Center and will endow two new professorships in Holocaust Studies. The new Center will be named the Carolyn and Leonard Miller Center for Holocaust Studies. Additionally, the renovation will provide a new home for UVM’s Center for Research on Vermont and the UVM Libraries’ Special Collections division. Billings, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, the foremost architect of his day, was dedicated in 1885 as the university library. Miller, ever grateful for UVM’s Wilbur Fund assistance that enabled him to complete his UVM education, has been a fundraising leader for the UVM Fund, a member of the Wilbur Society, the Holocaust Studies advisory board, and his reunion class gift committees, among other university roles. Among his many awards, Miller received the Distinguished Service Award from UVM in 2004 and the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award from the State of Israel, in 1974. He was inducted into the Florida Home Builders Association Hall of Fame. In 2004, the Millers received The Spirit of Jerusalem Medallion for their support of Israeli bonds. 7 Return to Index Commencement 2007 Floyd H. Rourke Doctor of Laws Although Floyd Rourke lives in New York, he has had an extraordinary influence on cancer research and medical care in Vermont and beyond. As the chair of the Lake Champlain Cancer Research Organization (LCCRO), Rourke has dedicated the vast majority of its endowment to UVM’s Vermont Cancer Center (VCC). To date, in its twenty-seven-year history, the LCCRO has supported the cancer center with approximately $10 million, strongly underpinning the VCC’s leading-edge cancer research and care for patients in this region. College of Medicine Interim Dean John Fogarty has said that, without Rourke’s passionate advocacy, “the Vermont Cancer Center would be weakened, if it existed at all.” The LCCRO’s generosity, Fogarty said, “stands along with twenty-eight years of National Cancer Institute funding as one of the twin pillars supporting the Vermont Cancer Center. Rourke is the retired chairman, president, and CEO of Sandy Hill Corporation, a pulp and paper machinery company in Hudson Falls, New York. As chair of the LCCRO, he is carrying on the work of his mentor, philanthropist Walter Juckett, who created and self-financed the LCCRO. The VCC at UVM is one of only thirty-nine federally designated comprehensive cancer centers in the country. Its members have advanced cancer research through several, significant break throughs: identifying two colon cancer genes; identifying a genetic marker to detect genetic damage from environmental factors (and using the marker to establish the first physical evidence that a pregnant woman’s exposure to passive smoking harms the fetus); pioneering sentinel node biopsy, which reduces the extent and harm of breast cancer surgery; and promoting mammography registries throughout the country. In addition to his chairmanship of LCCRO, Rourke heads the Sandy Hill Foundation, also created by Juckett, which focuses on animal welfare, higher education, human services, and the arts. He also is a trustee of the 8 Glens Falls Hospital Foundation and the Glens Falls Foundation; the latter awards scholarships to local students. He is a former member of the board of governors of Glens Falls Hospital. He is a former director of the Double H Ranch of Lake Luzerne, New York, part of the network of Paul Newman’s Hole-in-the-Wall Camps for children who are critically ill and their families. Rourke was a key force behind the creation of policies and protocols that served as models in establishing Hole-in-the-Wall Camps across the United States, in Europe, and in Israel. He also has served business interests through his membership on the boards of the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency for twenty years and Banknorth N.A. of Glens Falls for twenty-eight years. The inpatient surgical center at Glens Falls Hospital is named for Rourke, and the VCC’s Regional Cancer Research Symposium includes the Rourke Prize for best research presentation. Thomas K. Slayton Doctor of Humane Letters Tom Slayton has been taking the pulse of Vermont for forty years and delivering his diagnosis with caring but clear-eyed, eloquent prose and commentary. Retiring this year as editorin-chief of Vermont Life magazine after twenty-one years, he leaves behind a matured publication that reflects well and truthfully on his beloved state. Slayton has been a perfect editorial fit for a magazine that celebrates a landscape rife with the elements of his passions – hiking, skiing, and birding. Fortunately for Vermont Life readers, he also has been a superb translator of those and of Vermont’s unique sense of place. Slayton, a native Vermonter, graduated from UVM in 1963 with a degree in English and history; while there, he worked in food service and as a dorm counselor for his board and room. In an interview with Vermont Business Magazine a few years ago, he recalled how influenced he continues to be by some of his professors, including Betty Bandel, Bob Cochran, Jeremy Felt, and others. Following graduation, his next stop was the Army, and, after that tour, he began a twenty-year career as a newspaperman, starting at the Rutland Herald as a city reporter. He became a member – and later, chief – of the Vermont Press Bureau, covering state government. Later still, he was the editorial page editor of the BarreMontpelier Times Argus. In 1986, Slayton began his second career as Vermont Life’s editor. He saw the state publication through the technological revolution that all publishing has weathered, as well as threatening financial times and the concomitant need to bring in revenue through advertising and expanded, related sales, including its famous calendars. Vermont Life has a circulation of 75,000 paid subscribers, with an estimated far-and-wide readership of 200,000. A recent review by a Montana reader on Amazon.com cited the magazine as “a cornucopia of information for those who live there or (in my case) yearn to live there. Don’t pass up this magazine,” he exhorted us. Many of the magazine’s readers are Vermont expats, and one, now living in Seattle, also wrote an Amazon review, saying she picks up the magazine when she is feeling homesick. “It’s like a nice slab of apple pie with sharp Cabot cheddar on the side – a piece of home every month.” Slayton has attracted many of Vermont’s best writers and photographers as contributors, and during his tenure, the magazine has won 95 regional and national awards for writing, photography, and covers. That success is closely tied to his direction, fueled by his belief in Vermont’s uniqueness. “Vermont has lots of ‘there’ – it feels like a real and definable place,” he said in one of his Vermont Public Radio commentaries. Vermont, he said, is “a place where people tend to ignore social classes. … college professors do not have significantly greater social cachet here than masons or printers or lawyers or contractors, and people tend to be listened to on the strength of their arguments, rather than on the authority of their position.” Return to Index Commencement 2007 Retiring Faculty of the University 2006 - 2007 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences J.R. Deep Ford, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics Emeritus James Gilmore, Associate Professor of Animal Science Emeritus Frederick R. Magdoff, Professor of Plant and Soil Science Emeritus Gerry Silverstein, Lecturer of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Emeritus (joint appointment with College of Medicine) College of Arts and Sciences Sara N. Burchard, Associate Professor of Psychology Emerita Willi Coleman, Associate Professor of History and ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies Emerita James H. Overfield, Professor of History Emeritus Mark A. Stoler, Professor of History Emeritus School of Business Administration Peter E. Battelle, Assistant Professor of Business Administration Emeritus College of Education and Social Services Marty Dewees, Associate Professor of Social Work Emeritus Eric C. Nichols, Senior Lecturer of Integrated Professional Studies Emeritus College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Holly B. Puterbaugh, Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics Emerita The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Carlton M. Newton, Professor of Forestry Emeritus College of Medicine Kenneth R. Cutroneo, Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus (awarded posthumously) Joseph B. Patlak, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Emeritus John J. Saia, Associate Professor of Family Medicine Emeritus Gerry Silverstein, Lecturer of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Emeritus (joint appointment with College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) Ruth E. Uphold, Professor of Surgery Emerita College of Nursing and Health Sciences J. Patrick Reed, Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences Emeritus University Extension Pamela Judd Ainsworth, Extension Professor Emerita Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Awards 2006 - 2007 Valerie Rohy, Assistant Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences Wayne J. Schneider, Associate Professor of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Mark A. Stoler, Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences Robert S. Tyzbir, Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Diana Yiqing Sun, Lecturer, Center for Area & International Studies University Scholars 2007 - 2008 Robert J. Gordon, Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences Charles G. Irvin, Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine Martin M. LeWinter, Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine Stephanie H. McConaughy, Research Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, College of Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences 9 Return to Index Commencement 2007 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:45 a.m. Multipurpose Facility, Athletic Complex Rachel K. Johnson, Dean Jonathan G. Leonard, College Marshal Josie H. Davis, Associate Dean, Faculty Marshal Michael E. Vayda, Associate Dean, Faculty Marshal John M. Burke, Wendy Sue Harper, Jean Harvey-Berino, Douglas I. Johnson, David E. Kerr, Christopher J. Koliba, Jane M. Kolodinsky, Thomas B. McFadden, Deborah A. Neher, Donald S. Ross, Thomas C. Vogelmann, Ian A. Worley Department Chairs, Program Directors and Representatives Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL GREETINGS AND REMARKS TO GRADUATES, Dean Rachel K. Johnson RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS RECESSIONAL Jamie Nicole Abbaticchio, Clarksburg, MD Heather Alexa Abrams, Sag Harbor, NY** Deanna Margaritell Alber, Westford Errol David Anderson, Wayland, MA Lee Nourse Andors, Braintree Matthew Justus Angell, Randolph Center Robert William Ard, Joppatowne, MD Sarah Brooke Ardanuy, Burlington Christopher Vahan Arzoomanian, Chappaqua, NY* Lindsey Aileen Audunson, Manlius, NY Sonja Lyn Baden, Colchester Candace Marie Barber, Montpelier Scott Michael Barbick, Swanton Joy-El Renee Barbour, Hartland 4 Corners Jeffrey Michael Barry, Essex Junction Audiva Lynn Bateman, Raymond, NH Sabrina Leah Bateman, Rutland Nicholas Robert Battey, Chelsea James Michael Battin, Horsham, PA Corey Anne Beach, Collegeville, PA Courtney Elisabet Beach, Plymouth, MA Christina Ann Beal, Chesterville, ME Debora Lee Bedin, Philadelphia, PA Garrett Michael Bergey, Hampden, ME Abigail Huber Biber, Summit, NJ Lindsay Ann Blair, Oneida, NY Courtney Conant Blasius, Waldoboro, ME Amber Lynn Blodgett, Westford** Jenna Van Wyck Borbidge, Bow, NH Erika Jane Bouffard, Milton Marcia Malzac Bristow, Shelburne Rebecca Ruth Brown, Livingston, NJ Devon Kilbourn Brynn, Bristol Graham Matthew Burkart, Chappaqua, NY** James Matthew Carney, Mahwah, NJ Ashley Marie Carter, Uxbridge, MA Leigh Judith Cartwright, Dover-Foxcroft, ME Michael Angelo Caruso, Pittsburgh, PA Maria Renee Chapman, Eagle Bridge, NY Sana Aslam Choudhary, Williston Linda Chu, New York, NY *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 DPosthumous Degree 10 Sarah Lyn Corey, Southboro, MA Andrew Scott Corran, Duluth, MN Kristen Marie Costa, Falmouth, ME John Garth Cummings, Colchester Tyler Marie Curran, Rockville Centre, NY Adam Thomas Cushman, Bennington* Amanda Ann Dandurand, Highgate Center Jill Erin Danyow, Rutland Heather Laura Daubenspeck, Colchester Courtney Leigh DeHaan, Hagerstown, MD Hillary Elizabeth Depman, Belair, MD Ashley Nicole Desch, Charlottesville, VA Adrienne Marie DiCerbo, Wayne, NJ Laura May DiCicco, Barnard Haley Michele Dienst, Stowe Alison Augusta Dimmer, South Burlington Jeffrey Ellsworth Doane, Point Pleasant, NJ Beth Eileen Donoghue, Farmington, CT Christopher William Donovan, St. Johnsbury Nicole Leann Draper, South Burlington Nicholas Elvin DuBois, Manchester, ME Heather M. Eaton, Williston* Anthony Joseph Epter, Ridgefield, CT Lauren Marie Evans, Barrington, IL Arthur John Femenella, Jr., Annandale, NJ Margaret Ewing Fisher, Bangkok, Thailand Brendan William Fitzgerald, Colchester John Jameson FitzPatrick, Montpelier Aliina Ashby Fowler, Reno, NV Kristen Lee Gallagher, Moretown Benjamin James Garber, Pittsburgh, PA** Michelle Gardner-Quinn, Arlington, VAD Ashley Elizabeth Gesner, Westport, MA Jeffrey John Gingue, Waterford Julia Marta Gloviczki, Rochester, MN James Andrew Godin, Westbrook, ME Vanessa Lyn Goodman, Macungie, PA Brad Andrew Gottlieb, Woodmere, NY Nicole Randall Grainger, Penacook, NH** Jennifer Leah Hageman, Stockton, NJ Lauren Elizabeth Hahl, Rutland Mark Hanrahan, Lancaster, MA Gillian Laura Haskell, Fairfield, CT James Bride Hemphill, Southington, CT Alyse Faith Cindric Henderson, Underhill Alyth Hescock, Orwell Erin Marie Hickey, Campton, NH** Zachary M. Hirschfield, West Yarmouth, MA Angela Lea Hobson, Woodville, TX Madeleine Hoog-Crellin, New York, NY Cyrus O’Neill House, Strafford Andrew Windsor Hubbell, Norwich** Kimberly Helen Ianelli, Richmond** Ian Michael Irwin, Lyndonville John Peter Ishaq, Essex Junction Sarah Lynn Jerome, St. Albans Stephanie Jochum, Athens Benjamin Lawrence Johnson, Essex Junction Jennifer Lynne Johnston, Canton, OH Megan Michelle Johnston, Portage, MI Leslie Anne Kantorski, Rutland Bonny Anne Kenyon, Brattleboro Abby Catherine-Eileen Kerin, Hartford Lisa Katarzyna Helena King, Worcester, MA Daniel John Kirk, Malvern, PA John Walter Kirk, Carlisle, MA Amanda Christine Kissell, Norwell, MA Emily Lynn Kline, Valatie, NY Ashley Konon, East Hampton, CT Abigail Broughel Krause, Niantic, CT Jared Adam Kross, Kingston, NY Owen Hale Kunkel, Northfield Lacey Mae LaBonte, Wilmington Sarah Boyd Lade, Wilton, CT Kirsten Joy Lanpher, Lake Elmore** Jason Thomas Leahy, St. Albans** Nacole Renee LeBlanc, Colchester Timothy R. Leclair, Winooski** Laura Evelyn Lickel, Freeport, NY Andrew Michael Linowes, Potomac, MD Lynn Pruden Little, Richmond Heights, OH Katherine Ann Lord, Bedford, NH Kenneth Douglas Macaulay, Baddeck, Nova Scotia Laura Hall Machen, Baltimore, MD Fiona Madeley, Catel, Guernsey Miles Reese Manikian, East Burke Return to Index Commencement 2007 Brittany Murphy Marble, Waitsfield Iain Lowell Massucci, Craftsbury Common Kent Duncan Matthews, Concord, NH Lisa Lynn Mattos, Milton Kara Kelly McDonough, Barrington, RI** Allison Wood McFeely, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Erin Ashley McKeon, Lincoln University, PA Erin Michael Miceli, So. Burlington Darien LaConte Mitchell, Saxtons River Ashley Noor Mohamed, Three Bridges, NJ Andrea Patrice Moore, Atlanta, GA Nathaniel Thundering Bear Moore, Canandaigua, NY Molly Theresa Moriarty, Holyoke, MA Jessica Lauren Morowitz, Southington, CT Luke John Morris, Newbury Ania Windsong Mortier, Bristol Connor Andrew Morton, Stowe Andrea Elizabeth Muhlfelder, Bronx, NY* Alison Jane Murphy, Goffstown, NH Dania M. Nasser, Chappaqua, NY** Heidi Neil, Bristol Kathryn Meg Forbes Nelson, Newport, RI Emily Ann Nicolai, Wakefield, MA Erica Ann Nuzzo, North Haven, CT Christine Caldwell Ogg, Chittenden Courtney Elizabeth Ortiz, Clarks Green, PA Brianna Natalya Parke, Ripton** Gilbert Roswell Patterson, New London, CT Suzanne Lynn Pellegrini, Worcester, MA Stephanie Ann Phillips, Lyndon Center Daniel Wayne Pike, Stowe Nicole Lee Podnecky, Bridgewater Corners Jason Thomas Pope, Colchester Parvez Amin Pothiawala, Essex Junction** Andrew Thomas Previdi, Barrington, RI Kristina Lynn Purcell, Morrisville Elizabeth Anne Rapuano, Pelham, NY** Rachel Margot Rasmussen, Bethesda, MD Kevin Donlon Ready-McClain, Bristol Jessica Nicole Reiss, Oxford, NY Lea Rose Rembisz, Waterbury* Katherine Laura Rich, Manchester, NH Megan Grace Richmond, Coatesville, PA** James Theodore Riggen, Montpelier Christopher Robert Rivard, Alton, NH Travis Joseph Robillard, Williston Joshua Philip Robshaw, Holliston, MA William Jenson Roche, Smyrna, GA Emma Rady Rogers, Winchester, MA John Packard Rosendo, Damariscotta, ME Emily Beth Roth, Rutland Kathleen Marie Ruscio, North Troy Jamie P. Ruske, Lakewood, NJ** Caitlyn Lisabeth Sanderson, Readsboro Jennifer Ann Schissler, Commerce, CA Jessica Louise Schulz, Pepperell, MA** Courtney Anne Scott, Clayton, CA Patricia Amalie Selin, Grand Rapids, MI Emily Hinsdale Shaer, Andover, MA Caitlin Shaw, Williston** Bryant Frederick Skaskiw, Bridgewater Petra Smejkal, Burlington Julie Katherine Smith, Burlington Leigh Marie Smith, Charlotte Rebecca Elizabeth Snow, Concord, NH* Peter William Spartos, Swampscott, MA Marissa Maloy Stanley, Castleton, NY Henry Oliver Stayduhar, Greenwood Lake, NY David Lee Steakley, Framingham, MA Michelle Anne Stebbings, Bow, NH Marissa Dean Stewart, Gray, ME Evan Michael Stoflet, West Jordan, UT Eileen Clare Stoner, Copley, OH Katie Anne Stowell, Lyndonville Lance Mitchel Stratton, Lincoln, MA Brian Christopher Sweeny, Smithfield, RI Kim Nicole Tantlinger, Cambridge* Jesse Louis Taylor, Pittsburgh, PA Megan Kelly Taylor, Bloomington, MN Alisa Terzic, St. Johnsbury Elizabeth Jeanne Teuber, Holliston, MA Trissa Briody Therien, Upper Nyack, NY Jordan Elizabeth Thomas, Brandon Jason Gregory Titus, Waitsfield Bang Cao To, Winooski Alanna M. Toner, West Dennis, MA Alan Joseph Trinkle, Bedford Hills, NY Michael Vern Valasky, Jericho, New York Carrie Swanson Vooght, East Boothbay, ME* Maile Ann Wade, Aspen, CO Abigail Megan Wadsworth, Shelburne Karen Joyce Walkerman, Underhill** Benjamin Charles Walsh, Jericho Michael Brendan Weadick, Nashua, NH Marc Abraham Weinman, New York, NY** William Drexel Wheeler, Middlebury Sarah Nicole White, Hull, MA Tina Faith White, Newport Zachary Emanuel Whitman, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Sarah Anrietta Wilkinson, Dummerston Jill Witney, Richmond* Katherine Blair Woodman-Hardy, Forence, MA Gabrielle Michelle Worzella, Madison, CT Nicole Marie Young, Burlington *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 11 Return to Index Commencement 2007 Graduate College MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Brendan Patrick Andrews, B.A. (Lawrence University) 2004; Peru, NY Melissa Wright Bailey, B.A. (Bowdoin College) 2001; Providence, RI** Krista M. Balogh, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2002; South Burlington Alice Mary Christian, B.A. (Smith College) 1985; Derry, NH Jennie Davis, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1997; Burlington Margaret Rebekah Gendron, B.A. (Pennsylvania State University) 2002; Montpelier* Antoinette Habinshuti, B.S. (Independent University of Kigali) 2004; Kigali, Rwanda Joanne C. Infantes, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Winooski Jon V. Jewett, B.A. (Johnson State College) 1978; East Montpelier** Emily Louise Kilburn, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2002; Lake Placid, NY Sarah L. Kleinman, B.S. (Cornell University) 1995; Burlington Michael C. Loner, B.A. (Plattsburgh State University) 1992; Plattsburgh, NY* Kristin Ann Lonerwright, B.S.W. (Appalachian State University) 1998; Palos Hills, IL Russell W. Mills, B.A. (Westminster College) 2005; Pittsburgh, PA Thesis: The New Governance of Airports in the United States: How the Selection of Policy Tools Affects Accountability Structures Erica M. Spiegel, B.A. (State University of New York, Albany) 1986; M.S. (University of Michigan) 1989; Burlington** Anna Renee Telensky, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2006; Jericho Catherine Finley Woodruff, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1989; Waterbury Community Development and Applied Economics Juan Manuel Barraza Gomez, B.S. (Saint Michael’s College) 1989; Cartgena, Colombia* Thesis: The Port Industry in Colombia: The Results of Privatization Amy Fisher Dillon, B.A. (Middlebury College) 1997; North Bridgton, ME** Thesis: Brownfield Redevelopment in Vermont Communities: An Exploratory Study of Factors Contributing to Success Charles Dresser Kerchner, B.A. (Lafayette College) 2000; Boston, MA* Thesis: Assessing the Role of Market Incentives in Sustaining Rural Communities: Case Studies of Vermont and the Dominican Republic Zachary H. Sears, B.A. (American University) 1998; M.A. (Saint Mary’s University) 2004; Philadelphia, PA Thesis: The Impact of U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Tariffs on Honey Imports from Argentina Meghan Jane Sheradin, B.S. (Cornell University) 1995; Walton, NY** Thesis: The Assessment of Critical Qualities and Resources Needed to Establish a Dairy Processing Facility; the Case of the Westfield Dairy Group David S. Timmons, B.A. (School for International Training) 1983; Putney* Thesis: Measuring and Understanding Local Foods: The Case of Vermont Katrina Marie Van Dis, B.S. (Washington State University) 1997; LaGrande, OR* Thesis: The Role of Environmental and Demographic Factors in Dairy Farm Expansion at the Rural/Urban Fringe: The Case of Charlotte, Vermont MASTER OF SCIENCE Animal Science Devin Ryan Berthiaume, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Hubbardston, MA* Thesis: Growth and Health of Holstein Heifer Calves Fed Conventional Milk Replacer at a Fixed Volume or High Protein Milk Replacer at Increasing Levels Kiera A. Finucane, B.S. (University of Maine) 2004; Los Alamos, NM** Thesis: Glucose Transporter Expression, Localization and Regulation in the Bovine Mammary Gland Christopher T. Hill, B.S. (Cornell University) 1995; Parker, CO* Thesis: The Effects of Stocking Rate, Parity, and Lameness on the Short-Term Behavior of Dairy Cattle Katherine C. Horigan, B.S. (Lafayette College) 2004; Scituate, MA* Thesis: Endocrine Regulation of Mammary Gland Development and Morphogenesis in Swine Joseph Eugene Morabito, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Ringwood, NJ* Thesis: A 5’ Distal Palindrome Within the MMTV-LTR Recruits A Mammary Gland Specific Complex and Coordinates a Synergistic Response to Progesterone Plus Prolactin Jag Jeevan Reddy Patlola, B.V.Sc. (College of Veterinary Science) 2004; Andhra, India Thesis: Immune Response of Young Calves to Vaccination at Two Weeks Versus Six Weeks of Age Nutrition and Food Sciences Beth Casey Gold, B.S. (Pennsylvania State University) 1994; Hinesburg** Thesis: Weight Loss on the Web: A Pilot Study Comparing a Structured Behavioral Intervention to a Commercial Program Su Li, B.S. (Peking University) 2004; Beijing, China* Thesis: Interactions Between Lactobacillus Acidophilus Strains And Starter Cultures LB350/ST350 During Fermentation of Goat’s Milk Allison B. Reagan, B.S. (The State University of New York-Plattsburgh) 1982; South Burlington Thesis: Do Maternal Beverage Consumption, Knowledge and Attitudes Influence Beverage Choice for Infants and Toddlers? Lucy Catherine Savage, B.Sc. (Concordia University) 2004; Lacolle, Quebec, Canada Thesis: The Impact of Calorie Labels on Consumer Behavior in a University Food Service Establishment Botany Michelle Elizabeth Crowder, B.S. (University of Michigan) 2001; Rochester, MI* Thesis: Evolutionary Consequences of Small Population Size and Geographic Isolation in Arabidopsis (ARABIS) Lyrata (BRASSICACEAE) Botany-Field Naturalist Monica J. Erhart, B.A. (Lewis & Clark College) 2002; Midpines, CA Corrie E. Miller, B.S. (Vanderbilt University) 2001; Harrisonburg, VA Katie M. Pindell, B.A. (College of the Atlantic) 2001; Keene, NH Kristen Rutkowski Sharpless, B.A. (Swarthmore College) 2001; Binghamton, NY Shana Ellen Stewart, B.S. (Allegheny College) 1998; Strabane, PA *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 12 Plant and Soil Science Karen M. Hills, B.S. (Cornell University) 2001; Fairbanks, AK** Thesis: Disease Suppression and Soil Quality Indicators After Organic Amendment to Two Soils with Differing Management Histories Amanda L. Priestley, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2003; Northfield* Thesis: Effects of Transgenic BT Silage Corn Expressing the Cry1AB Toxin on Non-Target Soil Arthropods DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Animal Science David Getuma Nyachuba, B.S. (University of Nairobi, Kenya) 1999; M.S. (University of Ghent, Belgium) 2002; Ikonge, Nyamira, Kenya** Dissertation: Control of Listeria Monocytogenensin Foods Through Methods that Focus on Improved Testing, Environmental Control, and Sublethal Injury Botany Yan Liang, B.S. (Northeast Agricultural University) 1998; M.S. (Zhejiang University) 2001; Pingfang Qu, China Dissertation: Role of Abscisic Acid on Root and Nodule Development in Medicago Truncatula Abby Katrien van den Berg, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1999; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 2000; Cumberland, MD** Dissertation: Physiological Functions of Anthocyanin Pigments in Juvenile and Senescing Sugar Maple Leaves Return to Index Commencement 2007 College of Arts and Sciences Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:30 p.m. University Green Eleanor M. Miller, Dean F. Gregory Gause III, College Marshal Huck T. Gutman, Faculty Marshal Mark A. Stoler, Stage Marshal Willem R. Leenstra, Procession Marshal Mark E. Bouton, Kelvin Chu, Jennifer A. Dickinson, Kathryn J. Fox, Deborah L. Guber, Mary Lou Kete, Dennis F. Mahoney, David P. Massell, Patrick A. Neal, Gretchen J. van Slyke Assistant Marshals Order of Exercises WELCOME and INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM PARTY, Dean Eleanor M. Miller RECOGNITION OF EMERITI FACULTY PRESENTATION OF THE HANNAH HOWARD PRIZE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, The Honorable Bernie Sanders, United States Senator PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE DIPLOMAS PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS CELEBRATORY SONG Bachelor of Arts Gregory Harman Abbot, Yarmouth, ME Naasia Abid, Killingworth, CT Heather A. Abrams, Sag Harbor, NY** Sophia Jessica Abrams, West Tisbury, MA Nestor Thomas Acevedo, East Hartford, CT Andrea Elyse Aeschlimann, Stoneham, MA Chelsea Rose Aiello, Springfield Ann Christine Akers, Portland, ME Sharon E. Alajajian, Williston** Daniel Richard Albert, Laconia, NH Dustin Michael Allard, Swanton Christopher Michael Allen, Wales, MA Helaine Tsiona Alon, Chestnut Hill, MA Nicholas Charles Alpha, Corning, NY Julia Frances Alterman, Lexington, MA Elias Furness Altman, East Calais Brittney M. Amanti, Burlington** Sarah Frances Anawalt, Mill Valley, CA Caroline Marie Anderson, Dover, NH David Nathan Anderson, Duxbury, MA Jessica Lee Anderson, Wauconda, IL Kiira Lara Anderson, Newton, NJ Claire Kathryn Ankuda, Springfield Eva B. Antczak, Burlington Angel Jackson Antoun, Hillsborough, NJ Rachel Pauline Apfel, New Paltz, NY Rachel Bronwen Appel, St. Albans Philip Vaughan Archambault, Milton, MA Henry George Armitage, North Andover, MA Per Aleksander Arneberg, Greenwich, CT Annie Elizabeth Arnold, Concord, NH Marina A. Asaro, Burlington Marta Ascherio, Brookline, MA David James Aspro, Norwood, MA Carolyn Catherine Assell, Williston Maylis Atkins, Needham, MA John David Austin, Lyndonville Kathleen Rebecca Babcock, Franklin, NH Laura Elizabeth Bacon, Wallingford, PA Jodi Elana Baiser, Yardley, PA Lane Elizabeth Baker, Souderton, PA Heather Lyn Baldyga, Westfield, MA Sophie Ball, Charlotte Kelsey Lynne Ballard, South Woodstock Jennifer Marie Bania, West Rutland** Jessica Marie Banks, Newburyport, MA Mollie Robin Barg, Lexington, MA Luke Thomas Barosky, Canton, MA** Jenna Marie Barry, Bennington Bethany Lyn Bartlett, Colchester Sarah Ellise Bass, Williston** Angi Lin Baxter, Burlington Caitlin Ann Bayer, Wellesley, MA Andrew Robert Beaupré, Morgan Kristina Renee Bechard, South Burlington Benjamin Shearer Beck, York, PA Paul Nshan Bedrosian, Cranston, RI** Junius Oliver Beebe, Marblehead, MA Matthew Ryan Beers, Monroe, CT Andrea Beheran, Hopewell Junction, NY Stephanie Michelle Bell, Wayland, MA Justin Daniel Beneitone, Southwick, MA Hallie Fae Benjamin, Newton, MA** Virginia Ann Bennis, Burlington Pamela A. Bentley, Montpelier Gregory Stewart Berck, Roslyn, NY Josephine Maria Berger, Dorset Sandra Ann Bernotas, Amherst, MA** Jeremy Lawrence Bernozzi, Boston, MA Emily M. Berry, Vineyard Haven, MA Laura Elizabeth Bilodeau, Barrington, RI Hillary Ann Birch, Scituate, MA Cali Lynn Bird, Middlebury Jill Elizabeth Bird, Littleton, NH Ashley S. Bishop, Manchester Center** Emily Mary Bishop, Andover, MA Jenny Calista Bishop, Mt. Desert, ME Samantha Macarty Black, Greenwich, CT Allyson Danielle Black-Foley, Lexington, MA Nicholas Padgett Bond, Burlington Robert Donald Booz, Durham, CT Kelsey May Borjeson, Burlington Aimee Suzanne Bosley, Monkton Molly Elizabeth Bosley, Milton, MA Rene Joseph Bouchard IV, Warwick, Bahamas Jennifer Helen Bouffard, Plainfield Joseph Paul Bourdeau, Essex Junction Seth Elias Bowden, Burlington Jonathan T. Bowley, Hartland Sarah McMorris Bowman, Summit, NJ Scott Arne Braaten, Delmar, NY Jaska Marie Bradeen, South Burlington Jesse Thomas Brady-Searby, Petersburg, NY** Eric Riggs Brandom, Larchmont, NY Alexandra Powers Brangan, Cherry Hill, NJ Scott Crowell Braseth, Portsmouth, NH** Keith Daniel Bray, Winooski Stewart Nicol Brinegar, Stowe** Jennifer Lynn Brisby, Flemington, NJ John Willard Britten III, Duxbury, MA** Hailey Broderick, East Burke* Emily Louise Bronson, Falls Village, CT Kaleigh Rae Brook, Burlington Trevor Robert Brooks, South Burlington Robyn Christine Brosius, Huntington Scott Louis Brouard, Burlington Nicholas Anthony Brown-Bucci, East Dixfield, ME Corey Andrew Brownell, Worcester, MA Hallie Elizabeth Brox, Manchester, MA Robert Barton Bruggemann, Londonderry* Sarah Emily Brunelle, South Burlington Leah P. Brustman, Niskayona, NY Melissa Ann Buchanan, Wallingford, CT Drew Elaine Bucy, Burlington Christopher Robert Burger, Farmington, MI *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 13 Return to Index Commencement 2007 Catherine Ann Burke, Simpsonville, SC Jared L. Burke, Fair Haven** Sara Elizabeth Burke, Rochester, NY Stewart Anderson Burkland, Ligonier, PA Emily Butler, Ithaca, NY Hannah Louise Byrd, Greenville, NC Michelle Alice Cadieux, Colchester Michael Caha, Essex Junction Timothy Vincent Calabro, Bethel** Elizabeth Margaret Callaway, Redding, CT Jacob Tyson Cameron, East Fairfield Jessica Katherine Campbell, Mount Laurel, NJ Julie Marie Capen, Burlington Robyn Pauline Capobianco, Barre Philip Alexander Cappadona, Belmont, MA* Joseph John Cardarelli III, Baltimore, MD Lindsey Blair Carfagna, Moon Township, PA Katherine Beard Carl, Alton Bay, NH** Eric Joseph Carlson, Underhill Center David Andrew Carmichael, Vergennes Laura James Carollo, Shorewood, WI Warren Andrew Carpenter, Thetford Center Katharine Lee Carr, Oak Park, IL Kirsten Ellen Carr, Fairfield, CT Justin Paul Carrasco, Chester Springs, PA Liam Edmund Carroll, Boston, MA Ashley Anderson Carter, Dorset Piper Joanna Cassidy, Perkinsville Max Austin Castelli, Brookfield Colin Francis Caufield, Collinsville, CT** Stephanie Anne Cava, Harvard, MA** Andrea Sue Chaloux, South Burlington Jesse Chamberlain, Georgia Chantal Elizabeth Champaloux, Potomac, MD Jeremy E. Chapin, Holliston, MA Rachel Hamilton Charow, Stowe Heather Brittani Chenette, Williston Tyler Engels Churchill, Longmeadow, MA Archie Brownell Clark, Dover, NH Shane Kemis Clark, Colchester Ian Christopher Clarke, Macungie, PA Sarah E. Clarke, Jericho Caitlin Elise Classen, Rutland* Marley Cloyes, South Londonderry** Jennifer Marie Coates, Plymouth, MA Diana Margarita Coconubo, Manchester, NH John Patrick Coghlan, Libertyville, IL Margaret Rose Cohan, Beverly, MA Bevin Alexandra Cohen, Rockville Centre, NY Caroline Haviva Cohen, Chicago, IL Genay Rose Cohen, Marlboro, NJ Katie Beth Cohen, Johnston, RI Christen Ann Coleman, Bennington* Corey Max Colgan, Burlington Benjamin Hunter Collier, Vernon Caitlin Emma Collins, Burlington** Charles Edward Collins, Chester Robin Louise Colt, Hanover, NH Sarah Jane P. Compton, Hamden, CT Michael Patrick Cone, Syracuse, IN Lisa Kumari Conlon, Hinesburg Robert William Connelly, Brookside, NJ Bess Aili Conroy, Belmont Kayla Atherton Conroy, Cranston, RI Margaret Ann Contompasis, Burlington Brandy Anne Cookson, West Danville *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 DPosthumous Degree 14 Caroline Stewart Cooper, East Greenwich, RI** Elspeth V. Cooper, Reston, VA** Leah Marie Cooper, Dickson City, PA** Jason Christopher Copley, Colchester Elena Marie Cordova, Worcester, MA Sophie Anne Corra, Weston, CT Andrew S. Corran, Burlington Michael John Costanza, Burlington Meredith A. Costello, Concord, NH Danielle M. Cote, Morrisville Andrew K. Courtney, South Hampton, NH Margo Rae Cousino, Panton Curt George Crawford, Washington, DC Nicholas Copeland Creighton-Smith, Yarmouth, ME** Brittney Meredith Cross, Durham, NH Chelsea Katherine Crucitti, Essex Junction** Alexander Cruz, Bloomfield, CT Dana Ryan Cunningham, Concord, NH James Thomas Curley-Egan, Southborough, MA Erin Michelle Currier, Camden, ME Clayton A. Curtis, Meadville, PA Rachel Lauren Cyzner, Edison, NJ Justine Lane Czarecki, Mendham, NJ Amanda Beth Daly, Waterbury Ashley Lauren D’Anna, New Haven, CT Nicholas Edward Damalas, Concord, MA Will Barrett Danner, Sharon Marisa Orianna Dauber, Florham Park, NJ Elizabeth Stuart Davidson, Madison, CT Johnny David Davidson, Ottawa, Canada Christina Lee Davis, Brownington Jonathan Ryan Day, Toledo, OH** Nicholas Paul DeBlois, Wynantskill, NY Kevin LaRose DeCausemacker, Colchester Mia Christina DeFelice, Pawlet Kristin Amanda DeForge, Burlington Erica Lynn Deitrick, Guilford, CT Timothy Charles De Lise, Plattsburgh, NY** Emilia Hansson DeMarchis, Burlington Cassidy Sutherlyn DeMos, Warren Laura Ann Denison, Andover, MA Erin Marie Densmore, Grand Isle Jesse Lee Desjardins, Burlington John A Devino, Colchester Thomas D. DiBlasi Jr., Hudson, MA Caitlin Heldtmann Diggles, Raymond, ME Dylana Kachine Dillon, Boston, MA* Kaitlyn Hayes Dillon, Winchester, MA Samuel Mitchell Dimercurio, Burlington** Samuel John Dingley, Providence, RI Nicole Di Stasio, Burlington Eric F. D’Oench, Montville, NJD Genna L. Doll, Burlington Emily Ann Dorwart, Damariscotta, ME Colman Rogers Dougherty, Princeton, NJ Kati Ann Doxsee, Burlington Michelle Marie Doyon, Orleans Braden Ryan Duemmler, Easton, CT John J. Duguay, Norwalk, CT Christopher Jon Duncan, Syosset, NY Erin Elizabeth Duncan, Barrington, RI Jessica Rose Dunham, Rochester Caroline Breck Dunmore, Lake Zurich, IL* William Paxton Dunnack, Fairlee Leeada Lacresha Durant, New City, NY John Michael Dwyer Jr., Cohasset, MA Elizabeth Jane Dykes, Rochester, NY Danielle Elizabeth Eastman, Pike, NH Jamie E. Ebert, Valley Stream, NY J’ai-Lee Egna, Norwich Elizabeth Kathryn Ehrlich, Califon, NJ David Malo Eitler, Lee, NH Audrey Juniper Ells-Payne, Burlington** Lindsay Carlene Emmott, Wakefield, MA Jules Epstein-Hebert, Watertown, MA Cathryn Viktoria Esser, Burlington Allen Evans, Middlesex Erin Linfield Evans, Northfield Michael Sweeney Everett, Shorewood, MN Jennifer Hilary Fabiano, Canaan, NY Heather Elizabeth Fairfield, Bath, ME Timothy Eugene Fairley, Newton, MA Elizabeth Kelly Fallon, Waterford, CT Kathleen Louise Fanning, Alexandria, VA Emily Elizabeth Fenn, Rutland Faith Suzanne Fennelly, Easton, CT Kathryn Marie Ferranti, Glen Rock, NJ* Jennifer Lyn Filiault, Centerville, MA Joanna S. Findlay, Essex Junction** Rosella Evelyn Fine, Fairfield Sydney Lynn Finkle, Newton, MA Meghan Mackenzie Fisher, Mahwah, NJ Ashley Mae FitzGerald, Potsdam, NY Heather Elizabeth Fjeld, Brandon Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Lexington, MA Carroll Nicole Flansburg, Stowe* Anna Fleishman, West Hartford** Daniel William Flynn, Brandon John Ryan Flynn, Charlestown, MA John Thomas Forbes, Hampton, NH Evan Forward, Richmond Julia Marie Foster, Burlington Virginia Jean Foster, Brandon Aliina Ashby Fowler, Reno, NV Nissa Hennessey Fowler, South Sutton, NH** Alyson Elizabeth Fox, Rosemont, PA Kathryn Patricia Fox, Lyndon Center Renae Francis, Colchester Geoffrey G. Frazier, Medfield, MA** Rachel Scott Fredette, Wallingford Joshua Scott Fredman, Larchmont, NY Holley Ann Friedlander, Ithaca, NY Zachary Friedman, Marlboro, NJ Alexander Friendly, Washington, DC Annika Mary Frodi-Lundgren, Burlington Lindsay J. Fromme, Syosset, NY Hilary Robyn Frost, Burlington Emily Natsuko Fujii, Bethesda, MD** Michael P. Fullam, River Vale, NJ Kalene Mariah Furlong, Barnard* Jennifer Lynn Galusha, Bennington Swati Mahesh Ganmukhi, Carlisle, MA Stephanie Antonia Garafalo, Manlius, NY Jeremy Walter Gartner, Rutland Joshua Mclaren Gates, Norwood, MA Kristen Seaquist Gedney, Larchmont, NY* Timothy James Gerber, Mahwah, NJ Alexandra Gero, Brookline, MA Caleb David Gilbert, Essex** Matthew Stevenson Gile, Colchester Sarah Ann Gillespie, Newport Andrew Thomas Gilligan, Chapin, SC Andrew Benjamin Gilson, Los Angeles, CA Return to Index Commencement 2007 Blythe Elizabeth Giroux, Montpelier Alexandra Dunn Gitzes, Westmont, NJ** Samantha B. Glaser, Chestnut Hill, MA Elizabeth Anne Glatfelter, Simsbury, CT Aaron Christopher Glenney, Milan, NH Travis James Glohs, Warwick, NY* Emily Elizabeth Goddard, Orwell** R. Shoshana Goldstein, Burlington** Kelsi Lynne Goodall, Randolph Samuel Frederick Gordon, HastingsOn-Hudson, NY* Teresa Marie Gorman, Chappaqua, NY Heather Frances Goudreau, Bridgewater Vincent Pasquale Graham, Chelmsford, MA Brett Quinn Gramse, Cape Elizabeth, ME Sophie Genevieve Gray, Orono, ME Nicholas Joseph Greene, Bayville, NY Liza Beth Greifinger, Dobbs Ferry, NY** Christina Libby Grice, Guilford, CT Danielle Jacquelyn Griffin, East Dover Patrick Richard Griffin, Burlington Christine H. Griffis, Shelburne Isaac Augustin Grimm, Lafayette, NY Caroline Louisa Grob, Weston, MA Nathaniel Denison Groppe, Wellelsey, MA Brittany Anne Gross, South Sterling, PA Rachel Fay Gross, Kintnersville, PA Rebecca Mary Grover, Corinth Chandra Marie Groves, Burlington** Rosemary Joan Grundhauser, Saint Albans Erin Marie Grundy, Greenville, RI Richard James Guaraldi, Dustable, MA Lindsay Louise Guhman, Winooski* Stephen Fletcher Guild, Wellesley, MA** Amanda M. Guinness, Milton Alisha Jeanne Gulley, Bennington** John Lowell Gypson, West Dover Elizabeth Anne Haag, Carmel, IN Kevin Joseph Haar Jr., Saint Louis, MO** Emily Margaret Haddad, Medfield, MA Sean Ade Hagan, Hingham, MA Evan Conor Hagen, Santa Fe, NM Sean Buckminster Haggerty, Saratoga Springs, NY Patrick McAllister Haigh, Plymouth, MA Emily Anna Halasz, North Ridgeville, OH James Ralph Halbert, Naugatuck, CT Carina Mary Hamel, Southampton, MA Morgan Skye Hamilton, Chester, NH Stephen James Hammerschmith, Northampton, MA Michael Charles Hammond, Gwynedd Valley, PA* Matthew Share Hannon, New Canaan, CT Tristan Ormsby Hansell, Hornell, NY Devlin Alexis Hanson, Portland, OR Megan Jean Harlow, Mount Holly Maxwell William Harrington, Brownsville Mark E. Harrison, Hulls Cove, ME Joi E. Hart, Middlebury Justin Daniell Hart, Moretown Gabriel Douglas Harwood, South Hero Calley Aline Hastings, Brookfield Meghan Elizabeth Hatch, Montpelier Robert Brent Havey, Dublin, OH Matthew Richard Hawes, Chatham, NY Stephen Abbott Hawkins, Burlington Nick Joseph Heilig, Castleton Peter William Hein, Greenwood Village, CO Paul Isaac Heintzelman, Columbia, MD Mark Steven Hekemian, Ordadell, NJ† Douglas Joseph Helal, Newington, CT Megan Sara Helstowski, Kennett Square, PA Lindsay Brooke Herbert, Williston Jessica Brooke Hersh, Jericho, NY Richard William Hershey Jr., Burlington Christine Elizabeth Hertz, East Burke Sarah Usha Hewat, Housatonic, MA Daniel Arthur Heyde, Natick, MA Karen Theresa Hilton, Chelsea, ME* Jason Sabin Hitchcock, Franklin, TN Richard Harris Hodges, Durham, ME Timothy James Hodgins, Alexander, NY Matthew Scott Hoffman, Gansevoort, NY Ashley Marie Hogan, Northboro, MA Jenny Lee Hogan, La Quinta, CA Carla Marie Holden, Saxtons River Nicolas Francesco Holiber, Chappaqua, NY Morgan Wingate Hollister, Eden Prairie, MN Christopher George Holm, Henderson, NV Erik Arne Holm, Newton, MA Emily Alaine Holsapple, Fayetteville, NY David J. Hood, Springfield, MA Matthew Thomas Hopewell, Woodstock Alexandra Elisabeth Hopwood, Williston Katherine Leigh Houston, Burlington** Paul James Hovan, Tunkhannock, PA* Adam James Howard, North Andover, MA Justin Michael Howard, Grand Isle** Mary Coleman Howland, Burlington Lily Victoria Hughes, Winooski Devon Sands Hulme, Framingham, MA Nicholas Anthony Husher, Montpelier Krista Alicia Iannoni, East Walpole, MA Christopher Tyler Ingvoldstad, Jeffersonville Elizabeth Ivey Inman, Atlanta, GA Jebson Feigley Interlandi, South Hero* Benjamin David Irish, Essex Junction Elizabeth Moulton Irvin, Burlington** Elizabeth Marie Isabelle, Barre Elizabeth Anne Israel, Saratoga Springs, NY** Courtney Lynn Iverson, Hinesburg Kari Jana Iverson, Williston* Emily Agree Jablon, Vestal, NY* Benjamin Meyer Jacobs, Chicago, IL* Stephen P. Jamele, Plainfield Bryce A. James, New Haven** Johann A. Jaremczuk, Burlington Kaitlin Rose Jarry, Westbrook, ME Dana Carlson Jefferis, Jericho Scott Thomas Jemison, Wyomissing, PA Jeremy Alan Jenkins, Essex Junction Elizabeth R. Johnson, Bridgton, ME* Kathryn Elizabeth Johnson, West Rutland Keri Lynn Johnson, Sparta, NJ Rebecca Lynn Johnson, South Burlington Rhiannon Bigelow Johnson, Colchester** Susan Elizabeth Johnson, North Hero Jesse Erin Jones, Montgomery Center Lindsay Marie Jones, Burlington** Michael Edward Jones, New Canaan, CT Robert Andros Jones II, Marlborough, CT Vanessa Grace Jump, East Corinth Mediha Jusufagic, Burlington Benjamin Kahn, Wakefield, RI Shoshannah Lynn Kantor, North Montpelier Anthony J. Kareckas, South Berwick, ME Justin Elliott Katz, Hewlett, NY Olivia K. Kaufman, Burlington** Ali Ann Kaukas, Manchester Stephanie Maritza Kechian, Tuxedo, NY Lindsey Melinda Keen, West Hartford, CT Leslie Maureen Keller, Morrisville , NY Meredith Marie Kelly, Hingham, MA Duncan Stockwell Kerr, Trevett, ME Sarah J. Kessler, Guilford, CT* Casey Mackaman Kiernan, New York, NY** Matthew James Kiernan, Hingham, MA Margaret Mary Kilcourse, Astoria, NY* Ryan Marie Killoy, Hampden, MA Riley Ian Kilmer, Houston, TX Mackenzie Casperson Kimball, Lexington, MA Tyler Lytton Kimberlain, Mount Jackson, VA* Sandra Ann King, Burlington Bryan M. Kingsbury Jr., Dorchester, MA* Scott Michael Kirby, Burlington Amanda Yvette Finley Israel Zaloom Kitchen, Montpelier* Joshua David Klebanoff, Needham, MA Meryl Brill Klein, Ambler, PA Steven Shawn Klein, Stowe Rachel Tess Klenicki, Newton, MA Brian J. Kline, Groton, MA Elizabeth Frances Kolodner, Philadelphia, PA Jesse Adam Kooperman, Trumansburg, NY Kara Koptiuch, Burlington Michael Samuel Korn, Merrick, NY Alessandra Chaya Kostolitz, Cheshire, CT Timothy B. Kresl, Marblehead, MA Meghan Marie Krezinski, Newington, CT Meghan Elizabeth Kriff, Plattsburgh, NY David Anthony Krilivsky, Burlington* Benjamin Castle Krisher, Guilford Lauren Elizabeth Krolick, South Deerfield, MA Ryan J. Krukar, Long Valley, NJ Wendy Lynn Krygier, Trumbull, CT Anna Louise Kuehn, Ann Arbor, MI Scott James Kuhlen, East Hampton, CT Edward Frank Kuhn, Collingswood, NJ* Jessica Anne Kuonen, Syracuse, NY Rachel Lillian Kurtter, Scotch Plains, NJ Michael Thomas Labita, River Edge, NJ Allison Victoria Lamb, Elmira, NY Kendall Augusta Lambert, Richmond Lisa M. Lamenzo, Sudbury, MA Brett David Lamonda, South Burlington Lily Greenwell Landes, Englewood, NJ Emily Kathleen Landry, Glens Falls, NY John Duncan Landry, Lansdowne, PA Nicolas Tyler Landsman-Roos, Burlington Alexis Michelle Langer, Rolling Hills, CA Katherine Clarke Langlands, Killington Nicole Jean Laramee, Colchester Renée Lynn Lariviere, Richford Nina Daniele LaRosa, Waitsfield Victoria Marie LaRusso, Fairfield, CT Samuel Barrett Lauder Jr., Joppa, MD Samuel Eben Lavallee, Readfield, ME Gibson Charles Lawrence, New York, NY Max Aidan Lawton, Corinth Samantha Heather Lazarus, Burlington Phuoc Van Le, Manchester, NH *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 †Pending completion of requirements 15 Return to Index Commencement 2007 Kathryn Elizabeth Lea, Durham, ME Patrick James Leach, Pawlet Ryan John Leamy, Wilder Daniel Ashby Leas, Hyde Park Blake Thomas Leavitt, Burlington** Corryn Marina Leccese, North Andover, MA Gretchen Hanson Leisenring, Stowe* Edward William Lemery III, Waterbury Center* Michael John Leonard, Burlington** Emma Jean Lewin, Lincoln, MA Christopher Joseph Lewis, Queensbury, NY* Meghan Frances Linehan, Pawcatuck, CT Kate Skoglund Linnea, Montpelier Gabrielle Joy Lipman, Ipswich, MA** Kaylan Marie Livsey, Gansevoort, NY Anthony R. Locicero, Huntington** Jeneen Lee Loeliger-Myers, Killington Christopher Arthur Loeser, South Burlington Matthew Timothy Lofgren, White River Junction* Greg Paul Lombardi, West Warwick, RI** Eric James Lonergan, Woodstock, NY Matthew Stephen Longo, Burlington Lindsay Alicia Lorente, Duxbury, MA Cybele Sabine Louis, New York, NY Kathryn Elizabeth Lovinsky, East Hardwick Hillary Chase Lowenberg, Bethesda, MD Jessica Marie Lussier, Barton Jordan Samuel Lutsky, Greenwich, CT Mellisa Ly, Newport Eric Whitman Lynch, Acton, MA Kathryn Marie Lynch, Burlington Benjamin Roper MacDonald, Brattleboro Michael Paul Maciejewski, Jericho** Meredith Lindsay Mack, Hillsborough, NJ Jenny Margaret Mackey, Loveland, CO Jesse Mallon Macomber, Lyndon Sarah Jean Macy, Essex Junction Denny Gerard Madigan, Morristown, NJ Christopher A. Magistrale, South Burlington Richard Ryan Owen Mahoney, Marshfield, MA Meghan Geneva Malone, Clinton, CT Stephanie Ann Manosh, Morrisville Mackenzie Elizabeth Mapes, New Hope, PA** Allison LaChance Marcoux, Hampstead, NH Eve B. Margolis, Ardmore, PA Robert Francis Markowick, Oak Ridge, NJ Melissa Rachel Martin, Windsor, CT* Sarah Virginia Martin, Crozier, VA Zachary Evan Martin, Lancaster, PA Jose A. Martinez, Bronx, NY Christopher James Mastro, Saint George Michael Dominic Mastrony, Fairfield, CT Victoria Rose Mattozzi, Newmarket, NH Jonathan Dennis McCartan, Burlington Allison Christine McCarthy, Fenton, MI Jon Eric McCarthy, Chespeake City, MD Kerry Ann McCarthy, Cohasset, MA Hilary Alexander McCloy, Sunapee, NH** Victoria Russell McComiskey, Amesbury, MA Lauren Renee McConville, Barnstead, NH Christine M. McGovern, Bristol E. Clyde McGraw, Riverside, CT Megan Ariel McGuire, White River Junction William Quinn McHale, Washington, DC Laura K. McKearin, Burlington Shaun-Meghan McNally, Burlington *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 †Pending completion of requirements 16 John Dolan Meany, Claremont, CA Daniel John Meau, Burlington Libby Frances Meehan, Worthington, MA Julia Elizabeth Meeks, Grand Isle Joshua S. Melito, South Setauket, NY Katharine Rice Melman, Washington, DC Beverly Jean Menard, Burlington** Ira Basil Menard, Wilmington, NC Andrew Thomas Menke, Essex Eliza C. Mercanti, Clarks Green, PA** Juan F. Merino, Burlington** Matej Mernicky, Essex Steven Charles Merritt, Rutland Sara Ann Mesavage, Stratford, CT William Nolin Metivier, Hooksett, NH Anna DeForest Meyer, Burlington Corey William Middleton, South Burlington** Abigail Kelley Milburn, Newton, MA Brandon Scott Miles, Berlin, CT Pamela Rose Miles, Torrington, CT Erin Lynn Miller, North Hero* Laura Beth Miller, Bridgton, ME Laurel Alyssa Miller, Eredenheim, PA Philnesia Shanta Miller, Burlington Robert Archibald Miller, Ashfield, MA Tyler Robert Miller, Alexandria Bay, NY Nana Minkah, Burlington Zachary Sage Minot, Ponte Vedra, FL* Elizabeth Karen Miras, Brewster, NY David Todd Mishkin, Marblehead, MA** Alexandria Webb Moffitt, West Palm Beach, FL** Chelsea Lee Molloy, Rockville Centre, NY** James Michael Mondrick, Rome, NY Justin Joji Monsen, New York, NY Yolanda Rebekah Montagne, Colchester Jamillah Alyse Moore, Philadelphia, PA Jamie M. Moorhouse, Harrington, ME Jo Morris, Burlington Aaron Shepherd Morse, Longmeadow, MA Rosetta Dale Morse, Guilford John Spencer Morton, Stowe* Michael Paul Morwood, South Burlington Emily Kathleen Moulton, Warwick, RI Richard Francis Mount, Burlington Clare Elizabeth Movshon, New York, NY Naweza Edith Muderhwa, South Burlington* Nicole A. Muir, Belvidere Gregory Paul Murphy, Timonium, MD** Kiley Beth Murphy, West Topsham** Patrick M. Murphy, Ardsley, PA* William Neil Murphy, Dunmore, PA Tricia Anne Muskus, Colchester** Evan Christopher Musso, Garden City, NY Christopher Dennis Myers, South Boston, MA Alice O’Brien Neiley, Charlotte Terra Love Nicholson, Middlebury Alex Israelsohn Noss, Beverly, MA Jennifer Erin Nunn, Ridgewood, NJ Lucille Obarzanek, Barton** Annie Mahoney O’Brien, Saint James, NY Arielle Miranda Ocasio, Boston, MA* Courtney Beverly O’Connor, Wakefield, RI Rachael Daye Levine O’Donnell, Burlington Samantha Leigh Okosky, Saratoga Springs, NY Elizabeth Helen Oliver, Lincolnville, ME Anna Tobias Olson, Manchester, NH Tyler James O’Meara, McLean, VA** Stephanie A. Onyekaba, Bronx, NY Elizabeth Anne O’Rielly, Cleveland Heights, OH Charles Henry Orme IV, Cranford, NJ Robert James Orr III, Mineville, NY Daniel Joseph Owens, East Syracuse, NY Adam Bruce Packer, Westwood, MA Margaret Helen Palombo, South Burlington Alison Ivy Panken, White Plains, NY Haddon Jacob Pantel, Windsor Jennifer Anne Pappalas, Reading, PA† Suzanne Elizabeth Paquet, Unionville, CT Allison Janine Paradee, Colchester** Johanna Lee Parent, Burlington Timothy Alexander Parrish, Burlington James Maxwell Pasch, Manalapan, NJ Marcia Belen Pastrana, Miami, FL Todd Kenneth Patton, Brewster, NY Timothy Steven Paul, Essex Junction Katharin Elyse Paulson, Wilton, CT Hillary Elaine Pawulak, Jericho Jessica Kristen Penny, Winchester, MA Alexander D. Pepe, Simsbury, CT Michael Richard Perez-Guerra, Guilford, NY* Gregory David Perkins, Northfield Falls Aline Grace Peterson, Shelburne Michael Easton Phillips, Poughkeepsie, NY Michael Thomas Phillips, Norwich Amber Rae Pichiotino, Burlington Ryan Joseph Pickering, Winchester, MA Douglas Clark Pierson III, Shelburne Jennifer C. Pierstorff, Fairfax Peri Pignetti, New York, NY Kara Lynn Pinkowski, Bolton, CT Shauni Pinkson-Burke, Cornish, NH Alexis Kimm Pishvanov, Old Lyme, CT** Meghan Lynn Place, Windsor Margo Marie Plank, Charlotte Sean Seeger Plover, Poughkeepsie, NY* Sadie Louise Poland, Blue Hill, ME** Ben Adam Pollack, Glastonbury, CT Emily Holly Popper, Valley Stream, NY Julia Marya Potash, Burlington David Brewster Potter, Wiscasset, ME Alicia Michelle Poulin, Burlington Katerina Carolina Pozzi, New York, NY Stuart Fitzgibbon Pratt, Essex, MA Alysa Nicole Procida, Columbia, MD Patrick Dunn Provencher, Burlington Tracey Joan Provost, Woburn, MA* Kelly M. Pulawski, Burlington Philip Sherwood Pulitzer, Winston Salem, NC Amy Lynn Quenneville, South Burlington Michael John Quinlan, Brattleboro Emily Shuford Rak, Lancaster, MA Denja Kaas Rand, Lake Placid, NY Chelsea Marsh Rector, White River Junction Caitlin deGanahl Reeves, Amherst, NH** Emily Sarah Reichman, Hopewell, NJ Allyson Carol Reilly, Wilmington Harper B. Reitkopf, New York, NY Marlie Sue Reny, Round Pond, ME Erin Shannon Renz, Toms River, NJ Michael David Resnick, Warwick, RI Stephanie Elise Reynolds, Essex Junction Lauren Dana Rich, Wellesley, MA Sadie Christina Richards, Hartland Corey Patrick Richardson, East Burke** Emily Elizabeth Richter, East Falmouth, MA Katherine Ellen Riden, Richmond Return to Index Commencement 2007 Meghan Elma Ring Rivis, Montpelier Caroline Jessica Robertson, Saint Albans Samantha Denise Robin, Bronx, NY Aaron D. Robinson, Barre Abigail Leah Robinson, Pittsburgh, PA Jamie Lynn Rohrer, Placerville, CO Kathryn Mason Rohrer, Chestnut Hill, MA Aimee Marie Rosato, Florence Mikaela Ann Rosenthal, Wayland, MA Alissa Esther Rosenwach, New York, NY Daniel Sterling Ross, Newton, MA Elizabeth Emily Ross, Queensbury, NY Ashley Jenna Rosso, Glastonbury, CT Andrew Lundy Rothberg, Lafayette Hill, PA Matthew Alexander Rouse, Andover, MA Melissa Parke Rousseau, Cohasset, MA** Eric Charles Rowe, Saint Johnsbury Susannah Grace Roy, East Ryegate Amanda Leigh Rua, Milford, MA Kristine Ann Rubin Bennett, Hinesburg** Michael Rubinson, Brooklyn, NY Jenny Marie Ruchalski, Schenectady, NY Cameron Holmes Russell, Weybridge Hazel Georgia Ryerson, Cambridge, MA James Robert Luigi Sabataso, Mendon Frank John Sacchetti Jr., Brighton* David Albert Sachs, Burlington Benjamin Georege Sadick, Holden, MA Livio Benjamin Sadoch, Evanston, IL Ricky Saitoh, South Burlington Krissa Lorraine Saldana, Avoca, NY Emma Elizabeth Salzman, New York, NY Jaye Lara Samuels, Tenafly, NJ** Carolyn Marie Sanchez, South Burlington Amanda Carrie Sanfilippo, Oakland, NJ Tyler Corwin Saupe, Anchorage, AK Michele Leigh Schader, Riverdale, NY Lindsay A. Schaffran, Katonah, NY Christopher Gordon Scherbel, Bethesda, MD** Daniel Barrett Schmidt, Shelburne Dawn Christina Schneider, Oconto, WI Sara Marie Schreiber, Durham, CT Benjamin P. Schuyler, Scarborough, ME** Aurina Lily Schwartz, Jamaica Christopher John Scibilia-Carver, Trumansburg, NY Michael Salvatore Sclafani, Spring Lake, NJ Sarah Beth Seager, Smyrna, NY Ashley Grace Seamans, Burlington Joshua Abraham Seidman, Brookline, MA Brian Sengebush, Lake Hopatcong, NJ Graham Andrew Sexstone, Morgantown, WV Emily H. Shaer, Rockland, ME Allison Beth Shapiro, Chappaqua, NY Emily Anne Shapiro, Swampscott, MA Jessica Lynn Shea, Burlington Andrew Douglas Shealy, Rowley, MA Kelly Sean Shields, Whitehouse Station, NJ Kendra Ann Sibilia, Hampden, MA Dustin Eric Sigler, Rutland Emily Aronson Simmonds, Auburn, NY** Alyssa Bari Simon, Southold, NY Justine Catherine Simonetti, New City, NY* Elizabeth Levering Simpson, Berwyn, PA** Nikaiataa Skidders, Akwesasne, NY Adele Eleanor Skillin, New York, NY Jodi Lynn Slade, Montpelier** Alison Charli Smith, Berkeley Heights, NJ Angela Marie Smith, Upper Saddle River, NJ Connor Michael Smith, Hinesburg Jesse Blair Smith, Sea Cliff, NY Kara Anne Smith, Essex, MA Lesley-Anne Smith, Wethersfield, CT Lillian Greer Smith, Indianapolis, IN Richard Frederick Smith, Manchester, CT Collin Dane Smythe, Morrisville** Catherine Elisabeth Snapp, Essex Junction** Mina Seren Sofer, South Burlington Lila Specker, Andover Douglas Ian Spielman, Sands Point, NY* Jesse Albert Spina, Guildhall Daniel W. Staples, Newport David Morris Starrels, Chevy Chase, MD Nicole Leah Staudinger, South Royalton* Priscilla Adams Steeneck, Burlington* Jessica Handler Stein, Rye Brook, NY Kyla Ann Sternlieb, South Burlington** James Patrick Stevens, Bayport, NY Brook Virginia Stewart, Fairlee Shannon M. Stewart, Springfield Meryl O. Stinehour, Littleton, NH** Gabrielle Cennamo Stommel, Woods Hole, MA** Adam Bryan Stone, Barton Danielle Marie Storm, White Haven, PA Kristin Elizabeth Strader, Williston Sarah Luella Strattner, Jacksonville Alexander Clayton Strong, Simsbury, CT Elizabeth Copeland Stubbs, Newport, RI Megan Courtney Sullivan, Waterbury Center Susan Claie Sullivan, Green Harbor, MA** Balal Sultan, Bronx, NY Amanda Rachel Sumberg, Miami, FL** Irjasen Sunj, Saint Albans Rebecca Ann Suntheimer, Old Saybrook, CT Valerie Elizabeth Suplee, Nelson, NH Adelaide Keane Surette, Bryn Mawr, PA** Zachary Joseph Swander, Redding Ridge, CT** Brian James Sweeney, Burlington Christopher Shamus Sweeney, Milton Edward Talcott, Manchester* Abby E. Teel, Essex, MA Sumru Tekin, Charlotte Anna Renee Telensky, Jericho* Jonah Michael Temple, Newton, MA Emma Louise Templeton, Middlebury, CT** Kara Lisa Teschmacher, Burlington Sarah Catherine Teter, Spring Grove, PA Alex Michael Thibault, Hudson, NH Kayla Dawn Thibault, Hinesburg Joshua Edward Thomas, Wells Rachel Leah Witschi Thomas, Danvers, MA Morgan T. Thommen, Guilford, CT Ellsbeth Christine Thorn, Paxton, MA Michael Thomas Tily, Cherry Hill, NJ Lisa Erin Frazer Tinker, Basking Ridge, NJ** Anne Carter Tor, Bozeman, MT Ashley Elizabeth Torrey, Jericho Daniel W. Tosches, Medfield, MA Justin Donald Tougas, Colchester James Michael Tourkistas, Lynnfield, MA Patrick John Tracy, Colchester Jean Melissa Train, Haddonfield, NJ Andrew Philip Trainor, Manchester Annakalmia Clark Traver, Taftsville* Lindsey Ann Tribble, Scituate, MA Nathaniel Fisher Trusten, Milton, MA Lauren Randall Tucker, New Haven, CT Justin Thomas Turco, Harwich, MA James Thomas Turitto, Chicago, IL Jennifer Elaine Turk, Bethel Kristi Megan Tursi, Essex Junction Heather Nicole Twible, South Hero Graham Lowell Unangst-Rufenacht, Montpelier Gwendolyn Kate Upton, New London, NH Bethany Lynn Vaillancourt, Westport, MA Manuel Alfonso Valencia, San Juan, PR Joseph Alfred Valentine, Burlington Torrey Adam Valyou, Milton Ian Marcus Van Der Vlugt, Swarthmore, PA Catherine Marie VanAuken, Troy, NY Cassandra Marie VanLeeuwen, Tillsonburg, ON Estefania Vargas, Bronx, NY Kristin Ann Vavoules, Commack, NY James Ed Velde, Middletown Springs Kate Lynn Viapiano, South Burlington Diana Marie Vigneault, Norton Michelle Elizabeth Villari, Wayland, MA Nicole Vincent-Roller, South Royalton Sarah Marie Visinski, Amherst, NH Benjamin Charles Walsh, Jericho Nicole Lauren Waranch, Baltimore, MD Lindsay Ann Ward, Burlington Donald John Wassick, Bennington Rhian Leigh Waters, Aurora, CO Mary Kathrine Watkevich, Athol, MA** Kate Aramintha Watson, Weston, MA Kristen Michelle Watson, South Burlington Margaret Emily Watts, Washington, DC Marcy Nassikas Weathers, Burlington* Derek Michael Weaver, Burlington Charles William Webb, Addison Jonathan Matthew Webb, Barrington, RI Jamie Weiner, Worcester Wendy Kate Wells, South Hero Caitlin Ashley Welter, Waitsfield Reuben Kiel Westmaas, Cincinnati, OH Michael James Whalen, Wilton, ME Kemener Michael Whalen Jr., Colchester** Steven Thomas Whaley, Greenfield Center, NY Jonathan A. Wheatley, Burlington Megan Frances Wheaton, Atlanta, GA Nicholas John Wheeler, Oak Park, IL Thomas R. Wheeler, Putney Bradley Andrew Whelan, East Greenwich, RI Erin M. White, Williston Kerry O’Connor White, Burlington Liana Christina Whiteley, Califon, NJ Daniel Louis Wilf, Wynnewood, PA Timothy Killoran Wilkes, Avon, CT Heather Lynn Wilkins, Burlington Marianne Elizabeth Wilkins, Woodbridge, CT Sarah E. Wilkins, San Francisco, CA Anna Thatcher Willey, Alexandria, VA Lindsay Jean Willgohs, Clitherall, MN Ariana G. Williams, East Greenbush, NY Benjamin Luke Williams, Burlington Bronwyn Emily Williams, Boston, MA Gretchen Laurel Williams, Randolph Jake Ryland Williams, Mahopac, NY Katherine Pierce Wilson, New York, NY Nicole Diana Winchell, Harrington, ME Erica Jill Wolf, Westborough, MA *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 17 Return to Index Commencement 2007 Katherine Tricia Wood, West Springfield, MA Cecelia Jayne Woods-Smith, Norwich Eric William Wright, South Burlington Allison Brook Yeary, Chicago, IL Abby Catherine Alexandra Yolda, Warrenton, VA Christine Yoon, Lexington, MA Nicole Elise Youngwirth, Lexington, MA Neal Evans Yurick, Canandaigua, NY Callia Emily Zimmerman, Cambridge Jennifer Renee Zoller, Burlington Daniel Joseph Zwirko, Longmeadow, MA Bachelor of Science Mark P. Abair, Milton Jonathan Edward Adams, Milton** Benjamin Michael Barone, Mendon Scott Newland Bedrick, Yardley, PA Junius Oliver Beebe, Marblehead, MA Samantha E. Bernard, Saint Albans Joanna Brooke Bickley, Gates Mills, OH* Kimberly Caitlyn Borgmann, Holliston, MA Michael Joseph Bower, Burlington Courtenay Michaela Brines, Woodbridge, CT Carly Rose Brown, Williston Waylon Otis Brown, Portland, ME Sarah Oakes Cannon, East Calais Jody Marie Chamberlain, North Chittenden Jeffrey Ryan Cogswell, Warner, NH Robert Connery Connorton, Orange, CT Amanda Beth Daly, Waterbury Julie Chau Dao, Essex Junction Russell Everett Dennis, Ambler, PA Kyle Donovan, Glen Ridge, NJ Erica Lynn Dukette, Northfield Seth Aaron Fabricant, West Orange, NJ Rosella Evelyn Fine, Fairfield Edward Michael Fitzgerald, Burlington Christina Rachel Flood, Brattleboro Kayla Suzanne Foye, Newtown, PA Alex Matthew Geller, Topsfield, MA Michael John Gillen, Castleton Heather Kathleen Greenberg, Marshfield, MA Maria Christine Hanerfeld, North Ferrisburg** Scott Thomas Hannigan, Westbrook, ME Aaron Conrey Hartmann, Montpelier Jean Marie Haverstick, Waterbury Center Carly Joyce Hodgins, Marion, OH Aya Watson Inoue, Burlington** Robert Christopher Jackson, Exeter, NH Ashley Kirby Keane, Sherborn, MA Reed Bowe Kennedy, Manchester Center Benjamin L. Kilinski, Burlington John-Erik Kocho-Schellenberg, Pleasantville, NY** Jennifer Brett Lanza, Melrose, MA Ashley Marie Laughney, Whitingham Stephen George Leclair, Westborough, MA Braden R. Lipman, Long Valley, NJ Rachel Warren Lomonaco, Duanesburg, NY Mellisa Ly, Newport Jenessa Danielle Mahoney, Hampstead, NH Chelsea Margaret Martin, Concord, NH Coleen May McCann, Trumbull, CT Rebecca Ann McCormick, Burlington Heather Ann Mitchell, Queensbury, NY Robert Francis Needle, Burlington Kristen Michelle Norris, Bloomfield, MI Emmanuel Danso Nsiah, Burlington** Kevin Patrick O’Connor, Brattleboro Graham Alexander Ogilvie, Shelburne Daniel Corey Oppenheimer, Amherst, NY** Kyle John Palmer, Beverly, MA Andrew Carty Pandolph, Woburn, MA Alex Robert Reardon, Middlesex Christopher Charles Ricker, Parsippany, NJ** Kristin Marie Robideau, Essex Junction Jenna Ryan Rogers, Bedford, NH Calsey Morgan Rowell, Saint Johnsbury Adrian Meyer Sackheim, Hatfield, MA Jeffrey Randall Schles, Burlington Henry William Schober III, Philadelphia, PA Brooke Ashley Schwartz, Plymouth, MA Joshua David Seitz, Nantucket, MA Farrukh Shahzad, Bronx, NY Shivaun Marie Siegl , Livonia, NY Jessica Carrie Simpson, Braintree Lydia Gene Smith, State College, PA Jeffrey Phillip Stein, Smithtown, NY Rachelle M. St. Onge, Morrisville, NY Jennifer Ann Synnott, Charlotte** Matthew John Tavares, Bedford, NH Michael Gregory Tefft, Saint Albans Paul J. Vallett, Fairfax Susan Bridget Varga, Essex Junction Christine Esther Vela, Warwick, NY** Nicole Marie Westbom, Burlington Cassia Marie Windsor, Barre Robert Koerner Zimmermann, Roque Bluffs, ME Graduate College MASTER OF SCIENCE Biology Catherine Cassidy Farrell, B.S. (Cornell University) 1999; Ed.M. (State University of New York-Buffalo) 2003; Saratoga Springs Thesis: Allometric Exponents Support a 3/4-Power Scaling Law Chemistry Karen A. Murphy, B.S. (University of California, Santa Cruz) 2004; Winamac, IN** Thesis: The Synthesis, Characterization and Adsorption of Biodegradable Block Copolymers Bruce D. O’Rourke, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1986; Huntington Thesis: Measurement of the Rate of Lipolysis Using Mass Spectrometry and Stable Isotopes E. S. Arun Thamban, B.Sc. (Madras Christian College) 1996; M.Sc. (Madras Christian College) 1996; Dindigu, India Thesis: Synthesis of Extended Conjugated Structures-Cascade Cyclization of Ortho-Phenylene Ethynlene Oligomers Communication Sciences Wendy Stirling Chace, B.A. (Wesleyan University) 1986; Colchester** Regina B. Charron, B.S. (Bryant College) 1994; Orwell Ashley Cristen Clark, B.S. (Elmira College) 2005; West Rutland Christine Cameron Daly, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2002; Hingham, MA Jessica Lin Dillon-Stathacopulos, B.A. (University of Alberta) 2005; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Tonya Forrester, B.A. (Knox College) 1996; M.A.T. (Quinnipac University) 2001; Burlington Allyson J. Hathaway, B.S. (University of New Hampshire) 2005; Shelburne Kathleen Denise Holden, B.A.S. (University of Minnesota-Duluth) 2005; Brainerd, MN *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 18 Jennifer Rae Jewett, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2002; Barre Danielle Marie Johnson, B.A. (McGill University) 2005; Salem, NH Emily Elizabeth Schug, B.S. (State University of New York-Geneseo) 2005; Clinton, NY Meena Tondravi, B.A. (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) 1999; Marshfield, MA Stephanie Lynn Waite, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Bomoseen Geology Heather D. Burgess, B.S. (State University of New York–Oneonta) 2004; Hartwick, NY** Thesis: Geochemical Indicators of Productivity Change in Lake Champlain, USA-CANADA Phoebe A. Judge, A.B. (Mount Holyoke College) 2003; South Royalton* Thesis: Strain Localization in the Upper Crust and Stress Field Evolution Adjacent to the Alpine Fault in Northern Fiordland, New Zealand Gregory Wade Lorenson, B.S. (Montana Technical-University of Montana) 2004; Chatham, NJ* Thesis: Application of IN SITU Au-Amalgam Microelectrodes in Yellowstone National Park to Guide Microbial Sampling: An Investigation into Arsenite and Polysuflide Detection to Define Microbial Habitats Colleen Lauren Sullivan, B.S. (Lafayette College) 2003; Montpelier Thesis: 10Be Erosion Rates and Landscape Evolution of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, Southern Appalachian Mountains Historic Preservation Jackson Thomas Evans, B.F.A. (Ithaca College) 2002; Northfield** Michaela Ann Hutchins, B.S. (Roger Williams University) 2005; Kennebunkport, ME** Return to Index Commencement 2007 Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., B.A. (Wesleyan University) 1992; J.D. (Brooklyn Law School) 1997; Essex Junction Thesis: Movable Wall Systems in the American Office From 1906 Through 1968: A History and Preservation Guide Rebecca McNamara, B.S. (Roger Williams University) 2004; Colchester Rachel Lynn Podgurski, B.F.A. (Kean University) 2005; Fredon, NJ Liisa Reimann, B.A. (University of New Hampshire) 1992; Somersworth, NH Kimberly Ann Smith, B.A. (Illinois State University) 1996; B.S. (Illinois State University) 1998; M.S. (Illinois State University) 2001; Bloomington, IL** Julie Marie Weisgerber, B.A. (San Diego State University) 2003; Mission Viejo, CA** Physics Konstantin Alexandrovich Afanasyev, B.S. (Irkutsk State University) 2005; Irkutsk, Russia Thesis: Atomistic Simulations of Twin Boundary Effects on Deformation in Gold Nanobeams and Nanopillars MASTER OF ARTS English Jason Thomas Clemence, B.A. (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) 2003; South Dennis, MA Thesis: Violent Potential: Jacques Lacan, The Maternal Subject, and Cultural Anxiety in Postmodern Cinema Thomas James Connelly, B.F.A. (CW Post-Long Island University) 1977; Newburgh, NY Thesis: The Desire to Know Death: Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry Lule Greva, B.A. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 2003; South Milwaukee, WI* Meredith Elyse Kalman, B.A. (Southern Connecticut State University) 2004; New Haven, CT** Thesis: Responding to Whispers: Reclaiming Identity in Caribbean Women’s Fiction Nanette McLane, B.A. (University of Maine-Orono) 1976; Stowe* Thesis: The Poet as Medium: Influence and Resurrection in the Poems of Wanda Coleman Melissa Marie Meyer, B.A. (University of Buffalo) 2005; Paul Smiths, NY Thesis: On the Fantasmatic Subjectivity of Everyday Life: Our Ethical Encounter with the Neighbor Rae Leigh Muhlstock, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Teaneck, NJ Thesis: The Spiral Staircase: The Aporia of Mark Z. Danieliewski’s House of Leaves Emma Elizabeth Munger, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2003; Rutland Thesis: Bodies and Land: An Ecofeminist and Postcolonialist Reading of Yvonne Vera’s Butterfly Burning Christian Reifsteck, B.A. (Westminster College) 2002: Altoona, PA Thesis: Dis(b)ordering the Body, Dis(re)membering the Land: Dismemberment, Remembering, Borders and Chaos of the Land/Body Construct in Four Middle English Romances French Linda R. Pervier, B.A. (Atlantic Union College) 1973; Burlington** Thesis: Canuck by Camille Lessard: A Translation German Lucie Srostlik, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Essex Junction Thesis: From Pumpkin to Hazelnut: A Comparative Study of the Cinderella Fairy Tale History Richard Michael Gregory, B.S. (Roger Williams University) 2005; B.A. (Roger Williams University) 2005; Toms River, NJ Nathan Paul Morse, B.A. (Johnson State College) 2003; Woodbury* Thesis: Heresy Executions on Eleventh-Century Europe: Religion, Politics, And the Death Penalty, 1022-1051 Psychology Laura Chivers, A.B. (Bryn Mawr College) 2001; Dalton, MA* Thesis: Experimental Examination of Changes During the Initial Weeks of Smoking Abstinence Potentially Related to Relapse Risk Melinda Davis, B.A. (Whitman College) 2002; Stevenson, WA* Thesis: The Art of Practice; The Associations Between Daily Relaxation Practice and Coping Strategy Use on Therapeutic Outcomes in Chronic Pain Patients Shamila Kamini Lekka, B.S. (University of Aberdeen) 1998; Mawath, Sri Lanka Thesis: Pathways by Which Marital Conflict, Maternal and Paternal Behavior Affect Infant Emotion Regulation to Frustration at 6 Months Alexandra Thanellou, B.A. (The American College of Greece) 2004; Athens, Greece** Thesis: Reinstatement of the Extinguished Eyeblink Response in the Rat Kristen Sarah Weibust, B.A. (Skidmore College) 2005; Burlington Thesis: The Role of Death Anxiety in the Stigmatization of Persons with Aids DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Biology Byron Estes Barton, B.S. (Butler University) 1989; Anderson, IN** Dissertation: Studies of the Drosophila Melanogaster Indirect Flight Muscle Protein Flightin Juan Carlos Pizarro Cortez, B.S. (Universidad San Francisco Xavier) 1989. M.Sc. (Institute of Tropical Medicine) 1993; Sucre, Boliva** Dissertation: Ecogenetics of Triatoma infestans the Main Vector of Chagas Disease in Chuquisaca, Bolivia Vivek Kannoth Vishnudas, B.S. (Sacred Heart College) 1994; M.S. (National Dairy Research Institute) 1998; Kannur, Kerala, India* Dissertation: Characterization of Functional and Molecular Adaptations in Drosophila Flight Muscles that Enable High Power Output for Flight Shyamal Dilhan Weeraratne, B.S. (University of Delhi) 1997; Colombo, Sri Lanka Dissertation: GPI-Anchored Receptors in Folate Chemosensory Transduction in Paramecium Tetraurelia Peng Zhang, B.S. (Fudan University) 2001; Huenyang, Henan, China** Dissertation: Odor Responses of Mouse Vomeronasal Neurons: Signal Transduction and Modulation Chemistry Amy M. Bowser, B.S. (Framingham State College) 2000; Burlington Dissertation: Design and Development of a Novel Reaction Affording Highly Functionalized Guanidines, Ureas, and Thioureas: The 1,3 Diaza-Claisen Rearrangement Mark Edward Jennings, II, B.S. (Houghton College) 1997; Rochester, NH** Dissertation: Determination of Isotopic and Chemical Purities for Stable Isotopically Labeled Materials Used in Human Metabolism Studies Brian Willard LaFranchi, B.A. (Skidmore College) 1999; Andover, MA* Dissertation: Development, Characterization, and Demonstration of a Photoelectron Resonance Capture Ionization Aerosol Mass Spectrometer James Chadwick Morris, B.A. (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) 1995; M.S. (Ohio State University) 1997: Gastonia, NC** Dissertation: Ligand Metal Interactions. A Study of Natural and Unnatural Ligands. Terry W. Nassivera, B.S. (Hartwick College) 2000; Hudson Falls, NY* Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoporous Materials and Use of Mesoporous Silicates in Liquid Chromatographic Applications Adam Sorensen, B.A., B.S. (Mercyhurst College); 2000; Fleetville, PA* Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum-Doped Mesoporous Silicates and Their Use in the Hydrodesulfurization of Mustard Gas Analogs Alexander Wurthmann, B.Sc. Hons.(University of Edinburgh) 1995; Glasgow, Scotland* Dissertation: Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained Proline Templated Amino Acids and Studies Towards the Synthesis of a Cyclocystine Isostere Psychology Rhonda Jo Factor, B.A. (Wesleyan University) 1993; Brooklyn, NY* Dissertation: Exploring Gender Diversity: A Comparison of Transgender Adults and Their Non-Transgender Siblings Julianne Krulewitz, B.A. (Middlebury College) 1999; Newbury** Dissertation: The Influence of Interpersonal Goals on Women’s Reactions to Sexism Melanie Christine McConnell, B.A. (Clarke University) 1998; M.A. (Clarke University) 2002; North Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada** Dissertation: Does Coparenting Mediate the Link Between Relationship Quality and Parenting Experiences Among Lesbian Mothers? Alison Christine McLeish, B.A. (Duke University) 1997; Louisville, KY* Dissertation: Evaluating the Moderating Role of Anxiety Sensitivity on Smoking in Terms of Panic Psychopathology: A Prospective Test Among Daily Smokers *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 19 Return to Index Commencement 2007 School of Business Administration Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:00 p.m. Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts Rocki-Lee DeWitt, Dean Peter Battelle, School Marshal Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL WELCOME, Rocki-Lee DeWitt, Dean STUDENT ADDRESS Highest Ranking Undergraduate Student Highest Ranking Graduate Student ADDRESS, David Perez, CEO, Latin Force LLC PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS CONCLUDING COMMENTS, Rocki-Lee DeWitt, Dean RECESSIONAL Adam J. Adler, Marstons Mills, MA Dylan Chase Aiello, Plymouth, MA Daniel Crafts Allen, Brattleboro Amanda Kristin Altman, Norwalk, CT Philip Andrew Anderson, Rockville Centre, NY Jessica Lynn Andreola, Colchester Peter Apgar, New Haven** Jason Scott Applegate, Philadelphia, PA** Kenan Avdibegovic, Burlington Robert R. Bagnall, Wallingford David Michael Banfield, Burlington Amarildo Barbosa, Boston, MA Tiffany Jayne Barker, Collegeville, PA** Sharon Noelle Berard, Milton Alexander Michael Berg, Cohasset, MA Michael Phillip Bertoia, Vineland, NJ Bernardo Rafael Betances, Bronx, NY Joshua John Bishop, Cheshire, CT Mark Joseph Bitter, Jr., Glen Cove, NY* Justin A. Bodnar, Colchester Brendan Edward Breen, Burlington Corey N. Bronner, Morrisville Alison J. Brown, Phoenixville, PA Patrick R. Brown, Cranston, RI* Vinh Quang Bui, New York, NY Rodney Oliver Buie, Randolph, NJ Timothy Matthew Burton, Kennebunk, ME Michael Caha, Essex Bradley Neal Campbell, Seattle, WA** Nicholas James Campbell, Lafayette, CA James Christopher Chapman, Buzzards Bay, MA Sana Aslam Choudhary, Williston Matthew Rippey Clauson, Fairfield, CT Alexander J. Cohen, Westport, CT Elizabeth White Cole, Baltimore, MD Thomas Harry Collingham, Yonkers, NY Colin M. Coogan, Bennington Kristopher S. Crown, St. George Alejandro Delgado, Bogota, Columbia** Sean M. Dempsey, Milton Christopher M. DeSimone, Easton, MA *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 †Pending completion of requirements 20 Ryan T. DeSisto, Natick, MA Jacob S. Dibble, Old Saybrook, CT Mariam Abdi Dodi, Burlington** Nicholas Michael Donahue, Northfield Sherry E. Dupont, Burlington Laura Elizabeth Ewell, Milton Skyr Grant Falcey, Easton, MD James Joseph Patrick Farah, Saddle River, NJ Joseph Theodore Farrell, Snowmass Village, CO Jason Thomas Fleming, China, ME Brendan Edward Foley, New Hartford, CT Shelby Robert Forsthuber, Warren Marc Matthew Frail, South Burlington** Nicholas Scott Gallipani, Brewster, NY Terry L. Ganer, Katonah, NY Willliam Philip Goldberg, Lincoln, RI James Featherstone Goodman, Foxboro, MA Andrew Jacob Gorman, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Tiffany Marie Goulette, Plainfield Daniel Clark Green, West Hartford, CT Burgandy Lee Greene, Charlotte Michael Thomas Guerriero, Williston Ryan E. Gunderson, Bensalem, PA Laura Amolie Guyette, Pittsford Erica Sue Hale, Decatur, IL Kindra N. Hall, Colchester Heather Nadine Hargey, Colchester, CT Emmet Riley Waipuna Hargrave, Barnstable, MA Bradley D. Hayden, Bennington Joseph G. Heaslip, Williston Carl Michael Hediger, Tenafly, NJ Tracy Bey Holliman, Brooklyn, NY Tina Marie Homicki, Frenchtown, NJ* Paul J. Homsy, Larchmont, NY Anna Marie Honsinger, Windsor Meg Ardith Howard, Rutland William Lathrop Huntington IV, Montville, CT† Wesley R. Hyde, Stowe Shana Linda Jarrett, Colchester* Adrienne Marie Jones, Burlington** Kihwa Kang, Essex Junction** Eric R. Kaufman, Wayland, MA Caitlin L. Kelly, Valatie, NY Matthew Joseph Kennedy, Plainsboro, NJ Anne E. Kerr, Littleton, MA Elizabeth Shea Kettel, Gales Ferry, CT Martin Klimes, Prague, Czech Republic Christopher Michael Kowach, Latrobe, PA Timothy B. Kresl, Marblehead, MA Sarah Louise Kuhns, Palm, PA Matthew Chadwick Lampkin, Grosse Point Farms, MI* Elisia Germaine Laramee, Colchester** Aaron Gabriel Lawrence, Shrewsbury Sean S. Layton, Wilmington, MA Sean Conor Leavitt, North Hampton, NH Tiffany Tina Lee, Natick, MA John Francis Leonard IV, Woolrich, ME Jon Michael Leonard, Stockport, PA David Corey Light, Plattsburgh, NY** Ashley Ann Lionetti, Stamford, CT** Eric David Little, Milton Nicholas Michael Lockwood, Jericho Greg Paul Lombardi, Scituate, RI** David Max Leavitt Lombardo, Wayland, MA Allen J. Lutfy, Rockford, IL Kristi Dale Macdonald, Shoreham, NY** Robert William Mackey, South Hero Sarah Jean Macy, Essex Samuel Patrick Madden, Mount Vernon, NY John Xavier Maguire, Hartland† Breanne Rene Maliniak, Long Beach, CA† Robert C. Manfredi III, Tinton Falls, NJ Chana Rae Martel, St. George Blake Steven Martin, East Roxbury Jose A. Martinez, New York, NY Mitchell Fenton Matthews, Kennebunkport, ME Lauren Frances Mayor, East Setauket, NY Scott Robert McClure, Williston Ryan Patrick McCrea, Essex Junction Graham Patrick McFadden, North Bennington Jonathan P. McIver, Plymouth, MA John Matthew McTernan, Needham, MA Michael D. Menezes, Noank, CT** Jessica Leigh Merritt, Glastonbury, CT** Nathan Michael Methot, South Burlington Andrew C. Meyers, Beverly, MA Christopher David Michael, Shelburne Jennifer Ann Mills, Scarborough, ME Brian Mason Moore, Sudbury, MA Return to Index Commencement 2007 William Anthony Morelli, East Charleston Megan A. Morrill, East Windsor, NJ† Michael Burke Mullany, Great Barrington, MA Ryan Scott Nickerson, Turner, ME Elizabeth Anne Nielsen, Franklin, MA Beatrice B. Nyamekye, New York, NY David C. O’Brien, Newton, MA* Joseph Byrne O’Brien, Washington, DC Stacie Megan Okosky, Saratoga Springs, NY John Michael O’Malley, Rutland Kimberly Orsini, Yona, Guam Jared Scott Overlee, Hingham, MA Peter Jackson Owen, San Antonio, TX Gregory Scott Paonessa, Lynnfield, MA Bajro Pasic, Burlington Travis Caleb Patton, Poolesville, MD Vanessa Anne Paulen, Pleasantville, NY Evan A. Perler, New Rochelle, NY John Prior Peterson, Wayland, MA Zachariah M. Pettengill, Dartmouth, MA Nathan M. Picard, Hardwick Heather Marie Pratt, Essex** Brian Raines, New Rochelle, NY Geoffrey T. Robinson, Poultney Elliot W. Rocheleau, Johnson Jason Edward Rogers, Bethel Kyle Austin Rosa, South Ryegate Taryn A. Ross, Southbury, CT Ashley Irene Sadler, Colchester Avi Jacob Salloway, Barrington, RI Christopher M. Scerbo, Glen Rock, NJ Heather Ann Schill, Essex Michael Thomas Schmalzbach, Westwood, NJ Daniel Edward Scott, Salt Lake City, UT Jessica Suzanne Seymour, Weston, CT Brian Richard Shanley, Plymouth, MA Forrest Karp Shinners, Stowe Rebekah Rose Shippee, Calais Catherine Ann Shriver, Oak Brook, IL Adam Ayouba Siegel, Essex Junction Michael Benjamin Silverman, Livingston, NJ Catherine Elisabeth Snapp, Essex** Margen Dane Soliman, Biddeford, ME Nathan Aaron Soutiere, Winnoski Andrew Richard Stadterman, Madison, CT Jeffrey P. Stein, Smithtown, NY Robert J. Steinert, Waterford Andrew Alexander Stickney, Montpelier Marla Jean Straight, South Hero Jaclyn Beth Straznitskas, Naugatuck, CT Patrick J. Sturgeon, Highgate Tyler Keene Sullivan, Westborough, MA** Amanda R. Tatro, Huntington Travis M. Templeton, Brooksville, ME Michelle Mary Testa, Montclair, NJ Brett Michael Thomas, Walpole, MA Benjamin G. Thyng, Williston Lisa Erin Frazer Tinker, Basking Ridge, NJ** Mary F. Toffey, Barnstable, MA Jodie Michelle Toof, St. Albans Nicholas Anthony Tringale, Plymouth, MA Jonathan P. Troutman, Yarmouth Port, MA Tam Van Truong, Burlington** Paul Joseph Valente, Coventry, CT Elizabeth S. van Berg, Potomac, MD Heather Elaine Vance, Colchester** Jill Marie Visca, Rochester, NY Adam Jack White, Essex** Kara Ashley White, Windsor Nolan S. Wiles, Severna Park, MD Bradley Neal Willey, Windsor Katherine Tricia Wood, West Springfield, MA Jeffrey Charles Zeitlin, Basking Ridge, NJ Jin-xiang Zhang, Claremont, NH Christopher William Zikakis, Lexington, MA Graduate College MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Anne Simpson Barry (Meurs), B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Lake George, NY** Patty L. Bick, B.S. (University of Southern California) 1993; Essex Junction Frederick Stirling Campbell-Mohn, B.A. (Northwestern University) 1983; J. D. (University of Michigan Law School) 1986; L.L.M. (Georgetown Law Center) 1992; South Burlington** Adrien Maurice Cathiard, B.A. (UniversitО Pierre Mendez France) 2004; Corsier, Switzerland Efe Cimrin, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Winooski Joachim Ditzen, B.S. (TU Darmstadt) 2005; Seligenstadt, Germany Carlton W. Dunn, B.A. (University of Colorado) 1999; Burlington** Jocelyn Parisi Haley, B.S. (Traman State University) 1999; Middlesex** Mila Rosenfeld Lonetto, B.A. (Connecticut College) 1996; Stowe** Erica MacConnell, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2001; Amherst, MA** Amitabh Mohanty, B.S. (Utkal University) 1987; M.C.A. (Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology/Avadh University) 1991; Cuttack, India Guy Nerad, B.S. (University of Virginia) 1996; M.B.A. (Bentley College) 2006; Essex Junction Elizabeth Oldford, B.S. (Mount Allison University) 1999; M.S. (McGill University) 2001; Grand Falls, New Foundland, Canada** Ronald Sears Payson, B.A. (State University of New York, Buffalo) 1991; Germantown, NY** Erin Marie Perkins, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1996; Westmore Michelle L. Scott, B.A. (Holyoke College) 1997; Burlington** David E. Sweenor, B.S. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) 1999; South Burlington James Lincoln White, B.S. (University of Dayton) 1994; Mt. Vermont, OH** Anna Sergeevna Zimina, B.S. (Yaroslavl State University) 2005; Yaroslavl, Russia *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 † Pending completion of requirements 21 Return to Index Commencement 2007 College of Education and Social Services Sunday, May 20, 2007 12:30 p.m. Patrick Gymnasium, Athletic Complex Fayneese Miller, Dean Judith Aiken, Associate Dean Jacquelyn Lee Barna, Richard Johnson III, Efleda Tolentino, Jacqueline Weinstock, Marshals Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL WELCOME GRADUATING STUDENT PRESENTATION, Christine Hertz DEAN’S PRESENTATION, Fayneese Miller RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY PRESENTATION OF BACHELOR’S DIPLOMAS PRESENTATION OF POSTBACCALAUREATE’S CERTIFICATES PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE’S DIPLOMAS/CERTIFICATES RECESSIONAL Bachelor of Science in Art Education Erika L. Elkins, New Milford, CT Alana B.Grainsky, West Hartford, CT Lynn Ellen Green, Richmond Ashley Kittelsen, Ballston Lake, NY Allison Brittain Livengood, Windham, ME Jocelyn Lee Lutter, Trumansburg, NY Tara Ann McCarthy, Eastchester, NY Megan Elizabeth Pendleton, Medfield, MA Bradley A. Smith, Springfield Erin A. Sullivan, Ossining, NY Rebecca Belle Weisberg, Plainsboro, NJ Bachelor of Science in Music Education Christopher R. Comstock, St. Albans Yvette Michelle Courtemanche, Bennington, NH Bridgett Jennifer Dornik, Wilder Elizabeth Finlayson, Dummerston Chelsie Henderson, Easton, NY Meghan Llewellyn, Shelton, CT Mason David Mills, Morrill, ME Bachelor of Science in Education Elementary Education Rachel L. Aldrich, Hadley, NY Julie C. Ames, Colchester** Emily J. Austin, Dover-Foxcroft, ME Chiara Rose Bargagna, Westport, CT* Rohanna M. Barraby, Baltimore Deirdre Ann Bennett, Concord, NH Courtney Sarah Bryan, Concord, MA Allison D. Bush, West Hartford, CT Derek J. Collins, Meredith, NH Katie Culpepper, Lake Placid, NY Amanda Ruth D’Agostino, Peterborough, NH Chad Leonard Dorman, Cheshire,CT Ashley Dubuque, Grand Isle** *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 22 Emily J. Dumont, Bailey Island, ME Ashley Leigh Foell, Burlington Jennifer Melisa Gray, Duxbury Virginia Therese Green, Lincoln, MA Lindsey Erin Hagstrand, Shelburne Katrina Hardgrove, West Glover Haley Keene, Glens Falls, NY Julia C. Kelley, Lexington, MA Sarah Catherine Kelley, West Dennis, MA Katherine Maeve Kelly, Fairfield, CT Georgia Louise Kennedy, Warren** Lydia Madeline Kenney, Williston Emily M. King, Barrington, RI Kristen Lee Krenz, Edina, MN** Steven M. Lande, Medford, NJ Laura Beth Lewis, Williston** Meghan P. Loehning, Barrington, RI ** Sara Mallette, Milton** Mary Margaret Marshall, Swanton Krystal Moon, Groton, CT Molly Stark Ogden, Manchester Kalee O’Shaughnessy, Williston Jessica Pecor, Milton Megan Ann Popovitch, Rutland Melinda Ann Quillia, Essex** Stephanie Jean Rio, Glen Ellyn, IL Jessica Shani Rosini, River Vale, NJ** Jessica Lynn Schechter, Thornwood, NY Abigail A. Schunk, Acton, MA Katie Seaman, Warrensburg, NY Molly Macomber Stanton, Fair Haven Robert P. Thompson, Jr., Arlington Meghan Irish Turcot, Essex Sage Erin Unger, Westport, CT ** Meredith Vogenberger, Sea Cliff, NY Tara Patricia Weegar, Burlington Dara Meredith Zafron, Sharon Individually Designed Program Crystal Lee Gallo, Essex Junction** Rebecca Kenison, Woodstock Leigh Martin, Whately, MA** Middle Level Education Lindsay Blechman, Setauket, NY Richard Gordon, Cheshire, CT Maggie Luppino, Newton, MA Chelsea Lynn McQuade, New Albany, OH Katherine Christine Mozer, Kinnelon, NJ Physical Education Robert E. Bartlett, Essex Junction Hillary Caron, Colchester Danielle Lee Duplissa, St. Albans Matthew Richard Lewis, Bethel** Goh Qingnian, Singapore Glenn Eric Steinman, New York, NY Tabitha Rose Taylor, South Woodstock Secondary Education Amira Bakr, Marlboro, MA** Mary E. Bove, Williston Andrew Applegate Boyd, Ilion, NY James Gerald Branagan, Brattleboro Katrina Christine Brown, Fairfield Brendan Patrick Burke, Buffalo, NY James Alderic Chartrand, Berlin** William Christopher Clark, Brick, NJ Rebecca Coleman, Rawsonville Kelsey Edith Counos, St. Albans John Collins Craig, Boxford, MA Laura M. Dailey, Shaftsbury** Erin DeCapua, Essex Cliff DesMarais, Hampstead, NH Chad Disorda, Brandon** Stephanie R. Edelman, Milton Christopher B. Fletcher, Hinesburg Hana Joy Fritz, Cortlandt Manor, NY James A.R. Gregoire, Sr., Fairfield Zufan Mary Hagos, South Hero Jeff Hainsworth, Cherry Hill, NJ** James Daniel Harhen, Thetford Lisa K. Herzl, South Burlington** Rebecca L. Johnson, South Burlington Return to Index Commencement 2007 Kristen Kenney, Burlington* Hannah Kinslow, Bourne, MA* Tegan Meredith Kirk-Elkin, Rutland** Meghan E. Knowles, Northville, NY Michael Maher, South Huntington, NY* Zachary A. Maloney, Hillsdale, NJ Benyamin Meirowitz, Newton, MA Samuel M. Nelson, Milton Erin Jean O’Bryan, Fairfax Nathan Frederick Ploof, Grand Isle Patricia I. Preston, Randolph Center Morgan William Edward Coltes Rodgers, Woodbine, MD Susannah Grace Roy, West Barnet** Jeanette Sechler, Lansdale, PA Bryce C. Setta, Granby, CT Matthew K. Simpson, Old Lyme, CT Danielle Smolen, Chicago, IL Samantha Solimo, Rahway, NJ Julia McChesney Ten Eyck, Fayetteville, NY Lauren Ann Transit, Shelby Township, MI Eve Tyrrell-Berinati, Burlington Jennifer Whitten, Essex Junction Gabrielle Liza Young, Williston Bachelor of Science Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education Suzanne E. Austin, Lyndonville Anne Elizabeth Brooks, Hollis, ME Sherrol M. Farnham, East Barre Christine E. Hertz, East Burke Emily Allison Kahn, Westfield, NJ Ellen Irene Lane, Essex, MA Meaghan Kelly Lavigne, Burlington* Mara Ashley Pauker, Ambler, PA Lauren Summer Skaskiw, Bridgewater Hannah Adele Strauss, Brunswick, ME Jennifer Tighe, Bow, NH* Jenette Turshen, Croton on Hudson, NY Christopher Varela, New York, NY Ruth Vargas, Bronx, NY** Kate J. Waugh, Concord, MA** Stacy Marie Zwart, Montgomery, NY Human Development and Family Studies Kyle Frederick Brault, Milton Gretta Isabelle Brown, Breckenridge, CO Scott Conroy, Falmouth, MA ** Katie Beth DesLauriers, St. Albans Heather Elsie Leigh Demar, South Royalton Cassie Ford, Newport Jennifer Freeman, Middlebury Anna Penn Goldman, Montclair, NJ Lacey Luella Herring, Unadilla, NY Eric David LaRose, Colchester Murphy Skye MacLean, Essex* Nicolas M. Maloof, Stockbridge, MA Ashley Lindahl Mark, Birmingham, MI Hollan Sierra Oliver, Deer Isle, ME Jessica C. Paul, Natick, MA Carly Rose Pensak, Cincinnati, OH John P. Sealey, Jericho Amanda Lisa Schauwecker, Brandon Bridget Schirripa, Metuchen, NJ Social Work Elizabeth Badillo, Fairlee Emily Kay Barrett, Burlington Sara Boardman, North Hero Hannah Dubie, Winooski Michelle Lee Dunnivant, Burlington Michelle Ebert, Harrison , NY Carly Sarah Frank, Rockville, MD Christine A. Garrapy, Underhill* Kara Carolyn Haynes, Middletown Springs Margaret M. Hodder, Burlington Courtney Allison McGuire, Williston Peter Michael O’Callaghan, Sarah Lyn Poandl, Metuchen, NJ Jillian Rose Prentiss, Enfield, CT Haley Kathryn Ribb, Greenville, RI Heather Riley, Colchester J. Lynley Rohrer, Placerville, CO Kyle L. Scott, Putney** Sonja Scranton, Braintree, MA Amanda Lee Siegal, Hebron, CT Anna Lee Soloway, Washington, DC Danielle Lyn Spalding, Burlington Amy Irene Thompson, Milton Fanny Tristan, New Rochelle, NY Danielle Elise Whitney, Shelburne Fifth Year Certificate in Education Jan Marie Aquafresca, Burlington Christie Ericson, Grand Isle* Sarah Summerville, Essex Adrienne Meredith Susinno, Burlington Certificate of Advanced Study Special Education Jodi Withum, Richmond** Graduate College MASTER OF EDUCATION Curriculum and Instruction John Anthony Antonucci, Jr., B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Colchester Marie Blaise Ayer, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1996; Hinesburg Julia Anne Barnard, B.A. (Quinnipiac University) 2003; Southington, CT* Scott Evan Beckwith, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Burlington Susan Jane Biolsi, B.A. (University of Massachusetts-Boston) 1975; Brookline Rebekah Michal Blaisdell, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Colchester** Sarah Elizabeth Bolton, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2003; Weare, NH* Barbara Anne Bourne, B.A. (College of St. Joseph) 1971; M.Ed. (Castleton State College) 1981; Pittsford Joshua A. Bunker, B.S. (Plattsburgh State University) 2000; Brandon Alex Chirelstein, B.A. (Burlington College) 2005; Burlington Crystal Cloutier, B.A. (Boston College) 2002; South Burlington Gretchen Elizabeth Coleman, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2004; South Londonderry** Sally Jean Conway, B.S. (Lyndon State College) 1979; Addison Sydney Evans Copp, B.A. (Middlebury College) 2001; Concord, MA* Gerard J. Cournoyer, III, B.S. (Norwich University) 1990; Cumberland, RI* Stephen F. Crimmin, B.S. (Northeastern University) 1977; Thetford Suzette Marie Cyr, B.A. (Castleton State College) 2005; Springfield** James Lee Dam, B.A. (Amherst College) 1984; J.D. (University of Virginia Law School) 1988; Barton Katie M. Dattilio, B.A. (Merrimack College) 1999; South Burlington Hallie Davis-Penders, B.A. (Boston College) 2000; Brownsville* Betsey Dickinson, B.A. (Haverford College) 1998; Providence, RI Matthew Douglas Dransfield, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1999; Waterbury** Joni Steady Fleming, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1981; Brattleboro Caliope Flickinger, B.A. (Queens College) 1978: Shelburne* Suzanne Foley, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 1985; South Burlington Christopher Gnaedinger, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1987: Burlington* Jason P. Gorczyk, B.A. (Tulane University) 1999; Montpelier* JoAnne Juscen Gruber, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1974; Middlebury Lydia Horsford Hibbard, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1971; J.D. (Southwestern University) 1977; B.Ed. (Trinity College) 1995; Ferrisburgh Michelle Drake Hudson, B.S. (Castleton State College) 1972; Middlebury Kelly Margaret Hyde, B.S. (Lyndon State College) 2002; Holland Darcie Rose Jensvold, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2000; White River Junction* Erik J. Kaarla, B.F.A. (Emerson College) 1988; M.A. (University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth) 2001; Burlington Alexander R. Kepler, B.S. (Lyndon State College) 1968; West Glover Trina Katie Colahan Kruse, B.S. (University of Maryland, College Park) 2003; Chagrin Falls, OH* Terrence Landberg, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1995; Brooklyn, NY* Eric Brian Langevin, B.S. (Saint Michael’s College) 2002; Morrisonville, NY Katherine Howell Mack, B.A. (Drew University) 2004; Baltimore, MD* John C. Marino, B.S. (University of Maine) 1979; Manchester Anita M. Mayhew, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 1999; Derby Steven Fredric Menz, B.A. (Johnson State College) 1986; B.A. (Trinity College) 1992; Fairfax Michelle A. Miles, B.S. (College of St. Joseph) 1988; Proctor Elizabeth Lennox Moeykens, B.A. (Smith College) 2005; Shoreham* Carlee Elizabeth Moldenhauer, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Cheshire* *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 † Pending completion of requirements. 23 Return to Index Commencement 2007 James A. Monahan, B.A. (Northern Arizona University) 1994; Burlington* Kimberly G. Moore, B.A. (University of Maine-Orono) 1988; Rutland Shaun Patrick Noonan, B.S. (University of Vermont) 2004; Jeffersonville Carly Elizabeth O’Brien, B.A. (Ithaca College) 2003; Shelburne* Joseph P. O’Brien, B.A. (Johnson State College) 1969; Underhill Rebecca Owens, B.A. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) 1990; Hardwick James Lawson Parr, B.A. (University of British Columbia) 2001; B.Ed. (University of British Columbia) 2003; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada** Christine G. Redman, B.A. (Johnson State College) 1999; B.S. (Johnson State College) 1999; Florence David William Rice, B.A. (Sonoma State University) 1998: Plainfield* Benjamin Scott Rosen, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2002; South Salem, NY* Steven John Salengo, B.A. (Castleton State College) 1998; West Rutland* Sarah F. Schreindorfer, B.A. (Trinity College) 1999; Saint Albans* Joseph W. Smith, B.S. (Marist College) 1995; Burlington* Robert Stone, B.S. (Westfield State College) 1996; Bellows Falls Alison Joyce Sylvester, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2000; Springfield Leah Hall Toffolon, B.A. (Reed College) 2003; Canton, NY* James R. Town, B.S. (University of Southern California) 2001; Seaville, NJ* Grady Pecchat Turner, B.A. (University of Massachusetts at Boston) 1996; Shelburne* Katherine Vincent-Roller, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2005; South Royalton Alice M. Weston, B.A. (Middlebury College) 1990; B.A. (Trinity College) 1995; Starksboro Lara Denice White, B.A. (Columbia University) 2001; Berkshire** Michael Warren White, B.A. (Concordia University) 2003; Montreal, Quebec, Canada* Benjamin W. Zimmerman, B.A. (Boston College) South Barrington, IL* Educational Leadership Cecil Frank Adu-Damoah, B.A. (Concordia University) 1998; M.Ed. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Burlington Mary Theresa Alberty, B.S. (College of Saint Joseph) 1994; Cavendish** Michelle Ann Audette, B.A. (Trinity College) 1998; Middlebury** Maria Mercedes Avila, B.A. (University of San Salvador) 2002; Argentina Susan F. Bloomer, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1986; Sudbury** Sarah Elizabeth Bolster, B.A. (Syracuse University) 1999; Shrewsbury** Kevin G. Briggs, B.A. (Johnson State College) 1992; Georgia* Barbara Ann Burrington, B.S. (Norwich University) 1985; North Hero* Gladys M. Collins, B.E. (Keene State College) 1969; Chester** Sherry Ann DeGray, B.A. (Johnson State College) 1996; Bridport** Jessica Diem, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1996; Jericho** Danielle R. Dulaney, B.S. (University of Rio Grande) 1993; Cavendish** Terri B. Edgerton, B.A. (Vermont College of Norwich University) 2001; Castleton** Sandra Jean Johnson, B.S. (Castleton State College) 1991; Middlebury** Claire Martine Kendall, B.A. (Clark University) 1987; Moretown** Cynthia Tacito Kuhns, B.A. (Anna Maria College) 1979; Monkton** Cecile Lucie Languerand, B.A. (Union Institute & University) 2004; Morrisville** Nathalie Corinna Lindgren, B.S. (Plymouth State College) 1995; Weston** Leslie Ann Mitrano, B.A. (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth) 1997; Brandon** Susan S. Morton, B.S. (Johnson State College) 1994; Bristol** Christine E. Mueller, B.A. (University of Wisconsin–Madison) 1985; Chester** Sarah Caitlin Nash, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1990; Middlebury** Thomas Eugene Obbagy, B.S. (Saint Michael’s College) 1972; Jericho Michele Pfenning-Carter, B.A. (Johnson State College) 2000; Leicester** Paula Jean Sargent, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1971; Essex Junction** Mattie-Jean Scheidt, B.A. (Appalachian University) 1993; Franconia, NH* Nancy Stefanik, B.A. (Smith College) 1983; Bellows Falls Johanna P. Vaczy, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1977; Middlebury** Kimberly P. Waterman, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1992; Weybridge** Educational Studies Sarah Strouse Curry, B.A. (Marist College) 1997; Burlington Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration Adam-Jon Aparicio, B.A. (University of California, Santa Cruz) 2005; Rancho Cucamonga, CA Jessica Belue, B.A. (University of Virginia) 2004; Florence, AL Suzanne Marie Bette, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2001; South Burlington** Raja Bhattar, B.A. (Boston University) 2005; Middletown, CT Jonathan Bove, B.S. (Rochester Institute of Technology) 2005; Mendon Akirah Bradley, B.S. (Mansfield University) 2005; Philadelphia, PA *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 24 Randy Brown, B.S. (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville) 2005; North Little Rock, AR Kristen Crepezzi, B.A. (Rutgers College) 2005; Barnegat, NJ Dara Lin Forsthoffer, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Newtown, PA Jennifer Granger, B.A. (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth) 2005; West Springfield, MA Jian Guan, B.A. (University of Hawaii-Hilo) 2005; Hilo, HI Jonathan Giles Hopkins, B.A. (Beloit College) 2001; Madison, WI Chong Sun Kim, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Torrington, CT Erin Kay Miller, B.A. (Macalester College) 2005; St. Paul, MN Garrett Naiman, B.A. (University of California-Santa Barbara) 2000; Santa Barbara, CA Jean Pak, B.A. (University of California-Davis) 2004; Fremont, CA Christopher Purcell, B.A. (Western New England College) 2005; Springfield, MA Gabriel Reif, B.S. (Brandeis University) 2004; Saranac Lake, NY Alissa B. Strong, B.A. (Rutgers University) 2004; Berlin, NJ Nathan Victoria, B.A. (Wesleyan University) 2005; Middletown, CT James Willette, B.S. (Champlain College) 2005; Burlington Interdisciplinary Anne Marie Cressey, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2001; Westbrook, ME Ingrid Elizabeth Fleisher, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2002; Newtown, PA Heidi E. B. Glynn, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1989; Colchester Thesis: The Retention of Women in the Vermont State Police: Implications for Training and Education Leo P. LaBonte, B.S. (Plymouth State College) 1994; North Adams, MA Thesis: Discovering A Passion For Teaching Through Health Education Jane Elizabeth Nevins, B.S. (Trinity College) 1996; Montpelier** Joseph G. Thibault, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Burlington Thesis: Vermont Education Policy: Historical and Contemporary Factors of Success Matthew John Trybus, B.A. (The University of Montana) 1996; Madison, NJ Thesis: Charting the Course: Reframing Disability Services in Higher Education Beth Adamson Wright, B. S. (Michigan Technological University) 1983; Essex Thesis: Mentoring by Example: Experiential Advocacy for Staff and Students in Higher Education Reading and Language Arts Regan G. Charron, B.A. (Champlain College) 2000; Shelburne Colleen K. Cozzi, B.S. (Illinois State University) 2000; Peoria, IL Katherine Loraine Crommelin, B.S. (University of Georgia) 2000; Virginia Beach, VA Jacie A. Knapp, B.S. (Champlain College) 2000; South Burlington Jennifer L. Lapointe, B.A. (University of Saint Thomas) 2001; Waterbury Cindy Summarsell Leonard, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1981; Cambridge Angela Moulton, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1997; Underhill* Karen Marie Hansen Wiltshire, B.A. (California State University) 1980; B.A. (Johnson State College) 1984; Underhill* Special Education Merfat A. Angawi, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Burlington Nicole Lynn Atherton, B.A. (Arizona State University) 2003; Hinesburg Stacie J. Avery, B.A. (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) 2001; Agawam, MA Doreen Spencer Ballard, B.A. (Vermont College of Norwich University) 2003; South Woodstock Kelly Barrino, B.A. (Vermont College) 2004; Burlington James Allen Berns, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1996; Essex Junction** Kathryn Porter Bishop, B.A. (Colby-Sawyer College) 1979; White River Junction Michelle A. Brett, B.A. (Clearwater Christian College) 2001; Barre Wilson David Brett, B.A. (Vermont College of Norwich University) 1999; Montpelier Sheri Lee Royce Boutin, B.A. (Johnson State College) 2002; Johnson** Jennifer M. Cox, B.A. (The College of St. Joseph) 1997; Middlebury Jason D. Derner, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 1987; Fairfax Brett Johns DiVenere, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2000; Essex Junction Thomas Vincent Emery, B.A. (Johnson State College) 1991; Woodstock Noah W. Everitt, B.P. (University of Miami at Ohio) 2004; Winooski Kristen Joyce Flanders, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2003; Morrisville** Stacey Lynn Isenor, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2002; Sharon Amy J. Macbeth, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2003; Fairfax Marie Ellen MacLeod, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1999; Burlington* Kristine Ann Miller, B.S. (Eastern Illinois University) 2002; St. George Hannah McReynolds Nelson, B.S. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 2000; Evanston, IL Rachael Andrea Potts, B.S. (Ithaca College) 2002; Richmond Vanessa Jean Vincent, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Burlington Return to Index Commencement 2007 MASTER OF SCIENCE Counseling Adam R. Bindrum, B.A. (State University of New York-Albany) 1998; Rochester Chani Kala Boyce, B.A. (Lewis and Clark College) 1999; Denver, CO* Meaghan Cunningham, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2000; Great Barrington, MA Dennis Delay, B.A. (State University of New York-Plattsburgh) 1996; Saratoga Springs, NY Christine R. Germano, B.S. (Boston University) 1992; New Bedford, MA Ralph B. Hunnewell, B.S. (Bridgewater State College) 2004; Montpelier Megan Marie Johnson, B.A. (Trinity College) 2000; Essex Junction Claudia Elena Larrow, B.A. (University of Connecticut) 2001; Burlington** Michael James McCarthy, B.A. (Middlebury College) 2003; Hampden, ME Allyson Willey McGuire, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1997; Essex Junction Kara O’Connell Mercer, B.A. (Middlebury College) 2003; Barre Valerie Ann Pagán, B.S. (Eastern Washington University) 2005; Nazareth, PA Kim Ferguson Patterson, B.A. (Principia College) 1982; Lincoln Andrew Taylor Root, B.A. (Western Washington University) 2001; Anacortes, WA* Andrew David Roy, B.A. (Quinnipiac University) 2005; Hyde Park Katrina Sliwka, B.A. (University of Michigan) 2000; Riverview, MI* Allison L. Stebe, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 2002; Lexington, MA Sharon E. Townsend, B.S. (Fitchburg State College) 1970; Fitchburg, MA Kimberlie Wolfgang, B.A. (George Washington University) 2001; South Burlington* MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Kristen Jean-Ann Brush, B.A. (Bates College) 2004; Woodstock, CT Amy Joy Coughlin, B.A. (Syracuse University) 2005; Plattsburgh, NY Betsy A. Ferry, B.A. (University of Delaware) 1999; Williston Jeremy David Footer, B.A. (Johnson State College) 2002; Park City, UT Lisa Gilbert, B.A. (Trinity College) 1999; Grosse Point, MI Lynn Goulding, B.S. (Springfield College) 2004; Lyndonville Danielle Lynn Howes, B.A. (Saint Michael’s College) 1995; Waitsfield Andrew Chapman Keller, B.A. (St. Lawrence University) 2003; Haverford, PA Rachel Nicole Kelley, B.A. (University of Notre Dame) 2005; Corinth Julia Friedman Kimball, B.A. (Centenary College) 2001; Burlington Jill Marie Lehman, B.A. (Goshen College) 2002; Paoli, IN Danielle C. Lindley, B.S. (Mississippi State University) 2003; Sheldon Lisa Christine Martiny, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2001; Coventry, RI Kevin K. Nielsen, B.A. (St. Olaf College) 1984; Burlington Sarah Normandin, B.A. (Marlboro College) 1999; Burlington Brenda Sue Pitmon, B.A. (Bemidji State University) 1979; South Hero Laurie B. Rapp, B.S. (Keene State College) 1980; M.Ed. (Arcadia College) 1983; Morrisville Karen Marie Reynolds, B.A. (University of Maine) 2003; Winooski Amy Lynn Richardson, B.A. (University of Vermont) 2005; Montpelier Roberta Cohen Rood, B.A. (Wheaton College) 1973; M.S. (Teacher’s College) 1977; Warren Caroline Chandler Ruess, B.A. (Wheaton College) 2003; Richmond Mary Edwards Sapienza, B.A. (Trinity College) 1982; Bristol Sarah Stopper, B.A. (Bucknell University) 2000; Watertown Kayla Beth Tatro, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Alburg Anita-Louise Thomason, B.S. (Bridgewater State College) 1998; Colchester Ellen Kent Williams, B.S. (John Brown University) 2000; Deer Isle, ME Stacey Rae Wood, B.A. (Western Washington University) 2001; Vancouver, WA DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Mark J. Aliquo, B.A. (Assumption College) 1980; M.Ed. (The University of Vermont) 1987; St. Albans** Dissertation: Predicting Regional Technical Center Enrollment in Vermont Using Binary Logistic Regression Kenneth Maver Becker, B.S. (Cornell University) 1979; M.A. (School for International Training) 1993; Montpelier Dissertation: Adult Learning By Women Agricultural Entrepreneurs: An Examination of the Processes of Connected Knowing and Communities of Practice in Collaborative Learning Gerald R. Bernard, B.S. (State University of New York-Plattsburgh) 1982; M.S. (University of Bridgeport) 1984; Pittsford Dissertation: Servant Leadership and Transformational Leadership as Predictors of Follower Trust and Satisfaction Peter M. Evans, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1977; M.Ed. (The University of Vermont) 1987; Northfield Dissertation: Searching For Indicators of Student Success: The Stories of Engagement in Learning of One High School’s Highest Achieving Students Paul Richard Foster, B.A. (York University) 1974; M.S.W. (University of Nottingham) 1981; Norwich* Dissertation: Stakeholder Perceptions of Effective School Leadership: Findings from England and United States Ellen Patricia McShane, B.A. (Montclair State University) 1968; M.A. (Ohio State University) 1972; New York, NY Dissertation: The Next Wave: First-Generation, Limited-Income Students Becoming Leaders Anne Davidson Murphy, B.S. (Cornell University) 1995; M.Ed. (Saint Michael’s College) 2002; Monterey, CA Dissertation: Toward More Inclusive Tests for Students Who Need Oral Accommodation: Investigating Item Design on a Standardized Mathematics Assessment for Grades 3-8 Kami M. Patrizio, B.S. (Cornell University) 1995; M.Ed. (Bank Street College of Education) 2004; Latham, NY Dissertation: Mentor Teacher Development in a Secondary Professional Development School Alvin Arbré Sturdivant, B.A. (North Carolina State University) 1998; M.Ed. (North Carolina State University) 2000; Polkton, NC Dissertation: On My Journey Now: An African American Search For Direction, Definition, and Destiny in the Academy Vicki A. Wells, B.S. (Castleton State College) 1986; M.Ed. (The University of Vermont) 2002; Middlebury Dissertation: Educational Support Teams: Towards More Consistent and Effective Teams Across One Supervisory Union Harriet Iris Williams, B.A. (Stony Brook University) 1992; M.A. (Stony Brook University) 1993; Queens, NY Dissertation: Capturing the Experiences of Millennial First-Generation College Students Mary M. Zeleski, B.A. (Castleton State College) 1971; M.Ed. (The University of Vermont) 1977; M.Ed. (The University of Vermont) 1978; Warren Dissertation: Resolving Disputes in Special Education Without Due Process Hearings: A Study of Three Vermont School Systems *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 25 Return to Index Commencement 2007 College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:30 p.m. The University of Vermont Conference Center at the Sheraton Domenico Grasso, Dean Robert Snapp, Marshal Kurt Oughstun, Marshal Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL The Pipes and Drums of St. Andrew’s Society of Vermont WELCOME, Darren Hitt, Professor, School of Engineering COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER, Domenico Grasso, Ph.D. Dean, UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS NAME READER, Darren Hitt RECESSIONAL RECEPTION, Emerald Ballroom, The University of Vermont Conference Center at the Sheraton BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Civil Engineering Josiah O. Bergeron, Richmond Jaron Leigh Borg, Farmington, NH Brian Michael Breslend, Springfield Marcy Elizabeth Brownell, Essex Junction Jason David Charest, Hooksett, NH Alaina Skye Dickason, South Starksboro Jesse S. Dunham-Friel, Fairfax Matthew Ellison Estabrooks, Guildhall Ryan Stuart Foster, Moretown Daniel Joseph Galasti, Wayland, MA Matthew Edward Geraci, West Simsbury, CT Ryan David Groesbeck, North Olmsted, OH† Stefan S. Hermannsson, Redwood City, CA Kathryn Mary Hewett, Dover, NH** Matthew Eric Huntington, South Glens Falls, NY Anthony Carlo Maida Isgro, Waterville, ME** Daniel Abraham Koch, Vero Beach, FL Schuyler Jon Lamphere, Jeffersonville† Martin Stephen Lee, Wycoff, NJ Scott Joseph Lozier, Bayport, NY Nicole Kyle Mason, Hebron, CT William Anthony Miller, Lee, NH Katelyn Renee Nichols, Milton John T. Porter, Westminster† John P. Riley, Jr., Somerset, MA* Robert Steven Rivard, Harwinton, CT** Nathan J. Shaffer, Hudson Falls, NY Laura Jill Stone, Chestnut Hill, MA Nicholas Vaughn Williams, York, PA Joshua Joseph Zall, Natick, MA Environmental Engineering Keirnyn S. Ross, Potsdam, NY *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 † Pending completion of requirements. 26 Electrical Engineering Edmir Becirovic, South Burlington† John Thomas Evans, Stowe Ossama Mohammad Faour, Burlington Jarett Evan Fernez, Cromwell, CT* Orin Campbell Flint, Braintree Scott T. Fusare, Burlington Scott Frank Hill, Duxbury Dennis Thomas Kennedy, Northfield David James Klebanoff, Port Jefferson, NY Mirza Korajkic, Bijeljina, Bosnia** Celly Luyinduladio, Luozi Bas-Kongo, Zaire* Joshua James Martin, South Burlington Daniel R. Miga, Buffalo, NY Christopher L. Palombini, Woodcliff Lake, NJ John C. Palombini, Woodcliff Lake, NJ Marcia F. Peters, Bronx, NY* An Khanh Pham, South Burlington Daniel Allaire Roy, Wolcott Joshua Maynard Sadd, Milton† Casey D. Shea, Pittsford* Heather Lynn Taylor, St. Johnsbury Adis Vehabovic, Burlington Joel Michael Wells, Essex Junction Brandon M. Johnson, Hartford Ezra Kahn, Brooklyn, NY** Matthew Adams Lankowski, Portland, ME Patrick Ryan Larcom, Middletown, RI Adam Jae Leonard, Smithtown, NY Martin F. Maher III, Chittenden** Gregory N. Marie, Nahant, MA Charles W. Morin I, Burlington Michael Eric Nadler, West Rutland** Desmond Y. Ndzi, Bronx, NY** Huy Khac Nguyen, Saigon, Viet Nam John Jerauld Owen, Burlington Elizabeth Cushman Pavlik, Boxborough, MA Tung Thanh Pham, Burlington Derek David Rabideau-Campbell, Burlington** Justin Erik Robbins, Richmond Scot Christopher Rose, South Burlington Michael Robert Rushia, Warner, NH Scott Jeffrey Sanson, East Bridgewater, MA Jesse K. Smith, Essex† Corinna Sue Thompson, Brownington** Jennifer Nicole Thompson, Homewood, IL** Loren O’Dell Thompson, Waterbury Tyson Joseph Toloczko, Templeton, MA Nicholas Mario Vachon, Newport* Mechanical Engineering Christopher Perry Arnold, Essex Junction† Isaac Paul Blanchard, St. Albans* James Martin Buck, Waterbury Center Ryan J. Bulger, Norfolk, MA Jason Jordan Cohen, Vineland, NJ Christopher B. Connor, East Montpelier Jeremy C. Dalen, Katonah, NY James A. Dewing III, Franklin Richard Galante, Melrose, MA Joseph E. Guigli, North Stonington, CT Thomas A. Henck, Hartland Andrew Patrick Howard, Larchmont, NY Daniel Michael Ippolito, North Salem, NY Engineering Management Justin Shane Baillargeon, Lyndonville Jordan S. Hershman, Hamden, CT Alexandra Hoover Mumaw, University Heights, OH Amy Lynn Nolin, Georgia** Amanda Catherine Stebbins, Hartford Mathematics Laurence Andrew Clarfeld, Elmsford, NY** Aleisha Marie Coons, Gansevoort, NY Adam Merritt Fox, Worcester, MA Scott Nelson Gale, Underhill Rebecca Anne Geiger, Auburn, ME Return to Index Commencement 2007 Alicia Jean Greci, West Simsbury, CT Daniel Arthur Heyde, Natick, MA Benjamin D. Johnson, North Ferrisburgh Nicholas Decatur Jones, Sharon† Scott William Kelly, Marstons Mills, MA† Scott Thomas Kessinger, Pittsburgh, PA Gregory Nahaniel Klein-Hertzel, Weston, CT** Leslie van Oordt LaHaye, Lima, Peru Thomas McLeod, Montpelier Dustin Christopher Miller, Essex Junction An Khanh Pham, South Burlington Frank P. Rossi III, Bristol, CT** John T. Stewart, Colchester Amanda Claire Thomas, St. Albans Adis Vehabovic, Burlington Ryan Michael Wakefield, Middlebury† Mathematics Majoring in Statistics Trevor Robert Brooks, Williston Timothy James Cooley, Vassalboro, ME** Yeonbi Chun, Seoul, South Korea** Jung Won Hwang, Seoul, South Korea** Frank P. Rossi III, Bristol, CT** Computer Science Avery Beach, Essex** Matthew S. Bologna, Sherborn, MA Lawford Linneans Campbell, Bronx, NY** Michael R. Jones, Williston Ian MacDowell Kavanagh, Waitsfield David M. London, Harwich, MA Christopher Scott McGinty, Weymouth, MA Thomas McLeod, Montpelier Michael Justin O’Sullivan, Saint George Jie Pan, Montpelier Lam Thanh Pham, Burlington John H. Uckele, Essex Junction Majoring in Computer Science and Information Systems Sangmo Tenzin Dhondup, Madison, WI Joshua Michael Monette, Cornish Flat, NH Michael Brian Paparatto, Glen Ridge, NJ Daniel John Perillo, Tinton Falls, NJ Graduate College MASTER OF SCIENCE Biomedical Engineering Justin Stinnett-Donnelly, B.S. (Clarkson University) 2003; Atlanta, GA* Thesis: Method and Response to Chronically Applied Dynamic Loading Materials Science Tami R. Vogel, B.S. (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) 2001; Colchester Binran Wang, B.S. (Fudan University) 2003; Xinchang, China Futsum G. Woldesus, B.S. (University of Akron) 1977; Burlington Biostatistics Cris Alan Folley, Jr., B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2003; Colchester** Phoenix Mourning-Star, B.S. (Mesa State College) 2005; Grand Junction, CO Sujit Kumar Paul, B.S. (The University of Dhaka) 2003; Raipur, Lakshmipur, Bangladesh Mathematics Mark A. Funchion, B.S. (Salem State College) 2003; Reading, MA Hy Michael Ginsberg, B.S.C. (State University of New York-Stony Brook) 1986; Putney Victoria Elizabeth Green, B.S. (University of Rochester) 2005; Rochester, NY Michael Shane Reardon, B.S. (Lyndon State College) 2003; Rockland, MA Jessica M. Scheld, B.S. (Saint Michael’s College) 2005; Merrimac, MA Thesis: Eulerian Circuits in Relation to DNA Sequencing Matthew Michael Seaton, B.S. (Rensselear Polytechnic Institute) 2004; Derby Civil and Environmental Engineering Emily Hazel Hackett, B.S. (Salisbury State University) 1999; Nashua, NH** Thesis: NAPL Behavior During Soil Heating Danica Lefever, B.S. (Cornell University) 1999; Northampton, MA* Thesis: Comparison of Streambank Retreat, Geomorphic Condition and Bank Stability Model Results in Vermaont Streams Zhiqiang Li, B.S. (Tongji University) 2003; Zhengzhou, China Thesis: Applications Using the Ordinary and Extended Kalman Filter to Characterize Groundwater Contaminant Sources Sarang S. Ranade, B.E. (Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engg Pune) 2003 Thesis: A Decision Support and New Warrants for Left Turn Lane Installation at Unsignalised Intersections Mark Conwell Smith, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1988; Williston** Thesis: Calibrating Microscopic Traffic Simulation Models - Two Case Studies: 1) A Large-Scale, County-Wide Network, and 2) A Modern Roundabout Computer Science Drew Christian DeHaas, B.A. (Messiah College) 2005; Coatesville, PA Yu He, B. Engr. (Zhejiang University) 2001; Fuzhou, Fujian China* Thesis: Frequent Pattern Mining with Wildcards Ronald Barry Magnuson, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1985; B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1990; B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2005; South Burlington Michael James Montanye, B.A. (Johns Hopkins University) 2003; Saint Albans Ekaterina Simonova, B. Eng. (Urals State Technical University) 2003; Pervouralsk, Russia Thesis: Location-Aware Key Predistribution Framework for Wide Area Wireless Sensor Networks Electrical Engineering Paul Beliveau, B.S. (Union College) 1981; Essex Junction* Benji Capsuto, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Yorktown Heights, NY* Thesis: Characterization and Impact of Radio Signal Variation For Statically Deployed Wireless Sensors Michael D. Fortney, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2000; Decatur, IL** Thesis: A Low-Cost Linear-Response Wireless Temperature Sensor for Extreme Environments David W. Knapp, Jr., B.S. (University of Maine) 2001; Colchester** Earl Philip Lawyer, Jr., B.S. (DeVry Institute of Technology) 1988; Hanover, PA Christopher D. LeBlanc, B.S. (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) 1997; Montpelier Kyle Emil Schneider, B.S. (Clarkson University) 2001; South Burlington Tao Wu, B.S. (Shandong University) 1994; Laiwu, Shandong, China* Michelle E. Young, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2000; Dennisport, MA** Mechanical Engineering Dulcie Languerand Lagies, B.S. (University of South Alabama) 2001; Morrisville Thesis: Multiscale Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of High Strength Polymeric Fibers John Philip Peach, B.S. (Dalhousie University) 1994; M.S. (University of Waterloo) 1997; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Adis Zilic‘, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2003; St. Louis, MO* Thesis: Numerical Simulations of Supersonic Flow in a Linear Aerospike Micro Nozzle Statistics Yu Hao, B.S. (University of Alberta) 2004; Zi Bo City, Shangdong Province, China Lulu Huang, B.S. (Fudan University) 1998; Rudong, Natong, Jiangsu, China** Thesis: Application of Models for Count Data with Overdispersion and Zero-Inflation Doctor of Philosophy Civil and Environmental Engineering Andrea Jean Porter, B.S. (Tufts University) 1995; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 2002; Chicago, IL Dissertation: Environmental Engineering Informatics Decision Support Systems: A Case Study on Plant-Assisted Bioremediation Design Electrical Engineering Mohamed Elfataoui, B.S. (Universite Cady Ayyad) 1995; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Burlington** Dissertation: Analytic Signals from Analytic Functions and Low-Level Image Processing James Michael Kay, B.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 1982; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 1993; Dayton, PA** Dissertation: Energy and Channel Efficient Control of Wireless Sensor Network Clusters Raphael K. Sulley, M.S. (D. Mendeleyev Russian University of Chemical Technology) 1994; M.Sc. (The City University of New York) 1999; Accra, Ghana* Dissertation: Analytical Modeling of the Temperature Dependence in the Subthreshold Regime of Double-Gate FinFETs *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 † Pending completion of requirements. 27 Return to Index Commencement 2007 The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:45 a.m. The University of Vermont Conference Center at the Sheraton Deane Wang, Acting Dean Carlton M. Newton, Associate Dean Saleem Ali, Acting Associate Dean David H. Hirth, Marshal Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL WELCOME, Professor Hirth OPENING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTION, Acting Dean Wang ADDRESS TO GRADUATES Darby Bradley, Special Assistant for Donor and Government Relations, Vermont Land Trust PRESENTATION OF BACHELOR’S DIPLOMAS PRESENTATION OF MASTER’S DIPLOMAS PRESENTATION OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DIPLOMAS RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY CONCLUDING COMMENTS, Acting DeanWang RECESSIONAL Jillian Lynn Abraham, Charlotte** Erin Rae Affronti, Esopus, NY Kevin G. Alkire, Seattle, WA Dafna Alsheh, Fair Lawn, NJ Meghan E. Bannan, Merrimack, NH Aubrey Joseph Barto, Belvidere Matthew M. Beam, Portland, ME** Mitchell David Beede, South Burlington Matthew Kennedy Berg, Avon Lake, OH David Lawrence Berg II, Sandwich, MA Patrick Charles Bird, Westminster, MA Benjamin Joseph Bonner, Guilford, CT Andrew Patrick Book, West Haven Kimberly Bouchard, Williston** James Joseph John Brady, Manalapan, NJ Kristen A. Brisee, Glastonbury, CT** Mary Roberts Brundige, Quincy, MA Thomas Lamb Bryan, Hancock, NH Meghan Gabrielle Butler, Colonial Heights, VA Kurt Timothy Carbone, Quogue, NY Andrew Brent Carter, Los Angeles, CA Matthew Steven Casabona, Putney Samantha Alice Collins, Georgetown, MA Brian P. Connelly, Wilton, CT** Caroline Fenwick Crofton, Manchester, MA Eric Paul Davis, Canton, MA Jessica Velia DeBiasio, St. Petersburg, FL Lindsey Ann DiGiorgio, Pepperell, MA Carlisle Doria, Ripton** Laura Angell Evangelista, Maplewood, NJ Erin Ashley Farrell, Jericho Jessica Veit Frank, Wilton, CT Christopher William Franske, Wauwatosa, WI Tomas Seamus Glaspy, Northridge, CA** *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 28 Marissa Ivy Harris, East Meadow, NY** Dylan Hass, New York, NY Gregory Michael Hencir, Madison, CT Benjamin Robert Janes, Haddonfield, NJ Anna Lynn Johnson, Seymour, TN Nathan G. Johnson, Weymouth, MA** Matthew Robert Jokajtys, Baldwinsville, NY Michael Morgan Jolly, Stowe Coco Joly, Hyde Park, MA Victoria Marx Jones, Silver Spring, MD Ethan Frank Joseph, Belvidere, NJ Nathan Max Kargman, Jericho Alexander Klein, Briarcliff Manor, NY** Stephanie Louise Kobler, Andover, MA** Kelly Joseph Koetsier, Woodstock Nicholas Robert Kovacs, Newburyport, MA** Joshua J. Kowalski, West Chester, PA Scott Kramer, New York, NY Christopher Scott Lang, Underhill Alyssa Ann Lazerow, Pepperell, MA Daniel D. Lee, West Chester, PA Scott T. Lehmann, Granby, CT Emily Rose Lord, St. George, ME Neale Dillon Mahoney, South Burlington Joshua Adam Malczyk, Plantsville, CT Roger Joseph Masse, Milton Irina Kaplan Mayer, Hamden, CT Daniel Paul Mills, Hinesburg Timothy J. Morse, Rowley, MA Janice Leigh Moynihan, Milford, MA Timothy Richard Nicholas, Winchester, UK Molly Anne Noonan, Ballston Spa, NY Jeffrey Palmer O’Neil, Hyannis Port, MA Michael Joseph Panza, Westfield, NJ** Jeremiah J. Paquette, Brownsville Anna Jeanne Potter, Rutland Sara Ruth Powell, Round Top, NY Johanna Lee Prader, Sandwich, MA Rhys Edward Probyn, Charlestown, MA Dana Bond Randlett, Belfast, ME* Daniel John Robertson, Haverhill, MA Natasha Kimberly Sadoff, New Albany, OH Ashley Eva St. Lawrence, Isle La Motte** Christen Mary Walden Scott, Clarksburg, MA Matthew Breed Myung-Sun Scott, Foxboro, MA Thomas Michael Scott, Gales Ferry, CT Alan J. Serrano, Essex Junction Sean Antony Sherwin, Shaftsbury* Kevin H. Smith, Shelburne** David Christopher Smutok, Wayland, MA** John Deane Southworth, Mendon** Katherine Louise Stinchcomb, Cincinnati, OH Katelyn A. Sullivan, Southboro, MA Ryan Christopher Sullivan, Washington, DC Emily Frances Swint, North Chittenden Tyler Christian Vaughn, Thomaston, GA Amy H. Velte, Londonderry Sarah J. Von Lehman, Cincinnati, OH Brian Mark Walden, Charlottesville, VA** Kayleigh Rouleau Walsh, Brattleboro Jamie Meredith Warren, New York, NY** Liron Weiss, Herzlyia, Israel** Emily May Wellington, Locust Valley, NY Ernest Timothy Wells, Sutton** Kristopher Wilkes, Avon, CT Sarah Elizabeth Wilkins, Naperville, IL Ashley Victoria Wright, Essex Return to Index Commencement 2007 Graduate College MASTER OF SCIENCE Forestry Erin Marie Copeland, B.S. (Juniata College) 1999; Mount Pleasant, PA* Thesis: The Riverine Corridor as a Mosaic of Patches: Riparian Vegetation Structure, Classification and Geomorphological Links, Lake Champlain Basin, Vermont, USA Laurel Williams, B.A. (Pomona College) 1998; Newton, MA* Thesis: Structural Complexity Enhancement in Northern Hardwoods Natural Resources Sarah Miriam Bursky, B.S. (Cornell University) 1998; Philadelphia, PA Sam Cathcart Couture, B.S. (University of California at Santa Barbara) 2001; Burlington* Thesis: The Effects of White Perch (Morone Americana) On the Plankton Community of Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain Evan P. Fitzgerald, B.S. (University of New Hampshire) 1998; Colchester Thesis: Linking Urbanization To Stream Geomorphology and Biotic Integrity in the Lake Champlain Basin, Vermont Morgan Johnston Greenwald, B.S. (The Pennsylvania State University) 2004; Colchester Thesis: Hyporheic Exchange and Biogeochemical Processing in Arctic Tundra Streams Joshua M. Halman, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2001; Ann Arbor, MI Thesis: Determining The Effects of Calcium Depletion on Red Spruce Health: A Watershed-Based Study at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Hilary S. Harp, B.A. (Franklin & Marshall College) 2001; Annapolis, MD* Thesis: Stakeholder Involvement in Computer Based Planning in St. Albans, Vermont Rebecca Estelle Stanfield McCown, B.S. (Colorado State University) 2004; Pittsburgh, PA* Thesis: Examining the Discrimination Hypothesis as an Explanation of Racial and Ethnic Minority Under-Representation in National Parks Katrin Melissa Moffroid, B.A. (Colgate University) 1999; Corvallis, OR* Thesis: Developing and Applying Ecological Indicators of Suburban Sprawl: A Case Study for Chittenden County, Vermont Christopher J. Nytch, B.A. (Oberlin College) 2000; Durham, CT Logan Oliver Baetcke Park, B.S. (Furman University) 2003; Cincinnati, OH* Thesis: Evaluating Efficacy of and Visitor Responses to Management Alternatives Designed to Limit Ecological Impacts on the Summit of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park Jeremy Stovall, B.S. (Clemson University) 2005; Knoxville, TN Thesis: Forest-Stream Interactions: Fine Scale Spatial Variability in Late-Successional Riparian Forest Structure, Light, and Periphyton in Low-Order Streams of the Adirondack Mountains, NY Brendan D. Weiner, B.A. (Connecticut College) 1998; Needham, MA Katherine Elmer Westdijk, B.A. (Smith College) 2003; Cabot Sarah M. Wheeler, B.A. (University of Colorado) 1999; Boulder, CO* Thesis: An Evaluation of the Utility of Remote Sensing for Monitoring Cyanobacteria in Lake Champlain (VT-NY-PQ) Nathan James Zalik, B.S. (Pennsylvania State University) 2001; Cambridge Springs, PA Thesis: Effects of Agricultural Management on Breeding Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus Sandwichensis) Mediated Through Food Availability Natural Resource Planning James Daniel Abbe, B.S. (University of Maryland) 1987; Bethesda, MD* Jamie Cerretti, B.A. (Boston University) 2002; Lowell, MA Thesis: Sources of Negotiation Power in Environmental Conflicts: The Case of Oil Extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon Bryan Edward Davis, B.S. (Texas A & M University) 1997; Bedias, TX Thesis: Conserving Community: Assessing the Participation and Social Networks of Outdoor Recreation Interests in Three Northern Forest Land Conservation Projects Barton Edwin Kirk, B.S. (Pennsylvania State University) 2001; Paradise, PA* Thesis: Suburban Stormwater Management: An Environmental Life-Cycle Approach Debra F. Perry, B.A. (Colgate University) 2000; Waterford, CT Thesis: Planning a Village: A Study of Growth Management in Three Vermont Towns Julie A. Roberts, B.A. (Grinnell College) 1997; Hingham, MA* Thesis: Public Input in Agency Decision Making: A Case Study of the Green Mountain National Forest Plan Revision (Where do the Twain Meet?) Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Kurt Rinehart, B.B.A. (University of Iowa) 1992; Des Moines, IA Thesis: Factors Affecting Occupancy Patterns of Eastern Newts Across Vermont Doctor of Philosophy Natural Resources Daniel Howard Baker, B.A. (Burlington College) 1989; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 1995; Starksboro Dissertation: Transdisciplinary Action Research and Ecological Development: A General Model with Case Studies in Honduras and the United States Kerri Lyn Cornell, B.A. (Hartwick College) 1997; M.S. (Villanova University) 2001; Souderton, PA Dissertation: Scale-Dependent Mechanisms of Habitat Selection and Demography for a Forest Songbird in a Heterogeneous Landscape Adam E. Duerr, B.S. (University of Arizona) 1993; M.S. (University of Arizona) 1999; Tucson, AZ Dissertation: Population Dynamics, Foraging Ecology, and Optimal Management of Double-Crested Cormorants on Lake Champlain Erica Joy Brown Gaddis, B.S. (Willamette University) 1998; M.S. (Central European University) 2000; Salt Lake City, UT** Dissertation: Landscape Modeling and Spatial Optimization of Watershed Interventions to Reduce Phosphorus Load to Surface Waters Using a Process-Oriented and Participatory Research Approach: A Case Study in the St. Albans Bay Watershed, Vermont Eric Austen Howe, B.S. (State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry) 1997; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Lake George, NY* Dissertation: A Life Cycle Approach to Modeling Sea Lamprey in the Lake Champlain Basin Daniel Nathan Laven, B.A. (University of Wisconsin, Madison) 1995; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 2003; Minneapolis, MN* Dissertation: Evaluating National Heritage Areas: Theory, Methods, and Application Noah Garb Perlut, B.S. (James Madison University) 1997; M.A. (New York University) 1999; Springfield, VA Dissertation: Effects of Hayfield Management on Grassland Songbirds: Behavioral Responses and Populations Processes Weiqi Zhou, B.S. (Beijing University) 2001; M.S. (Beijing University) 2001; Xiangxiang City, China Dissertation: Classifying and Analyzing Human-Dominated Ecosystems: Integrating High-Resolution Remote Sensing and Socioeconomic Data Certificate of Graduate Study in Ecological Economics Melissa Wright Bailey, B.A. (Bowdoin College) 2001; Providence, RI** Daniel Howard Baker, B.A. (Burlington College) 1989; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 1995; Starksboro Evan P. Fitzgerald, B.S. (University of New Hampshire) 1998; Colchester Charles Dresser Kerchner, B.A. (Lafayette College) 2000; Boston, MA* David S. Timmons, B.A. (School for International Training) 1983; Putney* Katherine Elmer Westdijk, B.A. (Smith College) 2003; Cabot *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 29 Return to Index Commencement 2007 College of Medicine Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:30 p.m. Ira Allen Chapel PRESIDING John P. Fogarty, M.D., Interim Dean William W. Pendlebury, M.D., Faculty Marshal Scot A. Millay, M.D., Class Marshal Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL HYMN WELCOME, John P. Fogarty, M.D., Interim Dean ADDRESS Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery and of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY RECOGNITION OF DEGREES, GRADUATE COLLEGE Russell P. Tracy, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS AND HONORS G. Scott Waterman, M.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs PRESENTATION OF DEGREES John P. Fogarty, M.D., Interim Dean ADMINISTRATION OF THE DECLARATION OF GENEVA RECESSIONAL Peter Sherif Assaad, B.A., Pomona College, M.P.H., Columbia University in the City of New York, Redlands, CA Raiel Dawn Barlow, B.S., University of Puget Sound, Kneeland, CA Talia Kate Ben-Jacob, A.A., State University of New York Rockland, B.S., Cornell University, M.S., Cornell University, Wesley Hills, NY Elizabeth Marie Beaton, B.A., Middlebury College, Marcy, NY Samuel Benjamin Braff, B.A., Skidmore College, Rochester, NY Maria Giovanna Carracino, B.A., Cornell University, Elmhurst, NY Sandra Cetl, B.S., University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Benjamin Peter Chan, B.S., Wheaton College, Concord, New Hampshire Jack Sui Ki Chan, B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., University of California at Los Angeles, Hong Kong/San Francisco, CA John Carruth Chapin, B.S., Bates College, South Portland, Maine Catherine Jeanhi Cho, B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Fullerton, CA Anne Cameron Coates, B.A., Princeton University, Montpelier Matthew D. Coates, B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Vermont, Montpelier†† Audrey Helen Collins, B.A., University of the Pacific, West Danville Gregory John Connolly, B.A., Middlebury College, Burlington Leah McLane Costello, B.S., Bates College, South Burlington Ryan Nicholas Crete, B.S., University of Vermont, Essex Junction Heather Marie Devlin, B.S., Union College, Cape Elizabeth, ME Rebecca Reilly Dixon, B.A., Brown University, Burlington Maria C. Dunn, B.A., Boston University, Charlton, Massachusetts Sonya Daphne Edwards, B.S., College of William and Mary, Falmouth, ME Rebekah D. Eslin, B.A., University of Maine, Bangor, Maine David Edward Fishbaugher, B.A., University of Vermont, Preston, MN Heather Eileen Fremgen, B.A., Middlebury College, Clifton Park, NY Mika Fujiwara, B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Tarzana, CA Jennifer Elizabeth Gillis, B.A., Colgate University, Ballston Lake, NY Lisa Marie Glass, B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, Williston Olga P. Goldobine, B.S., City University of New York Brooklyn College, Soligorsk, Belarus David Michael Gordon, B.A., Dartmouth College, M.P.H., Boston University, Lafayette, CA Karla Marguerite Greco, B.A., Mount Holyoke College, M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University, Topsfield, MA *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 ††University of Vermont M.D.-Ph.D. Program 30 Thomas LeRoy Harris, A.S., Dixie College, Sandy, UT Jennifer A. Hartley, B.A., Princeton University, M.A., Brown University, Ph.D., Brown University, Bowerbank, ME Mia F. Hockett, A.B., Dartmouth College, M.P.H., Dartmouth Medical School, Burlington Mark Armin Hoeft, B.S., University of Vermont, Stowe Julia Christina Davis Hoover, B.A., Wellesley College, Ed.M., Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Framingham, MA Nadezhda V. Horchner, B.S., City University of New York Brooklyn College, Saint Petersburg, Russia Joe Chin-Sun Huang, B.S., University of California at Los Angeles, Fremont, CA Benjamin Walter Huerth, B.S., University of Maine, Lino Lakes, MN Kelly Thi Huynh, B.S., University of California at Los Angeles; B.A., University of California at Los Angeles; M.S., Georgetown University, Anaheim, CA Arooj Hyat, B.A., Clark University; M.A., Clark University, Wah, Pakistan Gabrielle Andrea Jacquet, B.A., Middlebury College, Boston, MA Stephanie Lewis Joy, B.A., Boston University, Milford, NH Sahir Kalim, B.A., Carleton College of Medicine, Burlington Kevin Robert Keet, B.A., University of California San Diego, Santa Cruz, CA Kurt Hammond Kelley, B.A., Colby College, East Winthrop, ME Suezie Kim, B.S., University of California Riverside, Irvine, CA Lara Elizabeth Hilton Kingston, B.A., Brown University, Middleborough, MA Monica Kwan, B.A., University of California Berkeley, San Francisco, CA Katie DeOreo Lackritz, B.A., Carleton College, Bethesda, MD Uyen Phuong Le, B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Boston University, Boston, MA Brett James Lewellyn, B.S., Florida State University, Pensacola, FL Alexander Stephen Lo, B.A., New York University, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, NY Brad Robert MacKinnon, B.A., Grove City College; M.S., University of Dayton; M.A., Wright State University; M.B.A., Harvard University; B.S., University of Southern Maine, Colchester Anjali Mahoney, B.S., University of California Los Angeles, M.P.H., Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Manhattan Beach, CA Return to Index Commencement 2007 Cristine Joy Maloney, B.A., College of the Holy Cross, Bristol/Randolph Meghan Ann McInerney, B.S., University of Vermont, Colorado Springs, CO Sarah Jane McPartland, B.S., Northeastern University, M.S., Dartmouth College, North Reading, MA Scot Andrew Millay, B.S., University of Vermont, Bowdoinham, ME Chad Thomas Mitchell, B.S., United States Military Academy, Richmond Runna Fayez Moussa-Pervane, B.A., University of Chicago; M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University, Lexington, MA Meredith Elizabeth Mowitz, B.S., San Diego State University, Port Orange, FL Jeff William Newsom, B.S., University of New Hampshire, Emmaus, PA Minh Quang Nguyen, B.S., University of California Los Angeles, Signal Hill, CA Nathan Guthrie Orgain, B.A., University of Vermont, South Strafford Joshua Redford Parker, B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Charmaine Kamini Patel, B.S., University of Maine, Wellington, New Zealand Payal Dilip Patel, B.A., Rutgers University, Fair Lawn, NJ Ryan Douglas Paterson, B.S., Denison University, Centennial, CO Stephen Huynh-Hai Phan, B.S., University of California Irvine, Fountain Valley, CA Adam Jordan Polifka, B.A., Colgate University, Manchester Sara Margaret Pope, B.S., Northern Arizona University, Auburn, CA Ramin Alexander Raven, B.S., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, PharmD, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Northfield Renée Camilla Rickard, B.S., Yale University; M.S., University of Hartford, Kingston, Jamaica/Milford, CT Keith Johnson Robinson, B.S., Saint Michael’s College, Essex Junction Rosiane Alfinito Roeder, B.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, M.P.H., University of Michigan, Sao Paulo, Brazil Eric Daniel Rosenthal, B.A., Colby College, Essex James Knowles Rustad, B.S., University of Florida, South Burlington Erin Fisher Ryan, B.S., University of Portland, Redding, CA Justin John Sanders, B.A., Haverford College, Park City, UT; recipient, J. William Fulbright Grant, United Kingdom, 2007-2008 Matthew Schreiber, B.A., San Diego State University, Stockton, CA Amanjit Kaur Sekhon, B.S., University of California, Davis, M.S., University of California, Davis, Marysville, CA Jordan David Smith, B.S., Brigham Young University, San Jose, CA Jennifer Jean Soares, B.S., James Madison University, Dover, NH Ellen Renee Solomon, B.S., Tufts University, Burlington S.E. Specter, B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, San Francisco, CA Eric Morris Suess, B.A., Bowdoin College, San Luis Obispo, CA Christina Marie Trillis, B.S., Allegheny College, Westlake, OH Inderjeet Kaur Uppal, B.A., Santa Clara University; B.S., Santa Clara University, San Jose, CA Kathleen Rochelle Valenton, B.A., University of California Berkeley; M.A., California State University Los Angeles, Pasadena, CA Aimée Paradis Velasco, B.S. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Oakham, MA Maria Esperanza Vergara, B.S., University of California Los Angeles, Rocklin, CA Katherine Lowe Weingartner, B.S., Trinity College, Merrimacport, MA Kelly Jean Weirather, B.S., University of Iowa, Montrose, IA Jennifer Joan Williams, B.S., Saint Francis University, Randolph Sharon Yegiaian, B.S., University of Southern California, Burbank, CA Lari Calton Young, B.S., Boston University, M.S., Dartmouth College, Greensboro, NC Leslie W. Young, B.A., Creighton University, Shelburne Graduate College MASTER OF SCIENCE Cell and Molecular Biology Peter Joseph Brescia, Jr., B.S. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) 1995; Mount Vernon, NY Thesis: TBP DNA-Binding Polarity and Transcriptional Directionality: Effects of the Transcription Factors TPBF and TFIIB Stacia L. Rymarchyk, B.S. (Pennsylvania State University) 1999; LaFayette, NY Thesis: Genetic Variation in NKT Cell Number and Function Influence NKT-Cell Mediated Disease Pharmacology Jonathan Charles Markey, B.S. (Saginaw Valley State University) 2003; Saginaw, MI* Thesis: Analysis of Kv1.2-Cortactin Interactions Using Fret Based Microscopy DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Anatomy and Neurobiology Gentian Lluri, B.S. (Western Illinois University) 2001; Durres, Albania* Dissertation: The Role of TIMP-2 in Neuromuscular Junction Development and Myogenesis Matthew Joseph Maneen, B.S. (Illinois State University) 1999; M.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Voorhees, NJ** Dissertation: The Effect of Peroxynitrite on Myogenic Reactivity in Posterior Cerebral Arteries Julie Simpson, B.A. (Colby College) 1999; Colchester** Dissertation: Differential Effects of GDNF and BDNF on Axonal Branching in the Avian Iris After Chronic Blockade of Neuromuscular Transmission Biochemistry Brian E. Eckenroth, B.S. (University of Maine-Orono) 1996; Coronado, CA Dissertation: The Mechanism of High Mr Thioredoxin Reductase Investigated by Semisynthesis and Crystallography Joshua N. Farb, B.S. (Springfield College) 2000; Doylestown, PA* Dissertation: Allosteric Regulatory Dynamics of the Bacteriophage T4 UvsX Recombinase Cell and Molecular Biology Christy Ann Barlow, B.S. (Eckerd College) 2000; Chicago, IL* Dissertation: Role of Oxidant and Asbestos – Induced CREB Activation In the Pathogenesis of Lung Disease Steven R. Blumen, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1987; B.S. (The University of Vermont); M.S. (The University of Vermont) 1998; Hinesburg* Dissertation: Characterization of Silica Based Mesoporous Spheres for Use as Vehicles for Targeted Delivery of Agents in Cancer Therapy Peter F. Bove, B.S. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) 1998; Brighton, MA** Dissertation: Nitric Oxide Regulation of Airway Epithelial Cell Migration and Wound Repair: Involvement of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Sharon Marie Cawley, B.A. (Boston College) 1997; White Haven, PA Dissertation: The Intracellular Dynamics of Cyclic Guanosine 3’ 5’ Monophosphate (cGMP) in Primary Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Pharmacology Edmund C. D. Nesti, B.S. (Northeastern University) 1992; Shelburne* Dissertation: Kv Channel Regulation Via Ubiquitin Dependent Endocytosis Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Melissa L. Batonick, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1997; Mamaroneck, NY* Dissertation: Regulation of HIV-1 Assembly/Release by the Cellular Endocytic Machinery Lynne Heather Leach, B.S. (Marist College) 2001; Tolland, CT* Dissertation: Physiological Role of Pyridine-2,6-Dithiocarboxylic acid (PDTC) in Carbon Tetrachloride Degrading strains of Pseudomonas spp. Jeffrey Thomas Mital, B.S. (State University of New York-Geneseo) 1997; Windsor, NY* Dissertation: Investigating the Role of Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (TgAMA1) During Toxoplasma Gondii Invasion Sergio E. Morales, B.S. (University of Puerto Rico) 2001; Mayagqez, Puerto Rico* Dissertation: Bacterial Ecology of New England Bogs and Transcriptional Regulation of the PDT Cluster in Pseudomonas Stutzeri Strain KC *As of October, 2006 **As of February, 2007 31 Return to Index Commencement 2007 College of Nursing and Health Sciences Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:45 a.m. Ira Allen Chapel Betty Rambur, PhD, RN, Dean Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL OPENING, Louis M. Izzo, MS, Faculty Marshal GREETINGS, Betty Rambur, PhD, RN, Dean STUDENT ADDRESS, Carol Koerner, Class of 2007 PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS and RECOGNITION OF AWARDS Betty Rambur, PhD, RN, Dean NAME READER, Brian Reed, PhD, PT, Associate Dean CLOSING RECESSIONAL RECEPTION, Billings Student Center, North Lounge Bachelor of Science Athletic Training Jessica Lynne Benoit, Essex Andrea M. Jette, Swanton Chad Joseph Snow, Essex Junction Nicole Elyse Therrien, Claremont, NH Sarah Dickens Wait, Webster, NY** Zoey Whitaker, Cambridge, MA Biomedical Technology Brett Matthew Porter, Rutland Joshua Isaac Nielsen Resnikoff, Essex, CT Medical Laboratory Science Raymond Joseph Bissonnette, Winooski Julie Beth Fredette, Saratoga Springs, NY Todd Brigham Hudson, Anchorage, AK Meredith Christine Kocur, Pound Ridge, NY* Alexander L. Paci, Hilltown, PA Stell Darelle Patadji, Staten Island, NY Lisa Michelle Stratton, Essex Junction Lucky Tshering, Elmhurst, NY Nuclear Medicine Technology Prince Ampadu, Bronx, NY Chelsea Rae Bullard, Londonderry, NH Emily Grace Crook, Greenfield, NH Jesse J. Guterres, Burlington Tenzin Namdol Khang-Ghongma, Burlington Thuy Hong Le, Coral Springs, FL Melissa Elizabeth Moroso, Watertown, MA Jillian Leigh Turner, Colchester* Nursing Shannon R. Albrecht, Williston Elizabeth Christie Aldrich, Orleans Cassandra Ann Babson, Williston Alma Basic, Burlington Aimee Elizabeth Beach, Fairview Park, OH Rebecca Anne Before, Newport Hayley Kilkenny Borah, Shoreham Emily Brennan, Bakersfield *As of October 2006 **As of February 2007 32 Amanda Elizabeth Brown, Waterbury Molly Ruth Brown, Falmouth, ME Lindsay J. Bugbee, Concord, NH Anna Lee Bunnell, North Ferrisburg Courtney Davis Carney, Boxford, MA Dana Kaden Charlee, Longmeadow, MA Kyna Irene Delaney, North Haven, CT Kate Moriah Dempsey, Brookfield Heidi Christine Denton, Juneau, AK Erin Megan Devine, Manchester Center Katie Jane Farrell, Ira Jeremy E. Fitzgibbons, Cavendish Stephanie Marie Forenza, South Hero Geoffrey Blaze Frattalone, Franklin, TN Nicole Marie Fredette, Kearsarge, NH Maura Brianne Freer, Pearl River, NY Julia Lauren Fries, Hollis, NH Abbie Jean Gagner, Sheldon Sarah D. Gambee, Kinderhook, NY Julia Alice Gannon, Needham, MA Erica Lee Gawrys, Essex Junction Ellen A. Hansen, Burlington Sarah Elizabeth Harwood, Ithaca, NY Ashley Lyman Howard, Fair Haven Stepheni L. Hunt, Fair Haven Dmitry A. Isaev, Essex Junction Eileen Frances Javed, Essex Junction Abigail Vergene King, Duxbury Michael Douglas King, Stowe Carol Koerner, Charlotte Elaine A. Lambrinos, Clifton Park, NY Maureen E. Leible, Richmond Antonina E. Marsie, Griswold, CT Adrian Lawrence Dubuque Matte, Winooski Alice Mills, Colchester Abbie Montgomery, Lyndonville Abrie Ellen Mozeika, Shelburne Catherine Baldwin Neill, Wayland, MA Michelle Delia Norse, Colchester Jessica Henrietta Oppong-Asumadu, Yonkers, NY Tenzin Palzom, Burlington Jenna Rose Panetti, Canton, NY Andrea M. Papa, York, PA Sara Lauren Pasciolla, Yorktown Heights, NY Stacey Lee Poro, Pittsford Leah Mariette Porter, Brattleboro Karen A. Quill, Westfield, MA Trisha Leigh Richmond, Burlington Amy Elyse Safier, Youngstown, OH Caitlin Elizabeth Shields, Winooski Martin Stephen Silverstrim, Essex Whitney Elizabeth Smith, Westport, CT Emily W. Sullivan, North Adams, MA Manasseh Kathleen Tourigny, Chester Susan Triplett, Burlington** Allison Marie Viens, Winooski Courtney C. Walsh, Essex Junction Trista Brittany Wehner, Dummerston Emily Jean Willey, Springfield Kellie Woods, Danville Mary Brock-Wrigley Keener, Northfield Margaret Blair Wylie, Londonderry Radiation Therapy Jonathan M. Barnes, Holliston, MA Erin Mary Comar, Bennington Maria Ann Frontera, Warren, PA Matthew Martin Hill, Fairfield Erin Martina King, Peterborough, NH Alissa McClellan, Franklin, MA Joshua D. Sharpe, Fayston Post-Bachelor of Science Certificate Medical Laboratory Science Denise Elaine Bradley, Billerica, MA Jonathan L. Davis, Richmond Ashley A. Heintz, Colchester Harmeet Sachdeva, Shelburne Post-Masters Certificate Nursing Wendy L. Berman, Wheelock Carey J. Brodzinski, West Danville Maria J. Cabri, Strafford Gabrielle H. Mikula, Jericho Jean Pamela Morgan, Cornwall Louise Moon Rosales, Jericho Sandra G. Wood, Richmond Return to Index Commencement 2007 Graduate College Master of Physical Therapy Catherine Audette, B.A. (Wesleyan University) 1985; M.A. (Antioch University) 1991; Putney Brett Christoffers, B.A. (University of Colorado) 1997; Chester Andrew J. DelSignore, B.S. (Nazareth College) 2001; M.B.A. (College of St. Rose) 2003; Queensbury, NY Gordon Gatewood, B.A. (Colgate University) 1997; Marshfield Jessica McHugo Goodine, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; East Montpelier Jennifer Wood Hemond, B.S. (Lyndon State College) 2005; Kirby Craig R. Luce, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 1998; Underhill Melissa Bay McCullough, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; Bethel Casandra McDonald, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2001; East Burke Jonathan D. Moncton, B.S., B.M. (Northwestern University) 2002; Newton, MA Jillian Carroll O’Brien, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Shelburne Matthew Odachowski, B.S. (Villanova University) 2000; Shelburne Liza M. Rogers, B.S. (Castleton State College) 2001; Solon, ME Joseph L. Rutherford, B.S. (Saint Michael’s College) 2000; Milton Lee Samuel Stanton, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Fair Haven Melissa Jane Steuwe, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2005; Bellows Falls MASTER OF SCIENCE Nursing Catherine Ann Bernard, B.S.N. (Boston University) 1984; Springfield** Rebecca Blodgett Brush, B.S. (Norwich University) 1998; Fairfax* Rachel Amanda Raabe Destito, B.S. (Cornell University) 1992; B.S.N. (University of Vermont) 2004; Charlotte Hella S. Douglas, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1989; South Burlington Thesis: Registered Nurses’ and Senior Nursing Students’ Ability to Differentiate Between the Symptoms of Delirium, Dementia, and Depression Julie Ann Jones, B.S.N. (Rhode Island College) 1997; Milton Lynn Bennett McMorrow, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 2004; West Enosburgh Sarah Boyd Spink, B.A. (The University of Vermont) 2007; South Burlington Laura Wainer, B.S. (The University of Vermont) 1994; Shelburne Colleen Frances Warren, B.S.N. (Norwich University) 1995; Hartland** Honors College Sunday, May 20, 2007 Bob Pepperman Taylor, Dean University Green University scholar Bevin Alexandra Cohen, Rockville Centre, NY, (College of Arts and Sciences) * As of October 2006 ** As of February 2007 33 Return to Index Commencement 2007 University Awards of the Year to Seniors and Graduate Students UNIVERSITY AWARDS THE F.T. KIDDER MEDAL, established in memory of Dr. F.T. Kidder, 1880, a trustee of the university, to be awarded to the senior man ranking first in character, leadership and scholarship: 2007: To be announced 2006: Colin M. Robinson THE MARY JEAN SIMPSON AWARD presented to the senior woman who best exemplifies the qualities of leadership, academic competence and character that Mary Jean Simpson strove to set before the women at the university during her tenure as Dean of Women: 2007: To be announced 2006: Natalia Fajardo THE CLASS OF 1967 AWARD presented to the senior who best exhibits leadership, academic competence and character, and who has earned the respect of faculty and fellow students: 2007: To be announced 2006: Sarah M. Poirier THE KEITH M. MISER LEADERSHIP AWARD established in 1989 and presented in recognition of outstanding service to the University of Vermont: 2007: To be announced 2006: David Santucci THE ELMER NICHOLSON ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE recognizes the greatness of the student’s UVM experience, and based on this greatness of experience, there is an expectation that the student will make a major contribution in their field of interest: 2007: To be announced 2006: Katherine Kasarjian AWARDS TO ATHLETES THE J. EDWARD DONNELLY AWARD established in 1992 and awarded annually to a senior female and male athlete whose athletic performance during their tenure at the university has distinguished them as one of the University of Vermont’s most outstanding athletes: Bryan Rembisz (baseball) Brittney Cross (women’s basketball) THE HENRY SEAMANS TROPHY awarded annually to a senior female and male athlete who have earned the respect and regard of fellow students for leadership, loyalty and service to the university and for active participation in athletics: Martin Klimes (men’s basketball) Nikki Desch (field hockey) THE RUSSELL O. SUNDERLAND MEMORIAL TROPHY awarded annually to a senior female and male athlete who, throughout their college days, have best exemplified the qualities of character, leadership and persistence in overcoming obstacles: Chris Holm (men’s basketball) Cassandra VanLeeuwen (women’s soccer) THE WASSON ATHLETIC PRIZE awarded annually to a senior female and male athlete who have maintained the highest standards of academic scholarship and athletic attainment: Corey Bronner (men’s soccer) Emilia DeMarchis (Nordic skiing) THE JEFF STONE AWARD is presented to the male and female student-athlete in any class who, throughout their involvement in campus leadership and/or community service activities, has represented the highest ideals of educational sport and has had a significant and lasting impact upon the UVM Community: Art Femenella (men’s hockey) Lindsey Carfagna (women’s track and field) COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES FOUNDATIONS: FIRST YEAR SEMINAR TEACHING ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR AWARD presented annually to recognize the student who most clearly demonstrates those special characteristics that are exemplary of the role of Foundations: First-Year Teaching Assistant: Daniel J. Kirk DISTINGUISHED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH Joy-El R. Barbour, Mechanism of Action of a Protein that Functions in both DNA and MRNA Metabolism John G. Cummings, Phosphorous Removal from Dairy Effluent Using Iron Melter and EAF Steel Slags Jeffrey E. Doane, Corporate Philanthropy, Asset Building and Community Development: General Giving Programs in the US and in Vermont James B. Hemphill, Fluorescent Characterization of a Protonated Wobble-Like GC+ Base Pair in RNA Using Pyrrolo-Cytosine Amanda C. Kissell, Short-Interval Unilateral Frequent Milking During Early Lactation of Dairy Cows Results in Acute & Persistent Increases in Milk Yield Lynn P. Little, A Comparison of Methods for Diet Quantification in Nestling Bobolinks (Dolichonyx Oryzivorus) Nicole L. Podnecky, Validation of the Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Assay for Bordetella Pertussis Christopher R. Rivard, Development and Evaluation of an Advanced Nutrition Virtual Learning Environment Emma R. Rogers, Investigating the Life Cycle and Natural Enemies of Lecanium Scale (Parthenolecanium Corni) on Host Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum) in Vermont DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE GEORGE H. WALKER AWARD presented annually by faculty vote to members of the graduating class of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences who have majored in animal science, who exhibit conspicuous merit in the studies pertaining to dairy science, and especially in those courses relating to the production and/or processing of market milk, and who furthermore exhibit high and noble traits of leadership and character: Courtney L. Preseault DONALD J. BALCH AWARD presented annually to that student making the greatest contribution to the equine or companion animal activities of the Department of Animal Science: Laura E. Lickel Joshua P. Robshaw AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AWARD presented annually to sophomores, juniors, and seniors whose academic record, scholastic efforts and character warrant recognition as the future leaders in the field of animal science. Graduating seniors named to the society are: Michael A. Caruso Cara R. Edelstein Amanda C. Kissell Lynn P. Little Katherine Woodman-Hardy BRETT KLEIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP presented to the CREAM Student Herd Advisors for fall 2006 and spring 2007 with a big thanks for their time and effort! The award is presented for their dedication, responsible leadership, and friendly attitude that Brett exemplified as a 1990 CREAMer as well as for their excellence in teaching and advising the 2006-07 CREAMers and in passing on the CREAM tradition: Fall 2006: Amanda C. Kissell, Courtney L. Preseault Spring 2007: Krista M. Costa, Catherine R. Oliver 34 Return to Index Commencement 2007 ELMER TOWNE AWARD presented annually by the Vermont Dairy Industry Association to that student whose work in the field of Dairy Science shows the greatest promise for providing the quality leadership exemplified by Elmer E. Towne in his life of service to the Dairy Industry: Amanda C. Kissell ANIMAL SCIENCES FACULTY AWARD in recognition of scholastic performance, outstanding achievements in undergraduate research, and service to the Department of Animal Science: Julia M. Gloviczki Lynn P. Little TRIONA WILDER MARNO-FERREE MEMORIAL AWARD presented to the student or students who possess a genuine love of horses and display the energy and enthusiasm shown by Triona for UVM Horse Barn activities: Hillary B. Foster BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE PROGRAM SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD presented to students who have earned the highest scholastic average in their respective classes starting in the second year: Lauren E. Hahl DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLIED ECONOMICS The following awards are presented to the graduating senior(s) with the highest scholastic grade point average in recognition of their continuous academic excellence and outstanding professional potential: COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP Kathleen M. Ruscio COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Megan L. Johnston Alison J. Murphy PUBLIC COMMUNICATION Meg F. Nelson SCHOLASTIC RECOGNITION of the top ten percent of seniors with a major in Community Development and Applied Economics based on cumulative grade point average: Lindsay P. Bryan Megan L. Johnston Alison J. Murphy Sara B. Weintraub ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES presented by the program faculty to the graduating seniors who have demonstrated academic excellence, environmental leadership, campus and community activism and service: Erin A. McKeon DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS WARREN R. STEINBRING OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MICROBIOLOGY AWARD in recognition of academic excellence and professional growth: Nicole L. Podnecky LUCILLE P. MARKEY OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MOLECULAR GENETICS AWARD in recognition of academic excellence and professional growth: Joy-El Renee Barbour DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE FACULTY AWARD presented annually by the department faculty to the graduating senior with the highest scholastic grade point average, in recognition of their continuous academic excellence and outstanding professional potential: Leigh J. Cartwright CORNELIA WHEELER IRISH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP presented annually in the fall semester to a student majoring in dietetics or nutritional sciences whose continuous academic excellence, financial need, and demonstrated potential for success in a career in human nutrition has distinguished her or him from their peers: Sarah B. Ardanuy Leigh J. Cartwright AGNES T. POWELL AWARD presented annually to graduating seniors majoring in dietetics who have demonstrated qualities indicating outstanding professional promise and potential: Haley M. Dienst Courtney A. Scott BLAIR WILLIAMS AWARD presented to the graduating senior who best exemplifies the qualities of Professor Williams’ excellence in the areas of human nutrition and foods, and her deep concern for people: Vanessa L. Goodman Emily L. Kline OUTSTANDING DIETETICS STUDENT AWARD presented by the American Dietetics Association. Its purpose is to recognize the emerging leadership and achievement of students in Association-accredited dietetics education programs and encourage their participation in The American Dietetics Association. Leadership and professional potential are assessed through honors, student dietetic association activities, and community service activities: Marissa M. Stanley REUBEN AND ROSE MATTUS SCHOLARSHIP, given in the name of Reuben and Rose Mattus, founders of the Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Company, is presented to the Nutrition and Food Sciences major who demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for the study of food science, either in new product development or the improvement of existing products: Adrienne M. DiCerbo NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES RESEARCH AWARD presented to the graduating senior(s) who has excelled in undergraduate research while maintaining high academic standards and has demonstrated outstanding potential for a career in either basic or applied research in Nutrition and Food Sciences: Leslie L. Bilodeau Christopher R. Rivard DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY LEWIS RALPH JONES AWARD given to a student in recognition of academic excellence in the Plant Sciences. This decision is divided among the departments of Soil Science, Forestry, and Plant Biology: David L. Steakley DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE AGRONOMY, SOILS AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SENIOR RECOGNITION AWARD presented by the Department of Plant and Soil Science to an outstanding student with an interest in agronomy, soils, or sustainable agriculture: Benjamin O. Brown Angela L. Hobson AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURE SCIENCE OUTSTANDING HORTICULTURE STUDENT AWARD recognizes an exceptional undergraduate horticulture student. The award is based on academic achievement, leadership ability, participation in campus activities and service to their department: Robert W. Ard JAMES E. LUDLOW ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND established in memory of James Ludlow, Class of 1987, to provide scholarship awards to deserving students with preference given to those studying horticulture: Ashley M. Carter SEYMOUR HORTICULTURAL PRIZE presented to a student who has conducted original horticultural research: James M. Battin 35 Return to Index Commencement 2007 VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL HORTICULTURISTS AWARD presented to an outstanding student planning to pursue a career in ornamental horticulture: Cole R. Downing VERMONT VEGETABLE AND BERRY GROWERS AWARD presented to a student in Plant and Soil Science who has demonstrated excellence in studies in the field of small fruit and vegetable science: Kristen L. Gallagher ALPHA ZETA MEMBERS in the GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER Deanna M. Alber Erin A. McKeon Michael A. Caruso Nathaniel T.B. Moore Adrienne M. DiCerbo Suzanne L. Pellegrini Vanessa L. Goodman Nicole L. Podnecky Brad A. Gottlieb Jessica N. Reiss Angela L. Hobson Emma E. Rogers Daniel J. Kirk Caitlyn L. Sanderson Abigail B. Krause Courtney A. Scott Lacey M. LaBonte Julie K. Smith Lynn P. Little Sarah A. Wilkinson Katherine A. Lord Katherine Woodman-Hardy Brittany M. Marble COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HANNAH HOWARD PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES To be announced at Commencement JOHN DEWEY HONORS PROGRAM Helaine Alon Elias Altman Claire Ankuda Annie Arnold Kelsey Ballard Benjamin Beck Allyson Black-Foley Nicholas Bond Courtenay Brines Drew Bucy Lindsey Carfagna Chantal Champaloux Bevin Cohen Margaret Contompasis Amanda Daly Emilia DeMarchis Cassidy DeMos Kaitlyn Dillon Braden Duemmler Daniel Flynn Virginia Foster Elizabeth Glatfelter Sean Haggerty Mark Hekemian Lindsay Herbert Carla Holden Alexandra Hopwood Mary Howland Riley Kilmer Lily Landes Renee Lariviere Ashley Laughney Amber Leenstra Coleen McCann William McHale James Pasch Katerina Pozzi Sadie Richards Eric Rowe Amanda Sanfilippo Lillian Smith James Stevens Matthew Tavares Rachel Thomas Susan Varga Sarah Visinski Lindsey Walker Gretchen Williams COLLEGE HONORS Helaine Tsiona Alon, Hispanic Dairy Workers in Vermont: Health Needs and Access to Care Elias Furness Altman, Title and Text: Endonymy as Matrix of Meaning Claire Kathryn Ankuda, School and Film in Contemporary India: From Oppression Toward Empowerment Annie Elizabeth Arnold, Barriers to International HIV/AIDS Prevention; How Funding Limits the Capabilities of AIDS Non-Profit Organizations Kelsey Ballard, Voluntary Simplicity: An Examination of the Motivations and Practices Involved in Adopting a Simplified Lifestyle Caitlin Ann Bayer, An Equal But Opposite Reaction: Absurdism, Experimentalism, and the Origins of 20th Century Protest Theatre Benjamin Shearer Beck, Wordsworth’s “Natural Religion:” Theodicy after Milton 36 Allyson Danielle Black-Foley, Imposed Adjustment: A Case Study of the Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Rural Women Farmers in Eastern Uganda from 1975-Present Nicholas Padgett Bond, A Physical Theory of Personal Identity Courtenay Michaela Brines, Parenting Behaviors of Depressed Parents: The Role of Parental Anxiety Drew Elaine Bucy, Virginia Woolf, Sigmund Freud, and the Modern, PostGreat War Consciousness Lindsey Blair Carfagna, More Than a Game: Resisting Hegemonic Control in Intercollegiate Athletic Culture through Diffusion of Innovation Chantal Elizabeth Champaloux, The Impact of Negative Campaign Ads on Young Voters: An Empirical Study Bevin Alexandra Cohen, Differences in Smoking Attitudes and Behavior Between 18-24 Year Olds and Adults 25 Years and Older Charles Collins, The Theban Sacred Band: A Symbol of Fourth Century Greece Michael Patrick Cone, Cuban Environmental Policy Margaret Ann Contompasis, The Emergence of the Scenic Designer in Renaissance Venice and His Place in the Artistic Community Elena Marie Cordova, Signaling Power through Portraiture: Agnolo Bronzino’s Portraits of the Duchess of Florence, Elenora de’ Toledo Alexander Cruz, A Study in the Philosophy of Love Amanda Beth Daly, Comparison of Growth Rates Among Pogonomyrmex Rugosus, Pogonomyrmex Barbatus and Four Hydridogenetic Lineages Emilia Hansson DeMarchis, Liberal Democracy: A Case Study of Italy’s Response to Asylum Seekers Cassidy S. DeMos, Role of Exercise in the Reduction of Anxiety Related to Opiate Withdrawal Kaitlyn Hayes Dillon, The Double Mirror: Exploring Literature through Levinas and Levinas through Literature Braden Ryan Duemmler, “Reflection” An Original Screenplay by Braden Duemmler Elizabeth Kathryn Ehrlich, Criminal Traffic: Sex, Race, and the American Regulation of Morality in International Legislation in the Twentieth Century Jennifer Hillary Fabiano, Bridging the Gap: Forming Connections Between Human Rights Activists and Animal Rights Activists in the Meatpacking Industry Daniel William Flynn, Dancing with the Devil: A Look at the Problem of Evil Evan Brushett Forward, Laying the Right Bricks: An Examination of the Influence of the Process Structure on Cognitive Equilibrium in a Multi-Party Conflict Virginia Jean Foster, Fortune-telling Customs and Superstitions in Contemporary Czech Culture Elizabeth Anne Glatfelter, Cultural and Structural Changes: Understanding Assistance Programs for African Refugees Sean Buckminster Haggerty, Telomerase-Inhibiting Anticancer Drugs F Mark Steven Hekemian, What if Clothing Produced Under Fair Working Conditions were Sold in Stores? Lindsay Brooke Herbert, Regulation of Intracellular Chloride in Olfactory Sensory Neurons by the Specific Neurotransmitters; Dopamine and Serotonin Carla Marie Holden, “She Shall Prick Herself with a Spindle and Fall Down Dead!” Sleeping Beauty: The Fairy Tale and its Variations Alexandra Elisabeth Hopwood, Alternative Travel and the Impact of Information Technology Mary Coleman Howland, Reflecting on Vietnam: a Poetic Exploration through Experience, Memory, and Post-Colonial History Aya Watson Inoue, Exploring the Relationship Between Relational Aggression and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Female Juvenile Delinquent Population Benjamin L. Kilinski, Young Adult Transitions from Vermont Foster Care Riley Ian Kilmer, Philosophical Foundations of Forced Freedom and Paternalism Lily Greenwell Landes, The Role of Humanism and Naturalism in the Photographic Portrait Renee Lynn Lariviere, Leadership and the Chechen Conflict Ashley Marie Laughney, Macroscopic and Molecular Studies of Charge Transport in DNA: Direct Conductivity Measurements on Bundle DNA and Spectroscopic Details on the Coupling of DNA Molecular Vibrations with Radical Holes Samuel Eben Lavallee, A Critique of Democracy as a Means of Providing Individual Freedom and Equality Abroad Amber Dailise Leenstra, Synthesis of a Macrocyle for Evaluation as a Telomerase Inhibitor Coleen May McCann, Exposed and Enlightened Return to Index Commencement 2007 William Quinn McHale, Changes to Local Banking Market Structure and the Impact on the Distribution of CRA Small Business Loans Libby Frances Meehan, Fashion Over the Twentieth Century: A Reflection and Rejection of Ideal Female Beauty Heather Ann Mitchell, Incremental Validity of Coping-Oriented Marijuana Use Motives in the Prediction of Affect-Based Psychological Vulnerability Kyle John Palmer, Differential Aggressive Behavior in Closely Related Harvester Ant Species Haddon Jacob Pantel, The role of PKA in Chemoresponse to Glutamate in Paramecium James Maxwell Pasch, Class Interests and the Vote Katerina Carolina Pozzi, Madeleine and the Magic Jams Alysa Nicole Procida, The Character of the Virgin Mary in the N-Town Mary Plays Emily Shuford Rak, Mothering by Mail: The Lives and Stories of Women Mothering from Prison Sadie Christina Richards, NGO Accountability: A Case Study from Ghana Eric Charles Rowe, Morality in Practical Reasoning Calsey Morgan Rowell, Aging Little Brown Bats Myotis Lucifugus by Telomere Length Amanda Carrie Sanfilippo, The Madonna Whore Complex: Tracing the Origins and Evolution of a Sexual Dichotomy into Postmodern Feminist Art Lillian Greer Smith, Ekphrasis: Capturing the Visual in Words James Patrick Stevens, EPDEx: Electrostatic Deposition for Dosage of Particulate Pollutants to Cells of the Respiratory Tract Matthew John Tavares, Contribution of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis to the Anxiety Reducing Effects of Voluntary Exercise Maggie Anne Taylor, The Panama Canal: A Case Study in the Inverse Relationship of American Foreign Policy in Latin America and Europe Emma Louise Templeton, Traumatropism Rachel Leah Thomas, Cosmopolitanism and Grief in Seneca’s Consolations Susan Bridget Varga, The Regulation of Sensory Spinal Cord Development in the Chicken Embryo Madeline Steady Veitch, Worn: Textiles and the Cultural Body Sarah Marie Visinski, Gender and Early Agricultural Societies: Questioning “Man the Farmer” Lindsey Paige Walker, La Poesia Comprometida: La Voz Naciente durante Crisis Sociopolitica Benjamin Charles Walsh, Martial Arts and Nature Gretchen Laurel Williams, The First Section of a Proposed New Stephen King Encyclopedia – Needful Things through Dolores Claiborne DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY GEORGE HENRY PERKINS AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIORS Emily S. Rak Aimee M. Rosato W. A. HAVILAND MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY Jaska M. Bradeen JAMES B. PETERSEN ARCHAEOLOGY AWARD Andrew R. Beaupré LAMBDA ALPHA the national collegiate honors society for anthropology. The University of Vermont extends membership only to students who have at least a 3.5 grade point average: Jaska M. Bradeen Kathryn M. Lynch Keith D. Bray Mary H. McDonough Sara E. Burke Emily K. Moulton Virginia J. Foster Emily S. Rak Alexandra E. Hopwood Aimee M. Rosato Courtney A. Kappes Sarah M. Visinski DEPARTMENT OF ART OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN STUDIO ART Madeline S. Veitch OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ART HISTORY Elias F. Altman Madeline S. Veitch DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY BETA BETA BETA is the national honor society for students who study biology. The society has a three-part mission: stimulation of scholarship, dissemination of scientific knowledge, and promotion of biological research. It is primarily designed for undergraduates, with the goals of recognizing students with outstanding scholarly achievement in the life sciences and actively promoting undergraduate participation in research: Pamela Bentley Jennifer Lanza Linda Chu Andrew Menke Julie Dao Robert Orr III Erica Dukette Aline Peterson Heather Fairfield Nicole Podnecky Rachel Fredette Brooke Schwartz Aaron Glenney Rachelle St. Onge Jennifer Hageman Heather Wilkins Lindsay Herbert Lindsay Willgohs LYMAN S. ROWELL AWARD IN BIOLOGY Brett D. Lamonda PAUL A. MOODY AWARD IN BIOLOGY Susan B. Varga BERND HEINRICH AWARD IN PHYSIOLOGY OR EVOLUTION Daniel C. Oppenheimer JOHN WHEELER AWARD IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY Lindsay B. Herbert Haddon J. Pantel GEORGE PERKINS MARSH AWARD IN ECOLOGY/EVOLUTION Amanda B. Daly Calsey M. Rowell T DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTS AWARD Paul J. Vallett CHARLES E. BRAUN AWARD Amber D. Leenstra DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS ETA SIGMA PHI is an honorary society for students of Latin and/or Greek. Active membership is limited to undergraduates who are enrolled in classes in Latin and/or Greek in the original languages. A student must attain a grade of not less than B and complete at least one semester or two quarters: Kaleigh Brook Allison McCarthy Katie Cohen Bronwyn Stippa Charles Collins Rachel Thomas Willow Holden Heather Tuck Brynne Martin JOHN H. KENT MEMORIAL AWARD IN CLASSICS Katie B. Cohen Carla M. Holden DR. FREDERICK ARNOLD VINTON AWARD IN LATIN AND GREEK Charles E. Collins Rachel Leah Witschi Thomas DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES MARGARET KYTE MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Robyn P. Capobianco RODNEY EVERHART AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CLINICAL PROMISE Heather E. Fjeld Shoshannah L. Kantor 37 Return to Index Commencement 2007 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP, LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL PROMISE Hilary R. Frost DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE UPSILON PI EPSILON is a national honor society for students pursuing the study of computer science: Sara Baldwin Paul Heintzelman OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Sara E. Baldwin DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTAL HONORS Christopher J. Scibilia-Carver JOHN H. CONVERSE AWARD Trevor R. Brooks FREEMAN SALTUS AWARD William Q. McHale DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENTAL HONORS Chris Allen Elias Altman Marina Asaro Mollie Barg Benjamin Beck Virginia A. Bennis Jeremy Bernozzi Hillary Birch Robert Booz Jennifer Brisby Corey Brownell Sara Burke Hannah L. Byrd Katie Cohen James Curley-Egan Kevin DeCausemacker Erin Duncan Elizabeth Dykes Swati Ganmukhi Heather Goudreau Carla Holden Mary Howland Devon Hulme Jessie E. Jones MacKenzie C. Kimball Scott Kirby Lisa Lamenzo Samuel Lauder Patrick Leach Ryan Leamy Emma Lewin Meghan Linehan Jesse Macomber Richard R. O. Mahoney Allison McCarthy Sara A. Mesavage Yolanda Montagne Jo Morris William N. Murphy Alice Neiley Alyssa Procida Stephanie Reynolds David Sachs Lily Smith Jonah Temple Rachel Thomas Anne Tör Lauren Tucker Nicole Vincent-Roller Rhian Waters Charles W. Webb Michael Wheeler Daniel Wilf Nicole Winchell Eric Wright SAMUEL N. BOGORAD AWARD Nicole Vincent-Roller MARION BERRY ALLBEE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION Elias F. Altman DOUGLAS A. PINTA AWARD Allison C. McCarthy WILLARD B. POPE AWARD Benjamin S. Beck BENJAMIN WAINWRIGHT AWARD Mary C. Howland 38 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AWARD OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR AWARD IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Allyson D. Black-Foley Keri L. Johnson ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM AWARD OUTSTANDING SENIORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Michael J. Bower Amanda B. Daly DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY GAMMA THETA UPSILON, the international honor society for students who study geography, is limited to students who have completed at least three courses in geography, have at least a 3.25 grade point average, and rank in the upper 35 percent of their class: Heather A. Abrams Rebecca M. Grover Hallie F. Benjamin Matthew R. Jokajtys David L. Berg II William Q. McHale Andrew A. Boyd Robert A. Miller Catherine A. Burke Rosetta D. Morse Rebecca Coleman Katherine C. Mozer Allen Evans Collin D. Smythe Anna Fleishman Liron Weiss The James Wilson Globe Awards go to four students who have demonstrated academic excellence and geographic leadership through community service and activism. Named after James Wilson, the Vermont farmer and blacksmith who made and sold the first terrestrial and celestial globes in North America in 1808: Northern Award: Catherine A. Burke Eastern Award: Rebecca M. Grover Western Award: Caroline J. Robertson Southern Award: Robert A. Miller OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN GEOGRAPHY Catherine A. Burke DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON, Eta Kappa chapter is the University of Vermont’s Geology Honor Society. Students in this society have proven high aptitude and ability in solving complex problems associated with earth processes past and present through success in the classroom, the field, and the lab. A student must maintain above a 3.0 GPA in Geology: Robert Booz Rachel Lomonaco Danielle Eastman Eve Lopez Alex Geller Robert Miller Tristan Hansell Lydia Smith Jessica Kuonen Sarah Strattner Claire Leonard Robert Zimmermann CHARLES G. DOLL AWARD Lydia G. Smith Robert K. Zimmermann DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN AND RUSSIAN OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN GERMAN Anna T. Olson Return to Index Commencement 2007 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY PHI ALPHA THETA, the national honor society for students who study history. Qualified students must have completed five courses in history, with at least a 3.4 grade point average: Patrick Bird Riley Kilmer Elizabeth Cameron Steven Lareau Matthew Ciocchi Andrew Nelson Benjamin Collier Shauni Pinkson-Burke Lisa Conlon Julia Risk James Connolly Brendan Robinson Elizabeth Ehrlich Mary Schliecker Alexander Friendly Maggie Taylor Isaac Grimm Margaret Triggs Tamara Jaques Brian Wendt DEPARTMENTAL HONORS Emily Halasz PAUL D. EVANS AWARD Elizabeth K. Ehrlich WARREN R. AND MILDRED AUSTIN PRIZE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Benjamin C. Krisher PHI ALPHA THETA AWARD Phillip B. Guingona DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CLAIRE M. LINTILHAC MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ASIAN STUDIES Jennifer M. Fricke Phillip B. Guingona OUTSTANDING SENIORS IN EUROPEAN STUDIES Emilia H. DeMarchis Anna T. Olson LUBOMIR DELLIN MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES Renee L. Lariviere DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS OUTSTANDING SENIORS IN MATHEMATICS Holley A. Friedlander Mark E. Harrison DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY JOHN DEWEY PHILOSOPHY PRIZE Justin D. Beneitone Eric C. Rowe DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS RONALD CHAPPELLOW AWARD Ashley M. Laughney DAVID W. JUENKER PHYSICS PRIZE Ashley M. Laughney DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTAL HONORS Jessica Banks Emily Bishop Seth Bowden Megan Helstowski Riley Kilmer Joshua Klebanoff Benjamin Krisher Kendall Lambert PI SIGMA ALPHA (Chi Nu Chapter) National Political Science Honor Society. The University of Vermont extends membership to students who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or above, are ranked in the top 20 percent of graduating seniors in political science and have completed seven or more political science courses: Henry Armitage IV Meghan Krezinski Jessica Banks Benjamin Krisher Emily Bishop Kendall Lambert Seth Bowden Nicholas Landsman-Roos Scott Brouard Renee Lariviere Chantal Champaloux Sarah Macy Diana Coconubo William McHale Benjamin Collier Steven Merritt Michael Cone Arica Nesper Emilia DeMarchis James Pasch Megan Helstowski Michael Quinlan Christine Hertz Abigail Robinson Leslie Keller Eric Rowe Riley Kilmer James Turitto Joshua Klebanoff Abby Yolda Nicolas Landsman-Roos Renee Lariviere Samuel Lavallee William McHale Steven Merritt James Pasch Patrick Tracy Abby Yolda DEPARTMENTAL PRIZE IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Abby C. Yolda ELLIOTT A. BROWN AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE Emilia H. DeMarchis DEPARTMENTAL PRIZE IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS Renee L. Lariviere DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY PSI CHI is a national honor society for students pursuing the study of psychology. Qualified students must have an overall cumulative grade point of their class, and achieve a average of 3.0, rank in the upper 35 percent grade point average of greater than 3.0 in their psychology coursework: Ann Ackers Alessandra Kostolitz Lamb Jenna Barry Allison Jennifer Bouffard Kathryn Lea Courtney Brines Kate Linnea Mahoney Chantel Champaloux Jenessa Milburn Benjamin Coleman Abigail Brandy Cookson Heather Mitchell Norris Alexander Cruz Kristen Orr III Justine Czarecki Robert Emily Davenport Michael Phillips Provencher Jonathan Day Patrick Robideau Cassidy DeMos Kristin Rosenthal Christina L. Grice Mikaela Salzman Sarah Hewat Emma Shapiro Matthew Hoffman Allison Simpson Erik Holm Jessica Lily Hughes Matthew Tavares Benjamin Kilinski Heather Twible Wells Ryan Killoy Wendy DONALD G. FORGAYS OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD Heather A. Mitchell HEINZ L. ANSBACHER AWARD Jessica C. Simpson JOHN DEWEY AWARD Kate S. Linnea GEORGE W. ALBEE AWARD Alexander Cruz Nicole E. Youngwirth 39 Return to Index Commencement 2007 DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION OUTSTANDING SENIORS IN RELIGION Richard W. Hershey, Jr. Benjamin L. Williams DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES PI DELTA PHI is the National Collegiate French Honor Society. Emily Berry Jessica Penny Jonathan Bowley Sarah Seager Sophia Corra Alyssa Simon Ashley FitzGerald Katherine Wood Rebecca Johnson GAMMA KAPPA ALPHA is the National Collegiate Italian Society. Sarah Compton Courtney O’Connor Peri Pignetti SIGMA DELTA PI is the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. Angel Antoun Alexis Langer Andrea Beheran Allison Marcoux Diana Coconubo Ben Pollack Michael Cone Connor Smith Sophie Gray Joseph Thomas Lauren Krolick OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN FRENCH Rebecca L. Johnson OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ITALIAN Peri Pignetti OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN SPANISH Connor M. Smith DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY ALPHA KAPPA DELTA is the honor society for students majoring or minoring in sociology. Students must demonstrate superior undergraduate academic standing in sociology. Seniors must have greater than a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and greater than 3.25 grade point average in sociology courses: Andrea Aeschlimann Meghan Krezinski Emily Bishop Allison Lamb Brittney Cross Shawna Montgomery Juliet Duval Mikaela Rosenthal Jennifer Fabiano Richard Smith Jeremy Gartner Justin Wagner Erin Greene Beth Walsh Timothy Kresl OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN SOCIOLOGY Elizabeth M. Isabelle JEANNETTE R. FOLTA MEMORIAL AWARD Joi E. Hart DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN THEATRE Aaron D. Robinson GEORGE B. BRYAN AWARD FOR SCHOLARSHIP Caitlin A. Bayer Margaret A. Contompasis EDWIN W. LAWRENCE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBATER Nicolas Landsman-Roos 40 WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES PROGRAM ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER OF TRIOTA (Iota Iota Iota) is a national honor society for students majoring or minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies. Students must have completed six credits in Women’s and Gender Studies courses and maintain a 3.0 grade point average: Alison Black-Foley Samantha Lazarus Hailey Broderick Sara Mesavage Piper Cassidy Courtney O’Connor Marley Cloyes Elizabeth Oliver Caitlin Diggles Liana Whiteley Meryl Klein OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES Allyson D. Black-Foley ELLEN HAMILTON AND LIDA MASON AWARD Jessica A. Butt SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BETA GAMMA SIGMA is the national honor society for students in business and management. Membership is the highest national recognition a student can receive in an undergraduate or masters program in business or management: Corey Bronner Greg Lombardi Colin Coogan Mila R. Lonetto Sean M. Dempsey Sarah Macy Leah A. Eide Scott R. McClure Joseph Farrell Guy A. Nerad Michelle Gilmour Lisa M. Patrick Erica S. Hale Taryn Ross Anna Honsinger Heather A. Schill Wesley Hyde Daniel Scott Martin Klimes Forrest Shinners Timothy Kresl Rebeckah Shippee Elisia Laramee Margen D. Soliman Eric Little Benhamin Thyng JOHN MEKKELSEN JR. MEMORIAL AWARD for excellence of achievement in the area of management: Eric Little THE MAJOR JUNIUS M. ADAIR FINANCE AWARD for excellence in the field of finance: Greg Lombardi THE MALCOLM F. SEVERANCE FINANCE AWARD for outstanding performance in the field of finance: Martin Klimes THE EDWIN C. GREIF MARKETING AWARD for achievement and promise in marketing: Benjamin Thyng THE JOHN L. BECKLEY AWARD for promise of future success in the field of marketing: James Chapman COMPETITIVE COMPUTING SENIOR AWARD for academic excellence in the field of management information systems: Taryn Ross VERMONT SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AWARD for high scholastic performance in the field of accounting: Rebekah Shippee POM EXCELLENCE AWARD for academic excellence and promise of future success in production and operations management: Daniel Scott Corey B Colin C Sean M Leah A. Joseph Michell Erica S. Anna H Wesley Martin Timoth Elisia L Eric Lit Greg Lo Mila R. Sarah M Scott R. Guy A. Lisa M. Taryn R Heathe Daniel Forrest Rebeck Margen Benham Return to Index Commencement 2007 WALL STREET JOURNAL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for academic excellence in the overall program: Scott McClure THE MBA EXCELLENCE AWARD for demonstrated excellence in overall graduate management studies and in positive leadership values: Mila Lonetto THE UNDERGRADUATE EXCELLENCE AWARD senior top award for excellence in academics, service and leadership: Greg Lombardi DEAN’S NEW LEADERS AWARD for leadership evidenced in initiative, commitment and follow through on behalf of the faculty, staff and students of the School of Business Administration of the University of Vermont: Vanessa Paulen Heather Schill COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION to students who demonstrate scholarship, teaching or professional potential, physical education activity skills, participation in and contributions to university programs and campus activities related to physical education, and contributions to professionally related community programs: Teacher Licensure: Glenn Steinman OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MUSIC EDUCATION based on excellent achievement in academics, performance, student teaching and service throughout the degree program: Bridgett Dornik THE LYMAN S. ROWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC Chelsie Henderson OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ART EDUCATION honoring students who demonstrate ability in making and knowing about art, who demonstrate through their writing a knowledge of art education, and who exhibit an outstanding ability in teaching children: Megan Pendleton THE CHRIS STEVENSON AWARD FOR COMMITMENT TO YOUNG ADOLESCENTS Katherine Mozer THE SPIRIT OF TEAMING AWARD Maggie Luppino THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AWARD Krystal Moon OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN SECONDARY EDUCATION AWARD presented by the secondary education program faculty to the individual who has demonstrated clear promise as a teacher who can teach for understanding. Recipient of the award should have demonstrated a strong academic background in the area of licensure, a commitment to work with young people in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, and the ability to design and implement instruction to meet the needs of all learners: Amira Bakr KAPPA DELTA PI, an international honor society in education, was founded to recognize excellence in education. Kappa Delta Pi elects those to membership who exhibit the ideals of scholarship, high personal standards and promise in teaching and allied professions: Katrina Brown Jocelyn Lutter Hana Fritz Katherine Mozer Virginia Green Meghan Turcot DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK SOCIAL WORK OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD for significant contributions to the quality of life of people or the community through participation in important community services: Haley Ribb SOCIAL WORK STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD for exceptional leadership among students while at the university: Amanda Siegal SOCIAL WORK HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AWARD Michelle Dunnivant MARGARET B. WHITTLESEY AWARD for outstanding academic performance and potential for significant contributions to the social work profession: Jillian Prentiss PHI ALPHA HONOR SOCIETY. University of Vermont’s Mu Eta Chapter of the national Phi Alpha Honor Society for social work students: Sara Boardman Hannah Dubie Michelle Dunnivant Kara Haynes Margaret Hodder Sonja Scranton COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Civil and Environmental Engineering THE DOUGLAS P. FAY AWARD was established in 1973 in honor of a former faculty member and is made to the student who has made the greatest contribution to civil or environmental engineering during the past year: Jesse S. Dunham-Friel EDWARDS H. PHELPS (SENIOR) PRIZE was established in 1884 by his father, the Honorable E.J. Phelps of Burlington. It is awarded to a student “who shall have exhibited conspicuous merit in professional studies, and high and noble traits of character if such can be found”: Marcy E. Brownell Alaina S. Dickason AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AWARD for meritorious work in the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers: Ryan S. Foster Electrical Engineering ATWATER-KENT (SENIOR) AWARD for excellence of judgment and understanding of the principles of electrical engineering: Christopher L. Palombini CYRIL G. VEINOTT (GRADUATE) AWARD for excellence in performance and greatest promise of success: Mohamed Elfataoui Engineering Management ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT (SENIOR) AWARD in recognition of academic excellence in the field of engineering management: Justin S. Baillargeon Mechanical Engineering EDMUND F. LITTLE (SENIOR) AWARD for meritorious work in the mechanic arts: Patrick R. Larcom 41 Return to Index Commencement 2007 OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARDS for excellence in the fields of: Biomedical Engineering: Charles W. Morin Energy Engineering: Jennifer N. Thompson AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME) AWARD for meritorious work in the student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: Ezra Kahn DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE SENIOR AWARD for excellence of judgment and understanding of the principles of computer science: Thomas McLeod DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SENIOR AWARD IN MATHEMATICS for achievement of the highest level of excellence in mathematics: Benjamin D. Johnson JOHN F. KENNEY (GRADUATE) AWARD IN MATHEMATICS for excellence in mathematics. Established by John F. Kenney, Class of 1920, in memory of his parents Mary Ryan Kenney and Patrick J. Kenney: Hy Ginsberg GRADUATE AWARD IN STATISTICS for the achievement of excellence in statistics: Yu Hao GRADUATE AWARD IN BIOSTATISTICS for the achievement of excellence in biostatistics: Sujit K. Paul HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AWARDS TAU BETA PI/JOHN O. OUTWATER PRIZE to the outgoing president of the Tau Beta Pi who, by virtue of the office, has demonstrated skill, tact and initiative: Patrick R. Larcom SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT STUDENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD for outstanding scholastic achievement and participation in University-related activities: Alaina S. Dickason THE BRETT VINCENT GORKY- DEAN’S RECOGNITION AWARD for an undergraduate student who has demonstrated extraordinary qualities of integrity and commitment to others through outstanding service to the faculty, staff and students of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences: Alaina S. Dickason MEMBERS OF HONOR SOCIETIES TAU BETA PI, National Engineering Current members: Justin S. Baillargeon Marcy E. Brownell Christopher B. Connor Alaina S. Dickason Jesse S. Dunham-Friel Matthew E. Estabrooks Ryan S. Foster Richard A. Galante Ezra Kahn Patrick R. Larcom Scott J. Lozier Initiate: Tyson J. Toloczko 42 Honor Society: Charles W. Morin Katelyn R. Nichols Christopher L. Palombini Elizabeth C. Pavlik Justin E. Robbins Scot C. Rose Kieryn S. Ross Joshua Sadd Heather L. Taylor Corinna S. Thompson CHI EPSILON, National Civil Engineering Honor Society: Jaron Borg Ryan S. Foster Marcy E. Brownell Scott J. Lozier Alaina S. Dickason Katelyn R. Nichols Jesse S. Dunham-Friel Nathan J. Shaffer Matthew E. Estabrooks Laura J. Stone MU SIGMA RHO, a national honorary society for undergraduate and graduate students studying statistics: Current Members: Trevor R. Brooks Yu Hao Cris A. Folley, Jr. Sujit K. Paul New initiate: Trevor R. Brooks UPSILON PI EPSILON, Computer Science Honor Society: Current Member: Thomas McLeod Invitees: Jie Pan Ian M. Kavanagh SIGMA XI, the scientific research society, Sigma Xi, is the global honor society of scientists and engineers that recognizes scientific achievement. Its mission is to enhance the health of the research enterprise, foster integrity in science, and promote the public’s understanding of science for the purpose of improving the human condition: Current Member: Alaina S. Dickason Invitees: Ryan S. Foster Christopher L. Palombini Nathan J. Schaffer URECA PROGRAM, administered through the dean of the Honors College and the Faculty Senate Research, Scholarship and Graduate Education Committee, is designed to stimulate undergraduate research with faculty mentoring, to incorporate research experience more fully into undergraduate education, and to provide incentives for students and faculty to engage in meaningful research collaboration: Stefan S. Hermannsson (Civil Engineering) Thesis: Civil and Environmental Engineering Applications for Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation DEAN’S STUDENT AMBASSADORS have demonstrated leadership and dedication, and are recommended by the faculty of the college. As ambassadors, they represent the college at open house and visitation days, talk with prospective students and their parents, serve on student panels, lead tours of college facilities, and this year contributed to an email campaign to prospective students. Student Ambassadors are mature, enthusiastic leaders of engineering in the 21st century: James M. Buck Thomas McLeod Christopher B. Connor Phoenix Mourning-Star Alaina S. Dickason Heather L. Taylor Patrick R. Larcom THE RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES THE HOLCOMB NATURAL RESOURCES PRIZE Benjamin Robert Janes LOLA AIKEN AWARD IN NATURAL RESOURCES Victoria Marx Jones Sarah Elizabeth Wilkins C. SUZANNE WHITMORE WRITING AWARD Roger Joseph Masse Daniel Paul Mills GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE Rebecca Stanfield McCown Return to Index Commencement 2007 GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP MS: Bryan Davis, Evan Fitzgerald PhD: Noah Perlut, Weiqi Zhou GRADUATE STUDENT OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANT Samir Doshi ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Victoria Marx Jones Emily Rose Lord Katherine Louise Stinchomb ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES THE AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Benjamin Robert Janes ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE Jessica Velia DeBiasio Sarah Elizabeth Wilkins DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY WILLIAM R. ADAMS FORESTRY AWARD Thomas Michael Scott LUTHER E. ZAI MEMORIAL AWARD Andrew Patrick Book NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Ethan Frank Joseph NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM AWARD FOR QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE Anna Lynn Johnson RECREATION MANAGEMENT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA. Students elected to this honor society, in the opinion of their classmates and the faculty, have given promise of becoming leaders in their profession: Matthew D. Coates Kevin R. Keet Audrey H. Collins Kurt H. Kelley Leah M. Costello Suezie Kim Mika Fujiwara Monica Kwan David M. Gordon Ryan D. Paterson Lisa M. Glass Justin J. Sanders Joe C. Huang Kelly J. Weirather Kelly T. Huynh Jennifer J. Williams Sahir Kalim Resident: Krishnendu Bhadra, M.D. Faculty: Masatoshi Kida, M.D. THE GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY. Students chosen for this award are recognized for their demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service: Anne C. Coates Anjali Mahoney Rebecca R. Dixon Meghan A. McInerney David M. Gordon Scot A. Millay Jennifer A. Hartley Ryan D. Paterson Sahir Kalim Keith J. Robinson Kevin R. Keet Justin J. Sanders Kurt H. Kelley Katherine Lowe Weingartner Monica Kwan THE ELLSWORTH AMIDON AWARD for outstanding proficiency in Internal Medicine: Joe C. Huang THE DAVID M. BABBOTT, M.D. “CARING AND SEEING” AWARD: Cristine J. Maloney *THE DEAN WILLIAM EUSTIS BROWN AWARD for broad cultural interests, and loyalty to the College of Medicine: Megan McInerney THE HIRAM BUTTLES AWARD for excellence in Pathology: 2003: Lisa M. Glass 2004: Sahir Kalim 2004: Kurt Kelley THE CARBEE AWARD for excellence in Obstetrics/Gynecology: Inderjeet Kaur Uppal RECREATION MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Patrick Charles Bird THE JAMES E. DEMEULES SURGICAL RESEARCH PRIZE: First place: Jennifer J. Williams Second place: Sarah J. McPartland Third place: Kelly T. Huynh RECREATION MANAGEMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Matthew Breed Myung-Sun Scott THE FAMILY MEDICINE LEADERSHIP AWARD Justin J. Sanders WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES BIOLOGY WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES BIOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Roger Joseph Masse FREDERICK CHU MEMORIAL PRIZE Roger Joseph Masse THE EDWARD E. FRIEDMAN AWARD for promise of excellence in the practice of Family Medicine: Anjali Mahoney Amanjit K. Sekhon J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT GRANT, United Kingdom, 2007-2008 Justin J. Sanders THE HOWE SENIOR STUDENT AWARD for excellence in Surgery: Sarah J. McPartland THE KERZNER FAMILY PRIZE for service to the community: Lara E.H. Kingston *THE LAMB FELLOWSHIP AWARD for best exemplifying concern and care for the total patient: Anne C. Coates THE MAINE MEDICAL CENTER SURGERY CLERKSHIP AWARD: Kevin R. Keet THE HERBERT MARTIN, SR. AWARD for excellence in Neurology: Monica Kwan 43 Return to Index Commencement 2007 THE JOHN E. MAZUZAN JR., M.D. AWARD for proficiency in Anesthesiology: Mark A. Hoeft THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY MEDICAL STUDENT PRIZE: Kelly T. Huynh THE H. GORDON PAGE AWARD for excellence in Surgery: Jennifer J. Williams THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORP AWARD: Anjali Mahoney Katherine Lowe Weingartner THE NEW ENGLAND PEDIATRIC SOCIETY PRIZE for best exemplifying those qualities one looks for in a Pediatrician: Anne C. Coates Stephanie Lewis Joy THE RADIOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for excellence in Radiology: Ryan N. Crete THE B. ALBERT RING, M.D. MEMORIAL GRANT AWARD for best exemplifying compassion, humor, humility, devotion to family and friends, and intellectual curiosity: Anne C. Coates Justin J. Sanders THE CHARLES T. SCHECHTMAN, M.D., ’26 AWARD for Clinical Excellence: First Place: Kurt H. Kelley First Place: Jennifer J. Williams Second Place: Justin J. Sanders THE DURWOOD SMITH AWARD for excellence in Pharmacology: Kurt H. Kelley THE SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AWARD for excellence in Emergency Medicine: Eric D. Rosenthal THE RALPH D. SUSSMAN/MEDICAL ALUMNI AWARD for excellence in Pediatrics: Leah M. Costello Keith J. Robinson THE WILLIAM SWEETSER AWARD for excellence in Psychiatry: S.E. Specter THE DAVID M. TORMEY AWARD for perseverance in the pursuit of medical education: Julia C. Davis Hoover THE JOSEPH B. WARSHAW SCHOLARSHIP AWARD for the best M.D.-Ph.D. research thesis of the academic year: Matthew D. Coates THE HENRY & PHYLLIS WASSERMAN PHORPLUS SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE for excellence in the Basic Sciences: First Place, 2002: Matthew D. Coates First Place, 2004: Lisa M. Glass First Place, 2005: Kurt H. Kelley Second Place, 2005: David M. Gordon THE LAURA WEED, M.D. AWARD for qualities of excellence, service, and commitment in Internal Medicine: Mia F. Hockett THE EPHRAIM WOLL AWARD for the highest average in the Pathology 301 course: Kurt H. Kelley THE LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARDS presented by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation for excellence in both compassionate patient care and scientific achievement: Student Award: Sahir Kalim Faculty Award: Steven M. Grant, M.D. * CLASS AWARDS Foundations Teacher of the Year: William E. Hopkins, M.D. Foundations Course Director of the Year: Cynthia J. Forehand, Ph.D. Outstanding Foundations Course: Neural Science Foundations Integration Award: Gerald C. Silverstein, Ph.D. The Silver Stethoscope Award: John H. Lunde, M.D. 44 Above and Beyond Award: Masatoshi Kida, M.D. Best Support Staff (non-teaching): Mike Cross American Medical Student Association Golden Apple Award: Bruce J. Fonda, M.S. American Medical Women’s Association Gender Equity Award: Basic Science: Paula B. Tracy, Ph.D. Clinical Science: Ursula A. McVeigh, M.D. Colette Award inspired by Colette Ozarowski for significant contribution to the quality of student life: Nina Anger Dignity in Medicine Award: Jean Szilva, M.D. Clinical Teacher of the Year: Robert L. Trowbridge, M.D. Clinical Department of the Year: Medicine, FAHC Resident of the Year: Michael B. Kelley, M.D. * Awarded by vote of the class. COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES DEAN’S AWARD/UNDERGRADUATE CATEGORY recognizes a graduating CNHS undergraduate student who, in the opinion of their faculty, has demonstrated exemplary professional growth and contributions during their tenure at UVM: Brett Matthew Porter DEAN’S AWARD/GRADUATE CATEGORY recognizes a graduating student who exhibits significant aspects of one or more of the following: professional growth beyond curriculum, participation in department, school, university or community organizations, contribution to societal issues within and outside the university, professional growth in the face of adversity: Sarah Boyd Spink STUDENT DIVERSITY AWARD recognizes an undergraduate or graduate ALANA student who has made a major contribution(s) to create an environment of social justice, inclusion and equity at the Department and/or college and/or university and/or community levels: Stell Darelle Patadji DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL LABORATORY AND RADIATION SCIENCES F.W. VAN BUSKIRK AWARD in recognition of the senior student with the highest grade point average in the Nuclear Medicine Technology program: Melissa Elizabeth Moroso F.W. VAN BUSKIRK AWARD in recognition of the senior student with the highest grade point average in the Radiation Therapy program: Joshua D. Sharpe CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY AWARD in recognition of outstanding qualities of professional attitude and cooperation in the patient care setting: Emily Grace Crook CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN RADIATION THERAPY AWARD in recognition of outstanding qualities of professional attitude and cooperation in the patient care setting: Erin Martina King SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AWARD in recognition of the senior student with the highest grade point average in the Biomedical Technology program: Brett Matthew Porter SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE AWARD given by Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care, and awarded to the senior student with the highest grade point average in the Medical Laboratory Science program: Julie Beth Fredette YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD in recognition of outstanding performance in the research components of the Biomedical Technology curriculum: Brett Matthew Porter Return to Index Commencement 2007 DEPARTMENT OF NURSING ARMY NURSE CORPS “SPIRIT OF NURSING” AWARD in cooperation with the NSNA, awarded to a senior nursing student who demonstrates a commitment to excellence through his or her community, professional, and academic achievements: Abbie Jean Gagner FAYE CRABBE AWARD established to honor the memory of the founder of the School of Nursing at UVM, a leader who valued nursing scholarship and service. Awarded to the senior majoring in Professional Nursing who excels in scholarship, nursing ability and service to the University: Martin Stephen Silverstrim FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE established in 1998 by the nurse administrators at FAHC to recognize a graduating baccalaureate student who demonstrates excellence in clinical practice in any setting: Margaret Blair Wylie FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN NURSING PRACTICE established in 1998 by nurse administrators at FAHC to recognize a master’s level student who demonstrates innovation in practice in any setting, breakthrough initiatives in patient care or patient education, or care coordination across the continuum: Laura Wainer KAPPA TAU CHAPTER, SIGMA THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OF NURSING, chartered in 1988. The Society recognizes nursing students for scholarship, nursing ability and potential leadership as well as outstanding community leaders: Baccalaureate Award: Dmitry A. Isaev Graduate Student Award: Sarah Boyd Spink Graduate Student Project Awards: Catherine Ann Bernard Colleen Frances Warren SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD, for exemplary service to the Department of Nursing through commitment and participation in the Student Nurse Association: Shannon R. Albrecht VERMONT STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AWARD to a graduating student in each program who, in the opinion of the faculty, best demonstrates outstanding clinical practice: Bachelor’s program award: Shannon R. Albrecht Master’s program award: Colleen Frances Warren VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION ANN K. TWITCHELL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AWARD to a senior in the baccalaureate program who has shown scholarship and excellence in community health services: Amy Elyse Safier VERMONT ORGANIZATION OF NURSE LEADERS established by the Vermont Organization of Nurse Executives to recognize a student graduating from the Master of Science Nursing program who consistently demonstrated outstanding scholarship in the Master’s program, completed a thesis or project that advances and disseminates nursing knowledge about a leadership issue in nursing, and initiated a care plan that builds on the graduate education foundation to influence the future of nursing: Hella S. Douglas FREEMAN NURSE SCHOLARS to encourage Vermont’s top nursing students to remain and practice in Vermont: Cassandra Ann Babson Alice Mills Jeremy E. Fitzgibbons Michelle Delia Norse Abbie Jean Gagner Stacey Lee Poro DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND MOVEMENT SCIENCE EXCEPTIONAL SENIOR IN ATHLETIC TRAINING AWARD given to a graduating senior student who exemplifies scholarly excellence in the classroom as well as in his or her clinical assignments and has shown to have the potential to be a leader in the field of athletic training: Zoey Whitaker THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM FACULTY AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR THESIS RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS in recognition of excellence in scholarship: Kelsey L. Ballard, Voluntary Simplicity: An Examination of the Motivations and Practices Involved in Adopting a Simplified Lifestyle Elizabeth M. Callaway, Encouraging Environmental Exploration Through Children’s Literature: A Children’s Book and Interactive K/1 Teachers Lesson Plan Robin L. Colt, Exploring the Relationship Between Food, Farm and Community – a Student Teaching Students course Keri L. Johnson, Yogic Environmental Philosophy – a Students Teaching Students course Erin A. McKeon, Yogic Environmental Philosophy – a Students Teaching Students course Daniel P. Mills, Vers La Flamme: Sketches of the Seasons MILITARY AWARDS DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY STUDIES SECOND LIEUTENANTS COMMISSIONED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY, ARMY RESERVE, AND VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD March 2007 Dustin Sigler, Quartermaster Corps, Vermont National Guard Analese B. Dunn, (St. Michaels College) Adjutant General Corps, Vermont National Guard May 2007: Vinh Q. Bui, Artillery, United States Army Robert W. Connelly, Artillery, United States Army Kurt P. Hunt, (Castleton State College), Aviation Corps, United States Army Andrea M. Papa, Army Nurse Corps, United States Army Jessica L. Rovero, Military Police Corps, United States Army Christopher T. Smith, Chemical Corps, United States Army Reserve July 2007 James Harhen, Engineer Corps, Vermont National Guard Torrey M. Langdon, Military Police Corps, United States Army DISTINGUISHED MILITARY GRADUATES honoring academic, physical fitness, and leadership traits scoring overall in the top 25% of all cadets nationwide: Jessica L. Rovero WADSWORTH RAMSEY SMITH AWARD honoring outstanding achievement and leadership qualities: Robert W. Connelly DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AWARD honoring scholastic excellence and campus leadership: Kurt P. Hunt LIEUTENANT BAILEY GOLDBERG AWARD honoring scholarship, perseverance, and commitment to military values: Andrea M. Papa WOMEN’S CENTER MARIAFRANCA MORSELLI LEADERSHIP AWARD to the undergraduate senior woman who has demonstrated leadership qualities and academic excellence in science, and who has contributed significantly to the awareness of the rights of women on campus: Claire Kathryn Ankuda (College of Arts and Sciences) THE LYDIA DODGE AWARD honors a woman who has given continuous support and service to the Women’s Center and women identified communities on campus. Lydia Dodge is an alumna of UVM whose generous contributions helped to establish the Women’s Center at 34 South Williams Street: Devlin Alexis Hanson (College of Arts and Sciences) 45 Return to Index Commencement 2007 2007 Honor Graduates Those graduating summa cum laude are within the top one percent of their college or school. Magna cum laude signifies the next three percent, and cum laude the next six percent. Honors calculations are based on all the courses taken at UVM, and in order to be eligible, each student must have taken a minimum of sixty hours in which a letter grade has been awarded. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Summa Cum Laude Leigh Judith Cartwright, Bachelor of Science Lauren Elizabeth Hahl, Bachelor of Science Megan Michelle Johnston, Bachelor of Science Caitlyn Lizabeth Sanderson, Bachelor of Science Katherine Blair Woodman-Hardy, Bachelor of Science Magna Cum Laude Angela Lea Hobson, Bachelor of Science Lynn Pruden Little, Bachelor of Science Alison Jane Murphy, Bachelor of Science Nicole Marie Young, Bachelor of Science Cum Laude Joy-El Renee Barbour, Bachelor of Science Corey Anne Beach, Bachelor of Science John Garth Cummings, Bachelor of Science Haley Michele Dienst, Bachelor of Science Vanessa Lyn Goodman, Bachelor of Science Amanda Christine Kissell, Bachelor of Science Connor A. Morton, Bachelor of Science Dania M. Nasser, Bachelor of Science Kathleen Marie Ruscio, Bachelor of Science Courtney Anne Scott, Bachelor of Science David Lee Steakley, Bachelor of Science Michelle Anne Stebbings, Bachelor of Science Karen Joyce Walkerman, Bachelor of Science RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Summa Cum Laude Benjamin Robert Janes, Bachelor of Science Magna Cum Laude Nathan Gordon Johnson, Bachelor of Science Daniel Paul Mills, Bachelor of Science Liron Weiss, Bachelor of Science Cum Laude Kevin Gordon Alkire, Bachelor of Science Ethan F. Joseph, Bachelor of Science Emily Rose Lord, Bachelor of Science Roger Joseph Masse, Bachelor of Science Katherine Louise Stinchcomb, Bachelor of Science Emily May Wellington, Bachelor of Science COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Summa Cum Laude Timothy Vincent Calabro, Bachelor of Arts Rachel Hamilton Charow, Bachelor of Arts Emilia Hansson DeMarchis, Bachelor of Arts Mark E. Harrison, Bachelor of Arts Aya Watson Inoue, Bachelor of Science Brett David Lamonda, Bachelor of Arts Blake Thomas Leavitt, Bachelor of Arts Susannah Roy, Bachelor of Arts Anna Renee Telensky, Bachelor of Arts Susan Bridget Varga, Bachelor of Science Kristen Michelle Watson, Bachelor of Arts Benjamin Luke Williams, Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude Elias Furness Altman, Bachelor of Arts Trevor Robert Brooks, Bachelor of Arts Catherine Ann Burke, Bachelor of Arts Robyn Pauline Capobianco, Bachelor of Arts Charles Edward Collins, Bachelor of Arts Margaret Ann Contompasis, Bachelor of Arts Jonathan Ryan Day, Bachelor of Arts Cassidy Sutherlyn DeMos, Bachelor of Arts Elizabeth Kathryn Ehrlich, Bachelor of Arts Anna Fleishman, Bachelor of Arts Virginia Jean Foster, Bachelor of Arts Holley Ann Friedlander, Bachelor of Arts Joi E. Hart, Bachelor of Arts Calley Aline Hastings, Bachelor of Arts Christine Elizabeth Hertz, Bachelor of Arts Elizabeth M. Isabelle, Bachelor of Arts Riley Ian Kilmer, Bachelor of Arts Lauren Elizabeth Krolick, Bachelor of Arts Greg Paul Lombardi, Bachelor of Arts Kathryn Marie Lynch, Bachelor of Arts Erin Lynn Miller, Bachelor of Arts 46 Anna Tobias Olson, Bachelor of Arts Timothy Alexander Parrish, Bachelor of Arts Peri Pignetti, Bachelor of Arts Alysa Nicole Procida, Bachelor of Arts Aimee Marie Rosato, Bachelor of Arts Eric Charles Rowe, Bachelor of Arts Christopher John Scibilia-Carver, Bachelor of Arts Nicole Vincent-Roller, Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude Claire Kathryn Ankuda, Bachelor of Arts Annie Elizabeth Arnold, Bachelor of Arts Marina A. Asaro, Bachelor of Arts Kelsey Lynne Ballard, Bachelor of Arts Benjamin Shearer Beck, Bachelor of Arts Scott Newland Bedrick, Bachelor of Science Virginia Ann Bennis, Bachelor of Arts Emily Mary Bishop, Bachelor of Arts Nicholas Padgett Bond, Bachelor of Arts Seth Bowden, Bachelor of Arts Kaleigh Rae Brook, Bachelor of Arts Leah P. Brustman, Bachelor of Arts Drew Elaine Bucy, Bachelor of Arts Sarah Oakes Cannon, Bachelor of Science Katie Beth Cohen, Bachelor of Arts Brittney Meredith Cross, Bachelor of Arts Amanda Beth Daly, Bachelor of Arts Amanda Beth Daly, Bachelor of Science Erin Marie Densmore, Bachelor of Arts Caitlin Heldtmann Diggles, Bachelor of Arts Erica Lynn Dukette, Bachelor of Science Audrey Juniper Ells-Payne, Bachelor of Arts Carroll Nicole Flansburg, Bachelor of Arts Michael John Gillen, Bachelor of Science Elizabeth Anne Glatfelter, Bachelor of Arts Christine H. Griffis, Bachelor of Arts Lindsay Louise Guhman, Bachelor of Arts Aaron Conrey Hartmann, Bachelor of Science Mark Steven Hekemian, Bachelor of Arts Lindsay Brooke Herbert, Bachelor of Arts Courtney Lynn Iverson, Bachelor of Arts Rebecca Lynn Johnson, Bachelor of Arts Rhiannon Bigelow Johnson, Bachelor of Arts Shoshannah Lynn Kantor, Bachelor of Arts Benjamin Castle Krisher, Bachelor of Arts Allison Victoria Lamb, Bachelor of Arts Kendall Augusta Lambert, Bachelor of Arts Ashley Marie Laughney, Bachelor of Science Jenny Margaret Mackey, Bachelor of Arts Coleen May McCann, Bachelor of Science Allison Christine McCarthy, Bachelor of Arts Victoria Russell McComiskey, Bachelor of Arts Abigail Kelley Milburn, Bachelor of Arts Laura Beth Miller, Bachelor of Arts Robert Archibald Miller, Bachelor of Arts Daniel Corey Oppenheimer, Bachelor of Science James Maxwell Pasch, Bachelor of Arts Michael Thomas Phillips, Bachelor of Arts Chelsea Marsh Rector, Bachelor of Arts Sadie Christina Richards, Bachelor of Arts Calsey Morgan Rowell, Bachelor of Science Hazel Georgia Ryerson, Bachelor of Arts Connor Michael Smith, Bachelor of Arts Sarah Luella Strattner, Bachelor of Arts Rebecca Ann Suntheimer, Bachelor of Arts Matthew John Tavares, Bachelor of Science Rachel Leah Witschi Thomas, Bachelor of Arts Heather Nicole Twible, Bachelor of Arts Sarah Marie Visinski, Bachelor of Arts Marcy Nassikas Weathers, Bachelor of Arts Abby Catherine A. Yolda, Bachelor of Arts Callia Emily Zimmerman, Bachelor of Arts SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Summa Cum Laude Greg Paul Lombardi, B.S. Business Administration Scott Robert McClure, B.S. Business Administration Magna Cum Laude Corey N. Bronner, B.S. Business Administration Erica Sue Hale, B.S. Business Administration Tina M. Homicki, B.S. Business Administration Martin Klimes, B.S. Business Administration Eric David Little, B.S. Business Administration Rebekah Rose Shippee, B.S. Business Administration Cum Laude Colin Michael Coogan, B.S. Business Administration Sean Michael Dempsey, B.S. Business Administration Joseph Theodore Farrell, B.S. Business Administration Anna Marie Honsinger, B.S. Business Administration Wesley Randall Hyde, B.S. Business Administration Timothy Bartlett Kresl, B.S. Business Administration Elisia G. Laramee, B.S. Business Administration Heather Ann Schill, B.S. Business Administration Daniel Edward Scott, B.S. Business Administration Forrest Karp Shinners, B.S. Business Administration Margen Dane Soliman, B.S. Business Administration Benjamin George Thyng, B.S. Business Administration COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Summa Cum Laude Alaina S Dickason, B.S. Civil Engineering Thomas McLeod, B.S. Computer Science Thomas McLeod, B.S. Mathematics Magna Cum Laude Trevor Robert Brooks, B.S. Mathematics Corinna Sue Thompson, B.S. Mechanical Engineering Cum Laude Justin Shane Baillargeon, B.S. Engineering Management Christopher Benoit Connor, B.S. Mechanical Engineering Ryan Stuart Foster, B.S. Civil Engineering Scott T. Fusare, B.S. Electrical Engineering Rebecca Anne Geiger, B.S. Mathematics Benjamin D. Johnson, B.S. Mathematics Ian MacDowell Kavanagh, B.S. Computer Science Patrick Ryan Larcom, B.S. Mechanical Engineering Jennifer Nicole Thompson, B.S. Mechanical Engineering COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES Summa Cum Laude Michelle Lee Dunnivant, Bachelor of Science Jocelyn Lee Lutter, B.S. Art Education Jillian Rose Prentiss, Bachelor of Science Susannah Roy, B.S. Education Eve G. Tyrrell-Berinati, B.S. Education Magna Cum Laude Katrina Christine Brown, B.S. Education Christine Elizabeth Hertz, Bachelor of Science Peter Michael O’Callaghan, Bachelor of Science Cum Laude Suzanne E. Austin, Bachelor of Science Amira Lee Bakr, B.S. Education James Gerald Branagan, B.S. Education Ashley Leigh Foell, B.S. Education Virginia Therese Green, B.S. Education Katrina Marie Hardgrove, B.S. Education Lydia Madeline Kenney, B.S. Education Tegan Meredith Kirk-Elkin, B.S. Education Laura Beth Lewis, B.S. Education Erin Jean O’Bryan, B.S. Education Jessica Lynne Pecor, B.S. Education Meghan Irish Turcot, B.S. Education Danielle Elise Whitney, Bachelor of Science COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES Summa Cum Laude Shannon Renee Albrecht, Bachelor of Science Magna Cum Laude Alice Mills, Bachelor of Science Brett Matthew Porter, Bachelor of Science Allison Marie Viens, Bachelor of Science Cum Laude Cassandra Ann Babson, Bachelor of Science Emily Grace Crook, Bachelor of Science Julie Beth Fredette, Bachelor of Science Abbie Jean Gagner, Bachelor of Science Melissa Elizabeth Moroso, Bachelor of Science Zoey Whitaker, Bachelor of Science Return to Index Commencement 2007 PHI BETA KAPPA Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor society dedicated to honoring high academic achievement for liberal arts students, was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. It is the nation’s first Greek-letter society and is the oldest and most respected academic honorary society. UVM’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the Alpha of Vermont, was established in 1848; it is the eleventh oldest chapter on the national rolls of Phi Beta Kappa. Undergraduate members in course: Elias Furness Altman Sara Elizabeth Baldwin Joy-El Renee Barbour Benjamin Shearer Beck Virginia Ann Bennis Nicholas Padgett Bond Jaska Marie Bradeen Kaleigh Rae Brook Leah P. Brustman Catherine Ann Burke* Greggory Paul Carpenter* Rachel Hamilton Charow* Lindsay Sarah Christensen Katie Beth Cohen Charles Edward Collins* Margaret Ann Contompasis* John Garth Cummings Amanda Beth Daly David Ernest Damby Christina Lee Davis Cassidy Sutherlyn DeMos* Alaina Skye Dickason* Braden Ryan Duemmler* Cara Rose Edelstein* Elizabeth Kathryn Ehrlich Anna Fleishman* Holley Ann Friedlander* Hilary Robyn Frost Elizabeth Anne Glatfelter Mark Steven Hekemian Riley Ian Kilmer Martin Klimes Lauren Elizabeth Krolick* Allison Victoria Lamb Kendall Augusta Lambert Renee Lynn Lariviere Greg Paul Lombardi* Coleen May McCann Allison Christine McCarthy Laura Beth Miller Heather Ann Mitchell Andrew Parson O’Brien* Anna Tobias Olson James Maxwell Pasch Chelsea Marsh Rector Stephanie Elise Reynolds Eric Charles Rowe Calsey Morgan Rowell Allison Beth Shapiro James Patrick Stevens* Brook V. Stewart Sarah Luella Strattner Rachel Leah Witschi Thomas Heather Nicole Twible* Paul J. Vallett Susan Bridget Varga Madeline Steady Veitch Nicole Vincent-Roller Sarah Marie Visinski Kristen Michelle Watson Marcy Nassikas Weathers* Abby Catherine Alexa Yolda * Initiated in December 2006 GOLDEN KEY INTERNATIONAL HONOUR SOCIETY An international academic honor society founded in 1977 by a group of undergraduate students at Georgia State University; the UVM chapter was chartered in 1993. It is interdisciplinary, honoring the top 15 percent junior and senior students in each college/school. Graduating seniors are: Ian M. Kavanagh Jordan E. Alexander Lydia M. Kenney Helaine T. Alon Benjamin L. Kilinski Marina A. Asaro Tegan Kirk-Elkin Joy-El R. Barbour Timothy B. Kresl Angi L. Baxter David A. Krilivsky Hallie F. Benjamin Lacey M. LaBonte Emily M. Bishop Allison V. Lamb Allyson D. Black-Foley Brett D. Lamonda Matthew S. Bologna Patrick R. Larcom Seth E. Bowden Renée L. Lariviere Jaska M. Bradeen Kathryn E. Lea Scott C. Braseth Blake T. Leavitt Marcia M. Bristow Jaime L. LeClerc Leigh J. Cartwright Eric D. Little Chantal E. Champaloux Lynn P. Little Laurence A. Clarfeld Jocelyn L. Lutter Laura D. Cohen Anne E. Lyneis Charles E. Collins Michael P. Maciejewski Christopher B. Connor Jenessa D. Mahoney Ann G. Corrigan Ashley L. Mark Emily G. Crook Scott R. McClure John Garth Cummings William Q. McHale Jonathan R. Day Thomas McLeod Emilia H. DeMarchis Steven C. Merritt Erin M. Densmore Laura B. Miller Erin M. Devine Alison J. Murphy Alaina S. Dickason Alice O. Neiley Caitlin H. Diggles Arica Nesper Leah A. Eide Daniel C. Oppenheimer Jennifer H. Fabiano James M. Pasch Nathaniel P. Flannery Brett M. Porter Carroll N. Flansburg Emily K. Porter Anna Fleischman Lauren D. Rich Ashley L. Foell Abigail L. Robinson Holley A. Friedlander Calsey M. Rowell Hana J. Fritz Kathleen M. Ruscio Rebecca A. Geiger Caitlyn L. Sanderson Michael J. Gillen Christopher J. Scibilia-Carver Qingnian Goh Courtney A. Scott Chandra Groves Allison B. Shapiro Lauren E. Hahl Rebekah R. Shippee Stephen D. Haley Connor M. Smith Bradford J. Hartigan Marissa M. Stanley Richard W. Hershey, Jr. Anna M. Honsinger James P. Stevens Alexandra E. Hopwood Rachel L.W. Thomas Lily V. Hughes Paul J. Vallett Aya W. Inoue Sarah M. Visinski Benjamin D. Johnson Kristen Michelle Watson Megan M. Johnston Katherine B. Woodman-Hardy Ethan F. Joseph Gabrielle Michelle Worzella Shoshannah L. Kantor Abby Catherine Alexandra Yolda ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honors society for non-traditional students. UVM’s Upsilon Gamma Mu chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda was established in 2006 and its first 34 members were inducted in December 2006 and April 2007. ASL graduating seniors are: Marina Asaro Thomas McLeod Marcia Bristow Ania Mortier Christine Griffis Peter O’Callaghan Lauren E. Hahl Glenn Steinman Joi Hart Sumru Tekin Richard Hershey Eve Tyrrell-Berinati Ian Kavanagh Kristen Watson Carol Koerner Liron Weiss Leslie LaHaye Benjamin Williams Scott McClure 47 Return to Index Commencement 2007 BOULDER SOCIETY A men’s senior honor society and one of the oldest existing traditions at the university, spanning 86 years. It includes those senior men who have shown dedication, devotion, scholarship and leadership. Most of the members’ activities are heavily focused on community service: Eli Altman Zachery Martin John Craig Nathaniel Moore Rick Galante James Pasch Andrew Graham Brett Porter Sean Haggerty Bilal Sultan Eric Little Paul Vallett Greg Lombardi MORTAR BOARD Mortar Board is a national society for senior men and women. Although membership comes as a high honor for UVM students in recognition of outstanding service, scholarship and leadership, it is also a challenge for continued, unselfish service in the best interests of the college campus: Kahren Aydinyan Lindsay Herbert Kelsey Ballard Patrick Larcom Jessica Banks Eric Little Corey Beach Emily Lord Allyson Black-Foley Allison McCarthy Chantal Champaloux Laura Miller Shane Clark Nathaniel Moore John Craig Anna Olson Emilia DeMarchis Nicole Podnecky Stacey Dupuis Heather Schill Heather Fjeld Rebekah Shippee Aaron Glenney Rachelle St. Onge Virginia Green Sarah Wilkins ORDER OF OMEGA Order of Omega is a national Greek leadership honor society. The goal of this organization is to recognize those students who have attained a high standard of leadership in the inter-Greek activities, to encourage them to continue along this line, and to inspire others to strive for similar attainment. Membership to the Theta Psi Chapter of Order of Omega is limited to 3 percent of the UVM Greek community. Graduating seniors are: Ben Barone Ryan Killoy Angie Baxter Meghan Krezinski Hallie Benjamin Sam Madden Heather Chenette Coleen McCann Nicole Draper John O’Malley Richard Gallante Brett Porter Swati Ganmukhi Erin Renz Richard Gordon Lauren Rich TOWERR SOCIETY Established at the university in 1981, TOWERR Society members are nominated by faculty and administrators based on excellence in leadership, community service and academics. Its members are chosen to perpetuate the main goal for which TOWERR (The Organization of Women Exemplifying Reason and Responsibility) was founded — to promote and foster women’s leadership and community service at the university. These women will be wearing White Honor Cords, distinguishing them as members of TOWERR. Helaine Alon Christine Hertz Allyson Black-Foley Carly Hodgins Lindsey Carfagna Morgan Hollister Sana Aslam Choudhary Beatrice Nyamekye Jessica DeBiasio Jillian Prentiss Emilia Hansson DeMarchis Lila Specker Caitlin Diggles 48 COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHOLARS The Community Service Scholars program, established in 1998, recognizes Vermont high school graduates for their proven dedication to community service and leadership. During their undergraduate years at UVM, they have demonstrated an outgoing commitment to doing community service in both their hometown and university communities in various leadership and service capacities. Graduating Community Service Scholars will be wearing a medallion with black and red ribbon. Suzanne Austin Eric Little Heather Chenette Jessica Lussier Bess Conroy Sarah Macy Laura Dailey Rebecca McCormick Michelle Doyon Gregory Perkins Audrey Ells-Payne Michael Phillips Jeremy Fitzgibbons Chelsea Rector James Harhen Aimee Rosato Christine Hertz Robert Thompson, Jr. Andrea Jette Justin Tougas Nicolas Landsman-Roos Diana Vigneault Nina LaRosa Kayleigh Walsh Matthew Lewis GREEN AND GOLD SCHOLARS The Green and Gold Scholarship rewards the strongest student from each Vermont high school with a merit scholarship that covers full tuition at the University of Vermont. Students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA while at the university. Graduating Green and Gold Scholars are: Elizabeth Aldrich Anna Hosinger Claire Ankuda Renee Lariviere Justin Baillargeon Ashley Laughney Kelsey Ballard Connor Morton Joy-El Barbour Katelyn Nichols Sarah Cannon Susannah Roy Rachel Charow Caitlyn Sanderson Amanda Daly Nathan Soutiere Julia Foster Brook Stewart Virginia Foster Paul Vallett Michael Gillen Gretchen Williams PIZZAGALLI VERMONT SCHOLARS The Pizzagalli Vermont Scholars Program rewards outstanding high school graduates. Students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA while at the university: Nicholas Bond Geoffrey Robinson Rebecca Coleman Emily Roth Christopher Connor Calsey Rowell Brett Lamonda Benjamin Walsh Eric Little Return to Index Commencement 2007 VERMONT SCHOLARS The Vermont Scholars Program rewards outstanding high school graduates. Students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA while at the university: Jenna Barry Virginia Bennis Samatha Bernard Nicholas Bond Seth Bowden Jonathan Bowley Corey Broner Katrina Brown Marcy Brownell Catherine Burke Timothy Calabro Marley Cloyes Caitlin Collins Margaret Contompasis Laura Dailey Emilia DeMarchis John Devino James Dewing III Erica Dukette Laura Ewell Jeremy Fitzgibbons Anna Fleishman Daniel Flynn Ashley Foell Ryan Foster Hilary Frost John Gypson Katrina Hardgrove Lindsay Herbert Christine Hertz Alexandra Hopwood Ashley Howard Meg Howard Christopher Ingvoldstad Lindsay Jones Jesse Jones Tegan Kirk-Elkin Benjamin Krisher Lacey LaBonte Kirsten Lanpher Patrick Leach Matthew Lewis Kathryn Lovinsky Mellisa Ly Sarah Macy Charles Morin Michael Morwood Michelle Norse John O’Malley Jessica Pecor Gregory Perkins An Pham Brett Porter Chelsea Rector Stephanie Reynolds Caroline Robertson Aimee Rosato Emily Roth Eric Rowe Kathleen Ruscio Cameron Russell Aurina Schwartz Ashley Seamans Leigh Smith Collin Smythe Lila Specker Sarah Strattner Amanda Thomas Ashley Torrey Manasseh Tourigny Jennifer Turk James Velde Nicole Vincent-Roller Kayleigh Walsh Heather Wilkins Jennifer Zoller Guest Information Information Center. Information tables can be found at the Student Service Center in the main lobby of the Waterman Building, the Royall Tyler Theatre Plaza, on the University Green north of the Waterman Building, and in the main lobby of Patrick Gymnasium. Sodexho Food Service. Snacks and refreshments are available for purchase Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Waterman Café in the lower level of the Waterman Building, at the Sodexho tents on the University Green across from College Street and north of the Waterman building, and in front of Patrick Gymnasium (10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.). Restrooms. Portable restrooms are located at the north side of the Waterman Building parking lot, and at the Visitor/ Reserved parking lot on College Street. Handicapped accessible restrooms are available in the Waterman Building via the south entrance. Commencement DVD. A 90-minute video of the 203rd Commencement Ceremony is available from the UVM Bookstore at $19.99 plus 5.99 shipping and handling (allow 4 weeks for delivery). The Bookstore may be reached by phone: (802) 6563290 or toll free (800) 331-7305, email: UVM.Bookstore@uvm. edu, or on the web at http://uvmbookstore.uvm.edu/. Lost and Found for people and property is located at the Information Center at the Royall Tyler Theatre Plaza, at the Information Center on the University Green north of the Waterman Building, and at the information center in the main lobby of Patrick Gymnasium. After 1:00 p.m. contact UVM Police Services at 284 East Ave. Shuttle Bus Service. Bus routes are as follows: Royall Tyler Theatre to Patrick Gymnasium or Sheraton Conference Center, Allen House to Flynn Theatre and Wyndham Hotel, north end of the University Green to Trinity Campus. Flower Sales. The Golden Key International Honour Society is selling flowers on the Royall Tyler Theatre Plaza, and on the University Green, north of the Waterman Building. First Aid. First aid facilities are available during the main commencement ceremony. If the ceremony is outdoors, the UVM Rescue Squad and Rescue ambulance will be located in front of the UHC facility on South Prospect Street just north of the Waterman Building. People seeking first aid services should look for the UVM Rescue ambulance. If the ceremony is indoors, the UVM Rescue Squad will be located at the northwest entrance doors of the Multipurpose Facility. UVM Bookstore. The UVM Bookstore, located in the Davis Center, is open from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2005. It offers a complete supply of UVM clothing, gifts, diploma frames, and other merchandise. Commencement DVDs may also be ordered at the Bookstore. Emergencies. In the event of a true emergency, dial (802) 6564000 from a cell phone to reach the UVM Police Services or use one of the “Blue Light” emergency phones located throughout the campus. In either case you will be connected immediately with the emergency dispatcher. Special Needs. Ushers wearing yellow vests are available to assist with requests for FM hearing impaired devices, commencement programs in Braille and special assistance seating. 49 Return to Index Commencement 2007 ACADEMIC REGALIA The Academic Costume worn today in U.S. colleges and universities is a survivor of the Middle Ages. The University of Vermont was among the first in this country to experiment with the use of academic gowns, requiring their wearing at the graduation of 1806. The experiment was not repeated until mid-century when UVM and other colleges began wholeheartedly to use the medieval scholar’s clothing for ceremonial occasions. The code regulating academic costume is administered by an intercollegiate commission that establishes uniform standards. BACHELORS’ gowns have closed fronts and long, pointed sleeves. MASTERS’ gowns may be worn open or closed and have oblong sleeves open at the wrist, the lower portion hanging down with an arc near the bottom. DOCTORS’ gowns may be open or closed and have velvet facings and three velvet bars on the round, open sleeves. The facings and bars may be of black or of the official colors of the wearer’s department of learning. Hoods are usually black. All are lined in silk in the academic color or colors of the institution conferring the degree, with a chevron for additional colors. A University of Vermont hood is lined with green, with a gold chevron, the official school colors. The color of the hood border indicates the degree earned. Agriculture....................................................................Maize Arts, Letters and Humanities.......................................White Commerce and Business.............................................. Drab Dentistry.........................................................................Lilac Economics................................................................. Copper Education.............................................................. Light Blue Engineering............................................................... Orange Forestry........................................................................Russet Journalism................................................................Crimson Law............................................................................. Purple Medicine...................................................................... Green Music..............................................................................Pink Nursing...................................................................... Apricot Philosophy........................................................... Dark Blue Public Administration.....................................Peacock Blue Science..........................................................Golden Yellow Theology......................................................................Scarlet Veterinary Science......................................................... Gray The Black Mortarboard is worn for all degrees. Only Doctors’ caps may be made of velvet and only Doctors or Presidents of institutions may wear a gold tassel on the cap. The Class of 1927 Memorial Mace is carried by the University Marshal at formal university occasions and is displayed on the platform during these ceremonies. The Mace, a gift from the Class of 1927, is forty-seven inches long, cast bronze, plated in silver, with a black ebony handle. The sculpture on one of the four sides depicts the center section of Old Mill with Mt. Mansfield in the background, symbolizing the founding of the University. Other sides display three students reaching upwards to a lamp, symbolic of learning; the Ira Allen Chapel, symbolizing spiritual guidance; and a group of four persons, symbolizing friendship. It is crowned by the seal of the University. The Mace was designed and the model sculpted by Richard Simpson, son of Carl G. and Doris Griffith Simp son, both members of the Class of 1927. Banners of the Colleges and Schools Maize White and Yellow Drab Light Blue and Citron Yellow Orange Green/Gold Green Russet and Yellow Seafoam and Apricot College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Arts and Sciences School of Business Administration College of Education and Social Services College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Graduate College College of Medicine The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources College of Nursing and Health Sciences The University Seal or Medallion was adopted in 1807 and used until 1871 when it was replaced by a round seal incorporating the name of the College of Agriculture. In 1975 the Board of Trustees voted to restore the original seal to official use, modified to incorporate the Latin name of the College of Agriculture. The motto on the seal is from Horace, Epistles 1.2.36. Literally, it means “For virtuous studies and matters.” In the allusion to Horace’s poem it reflects UVM’s continuing belief in the utility and practicality of all liberal studies. Printed on recycled paper. 50 Return to Index Commencement 2007 51 52 Ira Allen Chapel John Dewey Hall Morrill Hall Multipurpose Facility Music Recital Hall Nicholson House Old Mill/Lafayette Patrick Gymnasium Police Services Royall Tyler Theatre Simpson Hall University Green FAHC (UHC Campus) UVM Bookstore UVM Conference Center at the Sheraton Waterman Building Williams Hall See page 49 for Shuttle Bus Service information. D6 C4 C6 C5 B6 B6 E5 C5 D5 C7 B5 C4 F4 F4 F4 E4 B6 A6 Admissions C5 Aiken Center F4 Allen House F5 Bailey/Howe Library B6 Billings Student Center C6 Campus Center Theatre F4 Catholic Center D2 CBW Green C5 Dudley H. Davis Student Center G5 Englesby House B6 Fleming Museum B7 Health Science Research Facility C5 Gardner Collins Indoor Track E1 Gutterson Fieldhouse Varsity Strength & Conditioning Ctr. B6 Harris/Millis Lounge B6 Location Index Return to Index Commencement 2007