Spring 2023 Commencement Program

Processional

Welcome

Nicola Pitchford, President
Carolyn Klebanoff, Chair, Board of Trustees

Commencement Address

Javier Zamora, author

Conferral of Honorary Degree
upon Javier Zamora

Bestowed by
Nicola Pitchford, President
Pepe Gonzalez ‘02, Member, Board of Trustees
Claudia Morales Ramirez, Assistant Professor of English

Teacher of the Year Awards

Presented by Mojgan Behmand, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty

Student Address

Jennifer Gambol Borromeo, School of Health and Natural Sciences

Graduate Awards

Presented by Mojgan Behmand, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Allison Elizabeth Baldwin, School of Liberal Arts and Education
Lei Sun, Barowsky School of Business
Lauren Rachel Haky, School of Health and Natural Sciences

Presentation of Candidates for Graduate Degrees

Mojgan Behmand, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty

Declaration of Conferral of Graduate Degrees

Nicola Pitchford, President

Undergraduate Awards

Presented by Paul Raccanello, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Dean of Students

Presentation of Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

Gigi Gokcek, Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Education
Yung-Jae Lee, Dean, Barowsky School of Business
Carl Garrubba, Dean, School of Health and Natural Sciences

Declaration of Conferral of Baccalaureate Degrees

Nicola Pitchford, President

Benediction

Carla Kovack, OP, Prioress, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael

Recessional

Bachelor of Arts

Harlin E. Alvarez

Mariela Karina Andrade*, Cum Laude

Alejandra Lucia Aroni Buiza

Victor Manuel Ayon

Vanessa Rose Barboza^, Summa Cum Laude 

Ryan Isabella Bergman

Kaya Lily Bottmeyer, Summa Cum Laude 

Terra Rose Bridges, Summa Cum Laude

Nohely Camacho Morales, Cum Laude

Riley B. Camp^, Summa Cum Laude

Lauren Cervenak*^, Cum Laude

Devon Howland Clima^, Summa Cum Laude

Jolly-Johwyn Aguinaldo Curameng^, Summa Cum Laude

Renee Maryann Dunn, Summa Cum Laude

Maiya Rhianne Flores

Maxwell Zachary Garcia

Helen Elizabeth Garst

Connor Hugh Gibbens^, Cum Laude

Angelica Gonzalez Almanza*, Cum Laude

Silvia D. Gramajo Mazariegos, Cum Laude

Cortland Finley Hall

Kiana Marie Hatam^, Summa Cum Laude

Jasmin Jinju Hobi

Colette Carol Houston

Madison Marie Huckabay^*, Cum Laude

Autumn Margorie Jordan^, Cum Laude

Isadrina Caroline Juillard^, Summa Cum Laude

Brennan James Krebs^, Summa Cum Laude

Nicole Dona Lea^,  Magna Cum Laude

Jill Mary's Lester, Magna Cum Laude

Corinne Leung, Cum Laude

Christina Heather Lopez

Nyah Marie Malone^*, Summa Cum Laude

Claudia Munoz Cortes^, Summa Cum Laude

Ariana Nahidi

Solena Novea Ornelas^, Summa Cum Laude

Maia Josefina Pagan

Jane Pera

Jessica Ramirez^, Summa Cum Laude

Alejandro Jaime Reyes

Samuel Vincent Ridgley, Summa Cum Laude

Molly Beatrice Rowe, Cum Laude

Zoie Genevieve Saludares^*, Summa Cum Laude

Mallory Lynn Thoma^, Summa Cum Laude

Quinten Grady Vermeulen

James David Walker

Arpege Lundyn Wallace

Kaitlyn Won

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Simone Isabel Carcer

Emma Catherine Debski^*, Summa Cum Laude

Leilana Majri^*, Summa Cum Laude

Nyah Marie Malone^*, Summa Cum Laude

Pakela Newalu-Gomes^, Cum Laude

Madeline Nicole Sager^*, Magna Cum Laude

Adison Jane Sampson^, Cum Laude

Haley Raye Schmitt, Cum Laude

Eva Shigemi Lynn Silverton

Alyssa Brianne Viray^, Summa Cum Laude

Arpege Lundyn Wallace

Angelica Mickale Warden-Palmer^, Summa Cum Laude

Hannah Leann Woolfenden^*, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science

Ryezelle Faye Hipolito Felix

Rebecca Louise Jensen

Danielle Camille Ramos

Tayah Taniell Simpson^, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts

Karla Daniela Aldana*, Cum Laude

Christopher Alberto Barrios

Teodora Slavcheva Batinkova^, Cum Laude

Wakilli Waset Bennett, Cum Laude

Matthew Isaac Berlint, Cum Laude

Tanya G. Bills, Cum Laude

Caelan Robert Briggs

Ryan Matthew Dickson

Sorcha Catherine Dolan

Faith Nicole Erb, Cum Laude

Louie Junior Galdamez^, Cum Laude

Jian Gao^, Cum Laude

Ryan James Garvey^, Magna Cum Laude

Mackenzie Gentry

Matthew David Hallam

Derek Hamilton

Kiana Marie Hatam^, Summa Cum Laude

Dorthea Joyanne Hill, Summa Cum Laude

Mengya Ji^, Summa Cum Laude

Autumn Margorie Jordan, Cum Laude

Jenna Nicole Louie, Cum Laude

Gabriela Maiocco

Aaron Martinez, Cum Laude

Katrina Grace Masana^, Cum Laude

Stefan Andreas Mueller^, Summa Cum Laude

Elias Francisco Muro^, Magna Cum Laude

Elliott G. Nielsen

Jacob E. Potere^, Magna Cum Laude

Samuel Grayson Prusynski^, Summa Cum Laude

Celeste Salas^, Cum Laude

Alissa Marie Salazar, Summa Cum Laude

Antoinette Marie Schreiber^, Summa Cum Laude

Christian Davis Schrodt^, Summa Cum Laude

Cameron Shank

Claire Renee Shubin, Cum Laude

Nancy Lean Tejeda

Lacie Rochelle Thompson

Thomas Van Schoor

Michael F. Vega, Cum Laude

Jared Morgan Wright^, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science

Malia Rose Barker

Jennifer Carreno

Elissa Grace Laymon

Dylan Michael Player

Bachelor of Arts

Caliope M. Gallagher

Cisco Asaro Gonzalez

Brisa Guissell Jarquin

Ryan Ace Sunga^, Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science

Suzan Nayef Abuhamdieh, Summa Cum Laude

Belen Alvarenga Galdamez, Cum Laude

Shivani Divakar Amin^, Magna Cum Laude

Mariela Karina Andrade*, Cum Laude

Melina M. Anguiano, Cum Laude

Errol Christopher D. Aragon^, Cum Laude

Luke Seth Fermo Asprec, Summa Cum Laude

Giselle J. Balaoing*, Summa Cum Laude

Jerell Usita Ballucanag

Juliana Barejan Pegozzi, Summa Cum Laude

Alana Nicole Berens, Cum Laude

Angely Joy Seludo Binauhan^, Summa Cum Laude

Jennifer Gambol Borromeo^, Cum Laude

Cassandra Jeanne Bottjer, Summa Cum Laude

Yendy Lizet Calderon Cifuentes

Tiffany Cam*, Summa Cum Laude

Lauren A. Carmichael, Cum Laude

Daniella Marie Cerruti, Cum Laude

Nicole Xu Chiu, Summa Cum Laude

Nicolo Miguel Co, Cum Laude

Haesoo Lee Cortesi, Summa Cum Laude

Carolina De Mendonca Pecanha

Joshua Michael Del Sol, Cum Laude

Liliana Diaz

Charisse Ramos Dumlao^*, Magna Cum Laude

Erica Wynn Dungo, Cum Laude

Katrina Pauline Ecke*, Summa Cum Laude

Rachel Leah Ellenberger, Summa Cum Laude

Brenda Y. Escobar^, Magna Cum Laude

Jan Ashley Cristobal Escosio^*, Summa Cum Laude

Sofia Esteva^, Magna Cum Laude

Andrew Cole Ferguson, Cum Laude

Morgan Rose Fillipo*, Cum Laude

Athena Raine Garcia, Cum Laude

Elizabeth Alba Garcia*, Magna Cum Laude

Haley Garcia

Katte Melissa Garcia

Madison Claire Giannetto

Sandra Gigi, Summa Cum Laude

Lauren Alanna Gomez, Cum Laude

Germania Gisela Gomez Pena^, Summa Cum Laude

Angelica Gonzalez Almanza*, Cum Laude

Marrian De Leon Gutierrez*, Magna Cum Laude

Helena Mayela Harris*, Cum Laude

Jamaica Denise Harris*, Cum Laude

Erin Elizabeth Heckelman^*, Summa Cum Laude

Madison Marie Huckabay*, Cum Laude

Arianna Masako Inouye^, Magna Cum Laude

Deyne Leonard Gerard Jurie

Kamila Karsbo, Summa Cum Laude

Connor Joseph Keighran^, Cum Laude

Amanda Lam^, Summa Cum Laude

Lauren G. Lapinid

Emily Paige Larsen, Summa Cum Laude

Nikita Laungani*, Magna Cum Laude

Jenny Mai-Khanh Le*, Summa Cum Laude

Myrone Victor Victor Legaspi, Cum Laude

Edith Elaine Leslie, Cum Laude

Isabella Ophelia Licklider*, Cum Laude

Leydi Zenayda Lopez Umana^, Cum Laude

McKenna Quinn Lorton-Howell, Cum Laude

Anthony Rain Sanchez Macoy*, Magna Cum Laude

Stephany Malagon Chacon

Alyssa Cailin Reyes Manuel, Cum Laude

Malia Mar^, Summa Cum Laude

Rheaonn Giullianne Marin, Cum Laude

Aiden Scott Marquez*, Summa Cum Laude

Vanna Aranda Marquez

Erendira Yuliana Martinez Gamez*, Magna Cum Laude

Jasmyn Mei, Magna Cum Laude

Taylor Elizabeth Melchiori*, Summa Cum Laude

Analise I. Mendez

Albert Andrew Bueno Mendoza

Caroline Nicole Mendoza

Annabelle L. Montano, Cum Laude

Janicka Anne De Leon Naval*, Cum Laude

Alice T. Nguyen^, Summa Cum Laude

Sachie Kumari Ohara*, Magna Cum Laude

Jordyn Shae Kiyoko Okumura, Cum Laude

Shayna T Linh Chi Ong, Cum Laude

Geline Louise Basobas Orden, Magna Cum Laude

Ashley W. Pan*, Summa Cum Laude

Ma. Patricia Diorel Ulanday Peig*, Summa Cum Laude

Mikaela Juliana Pescasio*, Magna Cum Laude

Isabelle Pisano^*, Summa Cum Laude

Cole J. Porter^*, Summa Cum Laude

Jolie Poulet^, Cum Laude

Brenna Elizabeth Pratt, Summa Cum Laude

Aerial Marie Predovich^, Summa Cum Laude

Amanda Yumiko Raigosa^*, Summa Cum Laude

Ruben Ivan Raygoza

Makenzie Ashlyn Renner^*, Summa Cum Laude

Tatiana Rodriguez^, Cum Laude

Isabella Romani

Kristen Marie C. Ruiz, Cum Laude

Catherine Lei Salomon^, Magna Cum Laude

Marlyn Ann S. San Juan

Mitchell Sanders^*, Summa Cum Laude

Nathalie Sandoval*, Summa Cum Laude

Nicole P. Santos

Joseph Raymond Schauer

Francisco Javier Serna, Magna Cum Laude

Amber Lauren Shiu^, Magna Cum Laude

Ashlyn Jade Abrigo Simbe*, Cum Laude

Sarah Adele Smith

Sabrina Solis^, Magna Cum Laude

Adam Robert Ure, Magna Cum Laude

Jacqueline N. Valdepenas*, Summa Cum Laude

Emily Huyen Tran Vu, Summa Cum Laude

Gabrielle Rose Wampler, Cum Laude

Maxwell Elijah Ward

Kiyomi Wong^, Magna Cum Laude

Master of Arts

Tara Bustamante

Journey Pierce Christop Coward

Sophia Denardo

Tessa Reiss Evans Keime

Jeanine Ran Lee

Richard Paniagua

Christine Jia En Phang

Emily Jane Price

Sylvan Streightiff

Master of Fine Arts

Allison Elizabeth Baldwin

Vivian Aretta Bruce

Bonnie Jean Carasso

Britta Nadine Esmail

Abby Peyton Laporte

Nichole Angelique Turnbloom

Master of Science

Christina Catherine Aguila

Desirae Miranda Barboza

Adam Joseph Braus

John Corbolotti

Emma Marie Hagan

Keely Amber Hamilton

Grace Leigh Mosher

Xiaoyan Han Nadler

Miriam Amalia Pazos

Kiana Isabella Pelton

Claire Smith

Orianna Tonnia Vaughn-Brown

Larisa Sophia Ward-Seitz

Jordan Marie Whitman

Isabel Maria Yates

Master of Science

Paola Conde Frendo

Jaiden A. Gwin

Carol Patricia Kim

Master of Business Administration

Lenora Dawn Brown

Joshua Benedict Morris

Maxwell Dawson Pierce

Edward Bradley Silverbush

Master of Business Administration - China

Feifei An

Bingbing Cai

Bin Cao

Lei Cao

Feng Chen

Wenliang Chen

Xuejiao Chen

Yixia Chen

Hongjiang Chen

Hongwei Chen

Jianmin Chen

Jie Chen

Mingyi Chen

Qiyun Chen

Yaohui Chen

Jinfu Cheng

Ming Choon

Chuqiong Deng

Zhenwei Dong

Ajing Dong

Wenting Du

Xiaoyin Fan

Jingzhe Fang

Shunjian Feng

Mingzheng Feng

Fei Gao

Hongli Gou

Liwen Guo

Hongliang Han

Jin Han

Yin Hao

Bo He

Junyi Hu

Yingjun Hu

Chunying Huang

Qiangshen Huang

Wenli Huang

Jing Huang

Youai Huang

Zixiu (Zixi) Huang

Wenqing Ji

Bo Jia

Zengyan Jia

Ying Jiang

Yu Jiao

Litian Jin

Huimeizi Jin

Jingning Kuang

Binqiang Li

Gang Li

Jian Li

Sa Li

Xiang Li

Yanan Li

Yuan Li

Zhaohui Li

Zhe Li

Dabei Li

Qiang Li

Qing Li

Xiaoling Li

Zhen Li

Jili Liang

Tao Liang

Lin Lin

Chan Liu

Tiantian Liu

Yuanyuan Liu

Aiguo Liu

Huandi Liu

Jing Liu

LinLin Liu

Ping Liu

Qi Liu

Sihong Liu

Xuan Liu

Zhongkun Liu

Jianghu Lu

Nie Lu

Laixiao Luo

Qing Lyu

Shuyan Ma

Li Ma

Xiujuan Ma

Cui Mao

Hongwei Mao

Kai Mou

Minna Mustonen

Xiaotao Pan

Hong Pan

Sufen Pan

Weilan Pan

Dongguo Pei

Yan Peng

Yinghua Qian

Jin Qiao

Li Qiao

Xinjiao Qin

Liuming Qiu

Nanyan Shen

Hua Shen

Jie Shen

Junyan Shen

Yuxuan Shi

Peien Shi

Yong Shu

Jinsheng Song

Hongxia Sun

Jin Sun

Wenlong Sun

Yumei Sun

Lei Sun

Qiang Sun

Jia Tan

Mingzhu Tang

Yiwen Tang

Jie Tao

Xuefei Tao

Yu Tong

Zhanbo Tong

Lei Wan

Yonghua Wan

Jingchang Wang

Renfan Wang

Ruihong Wang

Sihan Wang

Wenjing Wang

Xiaoping Wang

Xuchuan Wang

Yiwei Wang

Chaojun Wang

Huijing Wang

Longxiang Wang

Yijun Wang

Jiyang Wei

Junni Wei

Tuanjie Wei

Yajing Weng

Yiyi Wu

Changsheng Wu

Shen Wu

Shiqi Xiao

Huihong Xie

Qin Xie

Yuxiang Xie

Xiaoguang Xing

Hua Xing

Gezi Xu

Ruohu Xu

Wu Xu

Meiyun Yan

Chengxiao Yang

Yan Yang

Chenchen Yang

Jiali Yang

Manxue Yang

Fenfen Yao

Rongfu Yu

Tianhua Yu

Feng Yuan

Hong Yun

Changqing Zhang

Danling Zhang

Huiming Zhang

Jinda Zhang

Xintong Zhang

Yingyue Zhang

Zaicheng Zhang

Baoyuan Zhang

Huajun Zhang

Jianzheng Zhang

Jing Zhang

Kai Zhang

Kaifeng Zhang

Quan Zhang

Ruili Zhang

Yimei Zhao

Dongxue Zhao

Yanxia Zhao

Renjun Zheng

Guoqiang Zhi

Xiaoxia Zhong

Hongshen Zhong

Gao Zhou

Junyan Zhou

Lisi Zhou

Chao Zhou

Xiaoqun Zhou

Xinying Zhou

Jinbo Zhu

Ting Zhu

Xiaodan Zhu

Xinye Zhu

Xuanwei Zhuang

Yi Zou

Master of Science

Matthew Robert Abrams

Everlee Rose Anderson

Kaela Jules Quiambao Antonio

Spenser Babyak

Brianna Tracy Baisch

Chanelle Soer Bautista

Jennifer Marie Brady

Ashley Anne Brauning

Janice Marie Brown

John Griffin Camp

Jordan Taylor Charlton

Baylee Rose Chelossi

Judy Chen

Alyssa Beth Mayumi Cho

Jazmine Ramos Cunanan

Naema K. Dahdoul

Gurdeepak Dale

Brennan Decena

Lovegifty Dinson Dudero

Brandon Duenas

Gary Kwok Eng

Lizbeth G. Enriquez-Najera

Christian Domingo Gabon

Lauren Rachel Haky

Nicole Marie Hernandez

Michelle Hong

Mai Thanh Thi Huynh

Amanda Eileen Laccone

Abraham Shammah Lai

Shawn Aquino Lopez

Ariana Isabel Marino

Elijah T. Medios

Haleli Moalem

Ashley Lisa Moffett

Melissa Nicole Morini

Jordan Amanda Ng

Theron Kunshine Niel

Emily Osborn

Lucy E. Palacios Mendez

Zoe Briana Jeanette Peters

Miko Angelo Ramos

Miguel-Alfonso G. Regidor

Ridee J. Patel

Deirdre Elizabeth Sabow

Brinda Saini

Regine Erika Saldivar

Taira Ashley Saracco

Darren Sarmiento

Jenna Sakae Shinsato

Ashley Lynn Simon

Amie Smith

Shaina Mina Snyder

Caroline Stafford

Cynthia Smith Stephan

Hannah Elizabeth Tedesco

Judith Marie Thepkaisone

Justine Lauren Thompson

Reilly Michelle Todd

Kayla Jade Twite Lehnen

Lucky Ung

Viviana Alexandra Vazquez

Alyssa T. Vo

Allison Jane Wyek