Convocation Fall 2023
Convocation is a highlight of our annual Family Weekend and an opportunity to honor the academic excellence of our remarkable students. We recognize Dominican sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have been named to the Dean’s List in every semester they have been enrolled at Dominican, as well as first-year students who have been awarded the highest academic recognition of Trustee Scholar.
Program
Processional
Welcome
Nicola Pitchford, President
Presentation of the 2027 Class Shield
Led by Reanna Felix, President, Associated Students of Dominican University of California (ASDU)
Keynote Address
Salvador Chavez '16 BS, '17 MS
Awards Ceremony
Mojgan Behmand, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Yung-Jae Lee, Dean, Barowsky School of Business
Carl Garrubba, Dean, School of Health and Natural Sciences
Gigi Gokcek, Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Education
Closing
Nicola Pitchford, President
A Capella Workshop
Directed by Anne Lerner
Adrian Aguirre, Sarah Bezdek, Bella Blue, Ameya Gildersleeve, Damaris Gomez, Amanda Harris, Eliana Hinnenberg, Alyssa Leek, Joshua Ng, Mira Sobkin, Itzel Solano Gonzalez, and Shakira Spencer
Dean's List
The Dean’s List recognizes full-time undergraduate students who have a minimum semester grade point average of 3.6 or above. The Dean's List is awarded at the end of the fall and spring terms.
Seniors
- Marty Marinda
- Jenna Duley
- Bhavandeep Singh
- Sharmaine Borbe
- Leslie Medrano
- Aria Norwood
- Gabriella Cisneros
- Abisai Garcia
- Paloma Valdez-Marsh
- Joshua Faigan
- Jonah Ridgley
- Angelica Tong
- Comie Sotio
- Teresa Doyle
- Andrew Alsing
- Eva Olafsdottir
- Eliza Zamudio
- Gabrielle Coleen Mercado
- Don Stiling
- Jessica Betz
- Naila Saghir
- Alivia Brouwer
- Stephanie Nunez
- Simi Lebetsamer
- Gina Dudley
- Kelly Ruan
- Emily Melton
- Siona Patel
- Liliana Valle-Contreras
- Katrina Ramos
- Marilyn Cervantes-Munoz
- Guadalupe Saldana
- Joara Peterson
- Joseph Perez
- Claudia Reyes
- Bailey Storm
- Tammy Nguyen
- Oswaldo Calderon
- Finn Rueegger
- Danika Clifford
- Katie Szoboszlay
- Michelle Chang
- Hooriya Shaghasi
- Tristen Lambert
- Juliette Ingram
- Adele Partington
- Sophia Hull
- Emma Wuelfing
- Sophia Zhao
- Kate Isabel Juanillo
- Trishtine Tran
- Reanna Felix
- Navreet Raj
- Ella Can
- Amanda Harris
- Morgan Semana
- Connie Cheng
- Ally Bold
- Emma Hartvickson
- Karla Saldana
- Julia Tolentino
- Jhenalynn Valete
- Laura Alvarez Pineda
- Jennifer Medina
- Angelica Gonzales
- Maria Abraham
- Kelsey Bas
- Dennis Chavez Calderon
- Crystal Yi
- Shawn Verdote
- Gabriela Meza
- Abigail Aranda
- Marissa Colombo
- Maygan Brandt
- Sara Turangan
- Angelina JolieBanes
- Ethan Caragan
- Ethan Brillantes
- Abigail Tolentino
- Audrey Hermosura
- Joanne Nguyen
- Leonard Wilfred Tabas
- Vanessa Smith
- Kayle Alyssa Tan
- Yanet Teshager
- Augustus Muse
- Leslie Bejaran Solorio
- Christina Van Dueck
- Katelyn Leong
- Alexa Miller
- Sharon Varghese
- Brooke Sinton
- Cherish Spikes
- Isabel Arellano
- Makrisel Lapitan
- Mariana Benitez
- Emma Ricioli
- Elsy Gramajo
Juniors
- Sarena Berg
- William Wood
- Diara Navarrete Amaral
- Morgan Dougherty
- Alexis Abalos
- Erika Anderson
- Natalie Oyler
- Areanne Therese Dy
- Jenelle Balaoing
- Elspeth Heckman
- Jesus Duran
- Erika Marie Gonzalez
- Cassandra Camille Curameng
- Adrian Canares
- Ziluolan Zou
- Brian Gordon Cahill
- Charlotte Moody
- Caitlyn Perales
- Mia Soracco
- Isabella Bueno
- Sheila Alvarez
- Kaylee Norris
- Cadey Turner
- Eden Plantinga
- Joselyn Navarro
- Nathan Fernando
- Andrew Golonka
- Emilia Valdez
- Keira O'Reilly
- Kailani Yee
- Emily Charlton
- Kylie Bennett
- Jaymie Torres
- Jessica Ho
- Ian Woo
- Reynaldo Adalin
- Diana Egan
- Caytlin Capulong
- Connie-Rose Pangan
- Paolo Angelo Usi
- Nisha Neelakandan
- Victor Louis Alinas
- Alyxine Jyanne Villanueva
- Jamie Woo
- Kathleen Nicole San Pedro
- Geethika Manoj
- Jadyn Jamora
- Nylmar Gonzalez de Leon
- Edie Stubblefield
- Lindsey Johnson
- Sensasheri Maasera
- Alaiyah San Juan
- Carmin Dotario
- Amreen Munshi
- Alejandra Melendez
Sophomores
- Morgan Newkirk
- Thelma Ramirez
- LaNicia Ellis
- Sarah Gilchrist
- Taylor Pieri
- Addecca Day
- Siena Fairbanks
- Hannah Lam-Truong
- Caelyn Anderson
- Isabella Devassy
- Neva Essex
- Cassandra Blevins
- Anneliese Maraj
- Starlight Lain-Straus
- Tanner Ennis
- KatieAnn Nguyen
- Sulgi Kim
- Andee Plaskett
- Andrewfelip-Lloyd Giron
- Trinity Billingsley
- Maya Kern
- Isaiah Amoranto
- Ava Kinyon
- Andrew Vince Arguel
- Cassidy Ravelo
- Jasra Mohamed Rabi
- Jessica Moore
- Vannesa Cruz-Suarez
- Maria Paz Eladia Posadas
- Madison Penick
- Shaianne Kaye Intal
- Halle Loren Angeles
- Junela Dizon
- Nancy Hu
- Ellia McFarland
- Sofia Vega
- Alexia Shannara Gerona
- Aneesha Biju
- Shannon Chloe Cheng
- Zoe Gustafson
- Alyssa Leek
- Marcia McDonald-Scott
- Fernanda Reyes Santos
- Louisa Goncharenko
- Marina Medina
- Mark Rattle
- Joshua Broughton
- Scott Yang
- Alexa Whitney
- Edith Sakatia
- Laurel McLean
- Andrew Pham
- Alexandre Rocha
- Olivia Johnson
- Jane Harrison
- Parul Bhardwaj
- Vithusha Ravirajan
- Leo Pan
- Roy Cifuentes Gonzalez
First-Year
- Emily Tan
- Gianna Wong
Trustee Scholars
Outstanding first-year students with a grade point average of 3.85 or greater are awarded the highest academic achievement, Trustee Scholar.
- Jiana Albertazzi
- Alyssa Marie Alvarado
- Hailey Baquiran
- Arabella Bianca Barata
- Tyler Bernius
- Sarah Bezdek
- Julia Binny
- Genevieve Bourgea
- Aneesa Brewer
- Alexia Briones
- Aivlinn Bryant
- Kaylyn Buchanon-Lamb
- Francesca Bueno
- Vanessa Buenrostro
- Rylee Buesing
- Marjorie Cave
- Cristian Chi Bacab
- Alayna Cipolla
- Michelina Coates
- Kirsten Cobar
- Elenora Cole
- Jude Condon
- Kate Cuneo
- Ashlyn Daugherty
- Hailey de Fremery
- Nathaniel Jon De Jesus
- Carmen Dettmer
- Gureet Dhillon
- Nazareth Esparza Plascencia
- Janelle Feraro
- Nathan Freitas
- Hayley Gano
- Maria Gavrilov
- Kenton Gelis
- Jenna German
- Karen Gonzalez Ramirez
- Jackson Gradstein
- Sofia Guagenti
- Abigail Hernandez
- Monserrat Herrera
- Eliana Hinnenberg
- Emily Holtzinger
- Mathilde Houston
- Mikayla Jarvis
- Matthew Jobe
- Shulien Kemmler Liu
- Logan Kemp
- Sonia Ko
- Aaron Zachary Laxamana
- Herschell Lara Lazaro
- Nicholas Lee
- LianaLerona
- Jenny Lin
- Trinity Lopez
- Cristy Lopez Mazariegos
- Aaron Louie
- Reana Cara Macatangay
- Javier Machado
- John MacLennan
- Marynna Mangibuyat
- Karlyne Manuel
- Lukas Mariano
- Caitlyn Mendoza
- Mikaella Mercado
- Carel Merluza
- Mikaela Miraflor
- Raquel Miyamoto
- Elke Moerkeseth
- Vanessa Morales
- Emma Mullen
- Christina Muller
- Felicity Muro
- Shermally Naldoza
- Sofia Nazario
- Angel Vianelle Nelmida
- Nailah Jae Nicolas
- Mervyn Njinyi
- Jizelle Oliva
- Tania Palma Herrera
- Felicity Parra
- Arianna Pascual
- Paloma Ponce
- Valeria Ramirez Contreras
- Byron Reyes
- Danielle Rosario
- Anna Melissa San Pedro
- Isabella Sandino
- Morgan Saucedo
- Julianna Serrano
- Derrick Joseph Sese
- Diego Soto
- Sophia Soto
- Anthony Stainer
- Max Stroh
- Kelly Tan
- Adriana Torres
- Jamie Valdez
- Olga Vasquez De Leon
- Adia Walker
- Kendall Weatherford
- Maggie Wong
- Mia Woo
- Diana Yax Rodas
- Iman Yousaf
- Sven Zaimovic
- Sabrina Zarate
- Aniella Zullo