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2023 Spring Commencement

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Congratulations to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Spring 2023 Graduates!

Watch a recording of this years ceremony below.

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You can access a digital program that lists all of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences graduates below.

Video featuring 2023 Graduates

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2023 Teaching Excellence Award Winners

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Students Graduating with Distinction

  • Henry Adkins
  •  Christopher Aitcheson
  •  Jonathan Ames
  •  Madeline Apel
  •  Lucia Arevalo
  •  Valerie Ballard
  •  Mia Bostic
  •  Anna Brandon
  •  Lauren Bryant
  • Jillian Burgan
  •  Anna Cappellina
  •  Joseph Carlin
  •  Marciana Castillo
  •  Martha Chen
  •  Thomas Coffey
  •  Josephine Colaneri
  •  Taylor Conner
  •  Kelly Dahbura
  •  Hope Davison
  •  Maria Dorodnitsyna
  •  Sean Finley
  •  Emma Gerry
  •  Karlynn Goforth
  • Ashley Jou
  •  Carly Kernstine
  •  Ryan Keverline
  •  Brenna Kiel
  •  Erin Kim
  •  Cayla King
  •  Katie Kirkpatrick
  •  Elizabeth Kitley
  •  Allison Kollitz
  •  Jason Krein
  •  Merim Kudaibergenova
  •  Lydia Kuo
  •  Joy Kuzma
  •  Kelsi Landel
  •  Emily Loniewski
  •  Breanna Lytton
  •  Piper Macnicol
  •  Michael Marciano
  •  Jenna Marston
  •  Julianna Martinetti
  •  Julia McConnell
  •  Skylar McDade
  •  Jon McGruder
  •  Genet Mehari
  •  Camille Mitchell
  •  Vanshika Mohan
  •  Madison Moore
  •  Abbey Moran
  •  Stephanie Morgan
  •  Ava Moslow
  •  Grayson Moyer
  •  James Mullet
  •  Tex Tessa Naughton-Rockwell
  •  Catherine Nicely
  •  Fedora Olinger
  •  Jash Patel
  •  Priyansi Patel
  •  Matthew Pepi
  •  Vivian Reed
  •  John Riley
  •  Davida Rimm-Kaufman
  •  Meriden Roberts
  •  Madison Ruley
  •  Martha Sawyer
  •  Amelia Schmidt
  •  Ryan Schurr
  •  Sarah Seay
  •  Lindsey Silk
  •  Blake Smith
  •  Noah Stallard
  •  Jared Stevens
  •  Kathryn Stone
  •  Jackson Thurman
  •  Stephen Trampe
  •  Taylor Umbarger
  •  Julia Vaichekauskas
  •  Victoria Wilk
  •  Abigail Wilson
  •  Andrew Wright
  •  Grace Yancey
  •  Brynn Yaun
  •  Katie Young
  • Emily Allara
  • Alyza Balisacan
  • Grace Barbaro
  • Camille Basilii
  • Giuliana Bertolotti
  • Elizabeth Bielawa
  • Kathryn Bielawa
  • Vaughn Biesecker
  • Lindsay Borg
  • Nathan Bradshaw
  • Breanna Brewer
  • Anthony Briganti
  • Isabel Brown
  • Cassidy Butler
  • Carly Campbell
  • Hannah Cannon
  • Mia Carfi
  • Leah Castanes
  • Jacqueline Cho
  • Lauren Ciuba
  • Claire Cohen
  • Bailey Connors
  • Taylin Crosen
  • Bethany Davis
  • Lauren Dodson
  • Julie Dowdy
  • Olivia Everhart
  • Kendall Flippen
  • Erin Flynn
  • Kristen Frank
  • Bernie Frantz
  • Isabel Frye
  • Sara Gallegos
  • David Gigliotti
  • Caroline Giles
  • Sarah Graham
  • Christa Greatorex-Potter
  • Dana Hamad
  • Lily Harding
  • Zachary Hartman
  • McKenna Helder
  • Alexis Henn
  • Mylei Henry
  • Lauren Hiemstra
  • Rileigh Hirsch
  • Sabina Holz
  • Lindsey Hooper
  • Trevor Hunter
  • Kirsten Husted
  • Allison Jenkins
  • Kathryn Johnson
  • Caroline Johnson
  • Ji Min Jung
  • Haley Kakar
  • Michael Keys
  • Joyce Kim
  • Peyton Kiser
  • Erin Kiyokawa
  • Katherine Klesat
  • Satria Knight
  • Sarah Kocher
  • Mackenzie Kovach
  • Bridget Kowalski
  • Reilly Krason
  • Khadeejatul-Kubraa Lawal
  • Kathryn Letz
  • Josephine Lilienthal
  • Jordan Long
  • Vivian Lu
  • Erin Lynn
  • Alexander Macri
  • Olivia Manke
  • Bailey Marshall
  • Gabriel Mendelson
  • Alyssa Montgomery
  • Justin Moses
  • Jillian Mullen
  • Bailey Myers
  • Madison Norris
  • Samantha Odeh
  • Gretchen Olazabal Shimabukuro
  • Jean Park
  • Jasmine Patel
  • Megan Pelletier
  • Amanda Pendleton
  • Amanda Piotrowski
  • Jayme Price
  • Kimberly Pugh
  • Sara Rheintgen
  • Renee Roberge
  • Mary Salinas
  • Shirin Sayani
  • Morgan Sensabaugh
  • Emily Sergent
  • Bryce Shanahan
  • Izabelle Skiba
  • Roman Slowinski
  • Jessica Sullivan
  • Overton Temple
  • Kunika Tiwari
  • Eric Tomley
  • Avni Tyagi
  • Sydney Vaka
  • Hannah Vaughn
  • Tam Vo
  • Tessa Wannenburgh
  • Maret Whalen
  • Joshua Williams
  • Grant Wolfgang
  • Kenneth Yoon
  • Logan Zell
  • Patrick Zhang
  • Taylor Zimmerman
  • Lauren Zuskin
  • Brittany Alley
  • Laila Ampy-Thomas
  • Marissa Anderson
  • Eliza Aydar
  • Kyle Barnes
  • Matthew Beach
  • Haley Bell
  • Kristina Blanton
  • Ryan Breedlove
  • Hailey Bryski
  • Jordan Buck
  • Rachael Butterworth
  • Mary Christopher
  • Marielle Ciccone
  • Emma Clarke
  • Jacquelyn Clarke
  • Mason Clements
  • Taj Cole
  • Noah Corbliss
  • Nicholas Covington
  • Christian Cowden
  • Katharine Damron
  • Sara Davidson
  • Katherine Donnelly
  • Geena Dorazio
  • Nathan Duda
  • Samiha Duggal
  • Krista Duncan
  • Medina Etemadi
  • Maria Euripides
  • Walker Everhart
  • Emma Farney
  • Jacob Fitchett
  • Peyton Fristoe
  • Austin Funk
  • Stanislaw Gauza
  • Baylie Gentry
  • William Giannelli
  • Cameron Giuseppe
  • Andrew Gnatowski
  • Elon Hairston
  • Isabel Hasson
  • Sydney Hayden
  • Garrett Hays
  • Marc Heffron
  • Wylie Hicklin
  • Sarah Hollis
  • Ashley James
  • Amina James
  • Jinsoo Jeong
  • Siena Johnson
  • Kloe Jones
  • Mary Julich
  • Heather Kashin
  • Alexa Keener
  • Saachi Khurana
  • Adam Kiem
  • Melissa Kramer
  • Paige Kramer
  • Gareth Krise
  • Lakin Krisko
  • Bailey Kruse
  • Ellison Lafferty
  • Kyla Long
  • Margaret Luo
  • Yasmin Majeed
  • Mya Manns
  • Kaley Mccullen
  • Justin McDermott
  • Cecilia McGrath
  • Michael McVean
  • Emily Meluch
  • Lesley Merkel
  • Annelise Miller
  • Rebecca Moravek
  • Brieanna Morstad
  • Breanna Murray
  • Martin Nguyen
  • Kristin Omans
  • Anna Owens
  • Corryn Pham
  • Maria Polcari
  • Karleigh Pollock
  • Isabella Porrazzo
  • Emily Pruden
  • Leila Pruscino
  • Kate Pugh
  • Megan Purvis
  • Joseph Real
  • Natalie Russell
  • Shea Ruyak
  • Gabriel Ryan
  • Kelsey Ryan
  • Jakob Sanne
  • Thomas Schudlich
  • Samantha Scott
  • Casey Shaeffer
  • Starlina Shepard
  • Colin Short
  • Charleez Simcik
  • Amani Siraj
  • Bailey Sisson
  • Catherine Slupe
  • Kaylen Snead
  • Makar Soliman
  • Samantha Soule
  • Sarah Superata
  • Brian Tani
  • Moussa Tapsoba
  • Alexandra Tian
  • Geraldine Trinidad
  • Eric Truong
  • Suzanne Tunder
  • Mackenzie Vining
  • Carissa Walder
  • Bailey Watson
  • Alexandra Webster
  • Lindsay White
  • Andrew Wikle
  • Noah Willis
  • Samantha Wilson
  • Tian Xu
  • Caroline Yates
  • Molly Youmans
  • Kierstyn Zimmerman

Dean's Scholars (Students that achieved a 4.0 GPA in Fall 2022)

  • Emily Allara
  • Jonathan Ames
  • Maddie Apel
  • Camille Basilii
  • Matt Beach
  • Giuliana Bertolotti
  • Mia Bostic
  • Nathan Bradshaw
  • Isabel Brown
  • Lauren Bryant
  • Jillian Burgan
  • Joseph Carlin
  • Alexis Castanes
  • Martha Chen
  • Nick Covington
  • Katie Damron
  • Sean Finley
  • Kendall Flippen
  • Bernie Frantz
  • Emma Gerry
  • McKenna Helder
  • Julia Holsten
  • Cayla King
  • Katie Kirkpatrick
  • Peyton Kiser
  • Elizabeth Kitley
  • Jason Krein
  • Joy Kuzma
  • Kelsi Landel
  • Regan Lippold
  • Emily Loniewski
  • Erin Lynn
  • Breanna Lytton
  • Jenna Marston
  • Skylar McDade
  • Tucker McGruder
  • Genet Mehari
  • Gabe Mendelson
  • Annelise Miller
  • Camille Mitchell
  • Madison Moore
  • Abbey Moran
  • Maggie Morris
  • Ava Moslow
  • James Mullet
  • Bailey Myers
  • Catherine Nicely
  • Maielle Olinger
  • Amanda Pendleton
  • Meriden Roberts
  • Amelia Schmidt
  • Anthony Shafron
  • Bryce Shanahan
  • Noah Stallard
  • Kathryn Stone
  • Brian Tani
  • Taylor Umbarger
  • Julia Vaichekauskas
  • Abigail Wilson
  • Andrew Wright

Graduates that have served the CALS Community

  • Bailey Marshall (AAEC)
  • Grayson Moyer (AGSC)
  • Camille Mitchell (APSC)
  • Amber Fleming (APSC)
  • Sadie Grant (APSC)
  • Emily Meluch (APSC)
  • Angel Appiadu-Manu (BCHM)
  • Carlos Castro (BCHM)
  • Eric Truong (BCHM)
  • Peter Arnold (CSSC)
  • Bernie Frantz (CSSC)
  • Elizabeth Vaught (CSSC)
  • Madison Norris (ENSC)
  • Sara Beth Davidson (FST)
  • McKenna Helder (FST)
  • Brianna Ly (HNFE)

Agricultural Technology Ambassadors

  • Six Parker
  • Peyton Fristoe
  • Michael Albanese
  • Michael McVean
  • Caroline Sayers
  • Shianna Harris
  • Tessa Wannenburgh                       
  • Rachel Mohler
  • Joshua Williams

Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

  • Vaughn Biesecker
  • Mia Bostic
  • Alex Macri
  • Bailey Marshall
  • Avery Pope
  • Sara Rheintgen 
  • Shea Ruyak
  • Taylor Umbarger

Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education

  • Zack Morris 

School of Animal Sciences

  • Anna L. Cappellina
  • Emma D. Gerry
  • Katie L. Kirkpatrick
  • Michael A. Marciano
  • Gianna Novak 
  • Emily  J. Plante
  • Joseph R. Real
  • Bailey R. Watson
  • Noah C. Willis
  • Paige N. Wilson
  • Devin G.  Wynne

Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

  • Meaghan Corrion
  • Kelly Dahbura
  • Haley Kakar
  • Breanna Lytton
  • Anika Mansdoerfer
  • Madison Robertson
  • Bryce Shanahan
  • Cassidy Stokes
  • Gretchen Olazabal Shimabukuro

Agricultural Technology Program Peer Mentors

  • Nathan Aitcheson
  • Ashley Bushong
  • Austin Funk
  • Kaylen Snead
  • Tessa Wannenburgh
  • Colton Wilder

School of Plant and Environmental Sciences Peer Mentors

  • Bailey Connors
  • Sarah Graham
  • Skylar McDade
  • Madison Norris
  • Clare Tallamy

Biochemistry Peer Mentors

  •  Alyza Balisacan
  • Valerie Ballard
  • Anthony Briganti
  • Emma Farney
  • Christa Greatorex-Potter
  • Bailey Marshall
  • Shirin Sayani
  • Roman Slowinski
  • Shelby Smith
  • Eric Truong 
  • Brynn Yaun

Agricultural and Applied Economics

  • Bailey Marshall
  • Shelby Smith
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Food Science & Technology 

  • McKenna Helder
  • Mary Salinas

 

Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

  • Elizabeth  Bielawa
  • Marielle Ciccone 
  • Nicholas Covington
  • Kelly Dahbura    
  • Hope Davison
  • Haley C. Kakar
  • Reilly K. Krason 
  • Khadeejatul-Kubraa A. Lawal 
  • Breanna F. Lytton
  • Marley F. McCartney
  • Charly H. Nazzal
  • Tam T. Vo 
  • Abigail M. Wilson  
  • Katie J. Young 
  • Logan S. Zell  
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School of Animal Sciences

  • Dana Dougherty
  • Krista Duncan
  • Amber Fleming
  • Emma Gerry
  • Cara George
  • Ben Jewusiak
  • Brooke Johnson
  • Katie Kirkpatrick
  • Megan Pelletier
  • Vincent Russo
  • Bailey Watson
  • Noah Willis