Commencement
May 19, 2016
Procession
Welcome
Ms. Ada Morell ’97
Chair of the Kean University Board of Trustees
Star-Spangled Banner
Lyrics by Francis Scott Key
Performed by Mr. Jonathan Stanley ’16
Invocation
Jackie Oesmann, MBA
Catholic Campus Minister
Introduction of Platform Party and President’s Remarks
Ms. Ada Morell ’97, Chair of the Kean University Board of Trustees
President Dawood Farahi, Ph.D.
Introduction of Commencement Speaker
Ms. Linda Lewis
Kean University Board of Trustees
1
Commencement Address
Mr. Brandon Stanton
Photographer and Founder of Humans of New York
Presentation of Kean Medal to Mr. Brandon Stanton
President Dawood Farahi, Ph.D.
Heroes (We Could Be)
Music & Lyrics by Alessandro Lindblad, Tove Lo, David Bowie & Brian Eno
Choreographed by Elisabetta Spuria
Performed by Angela Brydon, Melanie Comeau, Nathan Duszny, Tom Feeney, Pamela Gaccione, Shiloh Goodin,
Lindsay Janisse, Ryan Koss, Francesco La Macchia, Jason Ng, Angela Patmon, Isabella Porreca, Jonathan Rodrigues,
Casey Lee Ross, Ariel Shepley, Sade Simmons, Ron Smith, Haley Stockbrugger, Tommy Sutter, Adam Roberts
Student Reflections
Ms. Shruti Nadkarni ’16
Class Valedictorian
Mr. Michel Cabral-Martin ’16
Senior Class President
Mr. Nigel Donald ’16
Student Organization President
Presentation of the Class of 2016
Dr. Jeffrey Toney — Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Michael Cooper, Dean — College of Business and Public Management
Dr. Anthony Pittman, Acting Dean — College of Education
Dr. Suzanne Bousquet, Dean — College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. George Chang, Dean — College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences
Dr. Suzanne Bousquet, Dean — College of Visual and Performing Arts
Prof. David Mohney, Dean — Michael Graves College
Dr. Keith Bostian, Dean — New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics
Dr. Stephen Kubow, Acting Associate Vice President — Kean Ocean
Conferral of Degrees
President Dawood Farahi, Ph.D.
Welcome from the Alumni Association
Mr. Edward Esposito ’69, ’72
Alumni Association President
2
Kean University Alma Mater
Music and Lyrics by Alice Leon
Performed by Ms. Althea Nava ’16
As we march forward toward our horizon
Lo, we will trust with pride in our education
Raising our flag of Silver and Blue
To Kean we will always be true
The spark of knowledge has ignited within us
We go forward spreading light to all around us
Our future is clear and we’re grateful to thee
To Kean we sing our loyalty
And so we rally round and stand here before her
The pride of the Garden State with reverence and honor
Knowing our purpose is strong and true
We lift our voices
And we rejoice in
Kean University
Closing Remarks
Ms. Ada Morell ’97
Chair, Kean University Board of Trustees
Recession
Coburger Marsch by Herbert Von Karajan
American Sign Language interpretation for ceremony provided by Dr. Carol Goodman,
Kean University Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Disorders and Deafness
Ms. Monica Nativo ’08, Ms. Nicole Olearchik, Ms. Roshni Patel ’16
3
Commencement Speaker
Brandon Stanton
Photographer and Founder of Humans of New York
With over 15.8 million followers on Facebook and 3.7 million on Instagram, it’s no
surprise that Brandon Stanton, the photographer and writer behind Humans of
New York, has been called an Internet phenomenon. Named on Crain’s New
York’s 2015 40 Under 40 list, Stanton is one of today’s most unique and influential storytellers, whose own story illustrates the power of the Internet, the value of
storytelling and our desire to remain connected with real people in our increasingly technology-driven world.
After graduating with a degree in history, Stanton traded bonds in Chicago until he
lost his job, which led him to move to New York. In late 2010, he started the photography blog, Humans of New York, with a goal of photographing 10,000 New
Yorkers and plotting the photos on a map. HONY, however, began to take on a
much different character. By incorporating short stories with the photographs,
Stanton created a powerful force for good that brings millions of people from
around the world together to reflect on the remarkable images and tales of everyday people.
In 2013, Stanton’s first book, Humans of New York, catapulted to the top of The
New York Times bestseller list, where it stayed for 45 weeks. His new book,
HONY: Stories, was released in October 2015 and was number one on the NYT’s
bestseller list within two weeks.
In early 2015, Stanton’s post of a boy from an underprivileged Brooklyn middle
school in a crime-plagued neighborhood led him to initiate an online crowd funding campaign to raise $100,000 to send the students on field trips to Harvard to
expand their idea of their potential. HONY’s followers raised more than $1 million
for Mott Hall Bridges Academy and the inspirational story garnered international
media attention and earned Stanton a meeting with President Obama.
4
Brandon Stanton
Nathan Weiss
Graduate College
Counselor Education
Juneau Gary
Robert Kitzinger
J Barry Mascari
Allison Paolini
Rebekah Pender
Jane Webber
Educational
Leadership
Kathe Callahan
Wanda Gonzalez
Steven LoCascio
Leila Sadeghi
Psychology
Keri Giordano
Aaron Gubi
Jennifer Lerner
Donald Marks
School of
Communication
Disorders and
Deafness
Jeanne Avitto
JoAnne Cascia
Alan Gertner
Barbara Glazewsk
Marybeth Imshoi
Susan Mandel
Mahchid Namazi
Sheree Reese
Mary Jo Santo PIetro
Martin Shulman
Karen Villanueva
Occupational
Therapy
Mary Falzarano
Jennifer Gardner
Maryanne Moran
Claire Mulry
Social Work
Denise Ellis
Josephine Norward
David Stoesz
College of
Business and
Public
Management
School of Accounting
and Finance
Qian Mao
Ramiro Serrano-Garcia
School of Criminal
Justice and Public
Administration
Craig Donovan
Alexis Hayton
Bok Gyo Jeong
Morgan Laury
Armine Lulejian
Patricia Moore
School of
Management
and Marketing
Thomas Abraham
Sucheta Ahlawat
Janine Black
Joseph McGill
Shanggeun Rhee
Shweta Singh
Valerie Vaccaro
School of Global
Business/Global
MBA
Eimear Nolan
David Shani
Bala Subramanian
Veysel Yucetepe
College of
Education
Elementary, Middle
and Secondary
Education
Linda Cahir
Gilda Del Risco
Nurka Nieves
Gail Verdi
Thomas Walsh
School for Global
Education and
Innovation
Pablo Pintado-Casas
Gregory Shepherd
Faculty Attending
School of General
Studies
Kim Chen
Lydia Kaplan
Ramaydalis Keddis
Bridget Lepore
Kathleen Lodge
Mirela Negoita
Juan Carlos Orejarena
History
Francis Argote-Freyre
Christopher Bellitto
Sue Gronewold
Elizabeth Hyde
Dennis Klein
Xurong Kong
Jonathan Mercantini
Catherine Nicholson
Abigail Perkiss
Brian Regal
Frank Wetta
Rui Zhang
School of Psychology
Paula Avioli
Verneda Hamm Baugh
Sharon Boyd-Jackson
Chrysoula
Fantaousakis
Emily Filardo
Zandra Gratz
Hye Jin Kim
Lauren Mastrobuono
Ilyse Odesky
Shai Tabib
School of Social
Sciences
Charles Boateng
Robert Hunt
Gilbert Kahn
Julia Nevarez
Nazih Richani
Melodie Toby
School of Curriculum
and Teaching
Jennifer Chen
Patrick Ippolito
Gail Verdi
M. Ann Walko
School of Physical
Education, Recreation
and Health
Norma Bowe
Gwen Cleaves
Kathleen Curran
Luis Martinez
Sharon McKenzie
Yehoshua Palgi
Frances Stavola Daly
Sharon Towler
School of Special
Education and
Literacy
John Burke
Beverly Kling
Barbara Lee
Walter Oberwanowicz
Susan Polirstok
Victoria Rey
Ethel Young
College of
Humanities and
Social Sciences
School of
Communication,
Media and
Journalism
William Kolbenschlag
Pat Lauro
Cathleen Londino
Christopher Lynch
Kristine Mirrer
Brian Oakes
Jack Sargent
Jeremiah Sullivan
Wenli Yuan
School of English
Studies
Ruth Griffith
Charles Nelson
Susanna Rich
Lisa Sisler
5
College of
Natural, Applied
and Health
Sciences
Computer Science
Emanuel Emanouilidis
Mira Franke
Ching-yu Huang
Juan Jenny Li
Jing-Chiou Liou
Jack Ryder
Carolee Stewart
Malcolm Wabara
School of
Environmental and
Sustainability Studies
Paul Croft
Juyoung Ha
Dongyan Mu
Kikombo Ngoy
Feng Qi
Shuangyu Xie
Lei Yu
School of
Mathematics
Louis Beaugris
Eshrat Sahafian
Kung Kuen Tse
Raymond Viglione
Jiantian Wang
Wolde Woubneh
Pablo Zafra
School of Natural
Sciences
Patrick Field
Jing Gao
Kerrylynn Konecny
Laura Lorentzen
Norberto Mapoy
Elizabeth Manheim
Matthew Mongelli
Patricia Morreale
Kristie Reilly
Yeung-gyo Shin
Kim Spaccarotella
Amy Sprinkle
Heather Stokes-Huby
School of Nursing
Prisca Anuforo
Karen DeWitt
Portia Johnson
Jan Kaminsky
Karen Moosvi
Kathleen Neville
Donna Reinbeck
Traci Sicurella
College of Visual
and Performing
Arts
Fine Arts
Jennifer Crupi
Marguerite Mayhall
Music
Matthew Halper
Julie Harris
Lyn Schraer-Joiner
Mark Terenzi
Theatre
Nick Benacerra
Emily Teresa Choate
Rachel Evans
Karen Hart
Holly Logue
Ernest Wiggins
NJ Center for
Science, Technology
and Mathematics
Brian Baldwin
Salvatore Coniglio
David Joiner
James Merritt
Dil Ramanathan
Yazhou Sun
Michael Graves
College
School of Public
Architecture
Saglinda H. Roberts
Robert Busch
School of Design
Denise Anderson
Rose Gonnella
Robin Landa
Linda O’Shea
Tim Riegle
Alan Robbins
January 2016 Graduates
College of Business and Public Management
Criminal Justice
Adebola T. Adedeji
Leslie Alvarez
Ashley Loreece Anderson
Daniel Paul Baron
Joseph Michael Basinski
Stefany Borja
Christopher E. Bukofsky
Edward Patrick Cameron
Francisco J. Cano
Cristian Fernando Castillo
Robert Patrick Corcoran
Michael J. Glogolich
Theodore J. Graziani
Nicole Grossmith
Melvin Inoa
Mark Anthony Loyd Jr.
Bachelor of Arts
Andres Made
Joseph Louis Magliacano
Tinisha Rebecca Mansaray
Karen Marin
Frank J. Martuscelli
Vitor Joao Mira
Daniel P. Mooney
* Kellan V. Moran
Leslie K. Murillo
* Maurice Earl Owens, Jr.
Nathaniel Raymond Panza
Tamika Latoya Paton
* Emmanuel Perez
Lorenzo Javier Perez
Elizabeth Puntiel
Ahmed M. Rady
Ki’mara Monee Ransom
George Micheal Rizo
Kevin Clyde Rogers
*** Lisa D. Romane
Nicole Kristin Rovira
Katherine Ruiz
Erica Lynn Schwartz
Jalen Alonzo Smith
Johanna Sotelo
* Randy Tejada
Karen Jasmine Valenzuela
Steven Daniel Vargas
Mark Robert Walton
Anthony Oneal Watts Jr.
* Georgina Valentina Wilson
Public
Administration
** Kendall Marie Bell
Christopher R. Capaldo
Robert Emmanuel Christos
Adam T. Criss
John Thomas Cunningham
Marissa Dante
* Raquel Marie Edwards
*** Anthony Juliano
* Rebecca Faye Lipke
Miguelina Mercedes Perez
** Shannon Rebecca Samocki
Chidiebere P. Ukaegbu
Terrell Anthony Wells
Jacqueline Williams
Jeffrey J. Yourman
Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Olga Paulina Alulema
Pamela Lynn Amell
Ahmad Kamal Anwar
*** Natka Atanasova
* Ridhhi Barevadia
Michael John Batullo, Jr.
Adeyemi A. Brown
** John Dominick Candito
* Deborah Lee Cardona
Victor D. Castro
** Brianna Lynne Cerasani
Ryan Steven Chelston
Brian Cifuentes
** Alison Joy Coppola
Andre Da Silva
** Josette Ertha Damestoir
Jennifer Chloe Devers
* Harvir Dhanoa
Darren Thomas Dinkey
Jesse D. Farese
* Joseph Michael Forsyth
Tiffany L. Francis
Rocio M. Francisco
* Kimberly P. Hayes
** Michael Robert Hrevnack
** Sehar Javaid
David A. Johnson
Julius Jones
Ronald Josaphat
* Therese S. Jose
Brittany M. Mateiro
Matthew A. Matero
Christopher David McClish
Ian M. McSpiritt
Elizabeth Ndagire-Kayiwa
* Dmitry Opelbaum
** James Joseph Plunkett
Carolina Quintos
Ibraheem Akintunde
Raheem
Gladymise Raymond
Alexandre M. SimoesAlmeida
Sanawar Singh
* Travis J. Toth
Ligia Elena Ubaldo Laos
Wadler Ulysse
Nathalia Uribe Gomez
Charles Peter Vellis, Jr.
Robert Thomas Weber
Finance
Relwende Pierre Claver
Bangre
Tyler Louden Callahan
Sandy Etienne
William John Jacobs
* Adrian Laba
Richard J. Liebhauser
Hoang Khanh Phuong
Nguyen
Ricardo S. Plaza
6
Anthony Michael Tafaro
* Robert M. Tandoc
** Kelly Tomas
* Sissi Lizbeth Tomas
** Alexandra Rose Venier
Global Business
*** Xinyi Chen
Management
C. Mia Abanto
** Bianca Vilarino Alves
Douvins Ambroise
Rushikesh A. Amin
Megan Mary Baniewicz
Christopher Joseph Caruso
Eric Williiam Castellitto
Muhammadmous Amer
Channaoui
Jennifer M. Coney
Frank De Bari
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Erick Alexander Falconi
Rafael Flores
William E. Freer II
Kerish Morais Harnett
* Deep Jajal
Michael Leonard King
Mark R. Klapschinski
Lawrence Larstanna
Anthony Thomas Luongo, Jr.
Milena Joanna Materna
James William Mattina
Jia D. McRae
* Nicole Medefindt
* Daniel B. Murphy
** Alexander Michael Nolan
Emmanuel O. Okeke, Sr.
* Frank Alexander Ortiz
Grishma Patel
Anthony Pistola
Bianca Rivadeneira
* Jessica L. Rivero
Jessenia Mary Paula
Rodriguez
Raul Jeffrey Salas
Yessenia Maria Salazar
Kelly Elise Santo
Xavier Segura
Mohammad Talha Shaeque
Raymond M. Stiso
Hao Tang
Daniel Torres-Reyes
Kamil Walus
* Andrew V. Wolk
Alex Mauricio Zamora
Management
Science
Jacquelin Beltran
Marketing
Stephen M. Aponte
* Brittany H. Bernstein
Kishal D. Browne
Christopher Burns
Jennifer Lynn Callas
Dwain G. Chandler
* Kamil Ciesluk
James John D’Amico
** Morgen V. DeJohn
Allan Deodath
Timothy Brian Durnak
Andrew J. Falco
Jessica Lynn Foley
** Paulina Ksepko
* Justin Levan
* Daniel Anthony Lino
*** Rocio Elizabeth Llanos
* Maria Cecilia Mendez
Rueda
Eric Joseph Puga
Gina Marie Stelluto
Nicole Torosian
* Thao Thanh Tran
** Jennifer G. Vincentini
Myrofora Costas Zambas
College of Education
Early Childhood
Education
* Paige Baffuto
Jeanette Collado
Danielle Louise Coons
** Sarah Marie Jencsik
** Caitlin Elizabeth McHugh
Elementary
Education
Samantha Jessica Barry
*** Carmen Sofia Cervantes
Jasmine Ann Cherian
Yudelka Collado
** Kaitlyn T. Cook
* Victor Ariel Felipe
*** Linda Ann Felton
* Adriana C. Ferreira
** Nicole Patricia Hillyer
Annemarie Lamberti
** Courtney Marie Lawreck
** Adriana Marie Matos
Arica Lyn Mazess
Alyssa Marie Mazza
Bachelor of Arts
** Erika Lorena Quinto
* Stephanie Ann Riggi
Melanie Alyssa Rodriguez
* Joana Da Silva Sarango
Kelsey Ann Schoonover
* Patrick Albert Whelan
*** Corey R. Maliff
* Barry William Mattern
** Matthew Michael Meleo
* Kathleen Elizabeth Napoli
** Stephanie Nawracaj
Richard Ortuso
John William Paluk
* Tyler Joseph Piazzolla
* Joshua Tildon Ramsey
Scott Alan Rybka
* James Joseph Tracey
* Timothy William Weber
Gerard Ziobro
Physical
Education
Boris W. Analuisa
* James Gregory Beaty, III
*** Jonathan Carmona
* Anne Marie Rose Cieri
* Katie Margaret Clark
* Colin Gene Copperthwaite
Michael Creamer
Cassiano Faria Dos Santos
* Leandro Felicio
Daniel Anthony Glavan
Craig Todd Haberstroh
Steven J. Hodge
Michael L. Kyriacou
* Aaron James Landy
John Paul Latacz
Recreation
Administration
Jillian Empeno
Adam M. Fitzgibbons
Xavier Isaiah Fuller
* Kathryn D. Giackette
Francesca Giase
Emmanuel Edouard LouisJean
Theresa Marie Marquart
7
Byron Mathew Nelson
Jean Loucas Pierre
Luz D. Posso
Nicholas Anthony Rojewski
Jacqueline Michelle
Washington
Taylor Noreen Zukoski
Spanish
Jaqueline Barreira
Maria del Carmen Barreiros
Domitila Olivares
Special Education
Nicole Elizabeth Aronowitz
Jessica Rose Baum
Ebony Kaya Bennett
** Faye Melinda Brown
Annmarie Patricia Critelli
* Danielle Nicole DeFonte
Danielle Catherine
Dellaluna
** Stefanie Marie DeVizio
* Jennifer Danielle Fox
*** Ashly G. Geiger
** Larissa B. Lilley
Johari Haynes Perez
*** Danielle Cathy Piatnochka
* Samantha L. Ratajczak
*** Veronica Sala
* Meghan Taylor Schneck
Sashary Tejeda
Speech and
Hearing
*** Jillian S. Vilichka
* Imran Zia
Taylor Leigh Zoccoli
Lisa Ann Birritteri
Bachelor of Science
Athletic Training
Physical Education
Chris R. Matejek
** William Joseph Ditchkus
Kelli Nicole Higgins
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Communication
Derek Julian Ayala
Erin Cynthia Beck
Lindsey T. Bodnar
Andrew N. Bridge
Brett Warren Andrew
Bustamante
* Amanda Cabrera
Jannel K. Carter
** Andrew V. Ciaravino
Andrea L. Cirillo
** Alexander Frank Corsillo
Kia Deadwyler
* Alyssa Michelle DeFonte
*** Ryan Deitche
Kristen Nicole Dematos
Daniel P. Donaldson
Clara Garcia
Elaine Virginia Grande
Alma Hasanovic
* Jessica Lauren Icolari
Vartenie Kachichian
** Aislinn Ozaeta Manalo
Danielle Andrea Marino
** Alyssa Louise Martelli
Bachelor of Arts
Darnell M. Martin
Ashley J. Mejia
Chelsea Ann Moxley
Nicholas Joseph Neumann
Jenifer Niemi
*** Ryan John Norton
* Dara Lynn Novello
** Kimberly Lynn Pace
** Jennifer Elizabeth
Quagliato
Gillian Ashley Rader
Brandon John Rossi
Jasmine Sethi
Emanuel Lamont Shumate
Richard Michael Stewart
Jessica Ann Townley
** Amanda Leigh Volturo
*** Hediberto Asencio
** John Arthur Basilio
Taryn Stephanie Cafro
Melissa Mary Capece
Alexandra Marie Cavallo
* Vanessa Cruz
Marissa Lynn Curia
** Katelyn Marie DeLucca
** Meghan Elizabeth
Gallagher
Lori Ann Garayua
Caitlin Marie Goerlich
Michelle Gomez
* Liliana Fernandes
Henriques
Kasmirah Jones
Gabrielle Ann Kay
** Julianna Taylor Luksa
* Grace Elizabeth Madigan
* Samantha Mancuso
*** Meghan K. Melick
Brandon Ralph Minichiello
* Russell Page Nemchick
*** Brianna Oddo
Swaynisha R. Outerbridge
Economics
Rebecca Amin
*** Paula Catarino
Sumra Khan
English
* Caroline Antonio
** Leonard Apa
8
Andrea Paco
*** Yuliya A. Petrova
*** Sarah Rose Sakowski
** Morgan Scott Smith
Xavier Jamil Thomas
Jasmine Sherell Tyler
Ashley Corinne Valentin
History
Stephanie Anna Agugliaro
Nigel Kwame Agyemang
*** Anthony Robert Alleruzzo
** Peter Jason Bugbee
Franchesca Chabla
* Richard Mendes De Sa
* Connor Early
* Gregory Steven Erickson
*** Christine Margaret
Garbaravage
** Ryan Matthew Hansen
Connor Jonathan Hesnan
Danielle Rae Kasperan
** Gabriel Abigail Kissoon
** Allison Leigh Kunkle
*** Libby Landman
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Alyssa Leona
** David Joseph Lewis
*** Mary Claire Lordi
Jaime Victoria McGeady
*** Amanda Kathleen
McCollum
* John Joseph McKeon
Dana Katelyn Reynolds
*** Colin B. Scotti
Carla I. Silva
Joshua G. Simakowicz
Melanie Nicole Simoes
Shirley Stockton
Oraib Tawara
** Ray Urbanski
Timothy Joel Urig
*** Stephanie Couto Valente
* Martin Joseph Ward, IV
Erick Joseph-Robert
Womack
* David B. Woodman
Media and Film
Enise S. McCormick
Political Science
Fredrica Richardson Barnes
Griffith Michael Boyd
Wayne Anthony Hinds
* Stela Xhemollari
Psychology
* Marjorie Acevedo
Dieuluckson Alcius
Jawad Mustafa Altas
* Danielle L. Androvich
Lirexis Juliana Arauz
Justin Barrow
Darline Beato
Charles M. Beckett
** Victoria E. Bedoya
* Jennifer Marie Berls
** Jackeline Bettin-Castro
Jessica Krey Bonafide
Priscilla Carvalho Borges
Lauren Angela Bowen
** Danielle Bowker
Stephanie Bradley
Daniel G. Brown
Nathaniel Jon Brown
** Maria Lynn Cacace
Jennifer Elisa Cahn
Kriza Danielle Caliolio
Gina M. Calvo
Simena Janee Carey
* Ms. Kathleen Louise Carini
*** Maria T. Carino
Victoria Ann Marie Carney
Ebony Raelle Carter
Silvia Altagracia Castillo
Minyety
** Alexandra Kay Castor
Yesenia Centeno
Stephanie Marie Chaves
Grace Maiysha ClarkDublin
** Shanique Antoinette
Copeland
* Monica Cruz
Marlyn Cruz-Melendez
*** Rose Mary Dease
*** Jeffrey Allen Decker
* Megan A. DeLuca
Stephen Isaiah Aaron
DeWitt
Dominique Elise Dilworth
* AnnaMarie Doyle
*** Alyssa Marie Dworzanski
Arline Espinal
Darnell Tyrone Felder
Brenda L. Fernandez
Melanie Filippone
Jessica A. Fiore
Ariel Elizabeth Galayda
** Angelica Garcia
Rudylee Jyssica Goco
Stephanie Isabel Gonzalez
** Michelle Lynn Gualano
Briseida I. Guardado
* Damarys Guareno
** Brittany L. Gullotta
* Mofeeda Hassan
Sethema Cherae Henry
Odaja Shanae Hill
Batul Shakir Jamali
Mateusz Jez
Sha’Nae M. Jones
*** Stephanie Marie Katz
Bryan Louis Koehler
Tonefa Juliet LaRoach
David Lee
Shanera Monique Leon
Stephanie Lopez
Michael Edward Macedo
** Desiree Nicole Mayo
Shauna Gail McCaig
Miriam M. Melendez
Xiomara Liz Merino
Adrienne Trisha Middleton
Yanibelt Minaya
Yvana Bernice Monnay
Jhayde Ashlee Moore
* Raquel Morales Ortega
Andrea Moreno
James Patrick O’Brien
Rosana Ortiz
Jacqueline Oteng
Danielle K. Pal
Kayla Breanne Palme
Mariana Valentina Pena
Samantha Marie Perez
* Jessica L. Perrone
Mikela Zina Nikkole
Peterson
Stacey Rose Petrisin
Anllely J. Pichardo
Karen Pierre-Canel
Kareem Andrew Pitt
** Kerri Lynne Pizzo
Amy Sue Pornovets
* Brianna Prestigiacomo
James Peter Quine, Jr.
* Miriam Ramos
Marco Recchia, Jr.
Desiree Rodriguez
** Noel Edgardo Roman
Mara L. Rosenfeld
Leann Marie Rowland
Josette Marie Rubio
Kebeh G. Sando
* Erika Ann Seale
Aneri G. Sheth
*** Chelsea E. Shulman
Kristina Sosa
*** Brianna Katherine Strom
RaeLynn Antoinette Sullivan
** Lauren Ashley Sushko
*** Dylan Luis Tooker
** Jessica Trelles
* Christina M. Troyer
* Jennae Marie Ulics
Joshua Juan Valera
Andrew T. Walsh
Kenae Syan Walters
Samantha Samoy Williams
* Katie Elizabeth Yates
Sociology
* Jacqueline Batista
* Kamaria Nicole Baysmore
Rosangelica Cruz
Lauren Fantasia
Nina Laryssa Godbee
*** Alison Gail Jones
* Ryan Anthony Keegan
Kristie Marie Krawec
*** Jennifer Mauri
Marisa Mercuri
Donald J. Miller
Lady J. Naira
Darnell Michael
Oughterson
Natasha Angelina Perez
Latoya Jeanine Robinson
Ernesto Rosario
Leesa M. Salazar
Yena Shah
Matthew Frank Sneyer
Wadlyne Stelus
James Taylor Woods
Bachelor of Science
Psychology/Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Andrea Fernanda
Balbuena Martinez
** Stacy Lynn Bartlett
* Alexandra J. Kennedy
James S. Longstreet
Elizabeth Mesa-Melo
9
Cybil Ann Smolls
College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences
Biology
* Adewale Akande
** Craig G. Atkinson
Chelsea D. Barber
Erin Nancy Burns
Natalie Castrillon
Hermione Corielan
* Eric George Delgado
** Parthi Doshi
Joel Silva Eiras
** Trevor Empeno
John Frank Fredo
Michelle Harrington
** Cheryll M. Hart
Yudali Hernandez Ramos
Biology
** Farzan Ahmed
Betsy Carolyn De La Cruz
Mestanza
** Emmanuel Osemudiamen
Ihionkhan
Dee Dee Adaobi Ibeku
Azara Lami Lugard
Ruke Nakpodia
** Nina Faye Sampilo
* Luis Felipe Vargas
Brittany Irene Wutkowski
Bachelor of Arts
Chemistry
Stephanie Cynthia Kodia
Samantha Lynn LaRocca
Sebastian A. Medina
Edwin R. Merchan
Sandra Michel
Oscar F. Muriel
Justin B. Nagy
Deborah Christelle Neptune
Miral K. Patel
*** Shivani S. Patel
Charles Valle
Ashley AnneMarie Van
Santen
Erika R. Whalen
Kora Natasha Williams
Mike Jr Yi
Nilam D. Domadia
Angel Mihajlovski
Jennifer A. Osei-Fosu
** Melissa Ann Poggioli
Peter Andrew Twill
Earth Science
Katherine Casanas Garcia
Winster S. Martinez
Joseph Clarence Shulack
Mathematical
Sciences
Kelsey Jean Anderson
** David Charles Aprill
* Farhat Batool Bhatti
** Carla Brito
Kevin J. Burke
*** Zachary Robert Dagnall
Deborah Jade Ferrao
Olaoluwa Ogunyemi
Nneena Gabrielle Parris
Ryan Steven Ranallo
* Theresa Lynn Sabin
Hsin-Jui Tuan
** Courtney Elizabeth Yard
** Tricia N. Alleyne
Aisha Hai Alston
Bachelor of Science
Computer Science
Earth Science
Joel Luma
Oluwatobi Paul Omilabu
Daniel Pareja
Mauro Fabian Quizhpi
Peralta
Robert Eugene Savastano
*** Nicholas J. Tyler
Roma Vachhani
Brian Samuel Vega
Charles Paul Podesta
Information
Technology
Harold N. Anderson III
Jesse P. Benjamin
Alexandra Borrero
Robert Joseph DeLuca
Timothy Do
Christian Michael Hansen
Luis R. Luna
* German Andres
Montenegro
Joshua Raphael Romero
* Matthew Singura
Jasiya Tariq
Darren Ta-Lun Yeh
Sustainability
* Kari Leigh Valickas
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
* Alena Aleksaevna Surayeva
* Susan T. Alummootil
Jessica Lynn Anderson
*** Vivian Oluchukwu
Asoegwu-Ike
** Janine Belladonna
** Peteray Bennett
Malabika Bhattacharyya
Rosemarie S. Blaikie
Jill Blomgren
** Pamela Bruno
** Frank C. Buzugbe
* Marie Cadeau-Noel
Aurora Cafuli
Dinara Class
Sandra Damon
Julianne Dean
Randy-Mil Esmejarda
*** Djhenane Carmel Everett
Mercedes G. Farfan
*** Kesley Ann Ford
*** Victoria Caitlin Frank
*** Jessica Leigh Glowacka
** Tammy L. Heinrich
*** Jessica Lisa Hernandez
Dynah M. Jugueta
*** Kyle Joseph Leach
** Evelyn Aracely Murillo
* Chi T. Nguyen
Genesis Noak
10
Clara Perez
** Rawatti Prettypaul
Dan Angelo Quiming
*** Adrian Reyes Ramos
* Gina Lisa Rapp
Senovia Patricia Rhoden
*** Courtney L. Scheiderman
Liana Kathryn Williams
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Art History
Saida Gisela Calle
Abraham Rivera
Graphic Design
Sean J. Carney, Jr.
Ashley Marie Cordero
Andres F. Cordoba
Daniel Cruz
Melissa Deanna Egues
** Maria Sara Finelli
Nancy V. Fuentes
Christina M. Galera Flores
Roxana V. Gayoso
* Mark T. Matarese
Miliana Perez
Louie K. Primero
Bachelor of Arts
Fine Arts
Julia Mayer
Blaise M. Oneill
Asher Jacob Rottenstrich
Jaimie Marie Bluze
Mijieanne Etienne
Bachelor of Fine Arts
* Danielle Angela Rallo
* Nathalie Rodriguez
* Jadwiga Boguslawa
Rynkowski
** Stephen Sepulveda
** Melissa Ann Sonatore
** Dana Nicole Toff
Miguel Castelhano Tome
Johan Villegas
Ryan Paul Wariki
*** Theresa Marie Fafara
** Devon Garges
** Gwen Garretson
Taylor Kristin Hane
*** Jodi Sue Heimowitz
Diana Carolina Lozano
* Laundina Marku
Ashley Karleen Matthews
** Michelle Monticchio
Dayna Britney Morrison
Victoria Rose Olmeda
* Lisa Orphelia
Interior Design
Mehzabin Chowdhury
Christine Davis
Music
*** Sarah Nicole Ferreira
Studio Art
Eric I. Putzer
** Nancy C. Rodriguez
Andrea Emily Sabo
Tatyana Mary Stanziale
*** Demetria Ariella Sternberg
Theatre
Performance
** Claudio M. Venancio
Visual
Communication
Deborah Maria Ceballos
New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics
Bachelor of Science
Science and Technology
*** Sarah Nasir Aziz
*** Shelly Maniar
Rachel Medina
11
*** Shruti Girish Nadkarni
Degree Candidates for May 2016
College of Business and Public Management
Bachelor of Arts
Criminal Justice
Kenechukwu C. Akeru
Carlos A. Alfonso
Christopher John Arias
** Konrad Balakier
Zaniyah T. Beachum
Kelsey Jaye Behen
Michael Joseph Bonavito
Joseph Thomas Burns
Henry Leonardo Calle
Kristie Lynn Casole
Jose A. Chacon
** Jun Chen
* Jeffrey J. Coakley Jr.
* Jeffrey William Comunale
Delis David Cruz
Jessica Maria Da Silva
Fernando Diaz
Matthew Tumulak Dix
Leticia DosSantos
* Alisha Gabriella Dupont
Erica Duverne
Reyghie Felix
Brian Michael Fiducia Jr.
Emilie M. Flores
Quanise Zacole Flowers
Michelle Franco
* Brielle Gallagher
Ralph Anthony Garcia
Anthony Gomes
* Desiree Eneida Gonzalez
Joseph R. Gramiak
Brian Christopher Groben
Leigha Marie Gullotta
Ashley Lynn Guttridge
* Denise M. Hamouda
Araceli Hernandez
Jessica Paola Higuera
Justin Paul Jemas
Jonathan A. Jerden
Allyse Victoria Jones
Kashalla Jones
Jason Daniel Kane
Stephen James Karas
** Filip Konieczkowski
Joseph Kostecki
* Ewelina P. Kot
Victoria Ann Lazaro
* Stephanie Lee
David Michael Lynch
** Anthony Joseph Mangan
Omar Fiitzgerald
McFarlane
* Julia Y. Medina
Nicholas Joseph Meier
Anastasia Mendola
** Alexa Marie Merendino
Michael Thomas Monforte
Jasmine Jessica Moore
Tiffani A. Mosinak
Matthew John Mullin Jr.
Haniyah Muwwakkil
** Brian Patrick Nagy
Jared Ryley Norris
Ojilvis Nunez
Jonathan Eugene Oliver
Melisa Ortiz
* Eric Errol Padilla
Daniel Lucas Park
Tahir Hanif Parks
Lizahury Paulino
Cailyn Marie Pepper
* Juan M. Pineiro
Stefanie Rocha Pinto
Eric Nicholas Raps
David James Ricca
Shannon Romain
David William Samler
Jeremy Alberto Santamaria
Jessica Renee Santiago
Linus Saul
Abubakar Savage
Kayla Anne Schack
Aida Lariza Silva Gamarra
Jonathan William Smith
Thomas Christopher Soulias
Ivana Spirkovic
** Alexandra Evelyn Stanek
Nicholas Joseph
Tavalaiccio
** Alexander Michael Towey
Ciro L. Ulinski
Candice Amanda Varela
Amanda Marie Velez
Mary Biviana Velez
Michael Joseph Vergona
Anthony Vigliotti
Curtis L. Warren, Jr.
*** Bryani E’lan Wheaton
Briana Michele Whelan
Ross Aamir Wright
*** Karolina Zielinska
Public
Administration
** Samantha Isabel Carpio
Conner Todd Casterline
Emily Chan
*** Miledys Corcino-Villa
Jessica Alexandria Desir
Cherisse Dew
Katherin Diaz
Birdya Justine Dorisme
Sarah Noelle Emmons
Marquise Lemar Evans
Michael Anthony Fernandes
Jairo J. Gaitan, Jr.
* John Michael Goncalves
Romain Jean Francois
* Piedad E. Giraldo
Sepulveda
Andrew James Mead
Charlene C. Messer
* Loanny M. Nina
Gabriel Nino
Yulissa Pagan
Christian John Porter
Kayla Irene Radzinski
Jaime Orlando Santana
Sydnie Brianna Simmons
Alyssa Dominique Singh
Joanna A. Smigiel
Jesse David Sobocinski
Darren C. Steverson
* Sarah Marie Mourad Takla
Melanie L. Weinberg
*** Andrew C. Wirth
Carmen Laura Atangana
Yolisse Sophia Carattini
12
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Accounting
Kristen M. Acacia
Joycelyn A. Acheampong
Tatiany Alberto
Marcello Stephen Aleman
* Elden Andrews
Rasheeda A. Anibaba
Rabeet Asghar
Lorena Miranda Azevedo
Erinson Ronal Baez-Ovalle
Mohammed Zubair Bari
Orin C. Bazilio
Mario T. Bilotti
Tara Paige Bisoglio
Darnell Levoe Brown
* Wendy Shantall Camacho
Nicholas Scott Campbell
Kerina Jelene Crosdale
Kerian Antonia Dawkins
Bich Ngoc Thi Do
Sadia Ehtesham
AnaGabriela Espinal
Michael Christopher
Fabijanczuk
* Mariela Ferrer Abreu
Dieufort Francois
* Allison Lee Garagozzo
Sahezad Ghiya
Travis Brent Graves
*** Christopher John Hart
Melina Hernandez
Sara Jawed
Harinder Kaur
Iryna Khan
Andrew Michael Kizelevich
Resheema T. Klein
James Peter Kloepping
Giovanna Paola Larico
* Patrick Gregory Lear
Nicholas William
Lindemann
Cheryl Luongo
Brianna Martin
Julianna Marulanda
*** Sirli McGarry
Tinashe M. Muwalo
Jennilee Negron
Jenny Neno
Lauren O’Grady
** Danya I. Okal
Bachelor of Science
Rimple B. Patel
Rohini A. Patel
Jeff W. Pereira
Sophia Marie Pereira
Thertulie Cybil SaintBaptiste
Sarie Rachel Senophat
Jagdeep Singh
Emilyanne H. Smith
Jaroslaw Truty
Tevin Marquise Tucker
Daphnee Stephanie Tunis
Jonathan A. Vargas
** John Joseph Walton
Schannon Violet Yodice
Nicholas J. Young
Amzar Nurudeen Zakari
Arben Zherka
Charles Frederick Niles, III
** Purvi S. Patel
Garrett J. Pineda
Joseph Michael Robitaille
Nicholas Segovia
Anastacia O. Silveira
Jaroslaw Stankiewicz
Ashley M. Sumeriski
Yifu Sun
Kofi Twumasi
Kyree Kevin Tyson-Jones
Diego F. Vera
Christopher J. Vicedomini
Nada Zakrea
Global Business
Angie B. Ayo
Gnina Stephanie Diallo
Ashley Marie Field
Danielle Ashley Jackson
* Jonathon Joseph Lazar
Jesus German Reyes
Naomi Keith S. Santos
* Laura J. Severino Feliz
* Melissa Trenard
Finance
Nadder Afzali
Faisal Ahmed
Clifton N. Alexander, Jr.
Danielle Nicole Arace
Francesca Rose Benito
* Alexander R. Blanco
Aleksandros Bozgo
Samir Babar Chaudhry
Jarrod C. Colon
Jaime E. Crespo
Daniel Michael Demetz
Zachary Robert Denelsbeck
Suny Desai
Jessica Do Santos Dias
** Sara Elbanna
Chelsea A. Evangelista
Ihsaan Hakim Fleming
Ashley A. Flournoy
Joseph Ryan Gerbino
Usman Ghani
* Keyu Huang
Daniel Tiberius Long
Tal Malhi
Joshua Eric Martin
Anthony Michael Martino
Brian S. Mayancela
Conor Charles McAuley
Patrick Robert McCann
* Christine Nantongo
Chase D. Nelson
** Jiaqi Ni
Management
** Chanell A. Abreu
Melanie Eliza Alcantara
Andrea Alicea
Jenny Catherine Altamirano
Joshua M. Amabile
Savan Amin
Senia Amorison
Brenton John Anderson
Danyella Araujo
Adrien Barmaksiz
* Stephanie Barrientos
* James W. Bond, III
Bakary Boundy
* Tracy Lynn Brosnan
Sebastian Carbonell
Ana L. Castillo
Bryan S. Castillo
Antonio Francesco Cetta
Jamar Anthony Charleston
Maria Jose Chusan-Chang
Danielle Crabb
Anthony M. Dapuzzo
*** Nicole Tiamzon De Leon
Jonathan Brandon DeSousa
13
Andrew Kenneth Decher
Alex Scott Dempsey
Christina Elizabeth Denny
Vincent R. Destefano
** Lauren Hoang Du
Jeffrey David Emami
Theresa Dolores Evans
Maxwell Garret Fields
Ira Harris Ford, Jr.
Terry L. Fuller
** Ryan Thomas Gangel
Andreas C. Georgiades
Jayna Raquel Gibbs
* Marcelle Alexis GibsonAllen
Thomas J. Grabowski
Nytiah Michel’le Graham
Tamika Cheyenne Gray
Andrew James Grosso III
Matthew Guerrizio
Kudakwashe David Gutu
Joseph Handville
James F. Hogan
Shameenia Nicola Hopes
Jana Hroncekova
* Kristina Infante
Frank Anthony Jannucci
Jorge Enrique Jara
Courtney Simone Jenkins
Keith Edward Jones
Mwarashu Bosire Juma
Nazariy Kachan
* Ryan A. Kelley
Anam Tariq Khan
Mary Bray Kiernan
Erika Lyn Kopicko
Mattew Ryan Koplitz
Shayna V. Laboriel
Andrew Kyle Lopez
Santiago Lopez
Francisco Xavier Luna
** Desiré McCoy
Tiana Linette McRae
Juliana Mendez
Shikha Midha
Zachary Pezarras Moore
* Dan Nova
Ryan Michael Olito
Carla G. Olivera
Gerald Osei Tutu Amankwa
Anthony Joseph Paco
* Cynthia Giovanna Perez
Anthony John Perrotta
Christopher M. Piccolo
*** Michelle Estefany Pinales
* Krzysztof Karol Plocharczyk
Michael Carlos Ramirez
Victoria Lea Reichert
** Ryan Matthew Reitmeyer
** Barbara Rodriguez
Dina Rodriguez
** Elba Rodriguez
Alejandra Martinez
Armondo Luis Rivera
Victor A. Roman
Rasheedah Denise Russell
Corey E. Salej
* Kelly Mariah Salsano
*** Maria Sevilla
Mohamed H. Shahine
Jordan Chavelo Sharp
Nadia Davena.Singh
Zondra Denise Smith
Uriel Solis
Sarah Priya Sookchand
Marketing
Isabella Tabares
Katherine Jhomyr TobarMunoz
Michael Joseph Toreky
** Lauri A. Trager
Sebastian Trujillo
Maria G. Urena
Donald Nicholson Vaccaro
Erison Valdez
Karina Alexandra
Velastegui
Shaniece L. Vincent
Robyn B. Walker
* Matthew Wegryn
Tiffany K. Wilson
Alex J. Yanuzzelli
Conrad Jeremy Yap, Jr.
Rebeca Rosa Zamora
Mathew Zapata
Richard J. Zapata
Anthony F. Antoniello
James S. Bony
* Joseph Vincent Brando
Fareeha Chaudry
Julio Rafael Castilloveitia
Stephanie K. Christian
** Gabrielle N. Cucinotta
Kristine Anne Damiano
* Karen A. Damoah
Noor Sayed Elebyary
Juan Jose R. Gamarra
Cristian Garcia-Lopez
*** Juan Andres Villacis Gomez
Patricio Andres Gonzalez
Devin J. Gorski
Michele Lauren Habermann
Keyanna Harllee
Kassandra Kay Hernandez
Katrina Howard
Hammad Iqbal
** Lauren Catherine
Krajczynski
YingYing Liu
Justin Lorenzo
Management
Science
Jairo Aurelio Munoz
Dina Rodriguez
Ashley Yvette Marks
* Wendy Elizabeth Banegas
Menjivar
Fabienne S. Missial
Alyssa Jacquelyn Mota
Ashley Nicole Murray
Andrew Thomas Palmer
Nishidh A. Patel
Daniela Alexandra Pinto
Lisa Marie Pinto
* Nicole M. Purelis
Jairo Andres Ramirez
Christopher John Rebele
Justin Charles Rodman
*** Juan Manuel Salazar
Artis John Nadala Santos
Adrianna Sessa
Daniella R. Sigal
Deanna Marie Verringia
Khari Jamal Voorhees
*** Francesca Maria Weaver
College of Education
Early Childhood
Education
* Marwa Amer
Svitlana Chaykivska
Stephanie Ferreira Costa
Tristina M. DiBlasio
* Jennifer Michelle Donovan
Elina Koval
** Michelle Santos Luis
* Angela Martina Maza
Janet Mondragon
Gabriella Oliveira
Rosemary Pritting
Bachelor of Arts
** Heather Sue Pugliese
Roshena Abigale Richards
** Adriane Faith Sforza
Allison Anne Sokol
Katie Ann DiCarlo
* Vanessa Samantha
Gonzalez
Eda Susan Gumusay
Amanda May Gutman
Samantha Lorean Guzman
* Samantha M. Hering
* Kathy Hernandez
Brian Louis Hornlein
*** Alexandra Claudia Kolesnik
Melissa Eleanor Lampiasi
* Joana Catherine Lopes
*** Stacey Marie Lubczynski
Elementary
Education
** AnnMarie Angela
Angelone
*** Nicole Frutuoso Antunes
Leah M. Bale
Regina Kelly Caputo
Michael B. Cestaro
* Cristina Da Silva
14
* Sheri Mae Malkiewicz
** Donna Teresa Maranzano
Kayla Chantal McDonald
Kaitlin H. Menzel
** Jessica Stephanie Merino
Julie Pauline Naess
Michael Jane O’Connor
** Lisa DaCosta Pereira
* Juliana Piedrahita-Rojo
Jessica Mariah Pierre
** Ashleigh Jean Pirro
* Stephanie Rizzi
Kelsey Adelaide Sheppard
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Carly Lauren Snyder
** Kimberly Noelle Tadiello
*** Schuyler Elizabeth Van
Allen
Physical
Education
Shane Alexander Alvarez
*** Vincent L. Arminio
George E. Bolzoni
Jennifer Anne Bowman
*** Thomas F. Brennan
Dallas Corebello Clem
Jennifer Dolores Cruz
Gerard Timothy Gannon
*** Ryan F. Hoey
Kaitlyn Grace Johnston
Kevin C. Kelly
Jean H. Leblanc
** Shannon Marie Mattern
Bradley Gerard Robinson
Ashley Lynn Slate
Robert John Stoddard
Steven Lamar Strothers
** Nicole A. Taylor
Spyridon Travlos
* Marija Ulic
** Alex Gomes Vieira
*** Casey Marie Wegman
** Brittany Marie Yannetti
Recreation
Administration
Ryan Alan Aeschliman
** Vanessa Arbelaez
Rishawn Akeem Baker
** Stephanie N. Berman
Kaitlyn Brady
Stephanie Moura Brito
Niara Britton-Mitchell
Alyssa Ann Cocozza
** Cristy Yuvani Cordova
Andrew Lester Gustilo
Cornelio
Courtney Simone Cottle
Monica Carmela Cristofaro
* Tara Nicole Cunningham
** Jordan Denise Dow
* Dylan Robert Figler
Marco Antonio Galindo
Karen Julieth Gaviria
*** Jessica Gil
Stephanie M. Gilbert
*** Kimberly Elizabeth Huey
Imoleme Ilogienboh
Edward Joseph Jedziniak
Beverly Iliana Jimenez
* Michelle Ann Kalasin
*** Zachary A. Kane
Farhan Aslam Kayani
Nyeshia S. Kearney
** Megan Elizabeth Keogh
Mark Eric Lenarski
** Vanessa Mabilia Lopes
** Carley Amyna Malak
* Emily Kathleen Martinelli
* Danielle J. McLeer
Xochilt Noyola
Esther Pierre
Esthere Pierre
Charles A. Rouse III
Destiney M. Sampson
Jennifer M. Tricarico
*** Miles R. Viant
Dana J. Weber
* Imoni Williams
Shirley Hernandez
* Suely S. Herrera Romero
Kaliopi Maris
Dennise D. Ojeda
* Maria-Cecilia Ortiz
Alejandro Perez Castillo
*** Huascar Pomavilla
Mayara Reynaldo
Rodriguez
Diana Rueda
*** Jose Ventura Mirambeaux
Kristina Rose Rosamilia
** Victoria Rose
Meaghan Elizabeth
Roshetar
* Nicole Alexandra Sanchez
** Celeste Lorraine Senne
*** Kelly Anne Sesta
** Alycia Marie Svenson
Danielle Liberty Willoughby
Rebecca Lynn Witkowski
** Kyleigh Dyan Airey
Alana Aranjo
* Briana C. Brajoco
*** Jessica Lynn Czarkowski
** Danielle M. Derasmo
*** Elena Di Meo
*** Joseph Christopher Dwyer
** Kristin Felton
* Shannon Nicole Finney
* Gina Marie Frasso
Kelly Ann Griffin
** Kelli Marie Hackman
Heather Marie Hollenbeck
Melissa Lebron
Alexandra Joan Lindquist
* Nicole A. Lombardi
* Samantha Margaret
Nagengast
* Bryanna Eleanor O’Donnell
* Jennifer Lynn Olechnowicz
** Kayla Maria Penn
** Diana K. Piedra
Marissa Ragusa
* Amanda Joan Ritterson
** Charline Rivera
Justine Elizabeth Rivera
*** Marissa K. Robinson
** Sadia Akhtar
* Alexis Marie Amato
Levonda K. Anthony
Kimberly Ann BagattaBowles
** Kylie M. Becker
*** Samantha Marie Bent
Michel Valencia CabralMartin
** Nicole Michele Cooper
*** Blaze Danielle Earle
** Marissa Lauren Falzone
* Stephanie Lisa Kennedy
** Carly Matthews
*** Lawrence M. McDonald, Jr.
** Noelle Rose Monteleone
*** Kara Ann O’Halloran
** Maria Elena Parello
*** Nicole Celeste Parello
** Roshni Jayanti Patel
** Dannielle Evie Villanueva
** Bree Ann Waksmunski
Special Education
Spanish
** Nancy Escobar Osorio
* Antonio Espinoza Reyes
** Maria Haydee Grau
15
Speech and
Hearing
Bachelor of Science
Athletic Training
** Lindsay Ann Hussey
* Kevin Michael Kelly
Sean M. Kuechenmeister
** Emily Diane Maggi
Michael A. McLaughlin
* Karla N. Mejia
Lauren J. Barry
** Michael Campbell
** Berta N. Carmo
Heather Carinne Cohen
*** Sara Rose Garner
** Mario Gencarelli
Andre Mendoza
Monique Y. Nazario
* David Adam Novello
* Rebecca Godinho Oliveira
*** Jane Elizabeth Sweeney
Brandon W. Zweidinger
Physical Education
** Michael H. Daley
Lee John Elliott
Daniel J. Hansen
** Jamie Lynn Julian
Thomas Vincent Masko, Jr.
Chris G. Ragos
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Communication
Jaime Alicea, III
Chelsea L. Alles
** Antonio Amorim
Julian Arias
Thomas E. Bastidas
** Michael Joseph Berran
Maximilian Thunder
Biedermann
* Marcia Rosele Birk
Grace Bonema
Elizabeth C. Bracey
Kenneth J. Bradley, Jr.
Alexis Dominish Brock
Jazmin Nicole Brooks
William Brujan
Nicholas Frank Buonvicino
Dante Burton
Alexina Cenan
Renny Chutiangtrong
Kimberly A. Conyers
Tara Marie Coto
Thomas Joseph Covino
*** Christine Elisabeth Csaky
* Aliesia Nicole Daley
** Alyssa M. Davis
** Alisha T. Dawkins
Marcel Amer Delaney
Chelsea Amanda Deline
Tonianne DeMatteo
Bachelor of Arts
Diana Patricia Diaz
Wilbert Dorcely
Connor M. Doyle
Coretta L. Edwards
* Marlon Escobar
Antonio Michael Ferreira
** Emily Ann Gabriel
Alyssa Ashley Galvez
Samarra L. Goosby
Donya Green
Jessica Cristina Guas
Victor Luis Guzman
* Blaine Haniff
Gabrielle Marie Hrabinski
Shawna N. Jaramillo
Rhyan E. Kinslow
Anijah M. Knighton
*** Annalise Knudson
Dante Maurice Laughlin
Gianfranco Leone
Tsu-Min Lin
John Steven Londono
Miquel Angel Lopez
** Jazmin Lynn Lovenguth
* Kristin Marie Manganelli
Chris C. Massaquoi
Isaiah Malachi McClain
*** Katherine Elizabeth McCue
Michael J. McHugh
*** Sarah E. McKnight
Alisha Noel Mejia
Brian Joseph Meyers
Jannahlyn P. Mijares
Robert Douglas Moroz
* Anthony Nicholas
Muccigrossi
Felicia A. Mulhearn
Isaac Nelson
Ayana Sopia Neufville
Debra Aimee Norek
** Henrietta Nwako
Janet O’Bryant
Adma M. Ortega
Alexandra Karina Ostolaza
*** Sarah Elizabeth Pearson
Cynthia Denise Porta
Gabrielle Gale PrendattCarter
Kelly Ann Rebele
Samantha Lynn Riley
* Christina M. Riviello
Vania Roa
*** Marco Antonio Rodriguez
Sue Leyla Rodriguez
** Samantha Marie Russo
Timothy R. Sexton
Katelynn Marie Shoemaker
*** Yuri Smishkewych
** Bhriana Chiare Smith
Tatiana Marivi Snead
16
** Larry Valente Solha
Eunice Solorzano
Lauren Elizabeth Spain
* Daniella Justine Squires
Tiffany Rose Tangorra
Ashlee E. Thomas
Dani Todaro
Claire Marie Turcott
Russell James Valdez
William Dick van Ingen, IV
* Danielle Marie Voelkel
Daniel G. Weinstein
Kanisha Patrice Wiggins
** Jezzamine Faith Wolk
Sylvester Wright, IV
Michael Ian Zavist
Audrey Daniel Zuniga
Economics
Myesha Olivia Brito
Monique Sherise Brown
Yisseury M. Bujosa
Nigel Olajuwon Donald
Alena Eskova
* Wenjun Fan
Kevin Herrera
Jermaine Gavin Hoyte
Emmanuel O. Iheanacho
*** Jumi Kim
* Parth K. Patel
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
* Geovanna Peralta
Caleb R. Solis
Gjon Vukdedaj
Adil Zia
Najia N. Zovak
English
Mariam Abouhaib
Monica Alvarez
Jennifer M. Alvarez-Otero
Ann Margaret Apostol
Aimee M. Arce
Anna Francesca Avendano
* Bridget Bardge
*** Rosaleen Caitlin Bernaducci
* Kelly Lynn Black
** Graig Blount
Alice Carrion
Doreen Castellanos
Berjeany Charles
Charles Joseph Chipman III
Chelsea Taylor Ciprich
Heather Ellen Clark
Nicholas Robert Conte
** Meghan Mary Cook
* Ashly Nicole Cox
Valentine Edward
Dannestoy
James John Degnan IV
Alyssa DeMaio
*** Sandra Danielle Dziadyk
Nicole J. Ellis
* Melissa A. Errickson
Jasmine Sheree Evans
*** Richonda Cambria Fegins
Melissa D. Fitzgerald
Stephanie Lee Francis
Samantha Tyler French
Nicole G. Gameiro
Tanaera Nakia Green
Yasmin Dell Griffin
Andaiye Hall
Janelle Theresa Holland
* Alexandra Marie Kuck
Helene Anastasia Kushla
** Nicole Ann Landrie
Alexandria Lynn Laudisi
Nicole Catalina Lugo
Dana Noel Mack
Samantha Charlene
Marchan
** Christopher Fernando
Martinez
** Katherine Marie Marzinsky
Samantha Robyn Mattsson
Meaghan Patricia Metz
Alyssa Gloria Morgan
Dajaita Marquetta Morris
Althea Montana Nava
Robert Niepieklo
** Krysten Leigh Nowak
Erin Elizabeth O’Donnell
Jessica O’Donnell
Remi Olaniyan
Danielle M. Pacifico
Suzanne Sun Yeong Park
Ashley Nicole Parse
* Yesse Alexandra Puello
Adrian Rego
Cheryl Ricci
Maritza Rodriguez
Loredana Saverino
Marcus Allen Scroggins
Christina B. Silva
Kelly-Anne Skarbnik
Alissa Ann Sullivan
Jessica Jacqueline Torres
Juliana Ashley Torres
** Michael Richard Walsh
** Alexis Rae Weikel
Halima Naadira Williams
** Wayne F. Williams
Hope Wilson
Tameika Shirelle Wisdom
*** Holly Marie Wood
* Matthew Jekelis
Suzanne Marie Lucas
Shaun M. Lyons
David Joseph Montagna
Jonathan Mstthew Ortiz
Michael Elliott PajackRodriguez
Robert A. Paserchia
Melisa Persaud
Gabriella Lorraine Rivera
* Anthony P. Rombardo, Jr.
Marisa Magdalena Romeo
Kelsey Rose Rucando
Stephanie Adonai Sanchez
*** Laura Elizabeth Santarsiero
Anthony Naz Scrudato
Jeremiah Santhosha
Senanayake
*** Erin Marie Slipoy
Jason William Sobolewski
Mateusz Strzala
*** Ksenia Starikov
William Robert Temple
Trevayne M. Thomas
Nicholas Joseph Tomasso
John Eric Vreeland
** John Thomas Zydzik
** Shannon Nicole Berry
Shamika Myisha Blue
Farid Giovanny Briones
Desmond Patrick Butler
Gregory Michael Cannon
Matthew David Costello
Kenneth Samuel Curran
* Joseph Albert DeLucia
* Christopher Allen Dorst
** Ryan Benjamin Ellis
* Alexander James Ferenc
Kathryn Phebe Ferris
** Kevin Charles Fette
Gissell Flores
* Philip Joseph Galletta
Christopher M. Gomez
Graham Douglas
Goodman
Briana R. Gordon
Stephen James Irenski
* Gregory William Jackson
Maline Leana April
Kendall Savon Cosey
Charles Curtis, III
Stacy Raven Desgranges
* Clarissa Filipowicz
Joseph Anthony Jascur
Bryanna Joelle Jimenez
Orcia Guylvie Kissangoula
Loren Christopher Long, II
Maria Kathya Lozano
Paul Zuliman Obando
Omolara Olatukunbo
Ojomo
Tatiana Marie Raphael
* Ahmed Tejan Raschid
*** Michelle Raymondi
Wasiu O. Saba
Darlene Flor Sarquis
Taneia Lavon Wright
Daniel Russell Yamakaitis
Philosophy and
Religion
Leah Christine Karpinsky
Political Science
History
17
Psychology
Kasey Abbott
Hope Lydia Agbo
* Heidi Esther Agramonte
* Rebecca Aiello
Muriame Albert
** Jessica Marie Alday
Krystoffer Alinea
Melissa E. Alvarez
Massiel Andeliz
Myles Anicete
Jessica Akyaa Anim-Wiafe
** Denise Anton
*** Sharon Apicella
Patrick Gene Aquilina
Mishell Elizabeth Arizaga
Dana L. Baker
Lashaun Marcia Barclay
Jennifer Andrea Barrientos
Estrada
** D’kota Rai Barrios
** Anna Elizabeth
Baumgartner
Samuel Bautista
* Kaitlin Anne Beckerman
Erica Allie Bell
Kayla Mary Bendul
** Krishna Bengali
Jaime Berman
Rachelle Shaeleen Bertholf
Lena Beshi
** Tanya Marie Betancourt
Samantha Lynn. Bevins
Michael Beyer
Stephanie A. Bianchi
Schalor I. Blackshear, III
Damaris Aracelis Blanco
** Kristine Ann Blanco
Diannis Elaine Borras
Dustin Michael Bourque
Dominique A. Bradley
Crystal Jade Brotherson
Jasmine Sharee Brown
* Sarah Elizabeth Broyles
Jeana Bruno
* April L. Bute
* James Joseph Campbell
Amanda Maria Castillo
Steven A. Caulfield
* Joseph Cestaro
* Maurice S. Chambers
Molly S. Cohen
Atiya Coleman
** Deanna V. Columbia
Katie Murphy Connor
*** Kaitlyn Amber Cook
Jenabu Tjuan CooperChristian
Melanie Ashly Cordero
Lavar R. Cross
Anarahi Cruz
* Disnarda Alexandra Cruz
* Liz Annette Cruz
*** Christina Marie Cucco
Thomas Gordon Daly
* Sara Jade Danielczyk
Kelly Marie Daroci
Kelina De Jesus
Candace DeJohn
Camille Demesa Dela Pena
Deanna Dell-Bene
Suzanne M. Desiata
Tamara Desjardins
Michelle Diaz
Towanna T. Dover
Juhi Duggirala
*** Kelsey Rae Edwards
*** Kendall Rose Edwards
* Daniel J. Eid
Samantha Ellis-Pierrelouis
Rachel Ervin
** Samantha Eveigan
Kimberly Marie Evernham
Abieyuwa Eweka
Ariana Fazliu
* Jessica Nicole Fernandez
Donyetta Marguerite
Fontaine
Christi-Lee Fontana
** Patrick Joseph Foy
Sarah-Rose Frailey
*** Melanie Lynn Francis
Jolene Shante Fray
* Wendy Jahayra Fuentes
Abby Gallego
* Michelle Galvan
Christopher Michael
Garcia
Evelyn Tatiana Garcia
Yaquelin Johana Garcia
** Yoyce Idsel Geronimo
Claudine Ann Gibbs
Fiorella Z. Giordano
Mariam Gobrial
* Mordechai Boruch Gofman
* Andreina Gomez
Daritza Maria Gomez
Michelle Sofia Goncalves
** Kelsey Pasia Gonzales
Priscilla Sue Suliguin
Gonzales
Niurka Gonzalez
Rosangel Gonzalez
*** Brandon Anthony Gooden
* Taylor Symone Goodridge
Asier Gorostiza
La’ Nae Mattie Grant
Lauren Michelle Greco
Dejanee Unique Green
Samantha Jessica Green
Sharon Geneva Monique
Grimsley
Genesis D. Gualpa
Ericka Gutierrez
Joanna Kane Halick
Tanesia C. Hardiman
** Aerianna La’Tia Shawnté Hardy
Jeanyne Nicole Harman
Nicole A. Harrell
Brett Hay
Michael H. Henry
* Emely Hernandez
Stephanie N. Hierrezuelo
** Brianna Joy Higgins
Carmen Holguin
Kristen Bernice Holmes
Dennis Hurtado-Valdez
Rosemaur Intelisano
** Kyle Austin Jachim
Andrea Monay Jackson
Cynthia Yvette Jackson
** Judy Ann Jacobs
Guerinneau Junior Jean
Louis
Myles L. Jenkins
Gloribel Jimenez
Brittany Aleece Johnson
Whitney Tatyana Johnson
Olga Jones
Renee Jones
Marissa Rose Kaschak
*** Julianne Marie Venuto
Kasprzyk
** Anna Kats
Marlaina Elizabeth
Kedersha
*** Brianna Lynn Kelusak
Zainab Khan
** Adara Sharell Kimbrough
Gina Marie Ann Kirwin
Abena Ofosua Koranteng
James William Kozlik
** Lilymey Lam Meza
Melissa P. Lameira
** Francis E. Lanno
Yocari F. Lara
** Agata Lendzioszek
*** Kylie R. Levy
Karine Lightburn
Jessica Elizabeth Locklear
Destinie Simone Long
Demiana Saddik Malak
Doralis Nikol Maldonado
Zenab Malik
*** Olivia A. Maltempi
Jessmarie Martinez
Johanna Martinez
John E. Martinez
Kassandra Martinez
*** Anthony J. Martino
*** Sarah Angela McCarthy
Lauren Nicole McGinty
Marva C. McIntosh
** Alex Marie Melore
Stephanie Marie Melusky
* Daris Mendez
* Nick Mercurio
Chanell Janay Mikell
* Jeffrey Montano
Stephanie Carine Moreau
Vanessa Andrea Moron
* Samantha Paige Mundy
Brian Joseph Mykoliw
Stephanie Scotlyn Nacco
* Patrixia Louise Malana
Narvaez
** Shira Elaine Nessmith
* Alyssa Gabrielle Nezbeth
*** Alivia Nicole Nufrio
Elianna Nunez
Chinasa G. Nwaigwe
Jessica Megan O’Toole
Lawrence MacDonald O.
Emenyonu
Linda C. Ogbonnaya
Ifeyinwa A. Okafor
* Latifat Y. Oladiran
** Marylin Orejuela
*** Catherine Suzanna Ortiz
18
Ashley Stephanie Ospina
Maritza Oxte
Briana Alana Palitz
Nirali Patel
Raj J. Patel
Lauren Elizabeth Pena
Lony Arlenys Pena D’Oleo
Karina Dias Pereira
* Nicole Peres
** Faith M. Perri
*** Gianna Nicole Perrone
Aysia C. Peterson
Jessica Piatt
** Giselle Pichardo
Joya Carmela Pinghera
Jonathan M. Pintauro
** Deanna Marie Pitta
Joseph Christopher Ponce
Jessica Lynn Ponzo
Leana Quinones
** Melissa Esther Quinones
Guilmari Ramirez
* Sandra A. Ramirez
Thainara Ramos
Mary S. Rassla
Sammayyah Rattley
Yasmine Danee Reed
* Amanda Resende
*** Thomas Rich-Caverly
Raiyona T. Roane
Robert N. Roberto
** Kiersten Elizabeth Robson
Gilmaria Brito Rocha
Maria Fernanda
Rodriguez Carrillo
Nelly Johana Rodriguez
Ritchie Rodriguez
** Maria Christina Ronan
Alicia Denise Ross
Dirk Steven Rowlette
** Samantha Paige Ruchalski
** Nicholas J. Russo
Darren James Rybarczyk
Danielle Marie Rybinski
** Jacqueline Michelle Sadlon
Amanpreet Saini
Marlee Faith Saxton
** James Robert Schnell
David Michael
Schwefringhaus
** Nikki Ann Scornavacca
** Fallon Elizabeth Shafto
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Christine Ann Sharpe
Shalanda Satoye Shaw
Shubhani Singh
Catherine Janette Sizelove
* Avraham Slanger
Kevin P. Smith
Catarina Andreia Sousa
*** Marjorie Christie Stafford
* Alexis R. Stapleton
*** Carly Rose Stephanick
Timothy Paul Stillman
Chelsea Lauren Suarez
** Amanda Sunshine Sugatan
** Danielle A. Svec
Steven A. Switzer
** Michele Sylvester
** Jamie Ann Szweada
Johan B. Tan
Jacqueline Renee Taylor
Fiorela Tejeda
* Connor Nicholas Tereman
** Erika Thevenin
Melissa Hope Thomas
Thomas Allan Thompson Jr.
Sherilyn Tobias
** Morrissa Gladys Phyllis
Calabras Tucker
Genevieve Auguste
Alishia Kathleen Baptista
Safa Maher Basidiq
* Devin Batts
Joan A. Bellavista
Lawrence Bender
** Rochelle Best
Dwight Bostic, Jr.
Thomas William Bradley
Jesse Collins III
Carlos Cruzalegui
Danielle A DeGrace
Jalissa G. Diaz
Natalie Marie Dinis
Alyssa J. Divinagracia
Bianca Dossous
*** Ryley Morgan Ellis
Laura Exius
Caitlin Veronica Forde
Brionna L. Glaze
*** Dora Minellys Gonzales
Jennifer Krauss Greco
Ebony A. Grier
Kyleesha N. Wingfield-Hill
Leon Joseph
Christopher Lamont Kelly
*** Caitlin Kristen Kondroski
Valerin Ubri
Jessica Urciuoli
Melissa Valdivia
Diana Altagracia Valerio
Acosta
* Alison Eilsabeth Van Orden
** Carolina Vasquez
Heather Marie Ventura
Wendy R. Vermeal
** Aileen Villar
* Karen L. Villatoro
Baneeta Virk
Nicholas John Vitale
Kimberly Michelle Viteri
* Salma Walley
Tyje Monique Williams
** Rodney Allen Wilson
Christian Albert Yont
Jessica Lynn Yori
Raynelle Ashley Young
Kevin Zapata
** Lina Marcela Zuluaga
Sociology
Keiry Abreu
* Natalia Benitez Amador
Jelisa Amparo
* Marissa Ann Astorini
* Robert George Koster
Tamara Theodore Labbe
Janay Alessah Landing
Lindsay Lange
Lillie R. Love
Randyn Love
Griffin C. Lynch
Tianna Janee McCaulla
Earl Kevin Minney, Jr.
Alex Nunez
* Bianca Marie Piccinini
Vincent Asperilla Pineda
* Sarajean Elizabeth Rhodes
* Alexsandra Oilvar Rivera
Burgos
Arnetta Roberts
Andarra Kertet-Altair Romeo
Khadijah Dawan Roundtree
Yalan T. Sesay
Ramy Shihadeh
De’Yonna A. Sturdivant
Imani Ayana Suber
* Pamela Thomas
Syisha L. Thomas
Tamara Shinell-Lamoii
Treasure
* Marsha Alana Younge
Bachelor of Science
Psychology/Psychiatric Rehabilitation
* Sandy Amin
*** Gabrielle M. Crisafulli
Colleen Ferenchak
Maria Paz Heredia
Mariam Ishak
** Edward Hilario Jaramillo
** Jane Ali Kohn
** Amanda Rose Mack
** Rayza Martinez
19
Ruth Ruiz
* Kimberly Renae Soto
College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences
Biology
Jelesia T Adams
*** Esther Adler
Carlens Adolphe
Musibau Adeyanyu
Agboola
Paul R. Agui
Roman Eliezer Alfaro
*** Omar M. Amer
Alesha Lauren Baksh
Gisselle Margot Baluarte
Dussan E. Barco
** Justin Walter Bechtel
Michael Samir Bestawros
Jarwin Bolante
* Leonard San Juan Calalang
Wendy Cano
Natalia Carvajal
*** Emily J. Clauss
Amanda Christine Cole
* Jonathan Charles Cooney
*** Michelle Marie Cordovi
Nicole Tingcoco Cruz
* Tiffany M. Danan
Emmanuela Vanessa
Dauphin
Naquera Symone Davis
Reshma R. Devnani
Hajeema S. Edman-Sutton
Stephanie Escareno
Raul Gilberto Figueroa
Beaudelair Antoine Fils
Beatriz Aracely Gaitan
Fedele Gallo
Rachel Ann Gara
Jessica Dinorah Garcia
Anthony Giallombardo
Christian Anthony Grant
Bachelor of Arts
Brittany Nicole Gross
Rohini Gudi
Faraj Hasan
Yasmine Ayesha Hewitt
* Nicholas Evangelos Hionis
Kayla A. Hopf
Matthew Bryan Hubert
James Alan Hughes
Kelly J. Humenik
Alexis M. Idrovo
Ashley Kimberlee James
Kayla Ayanna James
* Brianna Jane Janelli
Angelica Joyce Javier
Gabrielle Renee Jenkins
* Jason E. Jeraiseh
Jonathan Ray Journett
* Tyler J. Kalarjian
Ramya Kandala
** Marivi Angela Lao
Michael Jan Ramirez Lao
Kirk Maynard Sideco
Legarda
Judy Patricia Lim
* Kelsey Lorrine Logan
Dionne Lopez
Alexis Marie Lovelace
Kaitlyn Jean Mallm
*** Rodolfo Villarruz Manalo
Christopher J. Marica
Tanya Marques
Kristina E. Messinger
Uchenna Pearl Nwafor
Peter Murphy Ojugo
** Mohammad Z. Osman
Estefania Osorio
* Raymond Owusu-Agyeman
Ekta B. Patel
Raj Patel
Vedang N. Patel
Jason Frank Patterson
Carol Susan Raa
* Vito Joseph Randazzo
*** Nicole Marie Rapolla
Jessica L.ynn Rivera
Emily Rodriguez
Amanda L. Roth
Troy Thomas Sacks
** Alexandra Sahni
Marissa Salcines
Abigail S. Samonte
Lia Beatriz Santana Diaz
*** Richard A. Santos
David Alejandro Silva
Matheus Henrique Silva
Tanisha Monique Simmons
Jaskaran Singh
** Manveen Singh
* Sinthia J. Soca
** Kendyll Keenan Stahlin
Jignasha Tailor
Lauren Jayne Taylor
Joseph Tenpenny
Alexandra Marie Tucci
* Bridget Helene Vale
* Beshowy B. Wanis
Taylor A. Williams
*** Cagdas Yanyatan
Aleksandr Zaporozhan
Chemistry
Jeremiah A. Agboola
Angela Maria Estevez
Earth Science
Alain C. Eugene
Valerie Ann Kernizan
Jon Paul O’Neil
* Stephen James Parsons
Geralda Raymond
Mathematical
Sciences
Elvin Wayne. Arroyo
Dayanara Baez
Brittany E. Bennett
Samuel Jared Castro
Pachara Chandanaraja
Jaleesa Ayoka-Linora
Clement
Lateefa S. Cox
Maegan Lynn Cruz
Kenny Espinoza
Gabriella Elizabeth Esposito
Jennifer Silva Ferreira
* Dimple P. Gandhi
* Sarah Michelle Gyimoty
* Panzy A. Harvey
Terumi Hiromitsu
** Bemmullage Sumodhya
Mendis
Corine P. Mullery
* Amanda Frances Murray
Philip Mulwa Nzioka
** Zeynep Pelin Yavuz Onc
Abjude Pierre
Najat Ali Saad
Alexa Alarilla Sambat
** Andrew Noel Santiago
Patrick Joseph Serpico
Ryan M. Sullivan
Jamar Tyreck Thigpen
Jacqueline Marie Aponte
Brian J. Ciacciarelli
20
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Biology
Jaffar H. Abidi
* Sheila Oluchina Achayo
Katherin M. Aldaz
Andrew Anaya
Mitchell Belizaire
* Yryns Byron Bernal
Belmonte
Angelica Elena Blanco
Lisbeth Tatiana Castillo
Luis Eduardo Castillo Jr.
Roxana Chavez
Beatriz Alves Felicia
Vincent Kwame Frimpong
Alexandra Jaijaira Garcia
* Autumn Olivia Green
Erica Lee Irizarry
Christine Deborah Johnson
** Tyler David Johnston
Sasha M. Leonhardt
Nisha Sunita Mahase
Diego Fernando Morales
Bethany Rose Newton
Urvil Patel
Junior B. Raphael
* Janeth Jennifer Rojas
Cristian Alejandro
Salvatierra
Bachelor of Science
James Gregory Schempp
Khusbu A. Shah
Maria Violeta Ulke
Alexandria Grace
McKenzie Whitten
Alan R. Yunghahn
* Ian Z. Fahy
Jawan Malcolm Gaines
Dennis Garces
Olayinka Kolode Gureje
Francis N. Hanson, Jr.
Timothy Alex Hunt
* Ivan Dario Mazo
*** Myles McHugh
Fernando Miraldo Neto
Olaniyi Yusuff Oladapo
* Tejas S. Patel
Benjamin Woolsey Purbrick
Matthew Justin Rela
Eric Rosa
Raymond Michael Rutledge
Quoc Bao Tran
Christopher George
Velasquez
Chemistry
Amy Suheil Abdulkarim
Daniel J. Colangelo
Mark Y. Kissoon
Vladislav Kogan
Kellen Bryan May
Neel R. Patel
Nidhi Patel
Carmen Vanessa Velsor
Clinical Lab
Science
Earth Science
Ishani Bhadiyadara
Ana A. Maldonado
Isaiah Durrell Hill
Michael Owen Hubal
Computer Science
Health
Information
Management
Michael Gabriel Ahad
** Gafar O. Balogun
Roger Alex Burgos
*** Maitri Chakraborty
Jaime Dario Corea
Gabriel Raymond DeLuca
Bria Lauren Davis
Khadidja R. Kone
Ethelyne Kierubo Marita
Priscille Meme
Pamela C. Oparah
Jaymia Patel
Gwendolyn Quainoo
Diana Lynn Radice
Information
Technology
Mark Brian Aguiling
** Gordon John Allan
* Vladimir J. Augustave
Kyle S. Cieri
Tyler James Clark
* Christian A. Erazo
Tomas Fermin
Alexis Lynn Jimenez
Keith Brandon Kelly
Giancarlo A. Miranda
Christopher J. Savage
Sean Anthony Sewell
John Huntington Trubee
Sergio Jose Vazquez
Medical
Technology
Michelle A. Cirasa
Sustainability
Vincent Romano
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Danielle H. Armuth
* Adedoyin H. Asimolowo
* Olaitan Stephen Babarinde
* Samantha Ann Brocato
** Merlande Timothee Bruno
Carrissa D. Chapkowski
* Selande Gesse Charles
Chinasa C. Chudi-Attah
Jiawaner Dai
Natalie A. Delia
** Michelle B. Fendler
Linda Carolina Fossett
Karen Garafano
Lindsay Goretski
Jennifer B. Harper
Kaitlin Marie Henry
Mary C. Jakubicki
Mariama Kamara
Ruth J. Kimutai
Tina M. Krautheim
Diane E. Lambert
Tracy Laroc
Sandra Lucio
Jamie Mazza
Karen Ann McVicar
Stephen K. Mensah
Deborah A. Monroe
Harriet E. Ogoe
** Josephine Obioma Okeke
** Temmy A. Olugbeja
Vivian U. Opara
* Ehimwenma Constance
Osifo
Renu K. Parajuli
Claudine Pierre
Alyna Raisa Villanueva
Pineda
Stephanie Kay Pretty
Anna Marie Ramirez
21
Sofia M. Ramirez
Jacquelyn Elissa Ryan
Mayra Alejandra Sanchez
Stella L. Sangiuliano
** Jurgita T. Simonauskas
Brian Michael Toia
* Justina J. Tom-James
Xiulan Grace Wang
Thomas A. Wieczenski
Alexa Rae Yabut
Tjameika Younger
Lindsay A. Zervopoulos
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Fine Arts
Raquel Canonizado Agatep
Frank M. Bourricaudy, Jr.
Jordan Lacy Cahill
Angelica Alvendo Chua
** Jessica Lynn Heeren
Uchenna Michelle Okosa
Studio Art
Vanessa Avela
Sean Miguel Douglas
Kareem M. Joe
Performance
Hyunjun Ahn
Bachelor of Arts
Mayra Orellano-Ramos
Danielle Elizabeth Swan
Kimberlyn Rengifo
Music Education
Music
* Eun Young Cho
Nicholas A. Ingeri
Emmanuel Diaz
Colin Michael Dowling
Rebecca Elizabeth Marrone
Salvador Alberto Montalvo
Theatre
* Michael Antonelli
Daisha Annette Davis
Gregory Michael DiLella
Alexis M. Krayniak
Emani Brielle Simpson
* Lorin Sherise Tompkins
Janna Halie Washco
Mark Zebro, Jr.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Theatre Design
and Technology
Theatre
Performance
*** Thomas R. Tracey
*** Austin W. Brecht
** Rachel Aileen Callender
Crystal Ann Bennett
Bachelor of Music
* Bruce Angel De La Cruz
* Alexandre Stephen
Desrivieres
Ryan Jalal Hanna
George Matthew
Velasquez-Franceschi
Michael Graves College
Graphic Design
* Jennifer Abujawdeh
** Gina Debra Anania
Patricio V. Arrobo Flores
* Christopher Thomas Basile
*** Marissa Rose Cashin
Lucia G. Castillo
Sara Emily Chirichella
* Travis Scott Cribb
* Erin Kathleen Daly
Migdale R. Harper
* Dylan Murphy Havens
* Melissa Ann Lahullier
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Jonathan Adam Li
Michael Joseph Lychock
** Amanda Marie Miskov
Rachel Ashley Nierras
* Jilmar M. Perez
** Leslie Jane Robinson
Rachel de Jesus Vidal
* Eric M. Vita
** John Thomas Weigele
* Erica R. Whyte
** Katy Arredondo-Angeles
* Amy M. Barna
* Abigail Cuevas
** Patricia DeFalco
* Leanna O. Frawley
** Stephanie Fumo
Elaine Shannon Gould
Zarela Mariel Guerrero
Melody Hill
Chukwuemeka Amah
Korieocha
Jenise Yvonne MoodyArchibald
Interior Design
*** Nada Fawzi Alzoubi
22
* Sarah Marie Noonen
** Nelly Johanna Palomino
* Cristina Perez
* Linh Kim Phan
Nicole Aylse Randall
Victoria S. Schlosser
*** Veronica Lynn Soltysik
* Lebrashawn Terese
Turman-Chase
Farren Marie Wheatley
*** Carly J. Wolff
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Bachelor of Industrial Design
*** Rebecca C. Bradley
Dominick Michael Cullari
Randol Diaz
* Kimani Akins Douglas
Paul Fromholtz
Thaddeus Haley
Kira Denise Jacobs
** Erin Marie Langan
Matthew David Steele
Fredy Orlando Vasquez
New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics
Bachelor of Science
Science and Technology
** Timothy Alexander Alcid
Danielle Josephine
Antonucci
Michael Joseph Berzanskis
*** Jacquelyn Anne Cali
*** Jonathan D. Coronel
Jorge Esteban Corrales
*** Quintin M. Ferraris
*** Rachel Halek
*** Heather Lynn Huff
Lindsay D. Kornberger
** Michael Fiore Notarmaso
** Kassandra A. Nunez
* Gina Maria Rodriguez
* Robert John Rollo
23
* Katherine Bridget Trela
Tin Wen Wang
* David E. Yepez
Degree Candidates for August 2016
College of Business and Public Management
Criminal Justice
Miriam M. Amer
Roxana Barroso
Ariel Bernard
Jaqueline Esmeralda
Carranza
Jeremy Ian Castillo
Maria Gabriela Cayamcela
Michael J. Cestaro
Christopher Chavis
Accounting
Denzel Ahazie
Mario A. Alvarez
Jon Kevin Fernandez
Babatido
Fiorella Nicole Berrueta
Ekta Bhandari
Brandon L. Brador
David Carmant
Heling Chen
Tiago J. Da Silva
Merima Delic
Colleen Mary Clare
Doening
Kyarah Dumornay
Laura Ashley Engelman
Jason Randy Forsythe
William James Gibbs
Vanessa C. Gracias
David Sullivan Halliday
Ja’quan Gregory Matthews
Willie A. Mays, lll
Latoya Marlene Myers
Olanike Oladoja Olagunju
Kristin Nicole Osowski
Sally Markendalys Padilla
** Helen H. Pham
Jelani Ptah
Rebeca N. Reyes
David S. Rodrigues
Bachelor of Arts
* Dae In Choe
* Juan Camilo Cordoba
Liliana Coronado
* Juan Angel Del Toro
Samuel Nicholas DeSarno
Joseph James Drossel
Osarenomase Eweka
Cesar A. Garcia
Lucia Mercy Gonzalez
Nerissa Elizabeth Gonzalez
Jameel Tyrell Griffin
Karen Grisales
Alex Sebastian Guanipatin
Hamid Malik
Terri Lynne McDowell
Dale K. Mealing
** Johan Adolfo Paez Bernate
Vicky Ramos
Jeromy Matthew Rodriguez
Sukhjit Sandhu
Nerlise St Germain
Julian Manuel Torres
Anderson Craig Walker III
Tori Monay Williams
Public
Administration
Ebony S. Lewis
Kareem MacK
Evelyn A. Ormond
** Margarita Sonia Silva
** Barbara Betania Zhizhingo
Bachelor of Science
Management
* Sujay J. Rughani
* Toni L. Seymour
Teiandra A. Simon
*** Amelia Soong
Keishla M. Surillo
Denise Nicole Virzi
Danielle Rose Anderson
Danyella Araujo
Albert Asiama
Obafemi Awe
* Melissa Medric Barboza
Diamond-Lyn Andre Binns
Samantha Bracero
Justin Jonathan Case
Salvina Cataudella
Rosebriar Iden Chelot
Michael Anthony Costa
Kevin Charles Cottrell
Elisabeth Anne DeGroot
Justin Charles Driver
Lewis K, Garcia
Jasmine H. Grant
Daniela V. GuerreroNoriega
Claudia Paola Herrera
Marquis J. Hill
Amina Omoye Ilogienboh
Loudmia Lucie Jean-Baptiste
Shaun Feroz Khan
Pravin Kumar
Ivan M. Lama, Jr.
Christian R. Larmony
Nekiesha Monaè Lizaire
Luis Enrique Martinez
De’Edria Sherese McKoy
Finance
Luis A. Barahona, Jr.
Luis M. Bonet
Adamu S. Braimah, Jr.
Jeffrey Michael Christiano
Terry Adu Danquah
Robert M. Dippold
Kevin Daniel Galazin
* Marclay Henley Georges
Yasir T. Iqbal
Ridwan Nasir
Omkar R. Pramnauth
Mark Rosario, Jr.
Maitri D. Shah
Rupesh Shah
Smitson Silva
Vladimir Carlos Stricker
Lisa Tumblin
Krstina Yousef
Global Business
* Claudia A. Ortiz Medina
Gabriella Korie St.Fleur
24
Nairobi Idalina Morilla
Gladys F. Palacios
Daniel Pappas
Joseph D. Perri
Catherine Pierre
Lawrence Pietrangelo, III
Edna Claribel Portillo
Jonathan Raga
Kira Krystal Richards
Jonathan D. Royce
Dana Leanna Spencer
Jhoselyn Paola Tamayo
Juliana Toro
Kevin Toussaint
Mariel Mercedes Valdes
Marketing
Adedolapo Olutayo
Adebiyi
Jack Joaquin Beiro
Justine Lynn Darrow
Antonio Gagliostro
* Megan Kathleen
O’Connor Mancini
Courtney Amber McTeer
Drew Terlizzi
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
College of Education
Bachelor of Arts
Elementary
Education
* Vanessa Abrantes
* Dariel Basilio
Jocelyn A. Garcia
* Melissa Garcia
* Claudia Yamila Gonzalez
Rodriguez
** William Michael Majestic
* Ashley K. Marciano
Amanda Jane Mayo
** Lorraine Jean Mazzeo
Physical Education
Hilda Jazmin Corredor
Ryan Edward Critchley
Physical Education
** Samantha Sioux Blair
Jaclyn Faith Boselli
* Shawn Bragg
Mathew Dillingham
Stephen Robert Halleck
Spain Fitzgerald Maynor
Evan Rey Petrovich
Daniel Sanchez
* Alonnie Felene Hall
Giovanna Vanessa Herrera
Jennifer Hurtado
** Darby K. Kolo
Victoria Connor Lenhardt
Giselle Manrique
*** Paula Andrea Ortiz
Joseph Anthony Reyes
** Hana Shahani
Madison Marie Sisco
Zoraida Pacheco Veras
Recreation
Administration
Evan Andrew Abo
Gabrielle Rose Ardolino
** Brittney Elizabeth Bocchino
Patrick Cesaire
Lauren Ashley Conrad
Marisa Bree Delucia
Venus A. Everett
Caitlin Ann Gniazdowski
* Dayana Carballeda
** Sylvia S. Vazquez
Special Education
*** Christina R. Dente
Claudia A. Dolan
*** Lauren Therese
Lewandowski
** Deanna Marie Morris
Jenna Michelle VanKeuren
Speech and
Hearing
Spanish
* Brenda Elfvengren
Gladys I. Balladares
** Pedro Burbano
Denisse Angelica Cabezas
Bachelor of Science
Susan Elizabeth Figueroa
Anthony P. Fischetti
* Alaina Caitlin Flanagan
Melanie Franco
Massimo Z. Gioffre
** Steven Heunermund
Jasmiah J. Jasper
Stephen Robert Malleck
Samantha T. Marino
Melanie McGinnis
Vanessa Santos Pereira
*** Steven Thomas Stroup
Michael Anthony Warchol
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Communication
Yaseen Osman Ali
Arleny Almonte
Catherine Rose Baldino
Yayona P. Bangura
Cara Danielle Bloom
Ivonne C. Bonilla
Melissa Jean Dingman
Aniyyah J. Ellis
Jennifer R. Gutierrez
Drakkar Dave Kelly
Christopher Biagio Lassoni
Bachelor of Arts
Ashley R. Magnani
Kristal Yanique Noyan
Ebony Monique Oliver
Carmen Fiorella Palomino
Terrence Karvin Piercy
Ashley Pinho
Kyle Jamal Powell
Jabriel Alkaniah Roberts
Shawnice Amira Rogers
Jennifer Santiago
Samantha Savino
Marisol Christine Serrano
* Morrisa L. Stevens
Karan Talwar
Elisa Olivia Tortorello
Whitney Wanton
Quiana L. Warner
Kyle Turner James Wiggins
Cyril Nii Armah Yemofio
Economics
Michael Patrick D’Addario
Nicholas Tyler Drejaj
Mwakina Mvoi Juma
25
Johanna Iliana Mateo
Gabriel Meneses
* Abigail N. Yartey
Jasper Yung
English
Almutasmbellah Alkhatib
Kelly Antunes Barata
Nakira Tatiana Boyce
Dymond Lilani Soroykea
Cameron
Antoinette Maria Carothers
Alicia E. Carrion
Deana Catanzarite
** Shaunique Vantoria Cisson
*** Lindsey Anne Cuccio
Jaylecia Lee Davila
Redina Demushi
Justin George
Davon Anthony Gertrude
** Kaitlyn Jaworski
* Erica Lanay Johnson
Taylor Dawn Johnson
Anna Sylvia Mangione
Tiara Celeste Mann
** Michelle Rose Ottobre
Cheleste Paige
*** Gabriel Paradela
Teghan Lory Pecherski
Cristina Marie Radano
Dorieanne Soderstrom
Johanna C. Valencia
Dajmar S. Vallejo
** Waynette Kadian Williams
History
* Brooke Nicole Hogan
Katharine Rose Lalama
Evan J. Rodgers-Farmer
Evan Michael Ruggiero
Theresa A. Taylor
Andrea Williams
*** Debbie Yaniga
Political Science
Yvonne Tracey Achieng
Kristina Faye Gibson
Saré Miller
Susan Suarez
Jeffrey Zhang
Psychology
Mudiwa Bimkubwa AbdusSabur
Edward Adeogun
Azubike Afam Aguh
Chiemeka Akawuaku
Jennifer Marie Alvarez
Opeyemi O. Atilola
Leslie Balderas
Elylisa Baldwin
Jennifer Lynn Barry
Briann Nicole Berkley
Stephanie Bermudez
Tiara L. Best
Colleen Ann Bogue
Lavette S. Bowman
Dominique Peru Briggs
Amy Catherine Brobeck
Tasia Brown
Jessica Michelle Casanova
Diamond Lovely Cash
Jean Patrick Charles
Troy D. Chavers
Anthony Chiacchio
Johanna Jasmin Delgado
Rebecca Dessources
* Christian Marcel Dewitt
Eliot Abraham Diner
Megan Rose Dwyer
Elsayed Ahmed Elasmar, II
Waffa Elsayed
Ashley Marthine Espinoza
** Kimberly Exil
Kathleen Francis Fahy
David Fanfan
Daniel Fisler
Angelica Lisseth Flores
Fernanda Patricia FloresAlvarez
Maria Theresa Giera
Evan Thomas Gill
Yeny Z. Gomez
Christopher J. Greene
* Aldys Eliessette Grullon
Lauren Ashley Grzyb
Nidhi Nitin Gurjar
Brenda Hannibal
Jessica Lynn Helmstetter
Alexandria Rose Henriques
Estefany Herrera
Marcius L. Hopkins
* Zaneta Hudecova
* Miles Robert Hunter
Veronica Sheina Jules
*** Valerie Tindall Karabin
Zaniyah Jacqkia Keitt
** Kyra Renee Kemp
Alexa Krass
Clercifie Leneus
* Pierina Lengua-Signori
Mercedes I. Little
Urvi Maheta
** Maryam Malik
Sandra Estefania Marquez
** Harriet A. Mars
Jacqueline Adina Mathis
Elizabeth Medina
Valerie Stephanie Mejia
Eleni Merminas
Rinamae Esmero Morton
Jeannette M. Mull
Michael Munoz
Samantha B. Mutah
Jessica Lynn Nardiello
Christine Elizabeth Natoli
* Tiffany Nwako
Claudia P. Ovalle-Suarez
Jessica Elizabeth Pauta
Nadia Pierre
Vanessa Pierre-Paul
Samantha Taylor Pinkham
Yajaira Placencia
Mary Albert Reyes
Kassandra Reynolds
Michael A. Romano
*** Fiama Isabelle Romero
Bianca Marie Rooney
Samantha Anne Rosenhouse
** Karima Saidhatimi
* Cassandra Eve Santiago
Eric Santos
Danika Silencieux
Michael Robert Singer
Gretta T. Solis
Jamal St.Germain
Stephanie Marie StephensBowen
Yamileth Straube
Kofi Kabie Takyi
Tania Patricia Tavares
Kemesha Naomi Thompson
Shalemar Max Thompson
Shariat Ullah
Karina Urgilez-Santamaria
Maria Isabel Villagomez
* Mujiba B. Wadud
* Samantha Marie Walker
Anquan Anthony Williams
Christol Williams
Jamahl Williams
Anthony George Yousef
Sociology
Darby Chau Altidort
Sara Andrade
Kevin James Baker
Jeffrey Boyer
Nicole Ashley Caballero
Aaron Noel Carrero
Elisha M. Castillo
Shabrea Nicole Chambers
Randall Dayton Cogar
Tiffany Cordero
Alyssa Lynn Fields
Keri Tekawana Frazer
Carol Renee Freeman
Allison M. Hart
Volodymyra Iakubtsiv
Jacqueline Rose Knight
Geraldine Lescouflair
Trenee Quianna McCaulla
Aliyah Tamara Price-Perry
Ciara Melanie Ramos
Annaphene Elizabeth
Roberson
Erica Serrano
Una M. Setshwane
Nichole Alexandria
Skeahan
Michelle Tomasio
Shariat Ullah
* Erica Vale
Tysha Y. Watkins
* Darius Anthony Wideman
Rachel Beth Wilkening
Danielle Cheryl Wolf
Bachelor of Science
Psychology/Psychiatric Rehabilitation
** Maria Elena Dodds
Lachira Shawnn Estelle
Shantelle La’Trice Lowery
* Janelle Erin Sharkey
26
Irlande R. Stavien
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences
Biology
Sarah Ali
Chukwuebuka D. Anamdi
Dompatrick Tochukwu
Asoegwu
Fatemeh Boroun
Krista Nicole Bovell
Eric Capito
* Jessica Blaise Carey
Shanice Ann Castello
* Deryan A. Coba
Denaldi Gomez
Briana Renee Gouin
Karen Maria Grisales
* Andrea Carolina Gavilan
Gutierrez
Biology
Boni S. Bodalia
Luis Eduardo Castillo Jr.
Julissa Garcia
** Steven Hernandez
Whislande Mesidor
Chandrika Nama
Corazon Angela Nyambati
Elizabeth Crismel Peralta
Elizabeth Elena San
Edmund John Thierry, Jr.
Melissa Jane Thornhill
Alessa M. Vindas-Cruz
Bachelor of Arts
Rosa Yenifer Hernandez
Emad Khella
Victoma Marriling Korgbe
Raeshana Natonia McAnuff
Polycarpe Millien
Laura Narvaez
Manveen Nayyar
Daniel John O’Neill
Arthur George U. Okonkwo
Priya Patel
Priyaben Patel
* Yesenia N. Pena
Robert J. Pina
Maribel Quinde
Dayana Yvonne Robles
Rebecca Carole Ryan
Noelguins Saint Jean
David Christopher Schiabor
* Sacha Schmidt
Ashlie Bruke Schutz
Jyoti Sharma
Marina Farid Shehata
Patricia Valdez
Chemistry
Rute Horta Dias
Earth Science
Mathematical
Sciences
Christopher Aguero
Thomas Francis Battistella
Elaina Lee Copeland
Sweenley Eliscar
Keely Alyse Joaquim
Isaac J. Maroko
Amal Okal
Theresa C. Sabine
Shaneka Phelea Thompson
Moninya Denise Jackson
Donna Marie Ventura
Bachelor of Science
Chemistry
Computer Science
Rhea Elizabeth Angeles
Paul A. Cordova-Wong
Ana C. De Oliveira Silva
*** Ryan Harmer
Nrupal Patel
Youssef Shaker
Stephanie Baron
Sufian Hazin
Uyioghosa Aigbe Lebarty
Quinn McLean
Earth Science
Clinical Lab
Science
Information
Technology
Jennifer Nelson
Medical
Technology
Francisco S. Rodriguez
Jonathan E. Stanley
Health Information
Management
Deborah P. Almeida
John Thomas Stefanicha
Amilier Wildman
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Tamara Samantha Adolphe
Leonides Hernandez
Adoptante II
Olusola R. Akintola
Cathy Anderson
Karen L. Anderson
Carolyn Andrade
Alen Anevski
Brianna K. Ashenfelter
Lucio Barreto
Emmanuel Ohene
Boateng, Jr.
Judith Borocz
Ashlee Dyann Bowen
Micala S. Bucknor
Tomasz Bykowski
Dorothy Marie Cajuste
Regina Darlene Callahan
Nicole Elizabeth Cichetti
Clare Marie Cucco
Mary Detommaso
Ursula Olivia Garris
Damian Germinario
Maria Miguelina Gomez
Yehuda Gras
Jody Marie Humbert
* Sherma Archbald-Keane
Regina C. Kisling
* Lorraine D. Loza
Lisa Marie Malak
Lisa Marie McNally
Jaclyn Mendez
Ravi M. Modh
* Prisca U. Ogbonnaya
Lilian Okoye
Stephanie Ann Papa
Danielle Pavano
Christine Piercy
Laura Tatiana Pisciotta
27
Hayley Anne Priestley
Myrna Prince
Emily Reed
Sandra L. Sanchez
Patricia Ann Sellitti
Kathryn Leigh Shields
** Isha Sugrim
Tonya C. Swindle-Taylor
Pamela Maureen Thomas
Nan Zhang
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Art History
Taylor Aponte Beattie
Vanessa Marie Jackson
Studio Art
Gabriela Norberto
Bachelor of Arts
Fine Arts
Music
Carrie Ann Bertschy
* Cristian Nataly Hoyos
Joseph A. Williams-Lewis
Music Education
* Kriscendra Katherine Jones
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Theatre
Performance
Brandon William Arias
Bachelor of Music
Performance
** Amanda Frances Simms
New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics
Bachelor of Science
Science and Technology
*** Sthefany Osorio
Michael Graves College
Graphic Design
* Sean James O’Rourke
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Interior Design
Sarah Charde Mahoney
** Laura T. Masters
Branden Adam Balkum
Bachelor of Industrial Design
** Richard Cruz Luna
Brandon B. Jones
Thomas Brandon Murray
** Jesus Vega
Bachelor of Science
Graphic Communications
Takia Nicko Tucker
28
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude
Board of Trustees
Ms. Ada Morell ’97 – Chair
Mr. Michael D’Agostino – Vice Chair
Dr. Lamont Repollet ’00 – Secretary
Ms. Helyn Payne Baltimore
Dr. Thomas J. Bistocchi
Mr. Robert Cockren, Esq.
Mr. Eugene C. Enlow, Esq.
Mr. Dave Gibbons, Esq.
Mr. John Kean, Jr.
Mr. Douglas Keller
Ms. Linda Lewis
Mr. James S. Simpson
Ms. Barbara Sobel ’71
Mr. Richard F. Trabert
Ms. Abby Gallego – Student Trustee
Mr. Christian Meyers – Alternate Student Trustee
Mr. Joseph Wilf H’09 – Trustee Emeritus
Ms. Audrey M. Kelly – Chief of Staff
29
Administration
Dr. Dawood Farahi – President
Mr. Philip Connelly – Executive Vice President for Operations
Dr. Jeffrey Toney – Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ms. Janice Murray-Laury – Vice President for Student Affairs
Ms. Carla Willis – Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Research
Ms. Susan Kayne – Vice President for University Relations
Ms. Audrey M. Kelly – Chief of Staff
Ms. Marsha McCarthy – Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
Ms. Felice Vazquez – Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Special Counsel to the President
Mace Carrier
Mr. Patrick J. Ippolito – Elementary, Middle & Secondary Education, College of Education
Class Valedictorian
Ms. Shruti Nadkarni ’16
Flag Bearers
Ms. Karolina Zielinska ’16 – College of Business and Public Management
Ms. Marissa Robinson ’16 – College of Education
Ms. Debbie Yaniga ’16 – College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Mr. Myles McHugh ’16 – College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences
Mr. Austin Brecht ’16 – College of Visual and Performing Arts
Ms. Shelly Maniar ’16 – New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics
Ms. Nada Alzoubi ’16 – Michael Graves College
Color Guard
Ms. Clara Garcia ’16, Navy Active Reservist – American Flag
Ms. Samantha Bent ’16 – American Flag
Ms. Michelle Pinales ’16 – New Jersey State Flag
Ms. Morrissa Tucker ’16 – Kean University Flag
30
The Ceremony
Commencement is the culmination of your university career, the reward for all the
years of hard work. The Commencement ceremony is rich in tradition, dating back
to the Middle Ages. The ceremony is a formal tribute to you, the graduating student.
The procession is led by the color guard, carrying the American flag as well as the flags
of the state of New Jersey and Kean University. Carrying the flags are representatives
of the Student Organization of Kean University, Inc. and the Council for Part-Time
Students.
The ceremonial mace carrier, the president of the University, members of the Board
of Trustees, vice presidents, deans and honored guests then proceed to the platform
to see the graduates process. The faculty are following in order of rank and years of
service at the University.
Ceremonial Objects
The mace and chain used in Commencement and other ceremonial events were
designed by professors Martin S. Buchner and E. Austin Goodwin of the Department of
Fine Arts.
The mace, carried by the most senior faculty member, is made of rosewood. It is 5 feet
high and weighs 14 pounds. Historically, the mace was a weapon carried in battle by
medieval bishops instead of a sword to conform to the canonical rule which forbade
priests to shed blood.
The chain, worn by the president, is a symbol of the president’s office. It holds a large
silver medallion. Both the mace and the chain bear the University seal.
History
Kean University has undergone many changes during its 161-year history. Founded in
1855, the city of Newark Normal School was dedicated to the training of teachers.
In 1913, the institution came under state auspices and was renamed the New Jersey
State Normal School at Newark. It later became New Jersey State Teachers College
at Newark and then Newark State College. It became Kean College of New Jersey in
1973 and Kean University on September 26, 1997. Kean’s main campus in Union was
purchased in 1954 from the estate of the late United States Sen. Hamilton Fish Kean
31
(1886-1941), who operated the Green Lane Farm and constructed the distinctive
Norman-Tudor French chateau-style library and stables at the Green Lane entrance.
A historic site, the 1790 James Townley House, stands adjacent to the other buildings.
The institution moved in 1958 from its building in Newark to its 120 acres in Union.
Kean’s 28-acre East Campus in Hillside was purchased in 1981. It is the former site
of the Pingry School, a private academy. Today, Kean University also includes the
pristine and historic 22-acres of Liberty Hall and Liberty Hall Museum. The university purchased the national treasure from the Kean family in 2007.
Academic Attire
Ceremonial garments worn at academic functions take their meaning from the
church of the Middle Ages, the original center of Western learning. Distinctive markings on the gown and hood indicate the level and subject area of the degree earned
as well as the institution granting the degree.
The hood offers the most information about its owner. The inner lining identifies the
institution at which the degree was earned; the velvet trim indicates the major field
of study. The length of the hood for the bachelor’s degree is 3 feet; the velvet border
is 2 inches; the master’s is 31⁄2 feet in length with a 3-inch-wide border; the doctoral
level is 4 feet in length with a 5-inch border.
The gown is usually black with the cut of the garment signifying the level of degree
attained, ranging from the relative simplicity of the bachelor’s gown to the velvet
panels and bell-shaped sleeves of the doctoral gown.
The cap, or mortarboard, has been adopted by institutions throughout the United
States. It is black with black tassels for holders of bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Gold tassels are reserved for those with doctoral degrees and for governing officers
of educational institutions and for those graduating with honors and belonging to
the honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
32
The colors of many universities and colleges may be seen at this ceremony.
Candidates for degrees in the Class of 2016 and a number of members of the faculty are wearing the Kean University hood, lined in blue and gray. Certain faculty
colors are as follows:
Arts, Letters, Humanities
White
Education
Light Blue
Economics
Fine Arts
Copper
Brown
Journalism
Crimson
Law
Library Science
Medicine
Music
Purple
Lemon
Hunter Green
Pink
Nursing
Apricot
Philosophy
Physical Education
Science
Social Science
Social Work
Dark Blue
Sage Green
Bright Gold
Cream
Citron
Graduation with Honors
Undergraduate students graduating with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.45
or better, who have completed a minimum of 45 semester hours at Kean (excluding
credits earned on a pass/fail basis) are recognized with honors upon completion of
the final semester.
Summa cum laude
Magna cum laude
Cum laude
3.85-4.00
3.65-3.84
3.45-3.64
Anticipated honors are noted in the program. The honor is based upon the grade-
point average at the completion of the fall semester.
33
Countries Represented by our
Candidates for Graduation
Kean is steadfast in its dedication to maintaining an educational environment in which
diversity flourishes. Each year, many students who hail from countries outside of the
United States find themselves welcome on our campus as they pursue their college
degrees. These scholars enrich our student body with their unique social, linguistic and
cultural backgrounds, and in turn, expand their own horizons through their educational
experiences in the United States.
This year, international students from the following countries and territories are
graduation candidates:
Brazil
Jordan
Cameroon
Kazakhstan
Chile
Macedonia
Burkina
Kenya
Canada
Liberia
People’s Republic of China
Mexico
Colombia
Nigeria
Costa Rica
North Korea
Czech Republic
Peru
Cuba
Pakistan
Dominican Republic
Philippines
Egypt
Portugal
England
South Africa
Ecuador
Poland
El Salvador
Russia
Ghana
South Korea
Grenada
Spain
Guyana
Sri Lanka
Honduras
Ukraine
Haiti
Uganda
India
Uruguay
Ireland
Republic of Uzbekistan
Ivory Coast
Vietnam
Italy
Venezuela
Jamaica
Zimbabwe
34
Commencement Committee 2016
Paul DiNero - Co-Chair
Valerie Winslow - Co-Chair
Emmanuel F. Vozos - Co-Chair
John Wooten - Co-Chair
Audrey M. Kelly - Co-Chair
Ken Wolpin - Co-Chair
Katrina Bozeman
Steve Cochran
Stephanie Faser
Michelle J. Freestone
Christopher Hudak
Sung Joe Kang
Heather Kelley
Gina Lampasona
Susan Langan
Ann Lyle
Kerrin Lyles
RoseAnn McKenney
Jennifer L. Milone-Clapp
Joseph Moran
JoAnn Pobuta
Emily A. Renkert
Christopher Rustic
Mary Wuethrich
35
Commencement Marshals 2016
Ken Wolpin - Chair
Jessica Adams
Taneya Adams
Lisia Aikens
Wendy Alvarado
Judy April
Caroline Aquije
Chad Austein
Jessica Bances
JoAnne Beiter
Gabrielle Belfon
Gwendolyn Beloti
Gregory J. Benedict
Thomas Benedict
Thomas Blanchard
Katrina Boseman
Alfred Brown
Shannon Brown
Elibelka Bueno
Jailene Burgos
Yojanss Cabreja
Jose Caceres
Arlene Cairns
Rosa Cameli
Nick Capodice
Alyssa Carbone
Marina Carreira
Sarah Carrero
Dawlat Chebly
Steven Collins
Alicia Cooper-Simms
Janet Deaugustine
Lynette Diaz
Michael Dinero
Jerry Dix
Wendy Dobrynio
Micale Dort
Ron Dowdell
Allison Edgley
Sandra Espinal
Micheline Esposito
David Farrokh
Jacob Fermaint
Joel Fernandez
Cristina Flores
Kimalee Ford
Julia Frank
Alyice Frankyn Owens
LaTysha Gaines
Strawberry Gallagher
Dali Gao
Alexander Garcia
Marianne E. Gass
Ruaa Ghosheh
Gaelle Gilles
Angelica Glispie
Shamika Glover
Sabrina Hamilton
Kenya Harris
Janette Hart
Sarah Hassan
Stephanie Hawkins
Randy Henningson
Lucas Hernandez
William Heyniger
Shaquille Holmes
Nicole Horton
Robert Irvine
Nadine James
Melinda Jenkins
Kristina Junkroft
Jennifer Kanellis
Ann Marie Kay
Collette Kennedy
Coral Kennedy
Rose Marie Kitchen
Joseph Koetters
Kerrylynn Konecny
Craig Konyk
Jessica Kramer
Jackie Langley
Elsa Lara
Deborah Linder
Pedro Lopes
Stella Maher
Leanne Manna
Robin Mansfield
Norberto Mapoy
Chris Marrero
Carla Martinez
Mayda Martinez
Michelle Martinez
Dalya Matari
Annerys Matos
Stephen McCarthy
Jon McCue
Mari McDevitt
RoseAnn McKenney
Sharon McNulty
Stephanie Merola
Gaganpreet Monga
Kelsey Moran
Miguel Mosteiro
Paula Mundi
Jiaqi Ni
Luis Nieves
Kevin Noriega
Walt Oberwanowicz
Erin O’Callaghan
Yetunde Olasehinde
Jose Olivares
Alice Orejuela
Josh Palgi
Jaquez Paola
Mukesh Patel
David Paul
Judy Pena
Anais Peralta
Jessica Perez
JoAnn Pobuta
Pat Powell
Jonathan Prins
Helen Ramariez
Robert Riccio
36
Pamela Riley
Andres Rivas
Janelle Rodriguez
Nicole Rodriguez
Robyn Roebuck
Blanca Rosales-Ahn
Lauren Rosenthal
Helena Ross
Brendan Salazar
Ilaf Sattar
Stephanie Scarano
Meghan Schneck
Sarah Schuchman
Katricia Shaw
Janelle Shepherd
Jordan Siegel
Janelle Simmons
Michele Smalls
Dawn Smith-Jeffries
Kirsten Sneeringer
Scott Snowden
Amy Sprinkle
Janice Straussberger
Samantha Sweeney
Syed Mohammad
Orlando Taylor
Danielle Thomas
Ann Marie Tomasino
Brian Treanor
Palak Vaidya
Christina Vasquez
Jeffrey Victor
Carla Vitola
Margaret Walrond
Thomas Walsh
Jennifer Weingart
Donna Whaley
David Wiklanski
Taylor Williams
Linda Yarfi
Pamela Zaldana