The College of the Liberal Arts recently had a practice for all the students who will be representing the College and departments in our commencement ceremony. Each spring, our departments nominate a student to represent their students in the commencement ceremony. These students are chosen for this honor not only on the basis of their excellent scholarship but also on other factors such as: academic enrichment opportunities (study abroad, research, and internships), extracurricular activities, and community service/volunteering. We are always excited and awed by the caliber of these students and their commitment to their education and their community, and this year is no exception.
The student representing the entire college is Nikki Hatza. Nikki is receiving degrees in Women’s Studies, Spanish, and International Studies as well as a Business/Liberal Arts minor. She studied abroad in Ecuador and completed two internships, one with the Washington Peace Center. She was a facilitator for the Race Relations Project, fundraising chair for Amnesty International, and co-founder of Knitivism, a student group that organizes events related to human rights. Ms. Hatza will work for Teach for America before pursuing a graduate degree.
Our department marshals and their faculty escorts are:
- ANTHROPOLOGY–Melody Hollinger, accompanied by Claire Milner
- ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM–Michelle Farkas, accompanied by Gregory Smits
- CLASSICS AND ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES–Ashley Dolla, accompanied by Aaron Rubin
- COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES–Anthony Hemming, accompanied by Aaron Rubin
- COMPARATIVE LITERATURE–Sarita Mizin, accompanied by Sydney Aboul-Hosn
- CRIME, LAW, AND JUSTICE–Jessica Welsh, accompanied by Michael Massoglia
- ECONOMICS–Thomas Conkling, accompanied by David Shapiro
- ENGLISH–Claire Slagis, accompanied by Robert Caserio
- FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES–Arielle Hesse, accompanied by B�n�dicte Monicat
- GERMANIC AND SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES–Anna Kulik, accompanied by Galina Khmelkova
- HISTORY (including RELIGIOUS STUDIES, MEDIEVEL STUDIES, JEWISH STUDIES, AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES)–Edward Schwab, accompanied by Benjamin Hudson
- LABOR STUDIES AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS–Michael Wasser, accompanied by Paul Clark
- PHILOSOPHY–Tony Arnold, accompanied by Michael Paradiso-Michau
- POLITICAL SCIENCE–Boris Veltman, accompanied by Suzanne Chod
- PSYCHOLOGY–Zachary Infantolino, accompanied by Kenneth Levy
- SOCIOLOGY–Carolyn Weber, accompanied by David Baker
- SPANISH, ITALIAN, AND PORTUGUESE–Max Freeman, accompanied by Giuli Dussias
- WOMEN’S STUDIES–Farnaz Farhi, accompanied by Alyssa Garcia
Please take the opportunity to congratulate these deserving individuals for being chosen from the approximately 1,350 students who are graduating this semester.