Commencement 2016

Forty-second Commencement Exercises

May 21, 2016 Charlestown Campus

Commencement 2016

Bunker Hill Community College Board of TrusteesWilliam J. Walczak, Chair

Amy L. Young, First Vice Chair

Colleen Richards Powell, Second Vice Chair

Carmen Vega-Barachowitz, Secretary

Hung T. Goon

Cathy Guild*

James Klocke

Antoine Junior Melay*

Marita Rivero

Richard C. Walker, III

Sondos Alnamos, Student Trustee

*BHCC ALUMNI

Bunker Hill Community College OfficersPam Y. Eddinger, Ph.D., President

James F. Canniff, Ed.D., Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs

John K. Pitcher, Vice President of Administration and Finance

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Mission of Bunker Hill Community CollegeBunker Hill Community College serves as an educational and economic asset for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by offering associate degrees and certificate programs that prepare students for further education and fulfilling careers. Our students reflect our diverse local and global community, and the College integrates the strengths of many cultures, age groups, lifestyles and learning styles into the life of the institution. The College provides inclusive and affordable access to higher education, supports the success of all students, and forges vibrant partnerships and pathways with educational institutions, community organizations, and local businesses and industries.

Vision of Bunker Hill Community CollegeBunker Hill Community College empowers and inspires students, faculty, and staff diverse in identities, experiences and ideas to make meaningful contributions to our local and global communities. The College embodies a spirit of inquiry, critical thought, inclusive excellence, and lifelong learning.

Bunker Hill Community College Institutional ValuesBunker Hill Community College Trustees, Faculty, Staff and Students embody the highest academic and institutional integrity through their commitment to:

• Access and Success • Excellence and Innovation • Economic and Social Justice • Inclusiveness and Equity

• Civic Engagement and Service • Kindness and Respect • Accountability and Transparency

The Vision, Mission and Values statements were approved by Board of Trustees, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and Massachusetts Secretary of Education, October 2014.

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Forty-second Commencement ExercisesSaturday, May 21, 2016 • 11 a.m.

PresidingPam Y. Eddinger, Ph.D., President

Order of ProcessionAdam Holdaway, Bagpiper

Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard

Chief MarshalYazdan Rodd, Coordinator, Instructional Technology, Distance Education and Weekend College

Assistant MarshalsIsandra T. Andrade, Clinical Placement Coordinator, Allied Health Certificate Programs

JoDe M. Lavine, Ph.D., Professor, Science and Engineering Department

Degree Candidates

Certificate Candidates

The Faculty and Staff of the College(in order of appointment)

Platform PartyPam Y. Eddinger, Ph.D., President

The Honorable Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston

J.D. LaRock, J.D., Ed.D., Board Member, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education

Members of the Bunker Hill Community College Board of Trustees

Amparo Hernandez-Folch, Professor, Mathematics Department

Dominique L’Herisson, President, Student Government Association

Justice Kumahia, Success Coach, Advising and LifeMap

James F. Canniff, Ed.D., Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs

John K. Pitcher, Vice President of Administration and Finance

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WelcomePresident Eddinger

National AnthemFrances Botelho-Hoeg, accompanied by Axel Schwintzer and Matt Stavrakas

RemarksDominique L’Herisson

Justice Kumahia

J.D. LaRock

William J. Walczak

President’s Distinguished Service Awardpresented by President Eddinger to The Honorable Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston

Commencement AddressThe Honorable Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston

President’s Leadership Awardpresented by President Eddinger to Justin K. Schneider

Trustees’ Distinguished Service Awardpresented by Chair Walczak to Amparo Hernandez-Folch, Professor, Mathematics Department

Presentation of Degree and Certificate CandidatesProvost Canniff

with the assistance of Professor Richard W. Boulware, Professor Donna M. Misrati,

Associate Professor Wissal Nouchrif and Assistant Professor Bryan Craven

Conferring of Degrees and CertificatesPresident Eddinger

Recessional*

*The audience will please rise while the Faculty and Staff and the Platform Party are entering and leaving. Please remain at your seats until the Platform Party and the Faculty and Staff have finished the Recessional March at the completion of the exercises.

Kindly mute all cell phones during the ceremony.

Janet Bergstrom and Mark Riley, American Sign Language Interpreters, are certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Computer-Aided Realtime Translation provided by Mona Leviton.

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President’s Distinguished Service Awardeeand 2016 Commencement Speaker

The Honorable Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston

The Bunker Hill Community College President’s Distinguished Service Award is presented annually at Commencement to an individual who has rendered extraordinary service to our community and to the students of Bunker Hill Community College. This year’s award is presented to the Honorable Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston, a long-time friend of this College and a powerful force in public higher education.

The College honors Mayor Walsh’s work in increasing economic development and his commitment to economic inclusion. The Equity Agenda, Imagine Boston 2030, Housing a Changing City, and the C40 Global Climate Leadership Group are just a few examples of the visionary and inspiring work he has led to date. Additionally, we celebrate his exemplary leadership in overseeing the appointment of the City’s first Chief Diversity Officer and the first Chief Resilience Officer, as well as his implementation of the Minority- and Women-owned Business Ordinance and the creation of the Office of Recovery Services and the Office of Financial Empowerment.

Mayor Walsh’s priorities of economic equity and opportunity, data-driven government, holistic planning to prepare Boston for the future, and closing the achievement gap are aligned with the urban mission of the College. He has worked tirelessly to create good jobs, great schools, safe streets and affordable homes for the people of Boston, while building a more responsive, representative and transparent city government.

We are pleased to present the Bunker Hill Community College President’s Distinguished Service Award to him and honored to have him as the College’s 2016 Commencement speaker.

Trustees’ Distinguished Service AwardeeAmparo Hernandez-Folch, Professor, Mathematics Department

Amparo Hernandez-Folch has served Bunker Hill Community College for 28 years. During her tenure, she has demonstrated exemplary commitment to excellence and innovation in teaching and learning, dedication to community service, and willingness to share ideas and collaborate with colleagues.

She embodies life-long learning, and as mathematics professor for nearly three decades, she has infused national research and local data into her teaching practice. As champion of curricular reform and teaching innovation, and as the founder of the Developmental Math Working Group, she led the design and implementation of the Math Space, a learner-centered space supporting student success in mathematics. She has served as a mentor to faculty in and beyond the math department, and her eagerness to share curricula and invite faculty to observe active teaching practice has been instrumental in supporting the success of faculty members from multiple departments.

Professor Hernandez-Folch’s contributions to the College extend well beyond her role as a math professor. She has played a leadership role in many campus-based, statewide and national initiatives, including the development of the BHCC Learning Community Program, Statewide Developmental Math Taskforce and national Achieving the Dream initiative. Professor Hernandez-Folch is committed to culturally relevant teaching and learning, as evidenced in the Learning Community Seminar she designed, “Latinas: A Culture of Empowerment.” In addition, she has been instrumental in helping the BHCC Chelsea Campus build strong relationships with local community-based organizations, businesses and public schools in the city of Chelsea.

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Degree CandidatesDegree candidates listed in this program have been identified as eligible to participate in the Commencement ceremony. Participation in the ceremony and/or listings in the program does not constitute conferral of degree or awarding of honors. Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) used to identify Honors graduates was based on the GPA prior to printing of the program and may not reflect the final GPA. Eligibility for Honors will be reevaluated for pending graduates when GPAs are final and may be different from what is listed in this program.

Associate in Arts

Business Concentration

Mohamed H. AbdiSerah A. Adeyemi*ºGizachew M Afrasa

Maria Aldalati*ºFilipa Amado*

Ugurcan ArabacibasiKarla J. AvelarSalma Azeemi*Sharon N. BabaOmar Bachar*Alia Balbaky*º

Michael J. BarryTyler T. Bogel

Clarck R. Bony*Bryan V. BrandaoMarine Brotons*º

Yan Ai Cao

Claudia Carias*ºRonalcy Castillo*Youness A. Charif

Jiaen Chen*ºKristi T. Chen*

Peter ChenWanshan Chen*

Yabin ChenYuling Chen*

Chunpok ChowPhil CommaSindy I. CruzPeixin Dai*

Gabriela F. Dalponte*Phuong Dang*º

Efrangely De la Cruz*Maria M. De Oliveira*

Roselourdes Deshon Mejía*ºJean S. Desruisseaux

Ivan D. DiazBrianna Dicato

Leyla F. Dincer*ºSteven M. Domings*Kamise C. Douglas*

Simon DumeranMelissa Dussek

Sophia A. Dzialo*Gael Eliacin*Jiamei Fang*

Daiquan J. FreemanKlejvis Frroku

Karen Garcia CadilloKeviana-Joy George

Faycal GharnouElisabeth C. Goch*

Kevin E. GoetzEdiola Golemi*

Iderbat Gonchigsumlaa*ºLeslie B. Goodwin

Jaselia Gratini*Kristin A. GraySahra A. Guled

Honors GraduatesDuring the Commencement Exercises, you will notice the gold tassels which distinguish the caps of some candidates for the associate degree. These students, the honors graduates of the class of 2016, have demonstrated consistently high academic achievement while attending the College. Students receiving their degrees with honors are in three categories: Honors, High Honors and Highest Honors. Honors graduates are denoted by a “*“ symbol in the program.

Alpha Kappa Mu Honor SocietyThe Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society is a chapter of the National Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa. The emblem of Phi Theta Kappa is a gold key. Across the center is a black band upon which appear the Greek letters, “Phi,” “Theta” and “Kappa,” standing for wisdom, aspiration and purity. During the ceremony, graduates who are members of the Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society can be identified by the gold Phi Theta Kappa stole worn over the regular academic gown. Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society graduates are denoted by a “º” symbol in the program.

Bunker Hill Community College Commonwealth Honors ProgramThe Honors Program offers students from any academic discipline the opportunity to study and learn in an academically challenging and enriching learning environment. During the ceremony, graduates who have completed the Honors Program can be identified by a gold medallion.

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Commencement 2016

Hicham Haioued*Celina L. Hernandez

Katrina M. HernandezMohamed A HikliTomo Kuroyama*Yunbong Jang*

Jennifer JimenezDaegeon JoJoshua E Jo

Henry S Johnson*ºStefon Joseph-Hypolite

Ricardo J. Josue*Kenza Kabbour*ºKalpana Kc RaiUmar Khan*º

Sopheak Khorn*ºSung Geun Kim*

Jared A. Klapman*Rei Laka

Esmerlin LaraNgan T. Le*

Gregory I. LeeDominique E. L’herisson

Meiyu Li*ºWeijun Li

Yannong Li*Daravithou Lim*º

Nay Lim*Zi Xiong Nick Lim*º

Xiaotong Lin*Shuhan Liu*Chiian Lo

Esteban D. Lopez-Meneses*ºLeurisse S. Lorenzo

Stephanie Lu*Theresa K. Ludovici*

Cameron LynchCharleny Madera Deleon

Stefan A. ManiscalcoAndy Martinez

Ren Matsubara*ºHarvey McNulty*ºSoufiane Medarhri

Yan Qing Mei*Yeriseli P. Melo*º

Rajae Menaouar*ºNatnael C. MolaIndiara Morel*º

Yoshihiro Morimoto*Kennedy MuntembaYurika Nakamura*º

Andrew Anh Huy Nguyen*º

Anh Thi Cam Nguyen*ºKhoa Nguyen

Jerry W. Nguyen*Long Nguyen*

Xuan H. Nguyen*ºRisako Nozoe

Changseok Oh*ºSobeyda Ozuna

Miguel Paez*Gilbert Pangestu*Jun Seong Park*

Wandy F. PegueroMinh H. Pham*ºZadrian L. Philip

Candido PimentelYinglin Qiu*Bahia Riahy

Michael RichardStephen RodasJohn V. Rosa

Arjola Sadikaj*ºAriel A. Scott*º

Tabitha A. Secret*ºAkalyah C. Shakespeare

Weixi Shen*Hui Shi*

Sho ShibataJessica S. Silva*º

Chathurika Y. Sirisena-Tetzner*Adam R. Smith*

Jarrica A. SotElise J. Spencer*Tonia K. Stevens*Tatchi Sugiura*º

Satomi Sugiyama*Nicolas Taeymans*

Ronny Talukdar*Nickolas TeixeiraCibelle A. Timas

Tu Hoang Anh TongClaudia Torres

Tran Huyen TranTrang Le Quynh Tran

Ha K. Truong*ºAnna Tyugankina*º

Jessica UlysseLukas Velasquez*º

Jorge A. VelezAdrian P. Walsh

Jael Wembalonge*ºChristopher Williams

Ruiping Xie*º

Joshi H. Yacsavilca*Xiong YangKaixin Yu*

Yumeng Zhong*Huipeng Zhou*

Hicham Zoummad*

Communication Concentration

Iskra Alexieva*Leah N. Barnett*

Zenia BonillaAlexia E. Boukou*º

DerriniQue Stephanie-Malaika ColemanLy Quoc Khanh Do*º

Fabiane dos Santos Chinez*ºMaria B. Espinosa

Julie EustacheSarah M. Hagen*Phuong Hoang

Amber M. Hughes*ºRobert M. LevinsManuel Malave

Krystee L. ManiscalcoTimothy P. McAdams*

Cari M. Pacheco*Fabiola A. PalominoMargaret B. PowerºDanielle M. Reister*

Jawad Rhazi*Edson Robledano

Nhi H. Truong*Thoma Vasiliº

Tuong Hai Vo Nguyen*

Computer Information Systems Concentration

Fatima Benjakkal*Evan M. Bouthiller*

Mory KabaRuben D. Miranda

Computer Science Concentration

Misha A. Kanai*Jeff Y. Li

Diego R. Maquill*º

Education Concentration

Glen G. Arruda*ºIsis C. Beguin*

Vanessa J. Biasella*º

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Mac A. Brodie IIIDeyse Crisley Carvalho*º

Anntoinette S. FrancisGregory M. Hardy*º

Minjing Huang*Anathalie Jean-Louis

Juan C. Jimenez*Louise Klarskov

Johnathon R. MacNeillShirlyne Pierre-Rene

Laura L. Salazar Lopez*ºMelissa Semedo

Paula Suarez Salamanca*Alana Beckles Taveira*º

Jose R. Vazquez*º

English Concentration

Guillermo AguilluzJetro T. Caldeira JrRobert J. Carvajal*Elisa M. CheverieAmanda Derosa*º

Julianne L. Ferguson*ºSarah Greene*

Johnathan D. Larkey*ºZachary C. McCaffrey

Hikaru OokuboNicholas Philip Pace-Emerson*º

Rebecca D. Siggelkoe*Eric P. Sparks*

Fine Arts Concentration

Joseph FabrizioRuiyu Lin*

John D. Moore*Hannah R. Nesbitt*ºMara E. O’Connell

Christina L. Williams

Foreign Language Concentration

Nobusuke Akaike*ºAlex Bonilla*

Edgardo Dume*ºBenjamin Lappen*Giselle M. MagnerAlanna R. Pasco*º

Mauribert V. WorthingtonKadeem R. Wright*

General Concentration

Olatilewa E. AdeleyeAmin M. AhmedHalima AhmedBerthrand AimeRose L. Alcime

Mariam Ali*Elton Alves

Rafael A. AnayaRichy Anderson

Jessica Aparicio*Vanessa A. Arevalo*Yoseph W. Assfaw

Jisraele Aubry*Sandy AugustinKristen A. Autry*

Raisa Bali*Marie Stepha S. Beauboeuf

Eduarda BerryEdmund J. Berte

Jennifer M. Bianco*Valerie Bien-Aime

Emilio BlaisdellMercis A. Bonilla*ºRadesha Boodhan

Anna R. BoutinMarie Bradshaw*

Bridgette M. BrownColen C. Brown

Debbie-Ann D. BrownChristopher J. Buccieri

Fatim CamaraPatricia Cardoso*Youvelie Catulle

Mary CavalloAkeema K. Charles

Maylena Chaviano*ºMeryem Chehbouni

Liqun Chen*William ChenYuling Chen*

Liangjiang ChengVanilde Chicha*

Sejin Choi*ºNoelle Chong*

N Deye Fatou Cisse*ºCandis R. Clare*Alex Moy Conde

Cameron M. ConwayZahrea M. Cooper

Jason Copson*

Kim T. CorbinNeira M. CostaJeffrey J. Cruz

Robert A. DaltonKathy H. DangKerisha J. DavisIvan Delacruz

Clifford P. DelsoinDevon T. Denney*º

Veronica DennisTheodore Devane

Carlos E. DiazMichelle N. Diphillipo*

Ling T. Do*Marie M. DorJean Douyon

Camille Doyle*Carla Kim Elder

Julson A. EtienneChris Evans

William A. FabianNicole Farrell

Manuel B. Feliz Ruiz*ºRaul F. Fernandes

Shevon M. Ffrench*Logan Flagg*

Desiree FranjulMyriam Gabriel

Nikolia G. GalanopoulosJohana S. Galarza*Alyssa M. Gallarelli*

Luvennia GandyAlba I. GarciaShaun Gavin*

Nahom Z. GebremariamLedia A. Gebremedhin*

Adriana E. GedeonJulie A. Giangregorio

Pietro Giglio Jr*Suraj Giri

Stephanie GironKelly W. GithenduJohn P. Glovsky*ºMarie L. Gonzalez

Jake Goulart*ºSchillem GuerineAida X. GuzmanRossy Guzman

Grace Ellen Halsey*Ayan A. Hassan

Salvador A. HenriquezKevin W. Hensley

Liceth E. HernandezRoselyn E. Hernandez*

Delaney J. Hickey*ºErica Holguin-Urrego*

Sydney Hoversten*James S. Huang

Philip Louis Hubbell IV*Jakila G. HullumHawa H. Jama

Roginie Jean Petit Homme*Debbie A. Jimenez*º

Annessia Jimenez-RezendesCaren M. Jones*

Kyia T. JonesMelissa Justal*Morlai A. Kanu

Joseph O. KayodeTeferi H. KebedeAlexis M. Keith*ºKatelyn J. Kelly*Debra L. King

Anna L. KreimendahlCheyenne V. KromStanislawa Kukla

Agustin Qixin Lei SongMichael J. Lewis*º

Rui Liang*Madison Rose Libby

Nay Lim*Kam T. Liu

Glory LopezStephanie Lubin

Yuki P. LucLaura Luna

Hillary A. Magee*ºCurtis J. Mahan

Nelson N. MaldonadoSylvain Malfroy-Camine

Doranggie Manso*ºKatherine Maraqa*º

Maxwell Martin* Stephane R. MathieuMeghan A. McCarthyValerie J. McConnell

Devan McDonaldOphelia C. McGraw*º

Benjamin Paul McGuireRaina A. McMahan*

Felix MedinaBarbara MeronnisCameron S. MillerMariia Mishina*

Jack B. ModelSadio I. Mohamed

Kihara S. Montilla FamiliaRosa M. Morales

George F. Moreschi*Nadhira B. Muhammad

Isaac NdebeJennifer T. Nguyen*Jerry W. Nguyen*

Ngoc T. Nguyen-SoaresJeancary Nicolas

Brittany C. NortonGregory A. Nuzzo-Mueller*Salimata S. Oyabi Tounkara

Melissa I. PaganKarina I. PalmaGilbert Payoute

Gabriel PenaLisa L. Phan*º

Stephanie L. Phillips*ºKim Pierce*

Nicole D. PinaLaura Populin*º

Marwan QariThomas Quigley*Ashlyn RaddarºKatianny Rangel

Emily Ray*Clarissa D. Read*º

Mai Read*ºSamantha A. Reardon*

Susan Bossi*Lena Redin*

Shanay J. Reed*Valeria RestrepoChioma G. Rice*

Leyshla Marie RodriguezMyante S. RossKulkanit Russo

Dorian K. SalinasAlicia M. Sambursky*º

Tsering D. SamphoLuis Sanchez Aranda

Tanya SanonFrancisco Sariles

Samuel Schlussel*Justin K. Schneider*º

Ariela Seigel*Cesar A. Sevilla

Saidali SharifnoorPallavi ShresthaMaria J. Silva

Cassandra SimonCody B. Simon*ºPaulphara Simon

Sarah SmithSelena R. Smith

Magdalena Solarski*Julanibel A. Somera*º

Va T. SonRose A. Southard*LaJess Sparling*ºMonte StanfordRyan M. Stewart

Kristine P. Sweetland*ºYonas Taib

Tingho Tam*Bessy Tavico

Deshannah TempleºAlexandra M. Terminiello*

Heslin D. TerrySophy Tham

Christine Torres*ºDiana R. TraillMonica True

Cindy TseAmanda J. Valenti

Sarah A. VanMargaret S. VanCleave*

Yarixa VargasDariana C. Vasquez*º

Keshley I. VasquezVanessa Velasquez L

Stefano VenezialeEvena Vernet

Jean M. Viliena*Ella VillardAnh T. Vo

Anna Vossos*Willy Waldron

Heather L. WalshAndrew D. White*

Shannan M. Wilson*ºMauribert V. Worthington

Emily O. WrightAdrianna Marie Yanceyº

Emily YaoHye Young Yoo*Satomi Yoshida

Bopharoeuth YouAisha Yusuf*

Saynab M. YusufJocelyn C. Zayas

Kevin ZengPenelope T. Zulu

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History & Government Concentration

Steven ArangoMichelle J. Barrios*Hardy V. CherenfantDomenic N. Demasi*

Conor HeskethBenjamin Kern*

Si Ling Luo*Nicholas C. MacHado*Christopher M. Mason*

Michael McGuireLahens Merant

Doudelyne Paul*ºBarbara Rodrigues*º

Brian Seaver*Yemil Serret*Mari E. Strub*

Mathematics Concentration

Kris A. Langman*Francesco Lucente Stabile*

Matthew F. Roberts*ºSaori Takahashi*º

Music Concentration

Calvin Kantor IIILinda Morose

Physics Concentration

Wesley Y. ChowPablo D. Gonzalez

Psychology Concentration

Destina Agar*Tyler J. AgerseaAmela Agic*º

Eduardo A. AlburezJohn AlvaradoWaleska Alves*

Souhil ArachicheAdam Bailey*

Natasha BennettGlenn Bergquist*

Hassina Bessaoud*ºHeather Marie Black*

Zakia K. BlyJonell Bone

Mariam Bouchouar

Matthew E. Bromley*ºShukriyah S. BrownNasly Buenaventura

Karla BurgosNathalia CamachoNeil A. CamachoKendra Castillo

Maruthska CatulleCallie J. Chum*ºCandis R. Clare*Casey E. Cody

Shakina P. Coplin*ºAlison C. DaSilva

Isabel M. DelacruzMark A. Delaney*William G. Diaz*

Myline Ducloseille*Selima H. Endris*

Wendy S. Fernandez GodoyElona T. Francisco*º

Maria C. GallegoMelissa D. Galvin

Julie A. GiangregorioBrenda Gutierrez

Heruy Haile*ºBrian S. Hernandez*

Tabithalee N. HowardLatrina N. Hunter

Melissa InozilJonathan Jean-Baptiste

Anthony J. Lafauci*Shirley H. Liu*Erwin D. LopezRaquel Lovatoº

Fernanda M.S.Mihich*ºJennifer M. Marrero

Oscar A. Martinez Huerta*ºBrian P. McGovern*

Elvin R. Merino-Lopez*ºJenna Marie Messer*º

Terrilyn Milling*Cindy Morales*º

Jessica A. MoralesGraciema S. Neves*

Eagle NguyenAlexander NovaMary E. O’Brien

Mrika Obertinca Antinick*Zainab T. Oseniº

Melissa Paglia-HurleyThomas A. Parks*º

Edison Peguero

Cristina L. Pereira*Yajaira Perez-Ramirez*º

Mardia L. Pierre*Kaitlyn M. Plocharczyk

Roxxanne Polleys*Aybahar Qarqeen*ºVanessa Quintero

Andrea S. Quiroga*ºOrpa Rahman*º

Lindsey M. Ramirez*ºNahomi R. Reyes-MendezKimberly A. Rodriguez*Kaycha Rojas Gierbolini*

Deyanna M. RuckerLindsay Montague Scott*Roxanne Hairston Short*

Nicole M. Stephen*ºSara A. Sudant

Kassandra D. Toppi*Caitlin A. Trieger*Virginia Vargus*Briana N. Vines

Alma N. Whigham*Pamela A. Zavala

Sociology Concentration

Jaqueline A. FernandesAbbie H. Gebermedin

Damika HughesChristie Lubin

Ashley S. McCarter*Keiawana J. Meadows

Robert PereiraCarline PierreErica E. Pierre

Olivia M. RiggsKolya Lynne M. Smith*º

Nicole M. Stephen*ºMariuca Tuxbury*

Vanesa O. VelasquezYang Weng*º

Theatre Concentration

Cagri M. Artun*ºDaniel R. Bitar

Victor M. Burgos Jr.Julianne L. Ferguson*ºAnna Pushkaryova*º

Cintia C. SmithEric P. Sparks*

Ashley VacheresseEmmanuella Youte

World Studies Emphasis

In addition to the Associate in Arts degree, these students have met the requirements

for World Studies Emphasis:

Guillermo AguilluzHalima Ahmed

Jetro T. Caldeira Jr.Robert J. Carvajal*

Cameron M. ConwayNadine Coupet

Robert A. DaltonKathy H. Dang

Domenic N. Demasi*Carlos E. Diaz

Edgardo Dume*ºGael Eliacin*

Julianne L. Ferguson*ºMyriam Gabriel

Johana S. Galarza*Pablo D. Gonzalez

Sarah Greene*Hicham Haioued*James S. Huang

Philip Louis Hubbell IV*Roginie Jean Petit Homme*

Benjamin Kern*Johnathan D. Larkey*

Jeff Y. LiYuki P. Luc

Si Ling Luo*Nicholas C. MacHado*

Giselle M. MagnerChristopher M. Mason*Zachary C. McCaffreyAshley S. McCarter*

Meghan A. McCarthyMichael McGuireLahens Merant

Elvin R. Merino-Lopez*ºCameron S. MillerCindy Morales*º

George F. Moreschi*Brittany C. Norton

Hikaru OokuboNicholas Philip Pace-Emerson*

Melissa I. PaganAlanna R. Pasco*ºDoudelyne Paul*º

Andrea S. Quiroga*ºJawad Rhazi*

Barbara Rodrigues*º

Lindsay Montague Scott*Brian Seaver*Yemil Serret*

Cesar A. SevillaRebecca D. Siggelkoe*

Magdalena Solarski*Eric P. Sparks*Mari E. Strub*Bessy TavicoDiana R. Traill

Cindy TseKeshley I. VasquezStefano Veneziale

Evena VernetJean M. Viliena*

Anh T. VoWilly Waldron

Mauribert V. WorthingtonKadeem R. Wright*Bopharoeuth You

Associate in Sciences

Administrative Information Management Option

Agnes ArmandYuliana Herrera Herrera*

Nghia T. NguyenTri Thi Minh Tran*

Baking & Pastry Arts Option

Bonnye Almeida CamoesNylah Griffith Bolden

Ilham Mouradi*º

Biology Transfer Option

Mikhail L. Agrba*ºStefan Alexandrescu*

Katheryne D. Arguedas ParionaAlexander M. Arsenault*

Ka Chun AuOlga Burlak*

Jessica Carvalho*ºGuy R. Caze

Tiffany A. CrespoJulien Desbois

Dumesle DeshommesEduardo Diaz Delgado*º

Julie M. DoOmowunmi P. Faluyi

Jesse R. FernandezRadmila Gafarova

Yohannes G. Gebreegziabher*Sandra Hamilton*ºTan Nhat Huynh*ºKemmie Kibaja*

Mouthmainath Koukoui*ºNhi Luong*

Mai Nobuhara*ºEsther Orobator*ºDaniel A. Ortiz*

Alexandra Cristina Pelaez Carbone*ºBellinda E. Pierreº

Hakid RakipajSergo StHilaire

Ashenafi G. TesfayeNghi Van

Crystal R. WalkerVictor Zhargalov

Biomedical Engineering Option

Ahmed A. Alnamos*ºSondos Alnamos*

Dwight DorcyAmanuael G. Gidey*ºMs. Fatima Haddad*º

Charlene O. Magang Sidze*ºLatha Uthayakumar*º

Biotechnology Option

Hana AnssaAlexander M. Arsenault*

Druscilla T. Namazzi*ºJohnson H. Pham*Gabrielle Robillard

Christelle Tsamo Bavoua*Alina E. Zhankulova*

Business Administration/Accounting Option

Lesly Alcius*M Khaled Aldalati*ºKarim Aouzelleg*Luke L. Baccari*Assiatu Bah*º

Lynne A. Barry*Wendy Cepeda

Loan Dang*Yolany L. Devito*º

Priyatharsini Ehamparanathan*

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Shaofeng Fan*Clarice Brum Figueiredo*

Joan FigueroaAnna L. Franco

Mohamed H. GabowMarina D. Gallo*Tahondy Hubert*

Hajar Idouahmane*ºCurtis IhegieXue Jiang*

Maria G. Jimenez*ºAndrae L. Knight

Dehuo Li*Shengnan Lin

Kidist M. MekonnenElector Jackson Mudeke*

Vincente G. NaranjoIxland J. Nettey*º

Deborah A. Nowlin*Caryn O’Neill*

Aaron OnyangoEliseth S. Parson

Heeraluge Perera*Emmanuel C. Pierre Louis

Natalina M. Pires*Sabrina Sun*Thuy Tran*º

Trinny T. TranMandy Tsang*Yubetzy Vega

Jinliu Yu*Tao Yu*

Hodan M. Yusuf*ºQiuling Zheng*º

Yong Zheng*

Business Administration/Entrepreneurship Option

Devin J. Corbett*Aaron J. Gooden

Leika M. Jean-MichelEmmanuela Erica Robasson

Paola Andrea Sanchez*º

Business Administration/ Finance Option

Santiago F. Anzola HernandezAlex A. Aufiero*

Tassadit Bellal*Phung K. Le*

Thu LeShanshan Li*

George LipatnikovSergey Pakhotin*Emmanuel Paul*

Reggie PeralStephanie A. Rogers*º

Oscar Danilo RojasGlenda L. Santos

Dwanita M. SheffieldDalila Straub

Olga Vladimirovna Tiatina*Huy Tran*

Business Administration/International Business Option

Walaa Al Awad*Kristen Elizabeth Baez*º

Derek Castle*Mai Thi Quynh Le*Wing Yan LeungPiero Miranda*

Shadae R. Moore*ºDaniela Angelica Naranjo Martin

Diep N. Nguyen*ºStephen D. Thayer

Gissis Yanez Cubero*º

Business Administration/Management Option

Mehdi AoukiAlex Giesta ArrudaHicham Asekkour*Frederica D. Azor*Jeffrey Blomberg*

Keylerman Nemencio Brito MoyaDeshawn Eric Brown-Gilchrist

Todd A. BullardDane CarlsonAdan Carranza

Cardesha CharlesLorraine M. Christopher*º

Souleymane CondeDanira D. Corbafo Da Costa*º

Michael Cox*ºRobert Encarnacion*ºSigfredo Feliciano*Paula M. Ferreira*

Lisa Fonseca-Depina

Sumeet S. Gill*ºZuri I. JimenezAlice H. Kim*

Andrew R. MadiganTeresa O. Martinez-Rivera

Ralph M. MatereseSamuel A. Merino

Renee ModlinAlice Munafo*

Kaleigh MurphyJasmine Myers

Ariana M. NunesJoshua Ocha-AliSteven Phillips

Abia PierreFlavia Q. Sant’anna Koberstein

Louisa A. Sirkisoon*James E. Smith

Vsevolod Sobolev*Dalila Straub

Mandy Tsang*Michael R. Verville*ºFrancesca Vetrano*

Kailoni WilliamsChea J. Willis*ºXingqun Wu*

Mahamoud D. Youssouf

Business Administration/ Taxation Option

Haiyan Huang*ºMaria S. Sahin*º

Computer Digital & Computer Forensics/Investigations Option

Alvaro N. Pleitez-Martinez*

Computer Information Technology Security Option

Nelson Lauren*Tracy Lewis*

Rhonda P. Mendoza*ºAlvaro N. Pleitez-Martinez*

Sarah J. Wright

Computer Information Technology Transfer Option

Roman Avanesov*Oluwole Awoyiola

Ying Y. ChenSalem Couja*º

Yassine El Andaloussi*Noureddine Faouzi*

Majda Hichy*ºMohammad J. Hussaini

Vanessa Kibaja*Edwin I. Lara

Dina LyMuhammad Mallick*Irvin Matos MercedesErickson G. Monteiro*An Duc Hong PhamElhoussine Sadek*

Eder T. Santos*Hain Wan Setow*

Harvinderpal Singh*ºBennett Umeh

Computer Network Technology & Administration Option

J Philip A. Afable*ºSokol Agalliu*

Claude P. AspilaireDavid K. Collins*Kaushal S. Desai*Abdelmalik Drief*

Hikmat Ennab*Jorge Guerrero

Bishwo Maharjan* Alexis MercadoJean C Nunez*

Nicholas R Parilla*Mladen Popov*Letissia A Scott

Jake ShieldsDavid C. Synnott*Biruk A. TadesseJonas Tatchieup

Michael J. Tempesta*ºDominique Thomas

Dang H. TranFrancisco A. Urena*

Computer Science Transfer Option

Joaocarlos Canto de Almeida*Jose Daniel Castellon Melendez*

Shimul Chaudhary*David John C. Cruz

Eyasu T. Debelo

Kai Heng HeElizabeth Hedgepeth*ºAmanuel M. Lemenih*º

Daniel R. Ormond*Irving Pena*

Soukaina Salihi*Taylor A. Sherer*

Satya SonRuiFeng Zhang*

Computer Support Specialist Program

Christian C. Echeverry*Patrick Francois

Sohel KhalifaJimmy C. Luong

Andres E. MaganaNhu Nguyen

Seth M. Pruter*David Worrell*º

Computer Web Development Program

Ryan D. Blackmore*Alexandra R. Cline*Anka Kovacevic*ºAksana Lishko*º

Criminal Justice

Odamarys P. Acosta Rosario*Carlos F. AguilarDavid C. Akell*

Christopher AlvarezDavid A. Andrade*º

Tor Augustus*Cherisse Barnes

Krystie L. Bellabe*Shanice Brown

Brian M. Burke*ºJennifer Lynn Callanan*ºArisleida C Candelario

Luis CaprilesKristin Case

Thomas CaterSteve Cazeau

Kristin A. ConnorRaven N. Deligiannis*

Said N. DjedidSasia J. Doman*

Taisha Dottin

Nicole A. ErwinMirlande Felissaint

Salvatore F. Fusco, Jr.*Karina A. Gonzalez Perez*

Tamica C. HarrisRonei Henrique*

Kevin R. Henriquez*Marvin Hernandez*

Clevens JeanStephan Jean-Pierre

Jennie Z. JensenMarina Katehis*ºMatthew Kinlaw

Dylan R. Lambert*ºDong V. Le*

Angelica R. Lemos BarthelemyDorca E. Louis

Lauren M. Mahoney*Matthew Matarazzo

Anthony J. McDonaldZachary Kevin McHugh

Daniel McKinnonReberto Meca

Robert Allen Miller*ºWilliam E.Milner

Ailton G. MonteiroMaria G. Nascimento

William J. NasutiSonny Ngo*

Trung-Tin NguyenManoela Northfleet

Matthew D. Oconnell*Julissa P. Oviedo

Deborah I. Palmer*Tiernan Pardue

Brandon M. PeaseBenjamin A. Pierce*º

Jose G. RamirezKarla I. Reyes

Emily J. Rivera*ºCarolina Rodriguez

Alejandra E. Ruiz PatroneZamir A. Sandoval

Pedro B. SilvaSukhdev SinghElvin L. Soto*

Patrice L. South*Roosevelt ThomasSusan M. Thomas

Clarence D. ThompsonTimothy Tufts*

Viviana D. Umana

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Jeffrey M. ValentinPierry S. Veloso*Ryan Luis Ward

Culinary Arts

Praphinsri ChoksakulnimitMichael A. ChrisluGerald A. DeflorioYara T. Goncalves*Camille Grzyboski*

Jerry HeEliezer G. HernandezAngelica M. Irizarry*

Marjorie Joseph*Esperance P. Mengual

Anthony MenichelliDuy T. Nguyen

Belkis G. PerleraGregory J. Sylvester

Database Support Specialist Option

Noureddine Faouzi*Hanane Ihizan*

David C. Synnott*Zhaoyan Yu*

Early Childhood Development

Megan L. Bathe*Deandra Raven Cora*Gina A. De la Cruz*Jinet Hernandez*Mariel Hernandez

Phuongthao N. HuynhJean E. Kennedy

Merilyn Eluvi MancioSara A. Misrati

Arielle L. MitchellReyna M. Montilla Familia

Emily Morico*Alicia M. Murray*

Milena Porras*Itsel Ramos*

Jackeline I. Rosa*Jennifer Sanchez Araujo

Lauren E. Skerritt*ºFatiha Slimi*

Leah M. SmithMary Sullivan*

Marie A. TimotheeFung Wu*

Aled Zeledon

Electric Power Utility

Shayne CorreiaNicholas J. Coss*Jeffy D. Docteur

Haley B. Hughes*ºBrian S. Laporte*ºDevin J Madeira

MacAbe J. Martins*Christopher M. Melanson*º

Michael P. MullenAriel OrtizBrian Page

Angelo M. PalmerScott Rosselli

Kristen A. SabinoDaniel Turner*

Joseph R. Walsh*Walter W. Williams

Engineering Transfer Option

Basel Alhadidi*ºAngela Patricia Andrade Rosa*

Ali Belharet*Merouane Benjnane*Bo Hua Ching Wengº

Jihan Elboukhari Chow*Eduardo A. Colmenares

Ibrahim Diarra*ºOualid El Ouadie*º

Sami Kidane Fissehaye*ºZylmar GarciaXiming He*º

Chunlong Huang*ºNelson Kiggundu

Beom Jo KimSinarith Kong*Caio Minitti*

Jovany A. MiraMohammed Ouahbi*º

Eduardo O. Sosa*ºGian Franco Vendrame Quevedo*

Widmark VilnoWilmark Vilno

Raman Yezavit*º

Environmental Science

Samuel Falkoff*

Fine Arts Option

Daniel F. Henao Rodriguez*

Fire Protection & Safety

Justin Bonner Antonio Cicolini

Dennis Concepcion*Joseph Gendrolis*Stenio Pereira Filho

Nathaniel T. Sexton*ºBryan E. Warner*

Shaun J. Weigold*

Gaming /Computer Programming Track Simulation Option

William W. Sisco

Gaming/Computer Simulation Option

Brad W. AllenSubash Bhattachan*º

Matthew BrisbonDequindre L. Cummings*

John DaigleWendy Diphillipo*

Frederick Fortier Jr.*Dennis A. Garcia*

Sean J. GriffinIesha T. Hall-Ivery*Franchy Hernandez

Katherine A. McFarlane*Savannah McKay

Tekant Ozer*ºWayne Pollard

Shawn RabideauChristopher D. Radford*Jakob Salinas-Thomas*Marcus I. Santamaria

Astara Zarbock*

Gas Utility Technology Option Program

Manuel Dasilveira*Andrew Letendre*

Graphic Design

Brianna CoccoTui De Freitas Calvette*ºOscar Delcid-Melhorn

Joseph Desouza*ºNeil G. Deyoung*

Muhidini A. Hassan*

Tori N. Joyce*ºArmhed Louis-JeanStacey M. McKim*ºSuzan H. Moustafa*ºKazuyuki Nagashima*

Hanna Piatrova*ºJeffrey Pierre-Louis

Thalia PliegoErica J. Rodriguez Reyes*

Hotel Restaurant Management

Lorytz R. Abraham*Sang Rye An*

Edgardo Dume*ºBrittany M. GantzRuth M. Guerrero*Mohamed Janga*Fatima Kunduklija*Rebecca Lafortnune

Changwei LinMichelle Lopez Alzate*

Lisaury A. Lorenzo*ºArijan Lukovic*Wanda MolinaSarah L. Neal*º

Duyen T. Nguyen*Glenys A. Palomino

Anh Ngoc Van Phan*John G. SimcoeRobert Stein*

Megumi Tominaga*

Human Services

Raisa H. AbdeenNicole Francis AugusteChristina L. Bigelow*º

Lisa M. BotelhoMara D. Dos Santos*

Tacara S. HowardNycole MacEdo*

Josue D. MaldonadoJennifer Nunez

Jessica Ruggiero*ºJyllian N. Sharpe*ºSabeen S. Sheikh*Sandra R. Slaffey

Interactive Design Option

Suzan H. Moustafa*Tamine Son*º

Media Communication

Joshua D. Fay*Kenneth J. HoganNuno M. Pereira

Nathanael Reyes Ramirez* Karuna C. Um

Jennifer Ventura*º

Medical Imaging/ Cardiac Sonography

Carrisa A. Amado*Lisa A. Curreri*

Difei Hu*Toni-Marie Mariano*

Anthony Chinedu Onochie*Julie M. Palmer*Blerina Thaci*º

Medical Imaging/ General Sonography

Theresa A. Alix*Hayley D’Amelia*

Shannon DeLancey*Lindsey Marie Di Tullio*

Maura Hurley*Liubov Kapitulskaya*

Tracey McHugh*ºGabriella Peter*Bahare Shafiee*Kristin Tersolo*

Medical Imaging/ Medical Radiography

Kerrie A. Botelho*ºSamantha A. Bruce*

Rosangela M. Deandrade*Edward T. Egan*º

Daniel Benjamin Friedman*Deven Gillen*

Sarah W. Gitau*Majda Halibi*

Shana A. IndelicatoJohn H. Lawless III*

Brendan Lynch*Brandi McCabe*º

Miloud B. Milinazzo*Leanne A. Milton*

Vilmary MontesWicleche Odvil*

Anne P. O’Reilly*ºKevin L. Pereira*

Janell Rocco*Jennylee Rodriguez*

Shayla J. Royal*ºCharles Robert Ruckdeschel*

Jessica L. Schwab*Claire Sidorski*º

Melissa Lee SmithFiory Tensae*

Emerson G. Thomas*Tiffany Trinh*

Melissa K. Vilsaint*Brittany J. Welch*º

Medical Information Management Option

Davide AugusteAna Bardalesº

Natasha BartheWafaa Bouchane

Gillian Browne-Farrell*Audrey R. Burgos*

Willy BurgosLakecia Burton*Suet Yee Chan*

Samantha M. Furtado*ºWendy L. Gonzalez Nova*

Kaneisha B. Goodman-AllenNadine C. Grant

Kateryna Kabanova*Camirolis Landestoy*

Qieni Mai*Vivienne Nguyen*º

Esdras Perez Rodriguez*ºKathryn A. Stanchi*º

Rudina Sula*Binh N. Trinh*º

Devolyne E Vails*ºDekyi Yangzom*º

Qimin Zhao

Medical Laboratory Technician

Wing W. Choy*Emma L. Connors*

Jason A. Cummings*Clare A. Schulze*

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Meeting & Event Planning

Lorytz R. Abraham*Victoria R. ButeraEdgardo Dume*ºBrittany M. Gantz

Sadie JordanSarah L. Neal*º

Dilyana Yordanova*

Nurse Education

Fatima Abbas*ºAnne Adrienº

Sandra M. AlvesJudithe Auguste Poisson

Jill M. Baker*Anjie BernkrantShelly Brissett*

Heather N. BrunoMartina Buczynski*º

Albulena CalajJill Carey*

Araselis CastilloAlbano Cela*

Andrea L. CervenkaºMatthew Chan*Sohee ChungCarine Ciceron

Yveslyne S. ClaiborneJamie CrosbyMary Dasilva*º

Albertine DecossaKimella Dixon

Rosemarie McLaughlin*Jean P. DonovanKhaoula En Naji

Paige Fahy*Denise Faris*

Lindsey N. Furbush*Jenniffer Gallegos*

Selam A. Gebru*Wendy S. Gonzalez-Galvez

Mary GrahamNatasha Graham*º

Valerie Grams*Alicia A. Gray*º

Azeezah N. Gray*Toni R. Gregory

Donna M. Groark*Ramona I. HamadMeredith Hower*

Riry Iptaria*Cristal A. Jensen*

Tara Jones*

Pierre H. Joseph*Euttem Kim

Raymond K. Kosgei*Tenzin Y. Lama*

Christian M. Lanphere*ºJessica R. Lavandier

Mytrinh T. LeKerri E. Leone

Alina Lukyanova*Danielle V. MacHado*Jessica M. Marcassoli*

Michael A. Mayo*Matthew P. Mertens

Daniel Munoz*Shaunte Newry

Marie R. NshimyumukizaMona A. OjugbanaNancy M. Omari*Damaris Padilla

Roberta March PannosAutaquay T. Peters

Bendina RemyJenifer S. Richard*Austin K. Ritter*

Jacquelyn Roberts*Alexis S. Robinson

Marie N. Saint Jean*Roger J. Sanchez*º

Alba Sapkota*ºAlyssa N. Schoenfeld

Julie Anne Simopoulos*Kearston Smith

Matthew E. StaleyºNatalia Stasevich*

Marina Stasio*Devorah Torres*º

Rosa Torres*Vessela Trendafilova*Amanda M. ValentinRenata Valys / Lima*

Jennifer M. VegaRosa Volquez

Jessica Weeks*Catherine White

Annmarie N. WilliamsViktoriya Won*Irine C. Yosei

Paralegal Studies Program

Marta Isabel Argueta-Guerra*Larissa Azevedo*

Inna A. Babitskaya*Fatima Belhamri

Robert F. Boucher

Martin C. AndreShaynice Dorcena*º

Siham Elaidi*Kateryna Fedulina-Banks*º

Stephen M. Gibbons*ºChantel Guevara

Liliana M. Holguin Marin*Sharon Jeyaraj*

Hala Kaddo*Justin F. McFadden-Murray

Kadian McLean*Johanna PierreJulia Rosero*Elona Toro*

Certificate Programs

Allied Health/Medical Assistant

Jennifer L. AdamsAliyah P. Allen

Katreena B. AlvarºDede Attivi-Gadjezo

Jianna Baez PenaEdwin C. Bedoya

Beth BurkeChantel Castro

Lathy ChinAliyah Clark

Diana ClotterPatricia A. ColinJordan Dasilva

Maghen J. DonahueKariana C. ErvinAnnery J. Falcon

Brigitta A. FranciscoJacqueline FuentesNatalie Y. GallegoKarina V. Garcia

Taraneh GhamaryJefferson GomezJean P. Gonzales

Nicole G. GrahamRozilma Gross

Geraldine HernandezMarisol HernandezGeraldine LafailleMerisly E. Mancio

Marya MasoodDeborah M. Mendez

Elaine EcclesLuz M. MesaJulie Milner

Farhiya Mohamud

Aimee C. NicholsYuberquis Peguero

Paulina A. Perez ArangoJennifer N. QuinnºTatiana SantiagoAte T. ShiferawShauna Sotoº

Rajshree ThapaJackson Thomas

Jameka S. ThomasNancy A. Trejo

Tairy VillarKathleen R. Wheeler

Sara L. WhelanFikadu G. Zewde

Allied Health/Medical Interpreting

Naima BelaabdJaquiline BritoWafaa Eddaoui

Evelin N. EsturbanDiego O. Flores Neyra

Aura M. GomezSelene HernandezJefferson GomezMaria I. Herrera

Josiana O. MonteiroRosa M. Pilon-Limo

Marina RivasHector R. Rosales

Miriam J. Rosario AmayaYolanda Tirado Figueroa

Allied Health/ Patient Care Technician

James R. AbrahamZoraida AguirreSakina Amrali

Kayley E. AndersonFelicia M. Bayles

Ginielli BuenoRhode-Carla Calixte

Antonella Carrillo-FrancoShaneling Coren Garcia

Agatha S. De SouzaKimberly M. Erazo

Souad EttairBrigitta A. Francisco

Natalie FuentesYeraldine Guerrero

Nilubon Jaroensook

Judy T. LondonoCarline D. Mondesir

Jessica NorvilJackelyn Ortega-Ramos

Kieu O. PhamRenee PhillipsCintia A. Piresº

Karla RivaDoris E. SmithErika M. Velez

Phuong Trang T. VoGerhara V. Wynn

Baking and Pastry Arts

Shamilia K. Lloyd

Business Administration/Accounting Information

Marilyn Denise AlfordJessica A. Benavides

Tam HuynhºShirin KokobaevaCasey O’RourkeMohamed Salif

Mostafa SiouaniºEngdawork T. Tilaye

Shinichi Nemoto

Business Administration/Taxation

M Khaled AldalatiºAhmed ElberradSandra Y. Gaviria

Jianyi HuºTam Huynhº

Kawsar E. JahanShao Feng Situ

Thuy Tranº

Central Processing

Adila AttarPatricia BrooksLisa M. Clough

Valerie M. ColonJeanette Cosme-Garcia

Nadine CoupetSalah Eddine El Maaloum

Kani Givens-ChesterDavid J. GreeleyHerssey HerediaSoumia Labeche

Matt ManciniMichelle MassaWilson Mercado

Daniel R. PelletierºJosette Pierrette

Lester L. Smith Sr.Haddia Yousri

Computer Cisco Systems CCNA

Sokol AgalliuDavid K. Collins

Waduthanthri I. DesilvaJorge Guerrero

Timothy A. KardatzkeCharles A. Matthews

Mary F. NemecGiuseppe Scarcellaº

Yonas ShegereAbel G. TekleselassaMichael J. Tempestaº

Computer Database Support Specialist

Samuel F. EsheteKathleen Mahoney

Computer Database Support Specialist Fast Track

Mustapha MhamdiThanh H. Ta

Computer Excel Applications Support Specialist

Said Kaoussº

Computer Forensics

Guy Himelblau

Computer Health Information Networking Support Specialists

James M. AtkinsonºPaul J. DemersºEnamul K. Khan

William LiPurna B. MallaJake Shields

Michael J. Tempestaº

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Comptuer Health Information Technology

Michael J. Tempestaº

Computer Information Technology Security

Frank G. DeangeloAlvaro N. Pleitez-Martinez

Computer Information Technology Security & Essentials

Hatim FagrachRam C. Kaspal

Tatiana McQueenºAlvaro N. Pleitez-Martinez

Computer Microsoft Application Support Specialist

Stacie M. CassellDenia DolmoAlexis D. Parry

Vivian C. ShowellGloria Vega

Computer Network Technology Administration

Sokol AgalliuClaude P. Aspilaire

David K. CollinsJason Copson

Waduthanthri I. DesilvaRichard G. Maddock

Letissia Alexandrea ScottJake Shields

Abel G. TekleselassaMichael J. Tempestaº

Computer Object Oriented Computer Programming & Design

Jose Daniel Castellon MelendezDavid John C. Cruz

Mohamed El HassnaouiElizabeth HedgepethºAmanuel M. Lemenihº

Deepika MalikDmitriy PukhovSoukaina SalihiTaylor A. Sherer

Satya Son

Computer PC Hardware Support Specialist

Claude P. AspilaireJoseph CanavanChang H. Hanº

Sean LynchAndres E. MaganaTatiana McQueenºPhilip C. Sandberg

Terrence SantosJoseph M. Silva

Michael J. TempestaºSarinya Wonganansak

William Yuska

Computer Support Specialist

Indalina Q. LopezTatiana McQueenº

Computer Web Development

Jose A. HernandezYoussef Sabouni

Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement

Tor AugustusMartin C. Andre

Marvin HernandezJennie Z. Jensen

Nathan J. KeoughºDylan R. Lambertº

Dorca E. LouisLauren M. MahoneyManoela NorthfleetZamir A. Sandoval

Eliane SantosBetty Smith

Andrew J. SpinneyViviana D. Umana

&Culinary ArtsSonia G. Benjamin

Nylah Griffith BoldenBernard F. Luceus

Maria Pouriet mora

Culinary Arts/Pastry Arts

Angelica M. IrizarryAnthony Menichelli

Database Management Fast Track

Fatima BenjakkalKa Yan Cheng

Anna DatkoBankole A. Fisher

Luoyan Zhang

Early Childhood Development

Laraib BatoolMariam BenizzaKristene Bryant

Naima El MacHmachiHebatallah Eissa Elshazly

Grisselle FerreiraCarolina M. Garcia

Jiahua GongCynthia E. Henri

Damaris A. HerreraCecelia C. MounceyºDeirdre A. Nazzaroº

Monila D. Paz-WordenSantiago Rios Colorado

Luana PierreTyra N. Robinson

Rajae SalhiºJudy TangCindy TseAnh T. Vo

Elena R. WeinbergºXian Zhang

Energy & Sustainability Management

Abelardo E. AnchiraicoAlexander J. Dewolf

Pamela GopaulNicholas HorganSylvain K. Lorng

Phanna MeTaelise S. Rickettsº

Entrepreneurship

Rufat AliyevTimothy Bonificio

Christian Eduardo Carballo GonzalezCora Crosby

Toby James MayersºMelinawati SariMohsin Syed

Almeida H. Windson

Fire Protection & Safety

Dennis ConcepcionKeith L. Espinola

Glen HassardAnthony R. Rovito

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Human Services

Ajaia S. Browder*Shannon McDermott

Human Services/ Community Health Worker

Brijeshkumar Dineshbhai Patelº

Human Services/ Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Sabrina Robbins

Human Services/ Substance Abuse Services

Robert A. HayesEmma Henson

Medical Imaging/ Computed Tomography

Rahma AqqalKate DanforthJason Gerard

Peter G. HayesKaren E. ReedAntonio Rosa

Grace C. Xavier

Medical Imaging/ Information Informatics

Robert C. CroceAndrew Hornº

Medical Imaging/ Magnetic Resonance (MRI)

Michelle Monique DuboisMelissa M. Eickhorst

Rachel K. GraySidharthan Kurincholi

Malinda LyAleksandr PaskhalovShaun K. Patterson

Medical Imaging/ Mammography

Stacie JoyceSamantha McCormickNicole Shimabukuro

Medical Information Management Assistant

Hafida ElbazTiffany E. Griffin

Victoria HutchinsonMary Jane Kelliher

Sangita KhadkaMariesse Larochelle

Nicole LitterioJudith Pert

Arsema RosasstavroKathryn A. StanchiºMariya DimitrovaJosselyn Funes

Christopher PellegrinoBisera Thaciº

Pharmacy Technician

Suhaila M. AbuaishaFaiza Amin

Lily Marie C. AntonErika L. Argueta

Yassine BousalemQili Chen

Thanh Kim My DunnSaloua Elouazani

Yuan GuoºShu Yi He

Sherlan JohnMirela Konomi

Detlev KubierschkyPhuong Kim Luu

Weiquan MaiRakaiyyah Malik Marchan

Roule MompointJoyce J. Mutyaba

Kevin NazaireAdriana V. Portillo Rojas

Hajar Roki ChaouiMaria D. Rosa Tavarez

Loucine SalloumZohra ShahidHillary SolanoEllen StrummTrinh N. Tang

Yary M. Tejada CratszJosue ValescotAnna K. Vera

Dat VoPatrice R. Voltaire

Practical Nursing

Eula W. AndersonClaire T. AugusteJohn A. AvalosDenise C. Dunn

Chantal E. ElescarGeneva M. Garrison

Kimmy JacksonGenevierge Jean-Francois

Melanie L. KatcherKimberly A. MacCarthy

Demba MarahAlexis D. Soto

Chantell A. Williams

Surgical Technology

John AlvesMaxine V. BaptisteDemarko Cabralº

Lodz C. CesarPatrick Delva

Benotti DeshormesLee Kelly Dixon

Sharla DixonCeleiza L. Eusebio

Diana MarquezNicholas D. McDonaldSilvana M. O’Connorº

Marie P. ParisAllison L. Parow

Fella SarrahNancy ShermanSudina ShresthaºThomas Taldon

Estefania Viloria-Domingu

Chronology of Commencement Speakers1975 - Harold E. Shively, President, Bunker Hill Community College. 1976 - The Honorable Michael J. Harrington, Member of Congress from the 6th Congressional District of Massachusetts. 1977 - Eli Ginsburg, Economist and Educator, Director of the Conservation of Human Resources Project at Columbia University. 1978 - Ralph L. Bruno, Adele K. Cannizzaro Castater, and Dorothy J. Gomez, Degree Candidates. 1979 - Maria A. Brown, William S. Harold, and Kathleen Monagle, Degree Candidates. 1980 - Herbert I. Gross, Professor of Mathematics, Bunker Hill Community College. 1981 - Anne R. Umansky, Associate Professor of Communication, Bunker Hill Community College, and Judith Ann Adelizzi, Degree Candidate. 1982 - Johnnetta B. Cole, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst. 1983 - The Honorable Paul D. Lewis, Associate Justice, Boston Juvenile Court. 1984 - The Honorable Foster Furcolo, Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985 - Linda Harris, Broadcast Journalist, WBZ-TV, Boston. 1986 - Joseph Duffey, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts/Amherst. 1987 – The Honorable Raymond L. Flynn, Mayor, City of Boston. 1988 - Harold E. Shively, President, Bunker Hill Community College. 1989 - The Honorable Richard A. Voke, Massachusetts State Representative, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means. 1990 - Mike Barnicle, Newspaper Columnist, Boston Globe. 1991 - Liz Walker, Broadcast Journalist, WBZ-TV Eyewitness News Co-anchor. 1992 – The Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy II, United States Congressman. 1993 - The Honorable Joyce London Alexander, United States Magistrate Judge. 1994 - The Honorable Peter W. Agnes, Jr., Managing Justice of the Chelsea Court. 1995 - Rosaria Salerno, Community Leader, Boston City Clerk. 1996 - James S. Dilday, Professor, Criminal Justice, Bunker Hill Community College, and Susan T. Dole, BHCC Counselor. 1997 - The Honorable John Kerry, United States Senator. 1998 - William J. Grize, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company. 1999 - The Honorable Jane Swift, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. 2000 - Dr. Joan Wallace-Benjamin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. 2001 - The Honorable Roderick L. Ireland, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. 2002 - Gerardo Villacrés, Executive Director, Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce. 2003 - Andrea J. Cabral, Sheriff, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department. 2004 - Amadou Lamine Bâ, Ph.D., Ambassador of Senegal to the U.S. 2005 - Frances Rivera, 7NEWS Anchor/Reporter. 2006 - Marjorie Clapprood, Executive Director, One Family, Inc. 2007 – The Honorable Jarrett T. Barrios, Massachusetts State Senator. 2008 - Carol R. Johnson, Ed.D., Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools. 2009 - Gary L. Gottlieb, M.D., M.B.A., President, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 2010 - Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. 2011 - Louis Gossett, Jr., Academy Award-winning Actor, and Founder, Eracism Foundation, Inc. 2012 - Eileen M. Collins, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired). 2013 - William H. Swanson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon. 2014 - The Honorable Edward J. Markey, Senator for Massachusetts. 2015 - The Honorable Elizabeth Warren, Senator for Massachusetts.

Chronology of Faculty/Professional Staff SpeakersIn the 1997-1998 academic year, a tradition was established at the College. Faculty and professional staff select one of their colleagues whom they view as an outstanding educator to bring greetings to the graduates.

1997 - Richard Klayman, Professor, Social Science Department. 1998 - John L. Vaccaro, C.P.A., Professor, Business Administration Department. 1999 - Anne Mansfield Minton, Professor, Social Science Department. 2000 - Timothy M. McLaughlin, Professor, English Department. 2001 and 2002 - Richard W. Boulware, J.D., Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice Department. 2003 - Herbert I. Gross, Professor, Mathematics/Physics Department. 2004 - Michael T. Puopolo, Professor and Chair, Computer Information Technology Department. 2005 - Deborah J. Westaway, Professor and Chair, Nurse Education Department. 2006 - Susan T. Dole, Senior Academic Counselor, Advising/Counseling and Assessment. 2007 - Lucius A. Salisbury III, Professor, English Department. 2008 - William L. Hoover, Assistant Professor, Science Department. 2009 - Shirley Cassarà, Ed.D., Professor, Behavioral Science Department. 2010 - James S. Dilday, J.D., Professor, Legal Studies and Public Safety Department. 2011 - Timothy M. McLaughlin, Professor and Chair, English Department. 2012 - Lloyd Sheldon Johnson, Ed.D., Professor, Behavioral Science Department. 2013 - Jennifer A. Cohn, Associate Professor, English Department. 2014 - Scott S. Benjamin, Professor, Science and Engineering Department. 2015 - Enzo Surin, Assistant Professor, English Department.

Chronology of President’s Distinguished Service Awardees1998 - Jeanne-Marie Boylan, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, Boston Sand & Gravel Company. 1999 - Anne Hyde, Esq., Peabody and Brown Law Firm. 2000 - Guy Santagate, City Manager, Chelsea, Massachusetts. 2001 - Bing L. Wong, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Biopure Corporation. 2002 - Paul Guzzi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. 2003 – The Honorable Eugene L. O’Flaherty, Massachusetts State Representative. 2004 - Ray Monkiewicz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kayem Foods, Inc. 2005 - Thomas S. Cunha, First Vice Chair of the BHCC Board of Trustees and Chair of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council. 2007 – The Honorable Jarrett T. Barrios, Massachusetts State Senator. 2008 - Thomas A. Kershaw, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Hampshire House Corporation. 2009 - Gary L. Gottlieb, M.D., M.B.A., President, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 2010 - Ronald Bonney, Jr., First Vice Chair of the BHCC Board of Trustees. 2011 - Stephen B. Weiner, President, BHCC Foundation, Inc., and President, The Weiner Company, Inc. 2013 - William H. Swanson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon. 2014 - Beverly A. Morgan-Welch, Executive Director, Museum of African American History. 2015 - John P. McDonough, Interim Superintendent, Boston Public Schools.

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Modern Scholars in Ancient GarbThe color and pageantry marking a college Commencement are rooted in long tradition. Academic degrees have been awarded for more than 800 years, the first known being conferred by the University of Bologna in the twelfth century. The caps and gowns worn by the faculty and the graduating class are also inherited from early medieval universities. Scholars of those days wore the gown and its attached hood for the dual purpose of keeping warm in the drafty, unheated buildings, and of identifying the particular clerical order to which they belonged.

The GownThe style of the modern academic gown is based on an intercollegiate code established in 1895. The gown is commonly black, differing in type according to the level of the degree held. Gowns of some American and foreign institutions are often of red and other brilliant hues.

The doctor’s gown is paneled in velvet, and has bell-shaped sleeves, each trimmed with three matching velvet bars. The velvet may be black or of the color representing the field of learning in which the degree was earned. For example, the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) is designated by blue, for centuries the color associated with wisdom and truth. The Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) may be indicated by red, a traditional color of the church, and the Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) by the royal purple of the King’s Court. The title Doctor refers to the degree one holds, not to a profession or occupation, and by ancient definition means an eminently learned person, one sufficiently skilled in any branch of knowledge to teach it.

Master’s and bachelor’s gowns have no velvet panels or trims. Sleeves of the master’s are extra long, and are open either at the forearm or the wrist. Those of the bachelor’s gown are pointed and are normal sleeve length.

The CapThe mortarboard cap is proper for all American degrees, and is worn both indoors and out on all occasions when gowns are used. The tassel, worn over the left front quarter of the cap, may be black or may be in a color representing the degree.

The HoodThe hood is the most striking feature of the costume. Its shape, size and colors show both the degree of the wearer and the college which conferred it, so that anyone attending an academic function in America can distinguish holders of bachelor’s, master’s and doctor’s degrees.

The shell or base of the hood is invariably black, but the lining is the color of the college or university granting the degree. As the faculty and platform party march down the aisle at Commencement, the audience will see the official colors of many colleges and universities represented in the hoods of the participants. Some of these are: Cornell University, carnelian with two white chevrons; Harvard University, crimson; Columbia University, light blue with white chevron; Tufts University, brown and blue.

The color of the border of the hood designates the field in which the degree was earned; for instance, white represents arts; scarlet - theology; golden yellow-science; blue - philosophy; pink - music; lemon - library science; brown - fine arts; purple - law; light blue - education; apricot - nursing; and drab - business administration.

The bachelor’s hood has a two-inch velvet border; the master’s, a three-inch one; and the doctor’s a five-inch one. The size of the hood also helps identify the degree; the bachelor’s hood is three feet long, the master’s three and a half, and the doctor’s four feet.

College trustees or members of boards are permitted to wear a doctor’s gown, but the hood they wear must designate only the degree they actually hold. The president of a college is entitled to wear a specially-designed costume. Trustees and other members of the official party, such as Marshals, may also wear specially-designed caps and gowns. At Bunker Hill Community College, the President, Trustees and Marshals appear in academic regalia which shows the colors of the college - red and white - and which designate, by the use of slight design differences, the office held. Graduates of two-year colleges are awarded an associate in arts or associate in science degree or a certificate. Successful candidates for the associate degree and the certificate wear a bachelor’s gown without a hood.

Divisions of the ProcessionThe academic procession at Commencement is made up of three divisions: The candidates for degrees and certificates, members of the faculty and the President of the college, the Commencement speaker, the Trustees and other dignitaries or officers of the college.

The entire company is led by the Chief Marshal bearing a mace, originally a weapon of defense and a centuries-old symbol of academic authority.

A college or university Commencement symbolizes the induction of the graduates into the guild of scholars, whose tradition reaches back through centuries of western civilization to include all those who sought learning. Graduates can take pride in participating in such an ancient and honorable rite.

— freely adapted from an article by Harold Seymour

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