Honors CollegeClass of 2014 Medallion Ceremony

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON

MAY 28, 2014

A Message from the DeanGreetings and welcome to the Honors College Medallion Ceremony. My colleagues and I find this a most joyous time of year during which we gather to celebrate the accomplishments of our students. This is an extra special ceremony, as it is our first as an Honors College -- after more than 20 years of service to the campus as the University Honors Program.

The range of senior theses and projects this year is clear evidence of the heterogeneity of the students in the Honors College. Every single one of you has exhibited intellectual boldness: a quality that we like to cultivate in all of our students. Intellectual boldness means that you have ventured beyond the fields of knowledge that constitute your zone of comfort. The sociologists among you have engaged with creative writing, the economists with biology, and the computer scientists with philosophy. We urge you never to lose that sense of adventurousness, never to seek refuge in narrow compartments of inquiry.

The medallion and cord that our graduates receive today represent their accomplishments and signal a responsibility to use their newly minted knowledge and skills to bring light to those places that need it most. Perhaps there is no more fitting duty for our institution’s latest and most extraordinary Beacons than to use their knowledge in the service of global and local citizenship.

Best of luck to each of you,

Rajini SrikanthRajini Srikanth, Ph.D.Dean, Honors CollegeProfessor, English

Honors College Scholars

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Shaza AlzaimDouble Major in Philosophy and Political Science

Cum laude

Emily AmaroAnthropology Major

Sally Goss Memorial Prize in Anthropology Golden Key International Honour Society

Magna cum laude

Amelia AtwoodEnvironmental Science Major

Honors in Earth, Environmental, and Ocean SciencesSchool for the Environment Universi Telluris Award

Golden Key International Honour SocietySigma Gamma Epsilon Environmental Science Honor Society

Magna cum laude

Justina BonfiglioPsychology Major

Cum laude

Samantha Brown Biology Major

Honors in BiologyMagna cum laude

Zofia BudnyDouble Major in French and Political Science

Italian MinorDistinction in French

Golden Key International Honour SocietyMagna cum laude

Evan Flynn CaseyBiology Major

Honors and Distinction in BiologySumma cum laude

Samantha CountsBiology Major

Honors and Distinction in BiologyTriBeta Biology Honors Society

Golden Key International Honour SocietySumma cum laude

Santi Dewa AyuEconomics Major

English Minor

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Tiffany DiepNursing Major

Cum laude

Jacqueline Dow Nursing Major

Distinction in NursingSumma cum laude

Brian ForanPsychology Major (Bachelor of Science)

Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor SocietyGolden Key International Honour Society

Summa cum laude

Sarah Gasse Nursing Major

The Colleen Maxwell Award for Community Service in NursingSigma Theta Tau Nursing Honors Society

Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honors SocietyGolden Key International Honour Society

Summa cum laude

Bridget GiglioNursing Major

Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honors SocietyCum laude

Evangelina GonzalezPolitical Science Major

Public Policy MinorHonors in Political Science

Golden Key International Honour SocietyMagna cum laude

Courtney GunnManagement Major

Honors in ManagementGolden Key International Honour Society

Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honors SocietyMagna cum laude

Elizabeth HoladayPsychology Major

Psi Chi National Honors Society in PsychologyCum laude

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Frances Hayden Hutto Double Major in English and PsychologyThe Alfred R. Ferguson Prize in English

Honors in EnglishGolden Key International Honour Society

Summa cum laude

Liubomir IordanovChemistry Major

Honors in ChemistryHypercube Scholar Award

Samantha JohnsonEnglish Major

Magna cum laude

Kathryn KaiserManagement Major

Honors in ManagementCum laude

Neelam KumariBiology Major

Honors in BiologyPhi Delta Epsilon Pre-Medical FraternityGolden Key International Honour Society

TriBeta Biology Honors SocietySumma cum laude

Ian LopezManagement Major

Honors in ManagementInternational Management Concentration Award

Magna cum laude

Brett MahoneyManagement Major

Honors in ManagementDelta Sigma Pi International Business Fraternity

Cum laude

Oliver MarshallManagement Major

Honors in ManagementFinance Concentration Award

Summa cum laude

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Robert MorayMathematics Major

Juan Carlos Merlo Memorial Prize in MathematicsGolden Key International Honour Society

Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honors Society Summa cum laude

Edward J. McDonaldEconomics Major

Cum laude

Aoife O’FlahertyEnglish MajorItalian Minor

Magna cum laude

Cali PanesisPsychology Major

Spanish MinorHonors in Psychology

Magna cum laude

Corey PasakarnisChemistry Major

Honors in ChemistryWalter Weibrecht Scholar Award in Chemistry

Magna cum laude

Jacqueline PerryDouble Major in Biology and English

Honors in EnglishMagna cum laude

Michelle PierreDouble Major in Management and Sociology

Honors in Sociology Alpha Delta Kappa Sociology Honors Society

Cum laude

Anna PriceDouble Major in Biology and Art

Cum laude

Nicole Raustad Biology Major

Honors in BiologyTriBeta Biology Honors Society

Magna cum laude

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Brianna ReyesDouble Major in Classical Languages and the Joint Major in History and Archaeology

Distinction in the Joint Major in History and Archaeology Distinction in Classical Languages

Robert H. Spaethling PrizeUndergraduate Teacher Licensure

College of Liberal Arts Nominee for the John F. Kennedy AwardGolden Key International Honour Society

Summa cum laude

Moriah RoacheHistory MajorEnglish Minor

Honors in History Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honors Society

Magna cum laude

Cathryn RobertsDouble Major in English and Theatre Arts

Spanish MinorHonors in English

Louis E. Roberts Award in Theatre ArtsFrancis Russell Hart Prize in English

Summa cum laude

Stephanie RobinSocial Psychology Major

Cum laude

Angela Rogers Double Major in Nursing and Mathematics

Cum laude

David SchaffnerHistory Major

Paul Boller Prize in HistoryHonors in HistorySumma cum laude

Samantha SlabykSociology Major

Music MinorHonors and Distinction in Sociology

Alpha Delta Kappa Sociology Honors SocietySumma cum laude

Arthur StadnikEnglish Major

Distinction in EnglishSumma cum laude

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Stefanny SunPsychology Major (Bachelor of Science)

Psi Chi National Honors Society in PsychologyCum laude

Jacey TaftPsychology Major

Cum laude

Samantha TrenholmEconomics Major

History MinorJoann P. Stewart Award for an Outstanding Female Graduate in Economics

Honors and Distinction in EconomicsSumma cum laude

Cory WelchDouble Major in History and Economics

Chinese Minor Alice E. Trost Memorial Prize in Economics

Honors in HistoryDistinction in Economics

Summa cum laude

Vladimir ZoubineBiology Major

Honors in BiologyTriBeta Biology Honors Society

Cum laude

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The Robert H. Spaethling Prize is awarded annually by the Honors College Dean to the student who has established a record of outstanding achievement in the Honors College. Candidates should exhibit accomplishment across a range of fields and, in the testimony of their Honors teachers, emerge as models of intellectual curiosity and sophistication and exhibit a passion for learning. A grade point average in the summa cum laude range is expected.

The Blair-Moulton Travel Grant has been awarded since 2008. Joel Blair was a Professor of English at UMass Boston and was the director of the Honors Program in its very early days. He and his partner Peter Moulton were generous benefactors to the University during their lifetimes. Because he remembered his powerful mind-expanding travel experience right after the completion of his undergraduate degree, Professor Blair wished to provide that opportunity to a graduating Honors College senior each year. He and Peter Moulton established this travel award of $2,500 in order to provide this opportunity. Applicants for this award write an essay answering the question: “Where do you wish to travel, and what do you hope to get out of this experience?” The essays are read anonymously, and the winner is selected by a group of faculty and staff who are friends of the Honors College.

The Classroom Leadership Award is given to the Honors College student in each Honors course who is identified by the Honors teacher as exhibiting not only authentic engagement with his or her own learning, but also sustained, enlightened, and effective leadership in contributing to the learning of others. Nominees are students of uncommon force of mind who also meet a multi-faceted definition of leadership in building a community of leaders within the College and, ideally, in the University as a whole.

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A special thank you to our generous donors who provide vital support to the Honors College. To make a gift in honor of your student’s graduation, please visit umb.edu/giving or make a check out to

UMass Boston – with a memo of “Honors College” and mail it to:

University Advancement, Quinn Building, First Floor University of Massachusetts Boston

100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125-3393

A copy of this program has been provided to the University Archive in the Healey Library.

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Rajini Srikanth

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Dean

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