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CommencementOcean Bank Convocation Center Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, FloridaThursday, December 14, 2017Friday, December 15, 2017Saturday, December 16, 2017Sunday, December 17, 2017

Florida International University

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Table of Contents

Order of Commencement Ceremonies ........................................................................................................3

An Academic Tradition ..............................................................................................................................18

University Governance and Administration ...............................................................................................19

The Honors College ...................................................................................................................................22

Council for Student Organizations’ Honor Societies .................................................................................24

Fall 2017 Doctoral Candidates ...................................................................................................................28

Fall 2017 Graduate and Undergraduate Candidates ...................................................................................33

Message from the Alumni Association .......................................................................................................75

FIU Alma Mater .........................................................................................................................................76

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Florida International University is a vibrant, student-centered public research university, ideally located in Miami, that is Worlds Ahead in its commitment to learning, research, entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity so that our graduates are prepared to succeed in the global market.

Since 1965, when it was chartered as the area’s first public university, FIU has built a reputation for excellence in teaching, research and community engagement. Since taking office in August 2009, President Mark B. Rosenberg has focused on strengthening student-centered academic excellence, enhancing research that supports community priorities and expanding community partnerships.

FIU has diverse and nationally celebrated faculty who bring a global perspective to their research and teaching. Our vibrant student body is made up of individuals from throughout the United States and more than 130 countries, and our Worlds Ahead alumni have risen to prominence in every field.

FIU offers nearly 200 baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral and specialist degree programs in its colleges and schools, including: College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts, College of Arts, Sciences & Education, College of Business, College of Engineering and Computing, Honors College, College of Law, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, and Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work.

As one of South Florida’s anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine’s “America’s Best Employers” list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, the Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 55,000 students in our Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA, and more than 400 student-athletes participate in 18 sports.

Thanks to the support of the South Florida community, FIU has emerged as a Worlds Ahead leader of higher education.

Commencement ProgramThursday, December 14, 2017, 6:30 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

CHAPLIN SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT ......................... Pablo Simon, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL ......................................................................................... Eric Beckman, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE .....................................................................................................................Maikel Alendy, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................. Kerrie Montgomery, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ........................................................................................... Valerie Morgan, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES ........................................................................David Dugard, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...................................................................................... Grand Marshal Kathleen Wilson, Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Member, FIU Board of TrusteesChariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ...........................................Victoria Roland, Senior, Vocal PerformanceThe Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE .............................................................................................Jorge L. Arrizurieta, Vice Chair

SGA MESSAGE ...................................................................................................................................... Leo Cosio, SGA President, Biscayne Bay Campus and FIU at I-75

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator .........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreChaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management ...............................................................................Mike Hampton, DeanHonors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School ........................................................................................................................Lidia Kos, Associate Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

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Commencement ProgramFriday, December 15, 2017, 10:00 a.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES & EDUCATION .........................................................Tania Santiago-Perez, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL .............................................................................................Flavia Iuspa, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE .................................................................................................................... Jose Rodriguez, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS ...........................................................................................................................Scott Jones, Banner MarshalLIBRARIES ....................................................................................................................................Rebecca Bakker, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ......................................................................................... Charlie Andrews, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES ..................................................................... Annelise Villiers, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ..................................................................................Grand Marshal Joerg Reinhold, Vice Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Chariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER .......................................... Adolfo Rodriguez, Senior, Music EducationThe Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE .....................................................................................................Dean C. Colson, Member

SGA MESSAGE ......................................................................................................................... Krista M. Schmidt, SGA President, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Member, FIU Board of Trustees

CONFERRAL OF FIU MEDALLION ..................................................................................................Nick Day, Courage Award

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER .......................................................The Honorable Francis X. Suarez ’01, Mayor, City of Miami

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMAS ............................................. Andrés G. Gil, Dean, University Graduate School

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ...........................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, School of TheatreCollege of Arts, Sciences & Education .........................................................................................................Michael Heithaus, DeanHonors College ......................................................................................................................... Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School ............................................................................................................................. Andrés G. Gil, Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

Commencement ProgramFriday, December 15, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES & EDUCATION .............................................................Solange Kouemou, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL ..........................................................................................Nicole Schatz, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE ...................................................................................................................Pete Markowitz, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS ..............................................................................................................Kristen Kawczynski, Banner MarshalLIBRARIES ....................................................................................................................................Rebecca Bakker, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION .............................................................................................Hugo Jimenez, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES ............................................................................... Ivette Yee, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ..................................................................................Grand Marshal Joerg Reinhold, Vice Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Chariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ......................................HEARTbeats, FIU Honors College A Cappella The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE .............................................................................................Jorge L. Arrizurieta, Vice Chair

SGA MESSAGE ......................................................................................................................... Krista M. Schmidt, SGA President, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Member, FIU Board of Trustees

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMAS .......................................Lidia Kos, Associate Dean, University Graduate School

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreCollege of Arts, Sciences & Education .........................................................................................................Michael Heithaus, DeanHonors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School ....................................................................................................................... Lidia Kos, Associate Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

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Commencement ProgramSaturday, December 16, 2017, 10:00 a.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

LANDON UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ...................................................Deanne Butchey, Banner MarshalCOLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, ARCHITECTURE + THE ARTS ...................................Aaron Pikula, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL ...................................................................................................Lidu Yi, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE ............................................................................................................Gretchen Scharnagl, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS ........................................................................................................ Shannonlee Rodriguez, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ...............................................................................................Janie Valdes, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES .....................................................................Elizabeth Torres, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...................................................................................... Grand Marshal Kathleen Wilson, Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Member, FIU Board of TrusteesChariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ...........................................................Rohan Smith, Bachelor of MusicThe Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE .............................................................................................Jorge L. Arrizurieta, Vice Chair

SGA MESSAGE ...................................................................................................................................... Leo Cosio, SGA President, Biscayne Bay Campus and FIU at I-75

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER ............................................................................................................The Honorable Billy Joel

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreCollege of Business .................................................................................................................................................. Joanne Li, DeanCollege of Communication, Architecture + The Arts ........................................................................................ Brian Schriner, DeanHonors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School ........................................................................................................................Lidia Kos, Associate Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

Commencement ProgramFriday, December 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

LANDON UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ...............................................Christos Koulamas, Banner MarshalCOLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES & EDUCATION.................................................................... Diego Salazar, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL ......................................................................................Diego Amoretti, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE .................................................................................................................Niurca Marquez, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS .............................................................................................................Kristen Kawczynski, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ........................................................................................... Jennifer Bravo, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES ..............................................................Koumba McKinnon, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ..................................................................................Grand Marshal Joerg Reinhold, Vice Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Chariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER .............................................Mary Espinosa, Senior, Vocal PerformanceThe Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE .............................................................................................Jorge L. Arrizurieta, Vice Chair

SGA MESSAGE ...................................................................................................................................... Leo Cosio, SGA President, Biscayne Bay Campus and FIU at I-75

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMA ............................................... Andrés G. Gil, Dean, University Graduate School

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreCollege of Business .................................................................................................................................................. Joanne Li, DeanCollege of Arts, Sciences & Education .........................................................................................................Michael Heithaus, DeanHonors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School .............................................................................................................................. Andrés G. Gil, Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

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Commencement ProgramSaturday, December 16, 3:00 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING ................................................................. Peggy Wang, Banner Marshal UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL ........................................................................................Monique Ross, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE ................................................................................................................... Ruben Garrote, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS .......................................................................................................... Christianne Medrano, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ................................................................................................April Lewis, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES ...................................................................... Edivaldo Mota, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...................................................................................... Grand Marshal Kathleen Wilson, Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Member, FIU Board of TrusteesChariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ......................................HEARTbeats, FIU Honors College A Cappella The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

SGA MESSAGE ......................................................................................................................... Krista M. Schmidt, SGA President, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Member, FIU Board of Trustees

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMAS ............................................. Andrés G. Gil, Dean, University Graduate School

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreCollege of Engineering and Computing ...............................................................................................................John Volakis, DeanHonors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School, ..............................................................................................................................Andrés G. Gil, Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

Commencement ProgramSaturday, December 16, 7:30 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

HERBERT WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ...................................................................Adrian Jones, Banner MarshalROBERT STEMPEL COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ............. Jayanta Kumar Das, Banner MarshalNICOLE WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES ...................Charles Buscemi, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL .....................................................................................Hitendra Chand, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE ................................................................................................................... Jose Rodriguez, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS ..............................................................................................................Amanda Niguidula, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ............................................................................................... Kenia Perez, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES .....................................................................Drew Golburgh, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...................................................................................... Grand Marshal Kathleen Wilson, Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Member, FIU Board of TrusteesChariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ............................................... Adam Levine, Junior, Vocal Performance The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

SGA MESSAGE ...................................................................................................................................... Leo Cosio, SGA President, Biscayne Bay Campus and FIU at I-75

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER ............................................................................................................Sue Desmond-Hellmann

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMAS ............................................. Andrés G. Gil, Dean, University Graduate School

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreHerbert Wertheim College of Medicine .............................................................................................. John A. Rock, Founding DeanRobert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work..........................................................................Tomás R. Guilarte, DeanNicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences ........................................................................... Ora L. Strickland, DeanHonors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School, ..............................................................................................................................Andrés G. Gil, Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

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Commencement ProgramSunday, December 17, 2017, 10:00 a.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

STEVEN J. GREEN SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS .........................Howard Frank, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL .....................................................................................Carleen Vincent, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE ................................................................................................................... Jose Rodriguez, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS ........................................................................................................................Jose Toscano, Banner MarshalLIBRARIES ................................................................................................................................... Ana Rodriguez, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION .................................................................................... Walter Maldonado, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES .................................................................... Laura Benavides, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...................................................................................... Grand Marshal Kathleen Wilson, Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Member, FIU Board of TrusteesChariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ................................................ Lauren Lopez, Junior, Music Education The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE .............................................................................................Jorge L. Arrizurieta, Vice Chair

SGA MESSAGE ...................................................................................................................................... Leo Cosio, SGA President, Biscayne Bay Campus and FIU at I-75

CONFERRAL OF FIU HONORARY DEGREE .............................................. Jorge M. Perez, Doctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMAS .......................................Lidia Kos, Associate Dean, University Graduate School

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreSteven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs ......................................................................John F. Stack, Founding DeanHonors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim DeanUniversity Graduate School ....................................................................................................................... Lidia Kos, Associate Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

Commencement ProgramSunday, December 17, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

CHAPMAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS .........................................................Arun Kumaraswamy, Banner MarshalUNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL ...........................................................................................Tala Mirzaei, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS .................................................................................................................Korrin Anderson, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES ................................................................. Katharine Conrad, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...................................................................................... Grand Marshal Kathleen Wilson, Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Member, FIU Board of TrusteesChariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ....................................... Orianna Gutierrez, Junior, Vocal PerformanceThe Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE .............................................................................................Jorge L. Arrizurieta, Vice Chair

SGA MESSAGE ......................................................................................................................... Krista M. Schmidt, SGA President, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Member, FIU Board of Trustees

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMAS ............................................. Andrés G. Gil, Dean, University Graduate School

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreCollege of Business .................................................................................................................................................. Joanne Li, Dean University Graduate School, ............................................................................................................................. Andrés G. Gil, Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

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Commencement ProgramSunday, December 17, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater.

LANDON UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ................................................. Sheryl Weir-Latty, Banner MarshalHONORS COLLEGE ................................................................................................................... Jose Rodriguez, Banner MarshalSTUDENT AFFAIRS .................................................................................................................. Jonathan Torrey, Banner MarshalUNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ................................................................................................April Lewis, Banner MarshalENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & SERVICES .......................................................................Michelle Leon, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...................................................................................... Grand Marshal Kathleen Wilson, Chair, Faculty SenateFanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Member, FIU Board of TrusteesChariots of Fire, VangelisPomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER ................................................... Jorge Diaz, Senior, Vocal PerformanceThe Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key FIU Alma Mater, Belinda Gunn

CONVENER .............................................................................................Kenneth G. Furton, Provost and Executive Vice President

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS .............................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE ..........................................................................................................Justo L. Pozo, Member

SGA MESSAGE ......................................................................................................................... Krista M. Schmidt, SGA President, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Member, FIU Board of Trustees

WORLDS AHEAD RECOGNITIONS ...........................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMASNarrator ..........................................................................................................................................Stephen Neal, Instructor, TheatreCollege of Business .................................................................................................................................................. Joanne Li, Dean Honors College ..........................................................................................................................Juan Carlos Espinosa, Interim Dean

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ..................................................................................................Mark B. Rosenberg, President

RECESSIONAL

FIU MedallionNick DayCourage Award

Nick Day is a student-athlete and a hero in his hometown of Yuma, Arizona.

The baseball player was driving down Arizona’s Route 303 when he witnessed a minivan flip in the air and land in a dirt median some feet away. Day was on his way to batting practice with his father, but without hesitation he pulled off to the side and ran over to the wrecked car.

Day had no previous experience in emergency response except what he has seen actors do on TV. He knew he needed to somehow stop a severely wounded man from bleeding out. Day used a t-shirt and a tire iron to create a temporary bandage that helped the wound clot, and saved the man’s life.

Day has played a big role in the FIU Baseball team’s success over the past two seasons. He finished his collegiate career with a .286 career batting average, 21 home runs and 63 runs batted in. He led the Panthers in multiple offensive categories in 2016 as a junior, including home runs, runs scored and slugging percentage.

Day is a first-generation college student graduating with a bachelor’s of arts in liberal studies. After graduation, Day is hoping to become a college baseball coach and help student athletes achieve their dreams of making it to the major leagues.

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Commencement SpeakerThe Honorable Francis X. Suarez ’01Mayor of the City of Miami

Francis X. Suarez ’01 is the newly elected mayor of the City of Miami.

Previously, Mayor Suarez served as a commissioner for Miami’s District 4, working diligently to raise the standards of the community where he was born and raised. He currently also serves as vice chair of the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization, tasked with approving federally required plans and transportation policies, and as the former president and current member of the Miami-Dade County League of Cities.

The oldest of four siblings, Suarez was born into a family where, as he describes, “being socially conscious was kind of a requirement.” Suarez is dedicated to elevating the quality of life of the residents he serves by way of focusing on transportation and connectivity issues within the city and beyond; nurturing the growth of a tech-based economy in the area; and, by extension, job creation and international opportunities with Latin America. His priorities also include affordable housing, tackling the poverty pandemic and, as a corollary, reducing crime.

Suarez is an alumnus of Florida International University, where he majored in finance and graduated in the top 10 percent of his class. He went on to law school at the University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law, graduating cum laude. Prior to running for public office, Suarez founded a successful real estate firm. He is also a practicing attorney with the law firm of Carlton Fields, specializing in real estate and corporate transactions.

Suarez is married to Gloria M. Fonts ’01. The couple have a son, Andrew Xavier, and are expecting their first daughter.

Commencement SpeakerThe Honorable Billy Joel

M. William “Billy” Joel is a philanthropic leader in the South Florida community.

In 2005, Joel was elected an Aventura city commissioner. He later went on to serve as vice mayor for the city until October 2014.

Joel is a founder of Mount Sinai Medical Center and Home Federal Bank of Hollywood, where he served as director for 14 years. Prior to opening Home Federal Bank of Hollywood he spent three decades working in the transportation, warehouse, consolidation and leasing industries.

His community service extends far beyond South Florida. He founded the Jack Joel Center for Special Children, named after his brother, at The Hagedorn Little Village School in Long Island, New York. Currently, he serves on the Board of Governors for Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, a position he has held since 2012.

Joel and his wife Sandra have been honored with countless awards by local organizations, including outstanding philanthropy and dedication to the children of Miami-Dade County by the Miami-Dade County School Board in 2015 and the Aventura Marketing Council “Pay It Forward” award in 2013. The two are also considered “Royal Notables” for Alzheimer’s at Douglas Gardens.

Within the South Florida community, Joel serves as the chairman for the Florida Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled, past president of the Anchors Away Foundation, and has sat on the boards of Aventura Hospital and Medical Center. He currently sits on the board of the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center. He was a member of FIU’s Vice Provost Executive Council and continues to serve as a member of the Vice Provost Council.

Joel has dedicated much of his life advocating for the Jewish community of South Florida.

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Commencement Speaker Sue Desmond-Hellmann Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann is a physician, scientist and philanthropist who has devoted her career to improving the human condition.

As a pioneer in health care for more than 30 years, she has driven major developments toward the eradication of disease, poverty and inequity. Today, as CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Desmond-Hellmann leads the organization’s vision for a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life.

Trained as an oncologist, she spent 14 years at biotech firm Genentech developing a number of breakthrough medicines, including two of the first gene-targeted therapies for cancer, Avastin and Herceptin. In November 2009, Forbes magazine named her one of the world’s seven most “powerful innovators,” calling her “a hero to legions of cancer patients.”

Her time at Genentech put her at the forefront of the precision medicine revolution and in her current role, she champions a similar approach to global development: precision public health — getting the right interventions, to the right populations, in the right places, to save lives.

Prior to joining the foundation, Desmond-Hellmann was the first female chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco overseeing all aspects of the university and medical center’s strategy and operations.

Desmond-Hellmann was listed among Fortune magazine’s “top 50 most powerful women in business” for seven years and, in 2010, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and elected to the Institute of Medicine. She serves on the board of directors at Facebook Inc.

Honorary Degree Jorge M. PérezDoctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa

Jorge M. Pérez is the founder, chairman and CEO of Related Group — and a distinguished art collector and philanthropist. Born in Buenos Aires to Cuban parents and raised in Bogota, Colombia, Pérez has made significant contributions to the South Florida community for more than 30 years.

Pérez has helped transform South Florida real estate and attracted international attention to the area through innovative design of luxury properties. The Pérez Art Museum Miami — a 21st century modern masterpiece — is one of Pritzker prize winners Herzog and de Meuron’s most important works in North America. The Jorge M. Pérez Architecture Center at the University of Miami is designed by world renowned architect and urbanist leader Leon Krier.

Pérez began his career in real estate in the public housing market of Little Havana and Homestead. He saw opportunity where others did not — contributing to the evolution of these communities, spurring economic growth and changing the Miami skyline.

Today, he is a past chair and current member of the Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council and a sponsor of the National Young Arts Foundation’s Residency in Visual Arts. He is also a member of the University of Miami’s Board of Trustees and the Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Board of Trustees.

In 2011, he contributed $40 million to the Pérez Art Museum Miami. In 2013, he and his wife, Darlene Pérez — an FIU alumna and nurse practitioner — made a $680,000 gift of 21 paintings constituting 100 Years of Cuban Art to the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs and the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum. He also established a visiting artist in residence program bringing Cuban artists to Miami.

Named one of the top 25 most influential Hispanics in the United States by Time Magazine in 2005, Pérez has signed The Giving Pledge, a campaign founded by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, which states he will donate 50 percent of his wealth to philanthropic purposes.

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The Commencement:

An Academic TraditionAt every academic institution, commencement exercises are the high point of the calendar for students and their families. Since the purpose of a college or university is to prepare its students to merit the conferral of an academic degree, the commencement ceremony serves as the instrument for exhibiting the success of both the university and its students in fulfilling this primary goal. The rites involved in the celebration of commencement stem from civilization’s earliest times. In fact, the very word, commencement, means a beginning. If you are familiar with the trappings of this grand ceremony, you are aware that the traditions carried forth from medieval days are revealed in all of their pomp, color and symbolism. It is a celebration of new beginnings. For participants and observers alike, commencement is meant to be both self-serving and an emotional experience.

The Chain of OfficeThe university president is the ceremony’s convener and chief presider at the commencement ceremonies. The great chain, which is the FIU chain of office, is displayed on stage. This ancient symbol is perhaps the most beautiful and artistic of any of the accoutrements of the ceremony. During the Renaissance, holders of very high office sometimes wore a chain as a symbol of their authority. FIU’s chain is made of sterling silver and its designs are cast, cut and etched. The center medallion represents the world and is surrounded by sea shells cast from an actual shell. Reflecting the university and the South Florida area are the eight ovals which make up the chain-designed by Clem Pennington, associate professor of art education, now retired, and created in 1977 by Leo Shirker, a Miami goldsmith, art teacher and FIU alumnus.

Grand MarshalThe leader of the academic procession is the Grand Marshal. At FIU, this prestigious honor goes to the chairperson of the Faculty Senate, which is the democratic collegial governance body of the faculty.

The MaceThe Grand Marshal carries a ceremonial club called a mace. In antiquity, when an official of high rank went out in public, a mace-bearer was assigned to accompany him in order to literally beat away those who got close enough to try to petition the favors of the official. Today, the bearing of the university’s mace is ceremonial in nature, signifying the authority and authenticity of those who are to follow.

The Dais PartyThe Dais Party is also known as the Platform Party. This group is composed of the university’s administrative leaders and very special guests. The Dais Party enters the hall before the faculty and proceeds directly to stage.

Academic RegaliaThe tradition of wearing distinctive academic attire at commencement ceremonies originated in Europe in the 12th century. However, gowns and capes had been worn by clerics and ecclesiastics even before that date. A heavy black or brown gown was apparently worn at all times. Hoods and capes were also a necessity during the long, cold European winters because the buildings in which scholars lived, studied and taught were cold and drafty. When not being used to provide warmth, hoods and baggy sleeves

served the same purpose as do today’s pockets. The academic costume at English universities (from which many of our American commencement traditions originate) can be traced as far back as the middle of the 14th

century, to the time when scholars were rebuked that a decent habit was to be worn (Statutes of Peterhouse, 1344). The faculties of American universities have worn academic garb for commencement ceremonies since the beginning of the system. For almost 250 years, each university chose its own costume until it was realized that in 1896 an event unique in history would be taking place. This was the simultaneous celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Harvard University and the 500th anniversary of Heidelberg University. Because of this unique circumstance, the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume was opened in 1895 to record the distinctive colors of institutions, their arrangement, the particulars of gowns, hoods and caps, as well as information pertaining to academic ceremonies. At that time, an American code of academic dress was agreed upon to which we adhere today with few modifications. Since Spring 2011, FIU has selected to use earth-friendly academic regalia for undergraduate and graduate students. This initiative underlines FIU’s commitment to sustainability. At Florida International University, whose colors are blue and gold, the traditional colors of the disciplines are:

Master’s candidates wear black gowns and bachelor’s candidates wear blue gowns with the following tassel and hood colors representing degrees:

Architecture Blue VioletArts and Sciences WhiteBusiness DrabCommunication Arts CrimsonCriminal Justice Peacock BlueEconomics CopperEducation Light BlueEngineering and Computer Science OrangeFine Arts WhiteHealth Sciences GreenHonors GoldHospitality and Tourism Management Navy BlueJournalism and Mass Communication CrimsonMusic PinkNursing ApricotPublic Administration Peacock BluePublic Health SalmonSocial Work Citron

Doctoral candidates wear black gowns with gold tassels and hood colors are assigned as follows: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Navy BlueDoctor of Education (Ed.D.) Light BlueDoctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Teal Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) ApricotDoctor of Medicine (M.D.) Green

Florida International University Board of Trustees 2017-2018

State of FloridaThe Honorable Rick Scott, Governor

The Honorable Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Lieutenant Governor

The Honorable Pam Bondi, Attorney General

The Honorable Jimmy Patronis, Chief Financial Officer

The Honorable Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture

Cesar L. Alvarez

Jose J. Armas

Leonard Boord

Dean C. Colson

Gerald C. Grant, Jr., ’78, ’89

Michael G. Joseph

Natasha Lowell

Justo L. Pozo ’80

Marc D. Sarnoff

Student MemberKrista M. Schmidt

Student Trustee, MMC

Faculty MemberKathleen L. Wilson

Chair, FIU Faculty Senate

Claudia Puig, ChairJorge L. Arrizurieta, Vice ChairMark B. Rosenberg, Secretary

State University System of FloridaBoard of Governors

Marshall Criser III, Chancellor Thomas G. Kuntz, Chair

Ned C. Lautenbach, Vice Chair Pam Stewart, Education Commissioner

Kishane Patel, Chairman, Florida Student Association

Gary S. Tyson, Chair, Advisory Council of Faculty Senates

Tom CerioPatricia Frost

H. Wayne Huizenga, Jr. Darlene L. Jordan

Sydney KitsonAlan M. Levine Wendy S. Link

Edward A. Morton Jay Patel

Pam StewartNorman D. Tripp

Fernando J. Valverde, MD Zach Zachariah

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Florida International University Administration

Mark B. Rosenberg, President

Kenneth G. Furton, Provost & Executive Vice President

Kenneth A. Jessell, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration

Sandra B. Gonzalez-Levy, Senior Vice President, External Relations

Howard R. Lipman, Senior Vice President, University Advancement and Chief Executive Officer, FIU Foundation Inc.

John A. Rock, Founding Dean and Senior Vice President, Health Affairs, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Elizabeth Bejar, Vice President, Academic Affairs

Kevin B. Coughlin Jr., Interim Vice President, Enrollment Services & Management

Andrés G. Gil ’86, Vice President, Research and Economic Development and Dean, University Graduate School

Robert Grillo ’91, Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

Jaffus Hardrick, Vice President, Human Resources and Vice Provost, Student Access & Success

Saif Y. Ishoof, Vice President, Engagement

Larry Lunsford, Vice President, Student Affairs

Javier I. Marqués ’92, ’96, Vice President, Operations & Safety, Chief of Staff, Office of the President

Pablo G. Ortiz, Vice President, Regional Academic Locations & Institutional Development

Michelle L. Palacio ’03, Vice President, Governmental Relations

Terry Witherell, Vice President, External Relations

Carlos B. Castillo ’88, General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

Pete Garcia, Executive Director, Sports and Entertainment

Florida International University Foundation Board of Directors 2017-2018

Executive CommitteeRichard Brilliant ’93, Chair

Humberto “Burt” Cabañas ’76, Vice Chair

Andre L. Teixeira ’92, MAcc ’93, Treasurer

Jill M. Granat, Esq. ’87, Secretary

Howard R. Lipman, Chief Executive Officer

Steven M. Berwick ’74

Michael A. Kappitt ’92

Juan J. Martinez ’90, MAcc ’93

Esther L. Moreno, Esq. ’95

Claudia Puig

Mark B. Rosenberg, University President

Wasim J. Shomar

Elliot Stone

Florida International University Alumni Association Executive Board of Directors 2017-2018

Eduardo Hondal ’88, MS ’00 President

Maria D. Garcia, Esq. ’05, JD ’08Vice President

Benjamin Sardiñas ’01

Treasurer

Enrique Piñeiro ’03Secretary

Michael A. Hernández ’04, MPA ’11

Parliamentarian

Florida International UniversityCommencement Committee 2017

Lynda Rodriguez, Chair

Rocio Alves Milho Aguilar ’13Amy Aiken

Jimmy AlmansaWilfredo Alvarez ’84

Jesus AriasLaura Benavides

Penny Butler ’94, ’98Jean Byron

Rigoberto CamposMayte Cantillo

Jacqueline Chabo ’15Odalys Diaz ’89Glorie Garcia ’13

Erica GarveyMichael GonzalezChelsey GrenierRandy HaningCameron JonesRhesia Lewis

Sanyo Mathew ’04, ’08

Ashley Mendez ’12, ’15

Rachelle Metcalfe ’08, ‘12

Birgitta Rausch Montoto ’00, ’13

Betty Newborn

Ana Ortega ’08 ’10

Karla Ortega ’01, ’06

Richard Pabon

Ahnji Patterson

Jessenia Pomares

Ron Reyes

Wayne Rustad

Marisa Salazar ’02

Ricky Sant ’99, ’05

Travis Stokes ’09, ’12

Adriana Trespalacios ’12

Silvia Valdes ’02, ’09

Sussan Valqui

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The Honors CollegeThe Honors College provides highly motivated students with a cutting-edge education that complements their majors and prepares them to successfully compete for graduate school or employment. The heart of the college is its creative, active, and supportive community of outstanding students, superb teachers, accomplished researchers, and dedicated staff. Honors College scholars are admitted competitively into a transformational environment featuring problem-based experiential learning, active mentoring, and interdisciplinarity.

The curriculum emphasizes critical, integrative, and creative thinking; team and independent research; oral and written communication; and integration of class work with the world outside the university. Students choose from an array of advanced multidisciplinary seminars that complement their major studies; study abroad; and/or extended research through the groundbreaking Advanced Research and Creativity in Honors (ARCH) program. The College also provides unique, focused tracks in pre-med/health professions, innovation/entrepreneurship, and law, with Early Assurance Programs in law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and osteopathy.

Students can live in the Honors College Building, taking advantage of its extensive Honors living-learning community and co-curricular opportunities, with access to high-tech innovation and video labs, as well as IT support. The College’s Career Center guarantees an internship to any student seeking one, and provides training in real-world social and business skills. Honors students embrace civic responsibility, and engage in service-research that directly benefits external communities, such as the Worlds Ahead Honors-Sweetwater Partnership.

Jaclyn Nicole AbrahanteEmily Nicole AfreBarbara Sales Benicio AlkmimPaula Catalina AlmeidaCarina Cristina AlvarezBelissa ArdissonEmellyn ArellanoLuz Franchesca ArevaloAmber AriasGuillermo Enrique Arria-DevoeTanzila Ahsan AuniEmilio BagliettoErika N. Bello-PardoJames BernzenSofia BlancoLuciarita BoccuzziKristen BoydMartina BretousEmily BudayRebecca BudhooPatrick Lucas CabreraYina CabreraMartha CaceresRicardo CallejaTracey Ann Victoria CampbellLorella Elis Cantos CaguanaLeonardo CarbajoAngelit CarraleroRyan Samantha CarsonSophia Christina Cazanas

Brianna ChinMauricio Alejandro ChiribogaNusaiba Nahola ChowdhuryAndre-Lorenz T. ChuYordana B. CisnerosMeagan CollinsKatherine CordovesMikaila Sarah DanielNadia Jeanine DavisDarlyn De La RosaClaudia Arlet De VaronaAmanda Christina Del RiscoMarion Delalex NadalCatalina DelgadoKarina Marie DelgadoDaisy E. Delgado GomezSusel Oded Diaz UgaldeJessica Nicole DiegoEvelyn DovaleLeeanne DruckerEric DuranAmanda Nicole EcclesShahinaz Kareem ElmahmoudiChristian Jose EscorciaAshley EspinosaAshley Kettura EverettValeria FagundoDalila FernandezRachel FernandezNatalie Ferrer

Dayne FerreraBerdell FrankCourtney Carys FurtonLismaury GalianoJacklyn Remy GarciaSara Michelle GarciaGabriela Maria GilLuca Joseph GiovineVidia GokoolJennifer GomezAmanda GonzalezFrank GonzalezLaura Maria GonzalezMorgan Juliette GonzalezDaniel GranadosMartina GreenNaser Ribhi HamadJessica HernandezAnne-Marie HunterOmar IglesiasMunir Marwan IskandaraniNazareth IzadaIan Arturo IzaguirreStacy Anne Marie Sarah JoaseusArassa Fela JosephDale Michael KeithAlexander KuehnHannah Patricia LeytonMelissa Marie LeyvaJake LittleArmando Javier LopezChristian LopezAriadne MachadoNicole Christine MalangaJose Alberto MaldonadoRachel Anne MatthewsDaniela MedinaBrenda Alejandra MelendrezBlanca Eva MelgarErica Marie MickFaraji Akua MillerAsad Mahmud MirzaAnnalee MolinaGabriella MontalvoScott MorrisMaria Paula Murillo MorenoCarlos Andres Nieto

Alfredo NunezValeria Nunez Del PradoBenjamin Antonio ObandoAlexandria OteroLeslie J. Ovalle LopezVeronica R. OviedoIngrid PadronArelis ParedesAshlee PerezClairis PerezJulianna Maria PettingerJuan Manuel PinzonDaniel Jorge PooDanae PradaCarolina PulgarinKarla Milagros Quinte TruyenqueErick RamirezJuan RamirezPakrat RasamikomenEmelly Daniela RinconClaudia Ximena RodriguezGabriela RuizRobert Michael RuizLauren Marie Dacanay San DiegoKevin SantanaBlessing SantoroRachael Stanton SchroederLeah Allen SchwartzDaniela SilvaAlexis Michelle SmootAnna Urszula SobczyszynAna Victoria SosaBryenne StoweLauren ToledoLazaro Alejandro TrujilloSamantha ValenciaVeronica Mona Vallarino-ReyesDanielle Alexandra Van Der EijkJoseph Andrew VargasAranza VenegasEileen VeraAna Isabel Vila IrigoyenEduardo VillochEmily Marie ZaldivarCarina ZatarainHassan Zock-Obregon

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Council for Student Organizations’ Honor SocietiesThe following students have been recognized by their respective Honor Societies and the Florida International University Council for Student Organizations for reaching a high level of academic achievement.

PHI BETA KAPPA Randy A-GhawiCarina AlvarezChristian Arce GuzmanBelissa ArdissonAnabel AugustinEmilio BagliettoChristian BalbinMario Blondin FernandezLuciarita BoccuzziVanessa BonittoFrank BoteroKate BuntonYina CabreraJoel CardonaRachel CasanasFabiola CastroStephanie ChenBrianna ChinBrett ColbertMeagan CollinsEmily CorbinLucia DAmado ScapperoneTesha DavilmaDarlyn De La RosaAmanda Del RiscoJessica DiegoRocio DominguezEric DuranAshley EverettValeria FagundoAndrea FinessiJacklyn GarciaGabriela GilElaine GreenLivia GuimaraesJude HardingJonathan HarmsPablo HereterCesar Jara Silva AcostaMichael Kotil

Erwin LanzasMisty LeaMichelle MoatsAnnalee MolinaKevin NiserVeronica OviedoDaniela Pi NoaJohn PockIvo QuinonesDaniel RapadoSabba RaultMargarita RentisSarah SerMichael SheriffNanda SinghAna SosaShelby TeeterJeffrey ValenciaAna Vila IrigoyenEmily Zaldivar

ALPHA EPSILON DELTA PRE-HEALTH HONOR SOCIETYJoel J. Cardona Daniel Perez

ALPHA ETA MU BETAAsad MirzaJuan PinzonAndres Rodriguez

ALPHA MU ALPHAWendell Braye Jr.Brianna Mary Danielle DavisWeedney J. DesmornesFabiola ElizondoDiego A. Fernandez GallegoClaudia GonzalezNathalie Giselle GonzalezJessica Leon FuentesValeria Mazzotti

Maria Paula Murillo MorenoPeter J. NobleLissy PereraMarianela PiedraJesenia SotolongoTasnim SowkatCatherine VazquezYania Yanez

ALPHA PHI SIGMATiffany AshleyStephanie GomezMarielys La Villa Maria MarinoMaglory MontanoThrone PhillipsYaqueira RiveraMarvin Roblero Sadhika Soor

BETA ALPHA PSIYaisel Acosta Abreu Mahroza Baig Audra Cole Alex Cubillos Adrian Fresnedo Jeremy Garcia Camilo Guevara Eric Hernandez Anne-Marie Hunter Ismenia Izquierdo Man Ko Nichole Korvick Yonghua LiArmando Lozano Hadi Mohamed Nuemis Molina Kevin Neda Antonio Nunez Dailynn Parla Nathan Pritchett

Francisco Quiroz Rehman Qureshi Emelly Rincon Yinet Rodriguez Yehudah Witherspoon Junyue Xue

BETA BETA BETA BIOLOGICAL HONOR SOCIETYShantel Acuna Claudia BarnettErika Bello-Pardo Andrea Coello Tania Flores Aliana Godoy Nathaly LapargadaLourdes Masis Valerie Paz

GOLDEN KEY INTERNATIONAL HONOUR SOCIETYGabriela Acosta Veronica Andrea Banderas Joel J. Cardona Yordana B. Cisneros Amanda Christina Del Risco Lovely Lafrance Bianca Barbara Llado Jessica PerezMarianela A. Piedra Ashley Victoria Pinder Anthony M. Pino Pavel S. Pugh Alvarez Wendy Gabriela Rojas Salas Tasnim Sowkat Maria Camila Vasquez

LAMBDA PI ETAAna Castillo Kristina Michelle Cisneros Elliott Covington Jacqueline Dorval Fredrick Jourdain Bianca Matthews Mariana Medina Daniel Michaud Stephanie Ospina Anna Lissa Palmer Mariana Rincon Eric Rodríguez Olivia Tercero Nicole VelezAndrea Victoria Xiqués

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLLEGIATE SCHOLARSAna ArceDiamela Arencibia Aurellie Attar Frantz BatailleErika Bello-Pardo Farley Beltran Kristen Boyd Leonardo Carbajo Brianna Chin Phabian D. Clarke Brianna Davis Jonathan DayanAmanda Del Risco Karina Delgado Ashley Everett Dayne Ferrera Emily Gallego Jacklyn Garcia Daricelys Hernandez Anne-Marie Hunter Omar Iglesias Diana KennedyAsad Mirza Melissa Oharriz Ingrid Padron Erica Paulin Jose PedrazaCheri R. Perry Emmanuel Rippes Richard Rodriguez Agata Segafredo Ana Sosa Jesenia Sotolongo Juliane Sunshine Keiko Takenaka Solange Tchiendji Veronica Vallarino-Reyes Andres Vazquez Ana Vila Cheyenne Weh Bryan Wilson

OMICRON DELTA KAPPA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP HONOR SOCIETYJaclyn Abrahante Anarid Fabiola Adriano Ashley Espinosa Ashley Kay Gonzalez Morgan Gonzalez Darnell Industrious Charles Larin

Katherine Lemus Erenia Lemus-Vazquez Alexi Juan Lopez Jose David Melendez Maria Paula Murillo Moreno Bronwen Pelaez Lissy Perera Erick Ramirez Lauren Shepard Marcella Danielle Wedderburn

PI ALPHA ALPHA Frank Botero Stephanie Lauren Gonzalez Shelby Nicole Teeter

PI DELTA PHIPaola Katherine Duran

PI THETA EPSILONKim Acosta Theresa Bertinelli Kiara Cespedes Mary Chesnes Ashley Diaz Rachel Goble Nathalie Iglesias Courtney Johnson Lorelle Kahn Lori Karlin Paula Morante Larrain Danika Pivarnik Valeeni Ramkalawan Erin Reimer Michelle Sallee Sayna Sanon Emily Slayton Steph Sursky Natalie Varela Lydia Grace Werner Bailey Wollner

SIGMA ALPHA LAMBDAKristen Boyd Meirah Lopez Carrion

SIGMA DELTA PI HONOR SOCIETYJessica V. Abbey Lourdes Fajardo

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SIGMA THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OF NURSINGEmilio AcostaIngried AlbisuAngel ArleoAurellie AttarLissa BazileGabriela CastroFlorencia CiliKaren De La Pena GarciaCarlos-Miguel Del PortilloCynthia DomingoDenis DukovShayan FayazLinda Flores Sandra FloresBrianna Garcia Briana GoldbergerAlberto GonzalezEdwin GonzalezJeanette Gonzalez Cristina Gordillo Daniel GrimaldoChristie HarmuthDavid HernandezAndres Isla SanchezChristopher JarquinMichelle Jeudy OlotchJordan Jewett Getro JosselinEunbi KoIngrid LeonLewis, Kendra LewisRebecca MaverickMichael MoellerKayla MoralesDanny MunozLiya NadareishviliNicole NaplesVinnita Pereira TharsisiusJennifer PerezAnna PiskovaDiana Raquel Pulido PelaezNicole RodriguezVictoria SageKarina SanchezAddys SantosKamala SapkotaKimberly SchmidtKristen SchnellenbergerRozeline SimonisJon SkorupskiMathew Stern

Kendall StoutCarolina Tunez Samantha TunkudaVanessa ValcourtDaynet VeraJenel WattJessica Whelan

SIGMA IOTA RHO - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HONOR SOCIETYJessica Abbey Racquel Barker Jose Alberto IglesiasSalvador Martinez Ana Trelles

SIGMA LAMBDA CHIHarlon Bennett Tanjitra Khaochochoung Christina Martin Carlos Torres Sigma Tau DeltaMario Luis Avalos Elizabeth Diaz Chloe B. GonzálezStephanie Maria Janania Melissa Oharriz Douglas Sinsel

TAU SIGMA NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETYBarbara AndradeCarla ArochaDanielle BaileyCristian Caceres ParkerAlexandra CarreraValerie CastroStephanie Castro-CallejasCesar I DavilaBrianna DavisJonathan DayanJessica DorsainvilEvelyn DovaleAndrea FinessiElaine GreenCatherine GuzmanJonathan HarmsKelly Jean-LouisAlexus Jennings Konstantinos KaliptsoglouDiana Kennedy Mason KernMichael Kotil

Vonisha LambertCharles LarinShannon LarsonVeronica LimaAlan MartinezYasmin MathlinRuth MederosBlanca Melgar Erika Kay Mitchell Abraham Montes de OcaScott MorrisMelissa OharrizJonathan E. PerezArletis Pupo Priscilla RamoonLucie RuffoKiara Samuels JonesChantal SaucedoAgata Segafredo Carlos Alberto Segovia AlonzoRaissa SezerinoJaydah SmithLaura Tellez Grigory TokarevJohanne Christie ToussaintSamantha Valea Andres Vazquez

UPSILON PI EPSILON Aditya Anil Jain Jugjit Bains Alberto Jesus Camacho Adolfo Jimenez Chenelle Jones Komel Kazi Jose Maldonado Kathleen Martinez Alicia Fernanda Rodriguez Taboada Richard Rodriguez Andy Miguel Santana Parker Scott Thiago SilveiraKhrystal Symonette David Vallejo Andres Vazquez Ryan Christopher Wong

PHI ALPHA NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETYHang Le

PSI CHI INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN PSYCHOLOGYDanielle BaileyPablo Benitez Zoila BozaFabiana BrachoJessica CamaraJaqueline CouceiroAnamaria CuevasChantell De Los ReyesGioanny D’EliaRocio DominguezSarah FilgueirasJoel FontanaGabriela GibajaMaria Gonzales Devon Ashley GonzalezElaine Green

Denise GuillenMerandah HernandezSheila HernandezCesar JaraSena Amy KashiwagiStephanie Maquieira Gabriella MocombeAnnette NavarroHector PegueroJessica PerezKayla RaeeHelen RodriguezKatiarina RodriguezMelanie RodriguezChantal SaucedoLauren ShepardEleni Tsalikis

ORDER OF OMEGAJaclyn AbrahanteAnarid AdrianoKevin BritoNusaiba Nahola ChowdhuryAshley EspinosaSarah FilgueirasAshley Kay GonzalezSergio MolinaMaria Paula MurilloAnnette NavarroJoshua NicholsErick RamirezMargarita RentisKandys Temes

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Yongxian PeiDoctor of Philosophy in GeosciencesDissertation: Quantification of Precipitation Asymmetries in Tropical Cyclones and Their Relationship to Storm Intensity Changes Based on Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) DataMajor Professor: Dr. Haiyan Jiang

Bronwen Bares PelaezDoctor of Philosophy in Higher EducationDissertation: Examining the Relationship between Gender Role Congruity, Identity, and the Choice to Persist for Women in Undergraduate Physical Science MajorsMajor Professor: Dr. Zahra Hazari

William PhelpsDoctor of Philosophy in PhysicsDissertation: Antibaryon Photoproduction Using CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab Major Professor: Dr. Lei Guo

Javier PinoDoctor of Philosophy in BiologyDissertation: Transgenic Endothelin 3 Regulates Murine Pigment Production and Coat ColorMajor Professor: Dr. Lidia Kos

Shayna SandhausDoctor of Philosophy in ChemistryDissertation: Drug Candidate Discovery: Targeting Bacterial Topoisomerase I Enzymes for Novel Antibiotic LeadsMajor Professor: Dr. Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh

Geri E. SatinDoctor of Philosophy in PsychologyDissertation: Eliciting a Perpetrator Description Using the Cognitive Interview: Influences on Investigative UtilityMajor Professor: Dr. Ronald P. Fisher

Alison G. SimonDoctor of Philosophy in ChemistryDissertation: The Detection of an Invasive Pathogen through Chemical and Biological Means for the Protection of Commercial CropsMajor Professor: Dr. Kenneth G. Furton

Adam ZimmermanDoctor of Philosophy in PsychologyDissertation: Impact of Anonymity and Social Modeling: Online Aggression in Emerging Adults and Their Religious and Political IdeologiesMajor Professor: Dr. Dionne Stephens

Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of BusinessAlfred CastilloDoctor of Philosophy in Business AdministrationDissertation: Respondent Perceived Threat during the Information Systems Requirements Determination Process: Understanding and MitigationMajor Professor: Dr. George M. Marakas

Faisal R. HarahapDoctor of Philosophy in Business AdministrationDissertation: Essays on Emerging Multinational Enterprises’ Acquisitions in Developed Economies Major Professor: Dr. Mary Ann Von Glinow

Peng ZhangDoctor of Philosophy in Business AdministrationDissertation: An Empirical Examination of Healthcare Information Exchange Success FactorsCo-Major Professor: Dr. Monica TremblayCo-Major Professor: Dr. Weidong Xia

College of Engineering & ComputingArash AnzalchiDoctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringDissertation: Advanced Solutions for Renewable Energy Integration into the Grid Addressing Intermittency, Harmonics and Inertial ResponseMajor Professor: Dr. Arif Sarwat

Mohammad AsadikiyaDoctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and EngineeringDissertation: Thermodynamic Investigation of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) SystemMajor Professor: Dr. Yu Zhong

Amin BaghalianDoctor of Philosophy in Mechanical EngineeringDissertation: Detecting Structural Defects Using Novel Smart Sensory and Sensor-Less ApproachesMajor Professor: Dr. Ibrahim Nur Tansel

Amir ChamaaniDoctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and EngineeringDissertation: Hybrid Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium-Oxygen Battery ApplicationMajor Professor: Dr. Bilal El-Zahab

2017 Fall Semester Doctoral Candidates

College of Arts, Sciences & EducationMaram BehairyDoctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and InstructionDissertation: Education for Democracy: Mixed Methods Case Studies of Teachers’ Critical Thinking Dispositions and Their Teaching StylesCo-Major Professor: Dr. Thomas G. Reio, Jr.Co-Major Professor: Dr. Clement Fatovic

Paolo BenigniDoctor of Philosophy in ChemistryDissertation: Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry Coupled to Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Complex MixturesMajor Professor: Dr. Francisco Fernandez-Lima

Philip DavisDoctor of Philosophy in ChemistryDissertation: The Investigation of Human Scent from Epileptic Patients for the Identification of a Biomarker for Epileptic SeizuresMajor Professor: Dr. Kenneth G. Furton

Nelson De La RosaDoctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and InstructionDissertation: A Path Analysis Exploration of Teachers’ Effect, Self-Efficacy, Demographic Factors, and Attitudes toward Mathematics among College Students Attending a Minority Serving Institution in Face-to-Face and Hybrid Mathematics CoursesMajor Professor: Dr. Maria L. Fernandez

Canela Una Acosta EatmanDoctor of Education in Higher EducationDissertation: An Exploration of Black National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Sorority Membership as it Relates to Academic Achievement and Civic EngagementMajor Professor: Dr. Tonette S. Rocco

Steven EichelbaumDoctor of Philosophy in BiochemistryDissertation: Screening of Plants for Antibacterial Properties: Growth Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus by Artemisia tridentataMajor Professor: Dr. M. Alejandro Barbieri

Zhongliang JiangDoctor of Philosophy in BiochemistryDissertation: Epigenetic Instability Induced by DNA Base Lesions via DNA Base Excision Repair Major Professor: Dr. Yuan Liu

Tosin M. JonahDoctor of Philosophy in ChemistryDissertation: Selective Sensing of Ions and Ion Pairs of Environmental and Forensic SignificanceMajor Professor: Dr. Konstantinos Kavallieratos

Feng LiDoctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and InstructionDissertation: Evaluating High School Biology Modeling Instruction in South Florida: A Comparative CaseMajor Professor: Dr. Eric Brewe

Ram Prasad MarahattaDoctor of Philosophy in ChemistryDissertation: Folding of Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor (BPTI) Faster Using Aromatic Thiols and Their Corresponding Disulfides Major Professor: Dr. Watson J. Lees

Craig M. McGillDoctor of Education in Adult Education and Human Resource DevelopmentDissertation: The Professionalization of Academic Advising Major Professor: Dr. Tonette S. Rocco

Rodolfo MesaDoctor of Philosophy in ChemistryDissertation: Simplifying Sample Preparation Using Fabric Phase Sorptive Extraction: Analysis of Trace Targeted Pollutant Residues in Environmental, Biological and Food SamplesMajor Professor: Dr. Kenneth G. Furton

Juan Miguel MorataDoctor of Education in Higher EducationDissertation: Do Mentoring Programs Make a Difference? A Qualitative Case Study on the Journey of Latino Students in a STEM TrackMajor Professor: Dr. Benjamin Baez

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Richard RodriguezDoctor of Philosophy in HistoryDissertation: The Bible against American Slavery: Anglophone Transatlantic Evangelical Abolitionists’ use of Biblical Arguments, 1776-1865Major Professor: Dr. Jenna Gibbs

Defne SarsilmazDoctor of Philosophy in Global and Sociocultural StudiesDissertation: I am a Teacher, a Women’s Activist, and a Mother: Political Consciousness and Embodied Resistance in Antakya’s Arab Alawite CommunityCo-Major Professor: Dr. Benjamin SmithCo-Major Professor: Dr. Caroline Faria

Gracia G. SolisDoctor of Philosophy in HistoryDissertation: Reading Spaces: Nation and Popular Learning in Nineteenth-Century LimaCo-Major Professor: Dr. Bianca PremoCo-Major Professor: Dr. Victor Uribe

Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health SciencesNelson SanchezDoctor of Philosophy in Nursing Dissertation: Health Outcomes of Hispanic Parents Caring for Children with Disabilities Major Professor: Dr. Tami L. Thomas

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) – Nurse AnesthetistEmilio Acosta Annette Artache Gregory Baez Julie Brooks Clifford Burdick Gabriela Castro Anthony Catron Florencia Cili Nadine Davis Ekaterina Delgado Tameka Douglas Navia Edwards Vanessa Erickson Briana Goldberger Alberto Gonzalez David Hernandez Frida Iturriaga

Jordan Jewett Reshma Kunchu Richard Luis Aaron Macquesten Danny Munoz Eduardo Pena Diana Pulido Andrene Reid Dafney Santana Kristen Schnellenberger Lisandra Seijo Jessica Whelan Yuri Yakubov

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)Patricia BeharrieNaiviv HernandezFreddy LaguerreIngrid LeonAdianez MachinGabriella Riccio

Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social WorkHamza AssaggafDoctor of Philosophy in Public HealthDissertation: Molecular Risk Factors of Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionCo-Major Professor: Dr. Quentin FeltyCo-Major Professor: Dr. Changwon Yoo

Rehab AufDoctor of Philosophy in Public HealthDissertation: Risk Associated with E-Cigarette Use and Marketing Messages on Other Tobacco Products Use and Dependence Symptoms among Adolescents in the United StatesMajor Professor: Dr. Miguel Ángel Cano

Vincent E. AvecillaDoctor of Philosophy in Public HealthDissertation: ID3, Estrogenic Chemicals, and the Pathogenesis of Tumor-like Proliferative Vascular LesionsMajor Professor: Dr. Quentin Felty

Sofia B. FernandezDoctor of Philosophy in Social WelfareDissertation: Exploring the Efficacy of Social Media Based HIV Prevention Strategies for Hispanic College StudentsMajor Professor: Dr. Eric F. Wagner

Senait Aknaw DebebeDoctor of Philosophy in Biomedical EngineeringDissertation: Quantitative Yttrium-90 Bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT and PET/CT Study for 3D Dosimetry in Radiomicrosphere TherapyMajor Professor: Dr. Anthony J. McGoron

Homa FartashDoctor of Philosophy in Civil EngineeringDissertation: Development of System-Based Methodology to Support Ramp Metering Deployment DecisionsMajor Professor: Dr. Mohammed Hadi

Luis GalarzaDoctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringDissertation: A Book Reader Design for Persons with Visual Impairment and BlindnessMajor Professor: Dr. Malek Adjouadi

Md Shahadat IqbalDoctor of Philosophy in Civil EngineeringDissertation: Assessment of Traveler Information System Process with the Consideration of Connected Vehicle TechnologiesMajor Professor: Dr. Mohammed Hadi

Samaneh KhazraeianDoctor of Philosophy in Civil EngineeringDissertation: Methods for Utilizing Connected Vehicle Data in Support of Traffic Bottleneck ManagementMajor Professor: Dr. Mohammed Hadi

Christopher R. LashwayDoctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringDissertation: Resilient Real-Time Control for the Optimum Management of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems with Distributed Dynamic DemandsMajor Professor: Dr. Osama A. Mohamed

Ahmed Abdelfatah Abdelaal Said MohamedDoctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringDissertation: Bidirectional Electric Vehicles Service Integration in Smart Power Grid with Renewable Energy ResourcesMajor Professor: Dr. Osama A. Mohamed

Amir NaeijiDoctor of Philosophy in Civil EngineeringDissertation: Wind Loads on Residential Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic PanelsMajor Professor: Dr. Ioannis Zisis

Olubunmi Tolulope PopoolaDoctor of Philosophy in Mechanical EngineeringDissertation: Numerical, Analytical and Experimental Studies of Reciprocating Mechanism Driven Heat Loops for High Heat Flux CoolingMajor Professor: Dr. Yiding Cao

Muhammad RazibDoctor of Philosophy in Computer ScienceDissertation: Structural Mapping for Surface Shape AnalysisMajor Professor: Dr. Wei Zeng

Emmanuel StimphilDoctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringDissertation: Techno-Biology Paradigm in Nanomedicine: Treating Cancer with Magneto-Electric NanoparticlesMajor Professor: Dr. Sakhrat Khizroev

Xue WangDoctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringDissertation: An Integrated Multimodal Registration Technique for Medical Imaging Major Professor: Dr. Malek Adjouadi

Shun YaoDoctor of Philosophy in Electrical EngineeringDissertation: Origami Reconfigurable Electromagnetic SystemsMajor Professor: Dr. Stavros V. Georgakopoulos

Wubai ZhouDoctor of Philosophy in Computer ScienceDissertation: Data Mining Techniques to Understand Textual DataCo-Major Professor: Dr. Tao LiCo-Major Professor: Dr. Shu-Ching Chen

Steven J. Green School of International & Public AffairsRoberto J. FloresDoctor of Philosophy in International RelationsDissertation: Speaking Private Authority: The Construction of Sustainability in Forests and FisheriesMajor Professor: Dr. Félix Martín

Jeffrey D. MaslanikDoctor of Philosophy in International RelationsDissertation: Refugees Welcome: A Multilevel Analysis of Refugee Labor Market Integration in the Swedish Welfare StateMajor Professor: Dr. Markus Thiel

Amy Vijaya RamnarineDoctor of Philosophy in EconomicsDissertation: Essays in Women’s Issues and Economic Development Co-Major Professor: Dr. Mihaela PinteaCo-Major Professor: Dr. Tobias Pfutze

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To graduate Summa Cum Laude, a student must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or better and completed 40 semester hours of coursework for GPA at FIU.

To graduate Magna Cum Laude, a student must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.70 or better and completed 40 semester hours of coursework for GPA at FIU.

To graduate Cum Laude, a student must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better and completed 40 semester hours of coursework for GPA at FIU. (Honors designations are based on cumulative GPA through the Summer Semester)

2017 Fall Semester Graduate and Undergraduate Candidates

College of Communication, Architecture + The ArtsMaster of ArchitectureGlenda Emilia AzarElizabeth Alejandra CornejoSusel Oded Diaz UgaldeJuan Manuel GaticaCarlos Alberto GenerEvelyn IglesiasJuana LeonRicardo Andres Miranda

Master of Arts in ArchitectureKaveh Samiei

Master of Fine Arts in Visual ArtsSterling Rook

Master of Landscape ArchitectureKevin Alan ArrietaGary Anthony Cassagnol

Master of MusicKameesha Vonique Jones

Master of Science in Mass CommunicationGiulia Alencar AlmeidaLeana AstorgaAmy Francis BetancourtDarlesia BrownNisha Gabriella CunninghamBrunella GarcesKaitlyn Ramona GarciaAlejandro GomezJennifer Carolina GonzalezBonnie Karla HelenaCheyna Lynge HolmesKelsey IrlDaniela JeanKristina LeonCharlotte Marie MartinDorilys Rosa MirallesJennifer MorejonDianne M. MorinAdelyn OrfilaLuis PerezJena Rae RandoneLauren Ashley RealinJennifer Vanessa SanchezNicole Alexis Smith

Kelly Douglas SpenceKrystal Valderrama

Master of Science in Music EducationOdalys De La Caridad CorderoDaisy GatesMonica Maria Pena Morla

Bachelor of Arts in ArtElysse Mirta Ajami, Magna Cum LaudeFannie Nicole Castellanos, Cum LaudeSeth Daniel Clem, Cum LaudeVictoria Lillyanne Collado, Cum LaudeOleg DavidoffKarina DelgadoMaria Eugenia Dominguez, Cum LaudeKristine EsdailleLaura Christine GuerraMaria Eugenia Jaramillo, Summa Cum LaudeLailany Nicole MachadoJared RoperIvan Roque, Magna Cum LaudeJennifer Omaly RosellLaura SanchezAgata Segafredo, Summa Cum Laude

Gira J. RaveloDoctor of Philosophy in Social WelfareDissertation: Associations of HIV Risk Behaviors among Older Latinas and Their Adult DaughtersMajor Professor: Dr. Mario De La Rosa

Meenal J. SawantDoctor of Philosophy in Social WelfareDissertation: Examining the Effectiveness of Community-Based De-Addiction Camps among Adults with Alcohol Problems in Rural IndiaMajor Professor: Dr. Eric F. Wagner

Melissa Kari Ward-PetersonDoctor of Philosophy in Public HealthDissertation: Examining the Influence of Contextual Factors on Risky Sexual Behavior among Young Women in Zomba District, Malawi: A Multilevel AnalysisMajor Professor: Dr. Kristopher Fennie

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Marcella Danielle WedderburnAnthony WintDaniel WrightAndrea Victoria Xiques, Summa Cum LaudeDaniel Zachary Zayas

Bachelor of Arts in MusicAlain Daniel CamousFabian Carrera, Summa Cum LaudeLauren Elizabeth CoteHelen Ann Hauser, Summa Cum LaudeRohan A. SmithMaria Alejandra Zambrano Diaz,

Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts in TheatreJuan Carlos AlfonsoSigrid Andrea CorvoAstrid Veintimilla

Bachelor of Fine Arts in ArtLisette Daniela AlmeidaElizabeth Ann CabreraPriscilla CanoVictoria Carballo, Magna Cum LaudeStephanie Chock, Cum LaudeDaniel Connor FernandezZothampari Cristal FloresErnesto Carlos Gonzalez Jr, Cum LaudeMaria Gonzalez, Magna Cum LaudeShannon Marie HandSamantha HurtadoKimberly Joseph, Cum LaudeGiovana Labrador, Cum LaudeAlyssa Dominique Leys, Cum LaudeViviana Ivette Lopez, Cum LaudeAlexander Gregory MirchukSamantha Eden Oakey, Cum LaudeStefanie Perez, Summa Cum LaudeAlejandro Enrique PerezShannon PortuondoMeaghan Nicolle ReynoldsAlejandro Rivero, Cum LaudeNatalia RuberteDaniella Katharina Sauberer, Cum LaudeItala Kimiko Tejada Lazo,

Summa Cum LaudeMatthew Anthony TreumunClaudio Alexander Urbina,

Magna Cum LaudeCarlos Alberto Urdaneta,

Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of MusicJoshua Xavier ArguetaChristopher Thomas GonzalezMeraises Lazara Miranda, Magna Cum LaudeShaun Michael Rodriguez,

Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in CommunicationYeferson Antonio AcostaAnarid Fabiola AdrianoKevin Roman Aguirre, Cum LaudeCharlotte AlbaFranchella Maria AlesBarbara Andrade BritesAndrea J. Arellano, Cum LaudeAdela Melissa Baez Rodriguez, Cum LaudeMarithza BainMaria Andrea Baralt AntonorsiDanella BejarEneida Marie BermudezAriese K. BernardBriana Aurielle BooneStephanie Briones TraviesoJean-Paul CajinaOlivia Marie Calvo, Magna Cum LaudeNatalie Ann CastroAlejandro Norberto Catalan Ordosgoitti,

Magna Cum LaudeLina CepedaColina R. ConcepcionNicolle Alejandra CruzNadia Jeanine Davis, Magna Cum LaudeMagaly Elizabeth DuarteEric Duran, Summa Cum LaudeKatherine Joyce Espinoza,

Summa Cum LaudeKristyn Paula FernandezAna-Cristina FernandezAmanda FloresSharon Onis FonsecaAnastasia Jorge’Ja Kay ForteEduardo Aleksandr FuentesSamuel GarciaJinette GarciaJacqueline Garcia-CasalsBrigitte Gautreaux, Cum LaudeSamantha Gonzalez, Cum LaudeYaneli GonzalezVictoria Rose Gonzalez, Magna Cum LaudeAdrianne Marie GonzalezDamian Barrenton Gordon

Laura Christine GuerraCatherine Guzman, Magna Cum LaudeSamantha Salime HaddadJayda Mattie Hall, Summa Cum LaudeJerica Austin Hernandez, Magna Cum LaudeDaniel Edward HillmanChristina IrazabalHachema JimenezFiorella Jones, Magna Cum LaudeCaleb Leevi Keime, Summa Cum LaudeErenia Lemus-Vazquez, Cum LaudeCherlune LouisDanielle Caroline MaineNicole Christine Malanga,

Summa Cum LaudeCharles Martin, Cum LaudeNatalie Marie MelendezJose David Melendez, Cum LaudeErika Kay MitchellGeneviv Morales, Cum LaudeGabriella Mutti Berincua,

Magna Cum LaudeBianca NinoLorena Mayela Ojeda VargasRichard OrdonezLeslie J. Ovalle Lopez, Magna Cum LaudeKayleen PadronIngrid Padron, Magna Cum LaudeEliane Paneque, Cum LaudeAlexandra Nicole ParadaKamali C. ParkinsNatalia Anabella PasquarielloMaria Victoria Pena, Cum LaudeAndrea Marie PerdomoGiancarlo Tersy PineiroJacqueline PineraDenise Yamila Pomeranc, Magna Cum LaudeSteven PreciadoAlejandra RattoElizabeth Marie RegueraSofia Resino, Magna Cum LaudeMeybys I. Rigal AlfaroNatalie RigaudFelipe Alonso RivasStefano A. Rivera, Magna Cum LaudeVanessa RiveronMaria Andrea RodriguezChristopher Matthews RodriguezNadine RodriguezKevin RodriguezAlexandra RodriguezAna Cristina Rodriguez, Summa Cum LaudeAllison Ruiz

Edwive SemeSara Settles, Cum LaudeErik Gustavo SorianoRichard Zamorano Jr.

Bachelor of Arts in Art HistoryLoujain Bager, Magna Cum LaudeRenier CasanovaRachel Elisabeth Powell, Cum LaudeSabba Rault, Summa Cum LaudeMelissa Valdespino

Bachelor of Arts in Communication ArtsBrianna Marie Aedo, Cum LaudeHenna Ali, Cum LaudeBrandon Gilbert Altreche,

Magna Cum LaudeNatalie Mari AlvarezPedro Aviles IIVivian B. SanchezSilvia Bacchelli, Cum LaudeJenny Balladares, Magna Cum LaudeAshley Nicole Barcenas, Cum LaudeAna S. BevarlyNadira BlondelKarina CamaraJamison Lanique- Anthony CarltonStephanie CarmenateJasmine Marie CasimirAna Maria Castillo, Magna Cum LaudeGiovanna Olga CastineiraCindy ChowKristina Michelle Cisneros,

Magna Cum LaudeAlexandria S. ClarkTal CohenIvonne Marie CossioElliott Covington IVSophia Cassandra CrieghtneyJohn Anthony Cruz, Cum LaudeTangela Denise CummingsGregory Todd Davis Jr.Vanessa Gladys De Las CasasLauren Morell DeCanioTamara Patrice DelaneyJacqueline Esther Delgado,

Summa Cum LaudeSteve DelicatLessy Barbara Diaz, Summa Cum LaudeMedha DoodnauthJacqueline Sabine DorvalJonas Esperance

Jessica Maria FernandezJoseph Phillip FernandezNatalie FerrerShanel Saintania FertilMadonna Louise FieroMelissa FranciscoMariana Gabay, Summa Cum LaudeCamila Francisca GalvezIliana Maria GarciaSarah Victoria GarciaAntonio GarciaAmanda Nicol Garcia, Cum LaudeAlexander Bernard Gardner Jr.Krystina Adriana Gomez, Cum LaudeAlegna Gonzalez, Cum LaudeArianna Andrea GonzalezRobert Anthony Gonzalez, Cum LaudeVanessa GuzmanFrancine S. Hande, Magna Cum LaudeAmber HayesColby Danielle HearmanBryant G. HerazoAshlei Victoria HodgesChristopher Sean HutchinsonAname JimenezCaylin Vivian Jimenez, Magna Cum LaudeMonica Simone Johnson,

Summa Cum LaudeTre’Donhya Sha Day JohnsonKiara Samuels Jones, Magna Cum LaudeFredricka JourdainSamantha KellyJohn Joeseph KirolosCynthia LaureanoKevin Anthony LazalaAndrea Rosi LlosaChristina M. LongYanely Lopez-MachadoAbnia Samantha LouimaGiselle Loraine Lozada, Magna Cum LaudeJoseph Luis MalpicaTaciana MarcelinPaul Sylvain Pascal MarieJordan Alexander Martins, Cum LaudeBianca Skyye MatthewsMichael P. MattiaccioTodd MayBreanna Nicole Mccoy, Cum LaudeMariana Isabel MedinaHumberto Jose Meza AcostaDaniel MichaudLeandy MilanesMauricio Montealegre

Caroline Marina Madsen MooreKaila Abrianna MorganWendy NegrinLijmy Ann NelsonCrystal NesbethJefferson NoelStephani Rose OliverosPedro M. OrnsteinMelissa De Los Angeles OrtegaOluwadamilola Minat OshodiStephanie Ospina CentenoAnnalissa Alexandra PalmerRickara G. ParksTyler Jordan Pearson, Summa Cum LaudeLeomaris Priscilla PenaJoe Anne PinardPaula PintoIvonne Alexandra PonteRoss M. PravdaGisselle PuentesRoxana Ramirez, Magna Cum LaudeZachary Evan RehJesse RevueltasYasmine Semone Donette RichardsMariana Rincon, Cum LaudeAna RodriguezJessica RodriguezArlene RogerPamela RomanMatthew David Ruch, Summa Cum LaudeAshley Sanchez, Cum LaudeIlianel Awilda SantosSandy Lorenzo SarduyStephanie ScagnegattiChristine SegarraLauren M. Seife, Magna Cum LaudeLauren Mackenzie Shepard, Cum LaudeJuval ShrevesNaylise G. Sifonte-TineoBrandon SmithLaquavia Valencia Smith, Cum LaudeNeshara SmithJackie L. Slyvester, Cum LaudeMaria Valentina TamayoRebeca TaverasOlivia Dorothy Tercero-RafaelAjaj Briana ThompsonTaylor Tharpe TysonRicardo Vega Jr., Cum LaudeChristian Loren Velazquez-PelaezNicole VelezLaura Carolina VergaraNatalia Wagner

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College of Arts, Sciences & EducationEducational Specialist in Educational LeadershipMonica LeganoaMichelle LlamaArlete Stephanie Romero-MenaMorgan ShabselsStefanie Michelle Vergara

Master in the Art of TeachingCourtney Eska PalmerSolangel Angelica RodriguezAdriana Nola Ruzzi-Vera

Master of Arts in EnglishKareen BarakatMarlene A. Tovar

Master of Arts in Liberal StudiesMark Lynton GardinerKeena Roye

Master of Arts in LinguisticsMaha Alshammari

Master of Fine Arts in Creative WritingJaimie Elise EubanksBrett Kaplan

Master of Science in StatisticsAndrew LlodraJohn Tenenholtz

Master of Science in Adult Education and Human Resource DevelopmentBlaine Zachary ChetramGabriel Colon MatosNatasha Samantha ExemarChristina Julia FreireEyovne Angella GermanAlexis JacksonBetsy Theonor Josma-DucheineJurna PierreShanique Renee Reed

Master of Science in Art EducationJennifer GuadaJaime West

Master of Science in BiologyMark Bryce BartonMichael Ryan BrittonCamila CaceresJohn Vincent GattoJason Lee HowardJorge Luis Perez MorenoIvan Ignacio Rodriguez-PintoLaura Elizabeth Timm

Master of Science in ChemistrySamiol AzamGilberto Vasconcelos Villar

Master of Science in Counselor EducationXotchilt Carolina BlancoJames Patrick Boulding-BridgesJanet CardounelOlivia A. DehaarteRigaud Desir Jr.Amy Jennifer DiazKristina FelicianoValene GiffordMelanie GonzalezStephanie HerreraAnayureidy LopezYanist OntiveroCory SasloglouNicole M. ScottoJoi Nicole Sweeting

Master of Science in Curriculum and InstructionMayleen Anneth CardenasGabriela KelleyGloriya Evelio LasaKirenia Riesgo

Master of Science in Early Childhood EducationRebeca DominguezCorina Febres Cordero

Kathryn Haynes LovelessFrances M. Lozada Tirado

Master of Science in Educational LeadershipSusana BarrosoIsamara Massiell BerriosJennifer BritoPatrick Joseph ColwellKristina Maria DiazCarolina Martins GoncalvesEva-Marie GonzalezYoandra IglesiasKaren Veras

Master of Science in Environmental StudiesKathryn Nicole BraddockAdel Luisa Pena

Master of Science in Foreign Language EducationErick ConsuegraGriffin Lee Anne DudleyAnne Monks

Master of Science in Forensic ScienceStephanie Ann DelabatTania Scharlyn Jean-LouisMeghan Nicole Roig

Master of Science in GeosciencesJose Raul LlagunoEmmanuel SotoKalli Greer Unthank

Master of Science in Higher Education AdministrationMarcy Ann AlstromRaymond BorreroShantonise S. ButlerChristina Yolanda CovoletskiRodlyne EstinorGloria Alicia FloresJonathan GonzalezLogan Robert Christop HannaDariel Alejandro Hernandez

Doraluz SaldarriagaEleanore-Rose Menguez SalinelKateryn Fabiola Sanchez, Cum LaudeRebecca SantanaAlejandra SanzKaren Marie SarmientoMichael Skyler Schubert

Collin Walker Simpson, Magna Cum LaudeJuliane Samantha SunshineMiosay Tirado, Magna Cum LaudeMaria D. Valdez, Cum LaudeVeronica Mona Vallarino-Reyes,

Magna Cum LaudeJanette Vazquez

Francisco Raul VegaCamila VeneroCassandra VillagomezPaola Gabriela VincentyReina Christina Wright

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Desiree Garcia, Cum LaudeMairyn GarciaElizabeth GomezChloe Beatrice GonzalezJesselyn GonzalezBrittany Alexandra IrizarryStephanie Marie Janania, Magna Cum LaudeAlyssah Isaure JosephPhalancia Albertina LouisyPriscilla Hanna NemirovskiMelissa I. Oharriz, Magna Cum LaudeRoberto A. PalmaAlexandra Del Carmen PardoCheri Perry, Magna Cum LaudeKimberley Denise PetersNatalie Christine PressoirStephanie Puerto, Cum LaudeMelissa Quintana, Magna Cum LaudeVickie D. RamirezGina Maria RancanoDelver Manuel RetanaFelipe Alonso RivasBarbara Esther RodriguezDavid Augusto RodriguezMonica Ann RodriguezNicole Schilling, Magna Cum LaudeMichael Harrison Sheriff,

Summa Cum LaudeAndres SimonianDouglas Brent Sinsel IIJulio A. SotoTristan StlouisErika Ann SuarezJennifer Ann TunezSamantha Lynn ValeaViolet VieraMilagros R. ViquezJerreme Clarke WadeCarina Zatarain, Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary StudiesKrystal Amanda AguadoAnna AirapetovaAaliyah Mercedes AlvaradoIgnacio Aragon Fernandez VegaMonica ArenasGabriel BarbeiteGina BecerraElizabeth BelloPablo Daniel BenitezJennifer E. BerryhillShannon Crum Boldt, Cum Laude

Lais BotelhoJohanna BrochLianet Maria CabreraMeryl CarterAriel CasasJorge Enrique CervantesNadja ChinTara Chin-LewinKylan Gabriel ClarkSherry Maritza Coron-OrtegaMartin Alexander CoxJackilee M. CruzAlyssa CrymesArthur Darrell DavisYunova Danielle DelgadilloVictoria Charirra DennisAntonietta Di CiciliaCarolina A. Diaz GranadosLeeanne Drucker, Magna Cum LaudeRonnie EstenozLatravia Rene EtheridgeMarcus John FarmerSydney FergusonAndrew Micheal FranckJohnny Gamble IIIElina GarciaMantreasa GelinasAndrew GillmanErica GomilaCristina Alexis GonzalezEnrique Gonzalez Jr.Caroline Louise Hannay, Summa Cum LaudeBrianna Marie HarperShauna HartenSofia HenriquezMonique HerculesJessica Nicole Hernandez, Cum LaudeCarolina Isabel Hernandez BorgesAna Elizabeth HillSteven Vernon JamesJulianna Maria JannottiIsaura M. JerezElizabeth JimenezCadereka JohnsonCaridad JonesSteve JosephDylan M. KarellCathy LaguerreLaura Melissa LazoKi LeeMinouche LouisJacquelyn M. MachinMakdalaine Maitre

Sarah Melissa MaldonadoMathew Jose MartinBrittney Niche MckinneyTatyana MensonAlexander Edward MitchellRyan Ramong MorrisonCarlos Liem MursuliPrincess Lorraine NealyKyle M. NoonanAnthony Babatunde OnalajaChina D. Opland, Magna Cum LaudeCamila OrozcoEyitade Akinlolu OyololaLorena Rene PaniaguaSara PaulDavid Jonathan PerlmanPierre Arturo PinosJohn Christopher Pock, Summa Cum LaudeIvo Lazaro Quinones, Magna Cum LaudeAldo Samuel Reguera Jr.Kevin Mario ReyesMarc Andrew RodriguezMichelle RodriguezCindy Romaguera LopezGregg RubioAmanda Kristyn Rumie-CalcinesAmanda ShelnutSamuel Lee Smith Jr.Shauna-Kay Shanette SmithZachary SoriaDior Essence SparkmanKayla StephensMariela TineoLais Maria Vial Botelho, Cum LaudeJean Paul ViergutzVictoria VillaChristian Jesus Villanueva

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal StudiesRobert Richard Adams Jr.Carlos Eduardo AlvaradoVanessa AresJulio ArronteJoaquin A. AsecioAlexis Cristina BakerBianca Marie BarredaTeddy Jean BottexKayla BrownMonica Ibis BustabadAshley Kirsten CaicedoKalysa Ayanna CareyBrenda CastellanoCarolina Collado

Enrique Miguel HernandezMichelle May LondonoSebastian OjedaJohn SaizErika Jasmine SantiagoKrystel SaumellFiorella Andrea SuyonLeticia Vargas Peña

Master of Science in International and Intercultural EducationMishka Sahar AhmadAmirah AhmedAutumn Amara BrucatoDaniella Da Silva CordioliBrittany Alejandra GilKayla Amada LaureanoAmir John MehriaryAdriana Cobielles MenkeMariaelena MonsalveSamantha Emily PostigoMadison Sara RodriguezYiqi Zhu

Master of Science in Physical EducationLaura Anne ChaoJanfer Fernandez

Master of Science in PsychologyBrittany Nicole BoydKelly D. CromerJacqueline Oluwakemi MosesMichelle Lee RamosCarolina Alexis Vias

Master of Science in ReadingElena Mercedes SanchezMaryam Edith Thorpe

Master of Science in Recreation and Sport ManagementStacy M. BlickmanSidney Donelle DrakeMontae MitchellAmy Marylia PizarroBrianna R. Wright

Professional Science Master’s in Environmental Policy and ManagementMegan Ashley CapobiancoMaximilian Aaron CarfagnoBenjamin John ChiszarRichard Alan CollinsAnthony Joseph CosioKarina Fabiele B. Da LuzMichelle Elizabeth JimenezGabriela OjedaBryan Alain PalacioAshley Caridad PerezLeif Alex RodneyYael RuizMaria Constanza SerranoRachel Tonia

Professional Science Master’s in Forensic ScienceGennesis ClaroYontaley Chrishanda Darville-DurhamJasmine FloydThomas Joseph Gluodenis Jr.Laura GregoireZena Lucinda JohnsonDamon Cortez McClatcheyMario Antonio MongeGarrick Jermaine PurdieOscar Peter Weisberg

Bachelor of Arts in ChemistryBarbara Sales Benicio Alkmim, Cum LaudeJesse AlonsoMuhammad AminJeremy ArroyaveEmilio Baglietto, Magna Cum LaudeShari Stephanie Barro, Cum LaudeCynthia Lien Cortes, Cum LaudeAmanda Christina Del Risco,

Summa Cum LaudeJessica Nicole Diego, Summa Cum LaudeJerry Duma DolcineChiquita Lashay EverettAmaya Fernandez BlancoBrittney Melissa GadeaLyen GarciaJennifer M. GloudemanKeah D. Gutierrez, Summa Cum LaudeMarcos LocatelliAnthony LoraAlan Martinez

Alexandra Victoria MendiolaLaura Beatriz PalmeroRoberto Peguero, Cum LaudeJohn Kevin Pendas Jr.Andrea Cristina PerdomoPaula Andrea PimientoLigia E. PintoNatalia Andrea PortalesErick RamirezGabrielle Nicole RamsayOlinda Jane RomanGabriela RuizFarouq Selkhi, Magna Cum LaudeAna Victoria Sosa, Summa Cum LaudeDonald Josue TalaveraOrlando Manuel Telleria, Cum LaudeRobert Toledo, Magna Cum LaudeLauren ToledoMauricio Miguel ValdesAmy Wong, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts in Earth SciencesJoshua HildebrandSonicah SanonChristian Zapata

Bachelor of Arts in EnglishJohanne Amanda AlbitesAllan AlonsoSamantha Alejandra Alvarado,

Magna Cum LaudeMario Luis Avalos, Magna Cum LaudeAbdul BhuiyanCamila BocanegraYcole Jovina Boncamper, Magna Cum LaudeShakercha Bobbette Bradshaw, Cum LaudeAmber Dannette BrownNicole Marie BrunoDanel Buchillon-TriffIrisana BustaCarlos Luis Camejo, Cum LaudeBruno CantellanoJessica ChavianoJorge Keven Gomez Cruz,

Magna Cum LaudeJuliana Jewell D’arvilleCecilia De CardenasElizabeth Diaz, Magna Cum LaudeEvelyn DiazFabiana Echeverria, Magna Cum LaudeAndrew Bruce EdelsteinJonathan EmeryNerlyn Galan

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Howard Mitchell BoldenIsrael BolivarVanessa A. Bonitto, Summa Cum LaudeNatalia Suria BoteroZoila BozaFabiana Bracho, Summa Cum LaudeJanelle BrookesKate Mccall Bunton, Summa Cum LaudeJessica A. BurgosMark Burnard, Cum LaudeKent Jamaal BurrellHeather Rana BushVictor BustamanteOrlando CaballeroPablo Ignacio CabaloRodolfo Cabrera Jr.Jordon Michael CaldronJessica Camara, Cum LaudeJose L. CanoAmanda Cantos, Magna Cum LaudeMelanie C. CaouetteAna CapoteLeonardo Carbajo, Summa Cum LaudeMaria Cardona, Cum LaudeStephanie CardonaLaura Maria Cardoso, Cum LaudeAlexandra Carrera, Summa Cum LaudeAmanda Ashley CarrerasAgostina CarrionAlexandra Victoria CarvajalRachel Casanas, Magna Cum LaudeGabriela CasasElizabeth CastroSophia Christina CazanasJohn Michael Chabriel, Cum LaudeStephanie Marie ChaiserTyla Jade ChalmersMarsha CharlesAlexandra Chavez, Magna Cum LaudeClaudio Abraham Chavez Jr.Stephanie Andrea Chen, Magna Cum LaudeOsney CheryAmy Jane ChicaloBrianna Chin, Magna Cum LaudeOdlyne ClersimatJocelyn Ariana ClethenAndrea Marisol Coello, Magna Cum LaudeMeagan Collins, Summa Cum LaudeSteve Romain Compere, Summa Cum LaudeKrystal Mercedes CondeEmily Anne Corbin, Summa Cum LaudeKatherine Cordoves, Cum LaudeJaqueline Carmen Couceiro, Cum Laude

Joshua CravoKimberly Ann Cruz, Magna Cum LaudeRichard Cuadra, Summa Cum LaudeAnamaria CuevasGioanny D’Elia, Magna Cum LaudeChantell De Los Reyes, Magna Cum LaudeMichael Anthony DegregorioCecilia Del RioNataly Del RosarioRachel DelaneyBrianna Deleon ColonVanessa Carolina Delgado Carruyo,

Cum LaudeJoanna DelorieuxInna DeminaAngela Michelle DerrWindoline Desamours, Cum LaudeSade DeverowNatalie DiamondEvelyn Diaz, Summa Cum LaudeKareena N. DiazMichelle Stephany DiazStella DiezMariana Do ValeRocio Dominguez, Summa Cum LaudeClafdia Nathalie DominiqueLauren Alexandra DonAshley Marie Donates, Magna Cum LaudeSybil Christina Dorceant, Cum LaudeRachel DorvilCaroline Almeida Dos Santos,

Magna Cum LaudePricilla Marie DowellStacey DowlingJuliana DuranKarenn Irma DurandSasha Marthine DurocherMonique DuVerneyAna DygertAmanda Nicole EcclesRachel Marie EchevarriaShakira Janay EdwardsCarl Steven Eguez, Cum LaudeGuillermo Noel Escobar, Summa Cum LaudeKarla Patricia Escobar, Cum LaudeGeorge Michael EspinosaStephanie Maureen Espinoza,

Summa Cum LaudeJavier Estrada, Magna Cum LaudePamela Fajardo, Cum LaudeCarl Jackenson FanfanDalila Fernandez, Magna Cum LaudeGabriel Ernesto Fernandez

Leslie Fernandez, Cum LaudeRachel FernandezSara Cristina Fernandez-SimanJennifer Ferrer, Cum LaudeMario FerroTyahna FigueredoSarah Maria FilgueirasKeenya V V FlearyManouchka FleurinordZothampari Cristal FloresJoel Alexander FontanaJordan Gregory FoxAdriana Carmela Fraga, Cum LaudeCassandra FrancoKrystan FrancisGretzky Kissin FuentesEduardo Ivan GaldamezJustin Rod GalvanMaria Beatriz GalvezIvanna Gamez, Magna Cum LaudeBrianna Eve GarciaCandace Jasmine Garcia, Magna Cum LaudeCristina GarciaEmerson GarciaFabian Ignacio GarciaGabriela GarciaGabriela Michelle GarciaJennifer GarciaLeonel Alejandro GarciaRachel GarciaRichardo Jose GarciaZulmary GarciaXiamy Marikey Garnique,

Magna Cum LaudeAna Maria GarzonTaisha Marcelle GauthierAbigaelle GedeonBianca Nicole Gerzanich, Cum LaudeStephanie GetzelRegina GiarraputoGabriela Gibaja, Cum LaudeMaidel GimenezKelly GomezMarilis GomezStephanie GomezManuela Gomez-AtehortuaCarolina Gomez-Lostalo,

Summa Cum LaudeMaria Ysabel Gonzales, Summa Cum LaudeAngelica Cecilia Gonzalez,

Magna Cum LaudeAngid GonzalezClaudia Caridad Gonzalez

Nick DayNicole A. DeckerKrystelle Marie DieseldorffJessica DorsainvilSharon DuarteVeronica Linda EchauriLennard Allan EdwardsRachel Eiras, Cum LaudeJacqueline FelizAlain FernandezKathy Teresita FernandezCindy Fernandez-CavadaJourdan Roche’ GeorgeDevon Ashley GonzalezJoclynn Dolores GonzalezYaraisi GonzalezAbigail Kathleen GomezAlyssa Nathalie Grand-pierreCourtney Elizabeth GreeneDileydis GrullonJuan Sebastian GutierrezPol GuzmanMarie Yvane Melissa HilaireIan Arturo Izaguirre, Cum LaudeTamara Lorissa JacksonChandlee JeanMyrlen C. Jean PierreIvan E. JimenezAnnaika Tessa Oumi JosephAmanda Hope KleinLiamna Matos Lezcano Angelique M. LimaClarice Da Rocha Lopez, Cum LaudeMeirah Lopez CarrionNathania Noemi MaldonadoRickenson MarcGabrielle Elyse MarcusBenito Martinez Jr.Racquel Melanie MasseyAndrew MatosAlexander Lee McgoughJohn Paul MijaresCaroline Kathryn MitchellAlex MotolaNasser NaderGabrielle Naomi NeumanZhalika Kahynia PasleyMiranda Mary PazienzaNikki PerezChristian PorroAlejandro PrietoGlenda Helen QuirozPriscilla A. Ramoon

Brittany ReedLauren Ashley RegoIhosvanny ReyesMaria Jose RivasStefani Rose RodriguezNewton D. SalisburyAndres Jose SanchezGabriel Vincent SanchezSasha SanttiWilliam SchillingFederico SchmidRaquel M. Sedano, Magna Cum LaudeDiana Carolina SegreraRolby SeneusSimret SimeonNanda Singh, Summa Cum LaudeAndres Chamox SosaHector Alejandro Suarez, Cum LaudeAlain Gerard SuppliceElizabeth Marie TaverasMichelle Tcherkes ZadeTatyana TejadaReva Lashae Thomas, Cum LaudeShardai Alesha ThompsonMery TifferBrian TorresJanelle WaltersBrittney WardAntonia C. WashingtonRoshelle Butikofer WellonsAdiva Elizabeth Wright

Bachelor of Arts in MathematicsAdriana Marie ArrietaGreechen Maria Miranda Lopez

Bachelor of Arts in PhilosophyFranklyn ColladoBorde S. CossyJorge Andres DuanyEduardo EstradaBerdell FrankAlejandro GomesPablo Antonio Hereter, Magna Cum LaudeClaudia HernandezJose A. Iglesias, Cum LaudeDavid Jean-JacquesBrian Steven LaRussoDaniel Andres LopezPakrat Rasamikomen, Summa Cum LaudeMichelle Adela Silva

Bachelor of Arts in PhysicsJames Bernzen, Cum LaudeRyan Garth BuzonDayana De La Caridad GonzalezNorma Lastenia Pena Flores

Bachelor of Arts in PsychologyCarlos AbarcaYeferson Antonio AcostaEmily Nicole Afre, Magna Cum LaudeAyshia Zubaida AkhtarAisha AkterSoleil Sofia AlbaSharoze Ali, Magna Cum LaudeCarina Cristina Alvarez, Magna Cum LaudeMelissa AlvarezGenesis AmayaAmanda Joanne AminiNoah Raul AnchetaTess AnthonyAlessandro AntonucciDiamela Arencibia, Magna Cum LaudeAlexis M. ArcherJuan Carlos ArmijosBrittany N. ArmstrongBritney Tamargo ArroligaDaniela ArtilesViviana ArtilesAnabel Augustin, Summa Cum LaudeMarilyn AzorNatalia Cristina BaixerasDannielle Elizabeth BalloverasNatalie BaqueroMarina Barbagelata, Cum LaudeNashlyn BarbosaBrenda Samantha BaresClaudia Barnett, Summa Cum LaudeAndrea Barrios, Cum LaudeAngelica M. Barrios, Summa Cum LaudeAndrea BazoBrandon William Behney, Cum LaudeKadian Marie Antonette BellVallerie Ann BelloChang Chang Fu BelmondYosef Benamou, Magna Cum LaudeGustavo Adolfo BendanaLorena Virginia Benitez CaraballoNicholle BerdutVelvet Daritza BezaDaenecia Sha-Fay BlackJasmine BlancoJesenia BlancoAbigail Laure Boisette, Magna Cum Laude

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Germain F. PeaguiCasey J. PearsonJose A. Pedraza, Magna Cum LaudeHector Jesus Peguero, Cum LaudeElizabeth PerezJessica Marie Perez, Cum LaudeJohn Perez, Summa Cum LaudePablo Elias PerezRenee Perez, Magna Cum LaudeTatiana Perilla, Magna Cum LaudeMerline Daphney Perilus,

Magna Cum LaudeJulianna Maria Pettinger, Cum LaudeIsabella Pi, Magna Cum LaudeNathalie Piedrahita, Summa Cum LaudeSharanie PierreHumberto Armando PinaGiselle Crystal PlasenciaKatiana Megan PolancoMelanie Christine PoloMegan Judy PoteauJohn Carlos QuilichiniAndrea Elena QuirozJanelle Marie QuirozKayla RaeeAlejandra Marcela Ramirez, Cum LaudeAlexandra RamirezCindy Ester Ramirez, Magna Cum LaudeJuan Ramirez, Cum LaudeBrian RamosLizandra RamosDanielle Recasens, Cum LaudeMelissa Caridad RespetoJennifer ReyesLinamaria ReyesErika Andrea RicaurteKevin Allen RiesenDonna RifaiMario Shaquille Riley-ThibouRicardo Andres RiosMax RivadeneiraPaola RivasDayanara RiveraRamon RiveraAmanda RiveroGuillermo Alfonso RiverosGabriela Lourdes RoblesRossly RochaAlexandra RodriguezAmanda RodriguezAshley Renee RodriguezDenise Rodriguez, Cum LaudeEric Michael Rodriguez

Helen Rodriguez, Magna Cum LaudeJanelle Mercedes RodriguezJanely RodriguezKarla RodriguezKatiarina Selena Rodriguez,

Magna Cum LaudeKristen Nicole RodriguezMaria Antonia RodriguezMaria Fernanda RodriguezMelanee E. Rodriguez, Cum LaudeMelanie Maria Rodriguez, Cum LaudeRachel Anne RodriguezVictoria RodriguezNeysmarie Rodriguez-GelpiRichar RoigShanae Maren RolandCarlos Joel Rosario Jr.Alicyn Nicole Lynnette Rowe-Van AllenStephanie RuizEric Dominick SaavedraNathalie Sablon Jr.David Anthony Sagar, Cum LaudePhipps Saint-Hilaire IIISheila San JoseMarisol Caridad San RomanSimone Gabrielle Sanchez,

Magna Cum LaudeChantal Marie Saucedo, Magna Cum LaudeJenise SchedrinJoshua Sequeira, Cum LaudeLauren Mackenzie Shepard, Cum LaudeTrevor ShirleyJamilah ShoumanHiba SiddiquiStaysha Liz SilvaDaniela Silva-Rivillas, Cum LaudeKellie Michelle SimmonsKayla Melissa Siu WhiteKeith Anthony SmithMark SmithCindy SosaDaniel SosaJuliette SotoBrittney Rae SouzaTatiana SparaceJanessa Nikole Suarez, Cum LaudeLaura Rock SuazoBrenda SueiroLorna SylvestreEnsenatte Marie TabladaBerlande TanisKassandra TarrideEvelyn Maria Tatum, Summa Cum Laude

Sebastian TellezMatthew St Michael ThompsonTaylor Lynn Thompson, Cum LaudeWendy Alexis ThompsonGracibel TiptonJesus Torres Jr.Richard Lazaro TorresMaria Torres RodriguezDetsis Auxiliadora TorrezVeronica Dominguez TorrezAnthony TousLucymarie TrabancoAmelia E. TrabazoLynda TrujilloEleni Niki TsalikisJessica Rebecca UrbaezAndrea Yurisma UrbinaSebastian UribeYana UstsinovichTahlia Marta UtreraBernardina F. ValdesHope Marie ValdesGenesis Valdivia, Magna Cum LaudeVictoria Jasmine Vance, Cum LaudeBrittnee VansickleVirginia Caldwell VargoLauren Kelsey VasconezGeraldine VelezmoroJose VeraDaniel Alejandro VictoriaAlejandra Cristina VidalVanessa VigilDemi Elizabeth VinasYadelin VindasLuisa VongleichLanesha WalkerKaila A. Washington, Cum LaudeAndre Anthony WellsThalissa WoodcockCarina Keiko WuolletAlexandra Megan YanesGeorgheny Vyleyka YanesAmy Regina YelderRasheema Shaday YoungAileen ZaldivarCynthia ZaldivarEmily Marie Zaldivar, Magna Cum LaudeLeidy Daniela ZapataNicolas Victor Zapata, Magna Cum LaudeMichelle Diana ZavalaElisse ZimbelmannChristian Anthony Zuniga

Daniel Eduardo GonzalezDianne Raquel GonzalezEmily Gonzalez, Magna Cum LaudeJanelle Marie GonzalezJaneth Alejandra GonzalezJennifer Esther GonzalezJose Antonio Gonzalez, Summa Cum LaudeJulianna GonzalezMargellis GonzalezNicholas GonzalezStephanie Gonzalez, Magna Cum LaudeYasmin Eraneisha GoodleyGrace Cristina GoveaNatalie Necole GrahamAnnmarie Gina Granja, Summa Cum LaudeAmanda Lynn GrayElaine Green, Summa Cum LaudeMaria GreenJosseling GuatemalaCaridad GuerreroConstantino Guerrero Jr.Katherine GuerreroElisa GuevaraDenise Guillen, Cum LaudeVeronica GutierrezHanna HabibKummer HaqJude Corey Harding, Summa Cum LaudeChristopher Jamal Harris, Cum LaudeWayphian HenryDana Marie HermanAmanda HernandezAngelica Maria Hernandez, Cum LaudeKatherine Olivia HernandezMelissa Hernandez, Magna Cum LaudeMerandah Victoria Hernandez,

Summa Cum LaudeNicole HerreraScarlett Maria HerreraAna HidalgoDillyn Louis HoffmanCarissa Michelle HolborowNicole Lashaun HolmesDylan James HoyosDaniel A. HungCourtney Imms, Cum LaudeStephanie IoannouNestor Matias IralaLisa Jeanette IsidronRussell Bradley JacobsonAlyssa JameerBlanca Sucely JarquinFabiola Louis Jean-Baptiste

Vanise Jean-BaptisteGustavo JimenezJoseph Thomas JimenezLucille Ana JimenezStephanie JironHarrison JohnyJimmy JohnyJessica Joyce JonesJessica Nicole Justo, Cum LaudeKrizia KahlaSena Amy Kashiwagi, Cum LaudeJohnnell Tremayne KempSaira KhanKrisma Marie KingSarah Frances Klapka, Summa Cum LaudeMichael LabradaTricia LafleurAndres LancherosHillary Langsam, Cum LaudeJake Alexander LaroseLory LarreaAlexandra Marie LazoKanara LeeMichelle LegrosVivian LemusHannah Patricia LeytonAlicia LimaMabel LlabonaLiliam LlanesYilliam LlanesYvette Marie LlanoAmy LogoAllison LopezElizabeth Marie LopezJulian Alexander LopezKarla Lopez, Magna Cum LaudeMelissa Lopez, Magna Cum LaudeMelissa Kaye LowenhauptFabiola Lozano Jr.Germaine LubinIsabelle Elizabeth LucasRachel LugoAnika Colleen LynchAriadne Machado, Summa Cum LaudePriscilla Guilianna MaciaReynaldo MaderaNatalia ManriqueStephanie Maquieira, Magna Cum LaudeCarolina J. Marin, Cum LaudeMaria Fernanda MarinoAdriana Maria MartinezMarisol MartinezMaurilio Martinez

Stephanie Silvia Martinez, Cum LaudeRenata Fernandes Martins,

Magna Cum LaudeRachel Anne Matthews, Summa Cum LaudeJudith Gabriela MayorgaKayla Alexis McCallaJodi-Ann Renae McLeanAlisha McDonaldChristopher Nelson Menendez,

Magna Cum LaudeCarolina Margarida MesaLisa MesadieuSamuel Charletain MetayerNicholas MirandaShauntel MistivarGabriella MocombeAnnalee Molina, Xostchy MolinaLais Esther MoralesOmalys Morales, Cum LaudeIrene Morales CendoyaSarah MorcosWilliam Dean MorellScott Morris, Magna Cum LaudeAlexis Lauren MortonAmy MouradJames Everett MullinsBrett Kieran MurtaghHaydee Gisselle NajeraAlexander NavarroAnnette NavarroAmy Neira, Magna Cum LaudeChristine NguyenDiego A. NievesBriana Maria NievesMarcia NovaMarelyn Nova, Magna Cum LaudeJackeline NunezJessenia NunezMailyn Mercedes NunezBeatriz M. Orihuela, Cum LaudeAtinuke OrindareTania OrtizLeslie Vanesa OsornoJennifer Yvette OteroLisa Alexandra OteroComfort Funmilayo OyetunjiCarolina Christine Padilla,

Summa Cum LaudeMarianela PadronAlejandro PastranaLovely PaulAlondra PaulinoSherlie Paz, Summa Cum Laude

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Amanda Leanne CanellasCarlos CanoJavier E. CantonJoel Cardona, Summa Cum LaudeLaura Maria Cardoso, Cum LaudeLaura Carulla Martinez, Cum LaudeNaily Castaneda, Cum LaudeKatherine CastroValerie Castro, Cum LaudeGabriel Fabrice CharlesKatiana CharlesKeith Joey CharlesMauricio Alejandro ChiribogaJennifer ClaussenAndrea Marisol Coello, Magna Cum LaudeBrett Michael Colbert, Summa Cum LaudeAna Isabel CondeLayss CordovaCynthia Lien Cortes, Cum LaudeDulce CruzJessica Fernanda Cuero GarciaLucia Maria DAmado Scapperone,

Summa Cum LaudeBrittany Dash, Summa Cum LaudeFernando DavalosKatherine Jhnine DavilaTesha Davilmar, Magna Cum LaudeVanessa De La CruzGabriel Alejandro De RenzisClaudia Arlet De Varona, Cum LaudeMarion Delalex Nadal, Summa Cum LaudeCatalina DelgadoKarina Marie Delgado, Cum LaudeKatherine Delgado, Magna Cum LaudeDerek Jose DiazMario DiazCarolina DiazAlexa Nicole DislaLy’trell Tiece DixonNadina DoceAna I. DominguezKirstie DownsIliana Maria DuarteMiriole Andrise DupontGabrielle Alicia Catherine EdmundGabrielle EllingtonChristian J. Escorcia, Summa Cum LaudeRosa Maria EspinalRuth Etienne, Magna Cum LaudeValeria Fagundo, Magna Cum LaudeOrin Moshe FairweatherElizabeth Marie FernandezGabriel Ernesto Fernandez

Jeyma FernandezLibni Esther FernandezJavier Andres Fernandez Alvarez, Cum LaudeDayne Ferrera, Cum LaudeAngelo Fabian Figueroa, Cum LaudeAndrea Finessi, Summa Cum LaudeMichael Angel Fleites, Cum LaudeAnnette Ivette FloresCassandra Teresita FloresTania FloresGuerdie FortuneCassandra G. FrancoFabio Aristides FuronesCourtney Carys Furton, Cum LaudeLismaury GalianoHilma Renata GallegosAlexander GarciaGeossette Garcia, Cum LaudeCamila Marie Garcia De ParedesNatalie Garrido, Cum LaudeFabio Rene Garrote HernandezNathaline GermainJose Alejandro Gigato GonzalezGabriela Maria Gil, Summa Cum LaudeVictoria GodievaAliana GodoyJennifer GomezArisa Gonzalez, Cum LaudeJavier GonzalezMegan Nicole GonzalezReiner A. GonzalezBeatriz GordilloLilian GraciaAmari Kenyatta GreenRosabel De La Caridad GuillenLivia Emiko Guimaraes, Summa Cum LaudeYaima Gutierrez, Cum LaudeDanyal Ali HabibNaser Ribhi Hamad, Magna Cum LaudeJonathan Harms, Summa Cum LaudeJessica HernandezNatalia HernandezWilliam HernandezLinnet HerreraCarissa Michelle HolborowRamadan HoseinKeon L. HugginsEduardo Ruben IbarraEdalinda Estefany IzaguirreCesar Enmanuel Jara Silva Acosta,

Magna Cum LaudeAilin Johanna JavierMax-Donald Jeanty

Arassa Fela JosephMaria Claudia JulcaBerlinda JusteBeste Kaya, Cum LaudeHeba Ali KazmiAnely Marie Kohan, Cum LaudeMichael Kotil, Magna Cum LaudeAmanda Marie LafuentePierre Joseph LahoudNashka LaineErwin Antonio Lanzas, Magna Cum LaudeNathaly LapargadaIqra LatifKatherine Angelica Lemus, Cum LaudeCharles Ryan Levy, Cum LaudeAmber Lanajwa LewisMelissa Marie Leyva, Cum LaudeShannon Nicole LipscombJames Daniel LopezMaria LopezMariavictoria Lorenzo, Cum LaudeNatasa MackoFaiza Rafik MansuriAndrew Alfonso MarichalAna Belen MarquezStephany Giuliana MarquezAlexis MartiJessika MartinezRicardo Javier MartinezLourdes Del Carmen MasisChristian Fernando MazorraElizabeth Medina, Cum LaudeDaniela Medina, Magna Cum LaudeMaidely Medina Cruzata, Cum LaudeBrenda Alejandra Melendrez, Cum LaudeOscar MendozaKatherine Marie MenendezMireille Natalie MitchellMichelle Anne Moats, Magna Cum LaudeJorge Eduardo MoleroJamiee Rose MonizManuela MontanoStephanie MonteagudoAbraham Montes De Oca,

Magna Cum LaudeJessica MontoyaCamille Suzette MoralesNashit Sadman MozumderMelanie Naranjo, Magna Cum LaudeClaudia NavarroElsy M. Navarro RodriguezAtarhe Neal-ViegbesieKevin Nicolla, Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability and the EnvironmentMarina BarrientosIsabel Clara Borges Candangi Jr.Robert CarewYenisleidy FernandezJonathan Michael IglesiasBrenna Ryanne KaysArantzazu LeyvaNadia Sunita Mahase, Cum LaudeBabatunde Michael OdusileBradley Sokari OwiyeAnthony Jamil SaadeZachary Kane Samet-ShawJanna Vick-MorrisAmanda Marie Worthington

Bachelor of Arts in Women’s StudiesAna Belen Marquez

Bachelor of Arts in Women’s and Gender StudiesLeonardo Carbajo, Summa Cum LaudeLanien L. Chancellor

Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood EducationSarah AbulkheirGabriela AcostaPaula Catalina Almeida, Magna Cum LaudeNola AnestinDanielle Nicole BaileyJennifer L. BautistaMadison Erin CalleiroRobert CarewLauren CarlsonCrystal CarterYurema Correa Herrera, Cum LaudeBelkis CristinoClaudia CruzDanay CruzRuth CuaboyCaitlyn Lee Dell AmicoDeliz Marie Diaz, Summa Cum LaudeShae DickenCarolyn Rose Diez, Summa Cum LaudeJasmin Kiera DosterMelissa Duran, Cum LaudeMonica Echeverry, Cum LaudeChelsea EscuderoAshley Espinosa, Magna Cum Laude

Victor Fuentes, Cum LaudeCarmen C. GarciaChristina Isabella GonzalezDismey GonzalezJennifer Michelle GuillenMarielena GurdianAmanda Victoria Hernandez, Cum LaudeElizabeth JakstisNatalie Jean-BaptisteAkeela Elana KeysAlexis M. KurlandCristina Nicole LealVeronica Lima, Magna Cum LaudeBianca Barbara LladoStephanie LlanesTheresia Manning, Summa Cum LaudeCristina Isabel Marques, Magna Cum LaudeAna M. Martinez, Cum LaudeJasmine McGeeMaria Mir, Magna Cum LaudeYuneisy Lazara MirandaChristine Alexandra MogollonGeraldine Molin, Cum LaudeBryan Alexander MoreiraArielle Mercedes MorelSebrin Renee Morgan, Magna Cum LaudeDayana Noel, Magna Cum LaudeMorgan ParkerHaley Anne Philp, Magna Cum LaudeAshley PinedaDaphney Raphael, Magna Cum LaudeSarahi Resendiz Gamez, Magna Cum LaudeKelly Joann Riedy, Cum LaudeErica RobinsonKerrine RocheIrene Rodriguez, Magna Cum LaudeJanelle SanchezErica Schlumbrecht, Cum LaudeEstefania VegaLauren Theresa Viejo, Magna Cum LaudeLatorria WhiteDaniela Andreina Zaro, Magna Cum LaudeAilys Zuniga, Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in BiochemistryJacklyn Remy Garcia, Magna Cum LaudeDaniel Rapado, Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in Biological SciencesLeyanis AbreuZoe AcostaLeonardo Acuna Jr., Cum LaudeShantel Romaria AcunaRobert AguilaAiman AkelBryan AlfonsoYasmin Yamila Ali, Magna Cum LaudeAlissa V. AltidorDamian AlvaradoNikcole AlvarengaAmber AmadorGabriela Maria Aneiros, Summa Cum LaudeChristian Arce Guzman, Summa Cum LaudeAndrew Ardeljan, Cum LaudeEmellyn ArellanoTanzila Ahsan AuniMaria Gabriela BadaraccoAna BadridzeChristian Andrew Balbin,

Summa Cum LaudeSheila Barcelo, Cum LaudeKelsie-Ann Joelle BarkerClaudia BarnettClaudette R. Barreto, Magna Cum LaudeAmrita Barua, Magna Cum LaudeHira Sana Basit, Summa Cum LaudeDasiel Bellido De Luna, Cum LaudeErika N. Bello-Pardo, Cum LaudeAntonio Alejandro Benitez, Cum LaudeJorge Nelson Beovides VazquezJoanne Natalie Bethencourt,

Magna Cum LaudeKayla Nicole BlanksMario Sergio Blondin Fernandez,

Summa Cum LaudeLuciarita Boccuzzi, Summa Cum LaudeAshley Laura BorreroBria Simone BradshawJesus Manuel BricenoEmily Buday, Cum LaudeRebecca BudhooElsa Maria CaballeroSasha Cabello, Summa Cum LaudePatrick Lucas CabreraStephanie Ann CabreraBryan Cabrera Valdes, Magna Cum LaudeMartha CaceresJames Andre CadetWilfrance CadetTraceyAnn Victoria Campbell

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Omar Tarancon Jr.Alexa M. TillettAlexandra Danielle Viera, Cum LaudeJacqueline Nicole Wilkey

Bachelor of Science in Environmental StudiesGabriel Andres Barraza, Cum LaudeKristen Boyd, Cum LaudeMichael Ho, Cum LaudeErin Marie PraverAlana Rodriguez, Magna Cum LaudeGonzalo Saavedra-BloisMegan Mary Tait, Cum LaudeSimon Bradley Watler

Bachelor of Science in Exceptional Student EducationLloydi AlfredLuz Franchesca Arevalo, Summa Cum LaudeArianna Caridad Barroso, Magna Cum LaudeAngelica Cathryn GutierrezVictoria Marie-Caridad Rodriguez,

Cum LaudeSteffany StrolloKelley StruyfNixel Maria Vasquez

Bachelor of Science in GeosciencesChristina CockrellDiego Enrique IbanezShannon Jancy JosephRigoberto Lazaro Olivera, Cum LaudeRachel PerezNicolette Colleen Sheaks

Bachelor of Science in Marine BiologyJaquelyn Aracelia AlvarezSamantha Nicole LopezErika Ashley Somoza-Giraldo

Bachelor of Science in Mathematical SciencesHenry Omar Zorrilla

Bachelor of Science in MathematicsMichael Brendan Campbell,

Summa Cum LaudeMichael Jordan Duque

Shani LeviTyler Manuel LozanoJorge Andres PazosSarah Elizabeth Ser, Summa Cum LaudeAaron Alejandro Zuniga

Bachelor of Science in Physical EducationJoel Julian AcostaJuan Pablo AgudeloCarlos AlayonKayvon AmirizadehFarley Andres Beltran, Magna Cum LaudeJames Alexander BernalOsvaldo Nelson Castillo, Magna Cum LaudeMichael ChavezCristian Eduardo CorreaFernando Andre EscobarRichard Nevin EscobedoLeandro GallegosCamila GarciaKyle Halstead GilesMorgan Juliette GonzalezHumberto Raul GutierrezHumberto Efrain HernandezAlexa Rochelle KatzAlexander Lafontaine, Magna Cum LaudeAlexander Ian MacaisaJavier Eduardo Madrigal, Magna Cum LaudeDaniel Montes De OcaJohn MoralesGiovanni MunozJavier Alexander OspinoMartin Aaron Otero, Magna Cum LaudeSayie Josephine PeraltaAlfredo Antonio PerezCody Gian PerezCourtney Rose PhillipsJason Anderson PoloShannon PortuondoKarl Denzyll Powell Jr.Mikale Rhooms, Cum LaudeMontrell Marcus RobinsonPeter Jeremy RodriguezChristian Salazar, Cum LaudeDavid Mantell SeidelJessica SiboriJaydah Smith, Summa Cum LaudeRobert C. StorrowSophia Alexandra TrujilloJuan Ramon Ubiera

Bachelor of Science in PhysicsAlexander Kruger-Dobrota

Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Sport ManagementRayan Mounir AlameddineJair Alexander Alcivar, Cum LaudeDon-Marc Hanchardo AllenDiana AlonsoClaudia Alonso, Cum LaudeNicole Maria ArmenterosVeronica Andrea Banderas,

Magna Cum LaudeDainielle Tajera BeckfordMatthew Eldridge BergesSakina Marie BromfieldDavid Noel CaffeJoseph CastroKraig Alexander ChangSteven ClarkAmber Brenae ClarkDavid Antonio DasilvaWilliam DavisJunior DelvaYvon DelvarBruttney DerissaintRicjkard Max DesirMaurell DickersonAmante Daniel DiegoGabriela Figueredo, Cum LaudeAnnie Laurie Fuller, Cum LaudeGloria Elena Gantes-LopezDanielle Francis GarcesChloe Kathryn Gates, Summa Cum LaudeKathryn Gatzke, Cum LaudeMario Lamonte GrimesSimon HenaoMelissa Ada Herba, Cum LaudeEduardo Cesar HernandezMichael Hernandez, Magna Cum LaudeMoshe Gabriel Hersher, Cum LaudeMichael Stephen HuarangaKayla Denise JacksonAshley Daisy JimenezAdam KazEricka Danielle Kofkin, Cum LaudeClearance A. KurmensJoel A. LargaespadaAlexa Nichole LaverniaMarc S. LeconteRay Charles LleonartCarolina Eileen LopezMaria Cristina Lopez, Cum Laude

Daniela M. NoblickCecilia NostiBenjamin Antonio Obando,

Summa Cum LaudeChristina OrtizJoham Jesus OrtizOrlando PadronArelis Paredes, Cum LaudeAlvaro Andres PatinoValerie Paz, Cum LaudeKadina Alejandra Paz CastilloBetzi PerezCarmen PerezCarmen Maria PerezClairis Perez, Summa Cum LaudeDaniel Christian PerezDaniel Medardo PerezDaniella Carolina PerezJavier Alejandro Perez, Magna Cum LaudeNathalie Perez, Magna Cum LaudeNicole Perez, Cum LaudeOmar Perez Jr., Cum LaudeMaria Eugenia Perez ParraDaniela Pi Noa, Summa Cum LaudeAngie Elizabeth PitaJackeline Adriana PivaralAlberto Alejandro PlanasPriscilla PoloDaniel Jorge Poo, Cum LaudeDanae Prada, Magna Cum LaudeLarissa Prezeau-RaphaelAriel Katina PuranFrancisco Jose QuinteroJuan D. RaffoLeonardo RamalloJuan Ramirez, Cum LaudeRalph Allen Regnier, Cum LaudeClaudia Ricardo, Magna Cum LaudeEmmanuel RippesBrenda Jesica RiveraJonathan Angel RiveraAnnelis Gabriela Rivera-Del Rio, Cum LaudeJessica Rodriguez, Cum LaudeLaura RodriguezMaria Del Carmen RodriguezNataly Rodriguez, Cum LaudeSofia Belen RodriguezLuis Arturo Romero Salvador Gabriel Romero, Cum LaudeJulio Carmona RosalesNicholas Sanchez, Cum LaudeLina Maria SantiagoJessica Amanda Saumell

Sharieka Aleon SavageLeah Allen SchwartzJeancarlos SeniorCarolina SernaSarah D. ShayanAsfa SiddiquiMatthew John SimonAriel Amanda SinananKaren Esperanza SotoAndy Javier SuarezEmily SuarezMagalys Lazara Suarez PerezOrlando Manuel Telleria, Cum LaudeLuis Antonio TobonGrigory TokarevIan Sebastian TruebaLazaro Alejandro TrujilloMayra Alejandra TrujilloJeffrey Valencia, Summa Cum LaudeSamantha Valencia, Summa Cum LaudeCarlos Alberto VazquezCamila Alejandra VegaKristal VelazquezEileen Vera, Cum LaudeStephanie M. VerenzuelaRandee Patricia VienaAna Isabel Vila Irigoyen, Summa Cum LaudeAlexa Justine VilarEduardo Villoch, Cum LaudeRebecca Clara WaldmanCody George YeePilar Antonia Zach, Magna Cum LaudeAnamaria ZambranoOumaya Zlitni, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in ChemistrySofia BlancoMichael Edward CartamilLaura L. CruzWendy G. DelgadoGabriel Alexander FloresMatthew Thomas FortunatoVidia Allison Gokool, Cum LaudeNicholas Alfredo HernandezJessie Pascal InnocentWyatt McintyreJoana Patricia Monteiro de AlmeidaStephanie Hellen Murphy, Cum LaudeGabriela OrtegaJuan Jose PinolKatherine Elizabeth PowellIni Paul ReubenJacqueline Lissette Rodriguez

Jessica TatoCarlos VargasJames Matthew VempalaMarlene Verano Jr.

Bachelor of Science in Elementary EducationLinda Yajaira Abdo, Magna Cum LaudeFatima Suyen Agenor, Summa Cum LaudeKrystal Rose Andreu, Magna Cum LaudeMaydalis Caridad Arteta EsqAndrea Victoria Avila, Magna Cum LaudeNatalia Baltodano, Cum LaudeChrystal Angelique Bencosme,

Summa Cum LaudeKarina Andrea BenitesLynnroy BrailsfordShamara Ann BrownNicole Esther Bush, Magna Cum LaudeAntonella Castro, Cum LaudeAshley Marie CidRebeca Corona, Magna Cum LaudeMelanie Fals, Cum LaudeGabriela Alexis FreneroCynthia Garcia, Cum LaudeAshley Kay Gonzalez, Cum LaudeJoseph Matthew Jackson Jr., Cum LaudeDiana Kennedy, Cum LaudeYvis LauzuriqueVeronica A. Llera-AcostaJessica Nicole LazanoAna Maria MaravillaCassandra Ann Mederos, Cum LaudeJasmine Milian, Cum LaudeLilivette Marie Mirabal, Cum LaudeAlejandro Antonio Moreno,

Magna Cum LaudeMatthew NettinaYrady Olmeta, Summa Cum LaudeAndrea OrdonezMaria Karla PachecoKarina Penate, Magna Cum LaudeLily Ann Peterson, Summa Cum LaudeNatalie Marie Prieto, Cum LaudeCaitlin Faye Quinn, Cum LaudeShantell Barbara Rivas, Magna Cum LaudeChristopher RodriguezJacqueline Rodriguez, Magna Cum LaudeBlanchy Diana Salazar, Cum LaudeDaniela Alejandra Sanchez,

Magna Cum LaudeJoavenie Mitchell StelhommeNorisleidy Suarez, Cum Laude

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Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School of BusinessMaster of International BusinessJessy Milagros AlarconSaleh Mohammad AljarboueAbdullah Zaid A AlrajhiMatias Bellenger BesoainSergio Bueno BrandaoDeborah BraschiJonathan A. CallisteVeronica ChuaCesar DavilaLucas Guerra De CastroBranka DracaSebastian DuqueZhaohui LiuElena MazzottiAldo Yared MurilloElizabeth Penagos MartinezMegan Gabrielle PlanteChingarum PondexterJose Luis Quintero MoraNatalia Quintero MoralesSharon Isabel ReyesRobert Edward SalgadoGang Zhao

Master of AccountingLilibet AlbrechtAndres AlvarezJesus Manuel CandalMaria Beatriz Castro SanchezAustin ChristieAudra Lisa ColeJohn Alain CuadraWilliam Zachery DufresneJustin EstevanellSilas GoodmanEric HernandezSandra Mariela LainezYonghua LiMontgomery Joseph MilgrimDailynn ParlaPhi-Uyen Thi PhamNathan Thomas PritchettYanaidis Rezvoy-CobasCarlos David Troconis

Master of Business AdministrationDavid Nallib AcostaAyasha Maria Addison

Rose Terline AdmeJoanne Nicole AgudeloRicardo Franceschini AiresPhoebe Paige Aizprúa VásconezKevin Corey AlayonNoelvin AldanaRamon Alejandro AlemarDiego Fermin AlvarezMariele AlvarezTulsi AmbelalAllen Ulysses AndersLester AponteMohammad AsadFaithful AyeeNiusha BabazadehDenil C. BaezKenya Latrice BakerLigia BaleaLuis Gabriel BarcenasMichael Allan BarclayKareem Paola BarretoDiana BarruetoAshley BastoHarmodio Jose BatistaLaura Maria BeatoAndrew BejelRebecca Marie BelloLaura Rachel BerrebiDarline BiennestinStephanie Marie BlancoLady Veronica BonillaHector Luis BorgesLinda BourennaniJanai BowensIsabel Crisitina BrescoviciErica Michelle BrooksChristian Caballero RiveraBarbara CalvoJorge CalvoJoshua Brandon CarcassesGreicy Carolina CarvajalTania CastellanosRosa CastellonJoel Alberto CastilloSilvia Cristina CastilloSusanne Isabel Castillo BacigalupiLaura Rosa CebolleroFranklin Manuel CedenoJessica CespedesJessika Chacoa

Pablo Josue ChaconDiego Alfonso ChahinCynthia ChavarriCinthia Fiorella ChavezDavinna ChimaraStacey ClarkeJohn ClowerKimberly Ann CobiellaAdriana Belen CoboSamuel CohenAmela ColicRafael Antonio ColmenaresDilene ConstantinJuan Carlos CorreaPedro CortinaKathryn M. CruzDilesky CurielAlbani C. Da SilvaMaria Luisa Da Silva DelgadoTeo Daniel DamseJenny Daron CastilloJennifer Francis Del CampilloValeria Di MieleVictor Alfredo DiazChristopher DiazJeannette DiazNicole DieudonneMarie Cassandre DunbarAlejandra EcheverriCesar Andres EcheverriGladys Elizabeth EcheverriaIrvana Lilas EloundouChristopher Michael ErpenbachMaria Celeste Espina SalgueroHary Estrada-BuenoVictor Eduardo Estrella LoraDetra Nicole EvansChristine ExpositoManuel David FalconGeorge W. FarmerJulie L. FernandesAlexandra FernandezAna FoubertCledonat FrancoisDiocely Galvan MatosByron Jose GarciaChristopher Gerard GarciaFrancisco Adolfo GarciaYanela Barbara GarciaRebecca Georges

Sonoma Louis, Magna Cum LaudeJoseph MartinBethany Irenna McCoyLauren Amber McGheeSofia Cristina MenaAndrelle MichelJose Rafael MontalvoMichelle Deana Munoz, Summa Cum LaudeTrevaun A. Murray-BlockerPedro Navarro Jr., Magna Cum LaudeJackelyn Monique OchoaJuan Pablo OrdonezTori Lynn PalmaBlanca Daniela Palomino

Emonte PendergrassBianca Stephany PerezChristopher PerezErena Del Carmen PerezMarie Pharel, Cum LaudeJavan Eustace Anthony PhilipMikhail PhillipsTyler Porth, Cum LaudeKevin Puldon, Magna Cum LaudeTheodore Ramlal, Cum LaudeShannon V. RaymondTaylor Lynn Regulski, Magna Cum LaudeDaniel Ruiz Alvis Tyrell Smith Jr.

Gracica ThelusmaTatiana Renae Thomas, Magna Cum LaudeJustin Ramon ValdesAracelly Vanessa VargasJesus Augusto VillamilCheyanne Janielle WilliamsTreyvon WilliamsMichelle Erica Wilson

Bachelor of Science in StatisticsIngrid GonzalezDavid Mitchell

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Alyssa TorresCesar Tucker VelardeDeni UljanicKandy Jullissa UriasMisael Valdes TrianaKarina A. Valente-RodriguezJuan-Manuel Augusto Valera IIIQuintin Alberto ValienteChristopher ValmanaLucas VargasJonathan VazquezYuly Katherin VirviescasDaniel Kyle WalkerInes Federica Wallis CapobiancoZollani M. WeatherburnCalvin WongRoschelle Ashlye WrightZachary YankiverSaranhais Esther ZerpaBritany ZiemsVictoria Iveth ZuluagaAshley Rocio ZumbadoLourdes de la Fuente

Master of Science in FinanceCristian Fernando AlmendarezFaisal AlqahtaniDaniel Arturo AmyDavid ArboledaCarol Ohenewa Bruce-TagoeClaudia Fabiana CarreraSilvia CastroJanes CochesaVanessa Maria Contreras PachecoAmol Rajiv DigheDiego Fernando Gomez FabbrizziMonique Annmarie GordonYaxiao LiuLaura Victoria LondonoChristie Emma MelendezCesar MenendezHector MonzonElizabeth Penagos MartinezFelipe RodriguezRicardo RodriguezUri SerruyaVolha SidarkovaAnastasiia SobolevaZhao SongRoxanne Alayne TaylorQianwen WeiJoanna Maria Wojakiewicz

Le ZhaoBin Zhou

Master of Science in Health Informatics and AnalyticsLucia AdrianzenTatiana Maria BarrigaGabrielle CazimirJulian Diavanti Crystal Elise EdwardsJose EnsenatFrantz Fils-aimeJohn William GomezEric HernandezDanielle M. KahnCarolina Lorena LopezObinna MadubuikeCarolina MeviNaomie MorencyJessica Ray MullenRhonda NelsonManuel Roberto PallangoCarlos ParejaJennelle Adrienne PerezKeith A. ReavesCristiana Marcela Rivas

Master of Science in Human Resource ManagementNicole AranaClaudia Lorena ArevaloKishia ArnouxFrancesca Isabella AshtonYemi Richard BadeyanDwayne BarclayNoelia Becerra MercadoAshley Nicole BroskyChristopher L. BrownJoann Marie BuckLeslie Vanessa CambriaNelson Raul CarrazanaSonia Lanette ColemanNoadia DoirinPriscilla DominguezKatherine Elena GarciaStephanie Jasmine GarciaNiurka Garcia-SalazarClaudelle Sonja Norma HazellAsia HordattArvilla Lee Ann HoweRobert JacksonSelencia Simone Johnson

Jennifer LassoSusan Le DonneWeiwei LiuAlyssa P. LopezMegan Joy ManzanoMelissa MurarSyntia NasreddineStephanie OvertonSophia Alejandra RemartiniCamila RestrepoMaria Auxiliadora RodriguezLuisa Amelia Rodriguez BulacioMacarena San MartinCharlene Soraya Fareeda Shah PerezBrandie E. SheehanMichelle SosaJessica TancrediGabriel Vergara

Master of Science in Information SystemsSudhir BanalaAdithya Kiran Bangalore ShimhadriVarun BhargavaAnthony ChapmanJesus Enrique De BarrosBalamonica DeenadayalanMarie Cassandre DunbarRonald EgidiKenneth Luis FalconPhani Sai Manohar GandrakotaSalim Tahar GaramiCarlos GarciaRodrigo Antonio GonzalezBrett Jonathan GordonVictor HernandezJeremy JamesAasin JamilWilnigue JosephAbhinav Raju Kondapuram SampangiTanisha Kerryann LeeShilfa LiyakathaliJoangel LopezChristopher MartelJose C. MenciaShirley MesaAnusha NandiAbdoulaye Yegetaneh NdiayeHumberto Rayti NogueraSavan PatelAlexander Marcus QuinoaAmar Dilip RanjaneVenkata Sai Sujay Sala

Jillian Nicole GerstenbergerKimberley Barbara GiftsKarla GilChenequa Denise GodetteOswaldo Andres GomezEdgar Manuel Gomez-MendezSahivy R. GonzalezAmanda Jade GonzalezMiranda Lara GonzalezVicente GonzalezAnna GornostaevaCaroline GropalloMonik Dyanna GuadagnoJennifer GuevaraAlejandra GuzmanDaniel HallChristopher Hannon Sr.Cecilie HawkinsCharitte Gambe HebertElise HermesEmily HernandezLissette HernandezLuz HernandezMarleen HernandezFernando Hernandez LariosJohnny HidalgoNadine Faye HillGolda Charlotte HoffChristine HogenkampScott T. HowardAndrea Irene HubertyMichelle Maria HyltonLorraine HyppoliteErika Fernanda InfanteCamila Mariana IszlerPatricia JeanJudex Jean-MarieJennifer JeudyDwight Garfield JohnsonNichelle Francina JonesFrancisco JouRolando Elmo KamIdriss KamaraAna KamkhadzePatricia Elena KavanAvinash KhemlaniYousif Kussai KhouryDimitra KomninakiKevin KronradEzequiel KupermanEdgar Francisco Largaespada De LeonStacy LeeSandra Patricia Lee Chen

Estefania Leon Josslen Delaine LeonardCristina Leyte-VidalJessica LeyvaIlse Julieth LopezMarta Guadalupe LopezMarisela LorenzoYusmila MaciasIsaac MaestreVeronica MaherFrancisco Javier MalavePrashant Suresh MangtaniLuis Jose MartinezJuan Antonio Martinez GonzalezNatalia Maria MasJames MasonKatherine MataDavid Lee Mattice Jr.Amber Nicole McclungJorge McgarryThomas McmellinErwin D. Meinhardt Jr.Daniel MiclausiLauren Ellis MillerMarvin MiraNazia M. Mollah-RiviereYessika MonserrateMariangel Magdalena Mora AlvaradoJennifer C. MuinaMaria Ines MunozRogelio Nasiff-ForsJasmine N. NaziriJennifer NokutisNathalie Elize NorestinNadine NorvilHaronyd NunezAgustin OrdonezCristina Maria Ordoqui-GomezManuel Felipe Ormo IIIAdriana OrtegaLuis David Ortiz Jr.Olanrewaju Olabode OyenugaNickesha Sophia PennGretchen PerezKatarina Izabelle PerezAlexander PetrushinTaylor PhilippiLisa PhillipJean Gardy PierreFarah Leo PierreJohanna Elizabeth PineiroBrandon PioSam Putnam

German J. QuesadaMaria Cristina RamirezMildred Louise RamosGisell RamosKathi-Lee RamsayLoay Badr RefaeKarl RenePatricia ReyesYoandra ReyesPhilip Scott Rice Brent S. RidenourRosa RipollAngel Alejandro Rivas PazosLazara RiveraEmilia RodríguezJose Alberto Rodriguez Jr.Larimed RodriguezMaibel RodriguezRolando Lazaro RodriguezVictor A. RodriguezYesenia Miriam RodriguezAlessandra Cecilia RohrmoserAnnet RojasJose RojasKarol Fenney RojasVeruska Rojas GarciaAlberto RomeroGabriella Maria RoqueAmanda Lucia RosalesNastassia RoweJames Oliver RudolphWoodeline SaelDario SankarBernardo SantiagoRodrigo SavinoEric David SchiffmanJonathan Ross SeligmanGiovanni Aleksandr SenzigParath SharmaBlaine SibbyRebecca Leanna SilvaSergio SisoVickie SmithIgnacio Javier SocorroRoxy-Cary SoraMichael SperryCharles StarlingAndre Roberto SteffensChristopher StephensonTony V. Sutton Sr.Olesea SvetNichelle Lakeva ThomasChelsea Marie Tombley

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R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of BusinessBachelor of AccountingYaisel Acosta Abreu, Cum LaudeJavier AgueroSaul Aleman, Cum LaudeLoris AssefMahroza A. BaigMildrey BaldemiraRochel BaronErika BarriosBelkis Batista, Cum LaudeNatalie Frances Bautista, Magna Cum LaudeLena Becerra, Cum LaudeManuela BoteroDaniel Buehring, Summa Cum LaudeDevin Lavon Butler, Cum LaudeCristian CalderinYuliet CamberAna M. Chimbor, Magna Cum LaudeRoger Ivan ChirinoVincent ChowChristina CoraAlex Enrique CubillosAlba Lucia De CardenasJulieth Nimianis De La OssaWilliam Anthony FabraMarcos FernandezMonica Fernandez, Magna Cum LaudeAdrian Leonel FresnedoJavier Alejandro Garcia, Summa Cum LaudeJeremy Andrew GarciaYisel Garcia, Cum LaudeGabriel Wilfredo Garcia-Arce, Cum LaudeLuca Joseph Giovine, Magna Cum LaudeFreddy GomezBoanerges Ramon GrandeMelissa Guerra, Cum LaudeCamilo Guevara, Summa Cum LaudeEdson GuzmanJacqueline Marie HerdociaDaricelys Hernandez, Cum LaudeLuisa HernandezSilvana Higuera Vargas, Summa Cum LaudeAlexander Horruitiner, Magna Cum LaudeAnne-Marie Hunter, Magna Cum LaudeIsmenia Izquierdo, Magna Cum LaudeNicole Jaramillo, Summa Cum LaudeKevin Arthur Johnson, Summa Cum LaudeMan H. KoNichole K. Korvick, Magna Cum LaudeJiehua Ling, Cum Laude

Armando Javier Lozano, Cum LaudeGabriela Manrique HungMorgan E. MaodusBrayan MartinezGianna Makarena Mendoza-Cardenal,

Cum LaudeOswaldo R. MeraBarbara MesaHadi MohamedNuemis MolinaJoshua Peter MoralesFrances MorellSteven Marin Moreno, Cum LaudeAngel David MoreraKevin NedaFrank Elian NegrinJudith Pauline NeilCamilo Andres NinoJorge Luis Nosti Jr.Antonio NunezDaylene Damaris OlivaDaniel Ottenwalder, Magna Cum LaudeBianca Jessica PachecoHilda Padron GuerraChantel Monique Pardee, Cum LaudeAntonio PerezDaniel Alexander PerezJerry Jeff Pierre-louisAshley Victoria Pinder, Magna Cum LaudeMichael Alexander PinoDanna G. PonceDaniel James Prinz, Cum LaudeLuis Alberto QuintanillaRehman QureshiChristopher Matthew ReganBilly Copk RidoreEmelly Daniela Rincon, Cum LaudeMarcos Arnel RodriguezJonathan RodriguezMarcos Andres RoqueMarian L. Rosario, Cum LaudeMilton Oscar Santiago TrocheJuan Jose Sepulveda, Magna Cum LaudeStephen Stern, Cum LaudeAllen Joseph Strange, Cum LaudeAloima SuarezJacqueline Marie TorresSusana Urquiza Machado, Cum LaudeDiego Armando VallesMario Sergio Varona

Yehudah Ben-Tilon Witherspoon, Cum Laude

Junyue XuePablo Ezequiel Zappala, Cum LaudeRuslana Zhailaubyeva

Bachelor of Business AdministrationJaclyn Nicole Abrahante, Magna Cum LaudeMarianna AbreuArleen AcostaMarisol Perez Acosta, Cum LaudeDevon Grant Adams-MartinWeston Gabrielle AdwellJessica AgudeloMelissa AgudeloRichard Daniel AgudoAmanda AguilarAli J A M SH AhmadMohammed Mazher Akhtar,

Magna Cum LaudeRaul AldanaJesse Gabriel AlejosJose Miguel AlfonsoMadimay AlfonsoNour AljamalBrandi Nicole AllenSadis Alvarenga, Magna Cum LaudeNawaz Amirali, Cum LaudeWendys Amor, Magna Cum LaudeJessica AnayaJose Pablo Andere-PalominoMelissa AndersonKatherine AngelCurtis Bernard Antoine Jr.Michael ArauzDarisley ArciaRafael AriasHenry AriasAlexia Arjona Marie ArjonaHermes ArmasCarla Valentina Arocha, Magna Cum LaudeDaniel ArrufatOlivia Arwas, Cum LaudeOswaldo Enrique AtencioJerold Anthony AttentoAlexis Audisio, Summa Cum LaudeArtemii Aukhimik, Cum LaudeAngie Avila

Augusto Jose SandinoAshwini Thopaiah RamannaJose Raul Ulloa Jr.Mayen Zairit VergaraSai Vamsi Krishna YarabarlaDhanashri Chudaman Zambare

Master of Science in International Real EstateJavier AldrichDaniel Arturo AmyJose ArmenterosAndrew Anthony BoanRobert BrownTravis Edward CambreMichael Anthony ChafardonDezurey GarciaClaire Kathleen JacksonChristina Maria Ladd-CamachoPaulasuzanne LapciucXiaomeng LuOvidio Jesus MijaresZara MohammedDavid MoisesEsteban Rafael MunozAlejandro Jose MustielesThomas Cardim OrglerAnthony Daryl Owens

Ambarina Adianes Pernia MonteroErica L. PetithommeJocelyn Lee PrunaOded PuzisBryan RoachNechelle Sara RobinsonPaulo Roberto SosaWesley UlloaAlexandra Benson WojtonDennis Yamin Lugo

Master of Science in MarketingSampa AcharyaThaisy AntunezJacqueline Sarai ArambolesMichele Nicole ArellanoTamar BachNathalie Christine BatistaMaria Cristina BeechamHelena Isabel BerdoteApril Nicole BroadwaterMarcel CabreraCarlos CalleAmnerys CeperoEmily Erin CraigJacqueline Del FaDavid Ricardo Del RioAmanda Christine Di Lella

Aileen Michele FernandezDiana Carolina Franco MesaCarl-Frederick FrancoisVanessa Irene GonzalezCindy HernandezDamarys J. HernandezMarlene HerreraIan Dwight HughesAndres JimenezMonica Leah MiguelKatherine MoldesPhillip MontalvoJulio Cesar MorelSarah Eileen MungulBlake NewtonSandra Isabel Osorio RojasVanessa PerezLaura Cecilia PessoaTania A. QuinonesGabriela QuirosKeel RussellGiuliana Andrea SanchezNatasha Haide TejeraAndrea Carolina VasquezCynthia VentoMichelle Maria ZambranaStephanie Marie Zapata

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Nathaniel Naron EllisYefri EscobarStephanie Heather EspinosaHeylicken EspinozaPedro EstevezAdrian De Jesus EstradaArmando Oscar EstupinanBenjamine Etienne, Cum LaudeJacquelyn FajardoJuliana FajardoMariel Virginia FalconLuiza FarberJeremiah FarmerKenza Fassi Fihri, Magna Cum LaudeAdylen FernandezBrandon FernandezJessica FernandezLaura FernandezNicholas FernandezDiego Armando Fernandez Gallego,

Cum LaudeViviana Fernandez Gonzalez, Cum LaudeHoracio Ferrando Jr., Cum LaudePriscila FigueredoJorge Manuel FilgueiraChristopher John Flaig IILisvet FleitesDaniel Eduardo FlorezMati FombangKarina FontanBryan FrancisAdriana Carolina FuentesAmanda Kaye GallagherJorge Enrique Gallego, Summa Cum LaudeCarolina Garcia, Magna Cum LaudeJeffrey GarciaJesse Chirstopher GarciaJuan David GarciaJuan Pablo GarciaKrystine N. GarciaLeslie Janes GarciaOlivia GarciaOmar Emiliano GarciaFabiana Elena Garcia Santos,

Magna Cum LaudeCeline Lorren GeckLaura Angelica GenaoJoshua GeorgeAlejandro GilsonAlex Adio GloverLeslie Valeska GomezEvelyn Liz Gonzales, Magna Cum LaudeAndres Gonzalez

Frank Gonzalez, Magna Cum LaudeGabriela Carolina GonzalezGloriane GonzalezKevin GonzalezManuel Angel GonzalezMichael Alexander GonzalezNathalie Giselle GonzalezPlinio Gonzalez IIIRonald GonzalezEbelyn Gonzalez PerezChristian James GoogleRodrigue GourdetDaniel GranadosGennie Grazet RobinsonJoshua Lee GreenbergerBrenda Vanessa GrellaudPamela Denise GrissettJacob GrohoskiBelinda GuardarramaAsen Blagovestov Gudev,

Summa Cum LaudeSebastian Alonso GuerreroSalvant GuerrierShannon Alyssa GuntherClaudia GutierrezJorge Antonio GutierrezDunia Gutierrez Cabrera, Cum LaudeSirces B. Gutierrez Santana,

Magna Cum LaudeCleber GuzmanKevin Gerardo GuzmanBrandon Michael HighKalin Christina HardecopfGarrett HardieGeorge Alekos HarduvelChad J. Heisey, Cum LaudeAllison Lourdes HermozaAlfredo A. Hernandez, Cum LaudeArnaldo Hernandez Jr., Cum LaudeJorge Ernesto Hernandez Jr.Yadira Hernandez Sarduy, Cum LaudeDaniel Alfredo Herrera, Cum LaudeJose Luis Hidalgo, Magna Cum LaudeAida Hilgart, Cum LaudeGregory Aaron Hoffman,

Summa Cum LaudeNatalie Jane Reiter Hoffman,

Magna Cum LaudeKathryn Mae HoganBridget Alyssa Horton, Magna Cum LaudeThomas HowardNicki Hu, Magna Cum LaudeJohn Henry Huber

Alexis Enrique HuerreSherryn HugginsAnne-Marie Hunter, Magna Cum LaudeMuhammad Raza HussainJessica Viana IrisarriAlejandro Issa, Cum LaudePeniel JanvierDaniel JaramilloNicole JarautaJader Luis JarquinDaphney Jean-Pierre BanksAlexus Samantha Jennings, Cum LaudeGuy Frantz Jn BaptisteRigueline I. JoachimJoelle Bettina JoazileRacquel Jamie John, Cum LaudeJordan Robert Johnson, Summa Cum LaudeKristen JonesBernice JosephSynthia JosmaMarile Brigida Jurado, Summa Cum LaudeJane JustizElizabeth A. KeeleyElmi Tabassum Khondoker,

Summa Cum LaudeSoudaphone C. KittirathWilliam KlineNirada Koomchaporn, Cum LaudeNichole K. Korvick, Magna Cum LaudeChahnaz Ksontini, Cum LaudeAlexander Kuehn, Summa Cum LaudeYasema La Hoz, Cum LaudeFernando Henrique Homem De Melo

Lacerda, Magna Cum LaudeLovely Lafrance, Cum LaudeAntuane LagoMaria Elena LambertiDominique Lara, Cum LaudeLuis Carlos Lara OlavarriaCharles LarinShannon Marie Larson, Magna Cum LaudeGeorge Louis Lazo, Magna Cum LaudeJennifer LazoMaria Camila LemusSebastien LeonJessica Leon FuentesDarren Laro LewisSiu LiMaryna LiaukovichSymone Angelique LindsayKathryne A. Lishner, Cum LaudeJake LittleYarina Llaguno

Mohammad BakhshAndrea Isabella BallestasGianCarlos Diego Bambaren, Cum LaudeAlejandra BarreroLucia Noel Barrero, Magna Cum LaudeAlexander Barrios, Cum LaudeErick Greiner Bassalobre, Cum LaudeLouis-Fernand Claude Bastien,

Magna Cum LaudeFrantz Bataille, Cum LaudeAnne-Sophie BaumannAmir BayzidHamza Bazi KabbajCasey L. BeardAshley Nicole BedoyaIris B. BedwardPaul Caleb BeharSimon Behruz BehnejadMiriam BejeranoDavid Martin Bell Jr.Rene Gabriel BendeckGuilherme Benette, Magna Cum LaudeMatthew Deandre BenitoAmine BennounaDaniel S. BenolielJohn William Benson Jr.Corina BenzaquenBrandon Michael BenzionAlvaro David BermejoAntonio Miguel BernalMaria Amelia BetancesOscar Gabriel Betancourt, Cum LaudeLuis Fernando BetancurSarah BeyerleinRyan Bianchi, Cum LaudeJohn Albert BillochCristian Javier BlondetAnthony BolivarTyler Matthew BonafeAdmira Bosch, Summa Cum LaudeLorenzo Nicolas BoteroArgenis Bouza Portal, Cum LaudeMiles Cameron BratbergWendell Therome Braye Jr., Cum LaudeAmy Cristina BresolinGeorges BretousRebecca Maria BrickerKevin Brito, Cum LaudeJohnathan Katsuya Brooks,

Summa Cum LaudeAnntony BrownAngelica Laiz BucardoJordan Paul Budwig

Elier Jael BulnesRichard Burrows, Cum LaudeEnrique Samuel BustamanteAmy P. CamposCristian Ignacio Caceres ParkerAndres CadenaLuis Justo Calderon II, Cum LaudeJayson Valentin CallejasMichael Richard CalvoLuis Manuel CamejoAndrea Maria Campian, Magna Cum LaudeLuis Fernando CamposBryce Jacob CanadyAlejandro CanalesVicente CanaverasVasile Candale, Magna Cum LaudeAlexis Cantillo, Magna Cum LaudeKatherine Capetola, Magna Cum LaudeAdrian Eloy Cardona, Magna Cum LaudePaula Catalina CardonaClara Jimena Carozza, Magna Cum LaudeBraulio Alexander Carvajal, Cum LaudeValentina Castano, Cum LaudeGenesis I. Castilla, Cum LaudeCarmen Castillo, Cum LaudeEliezer Castillo Castillo, Cum LaudeMchenley CastilloAymet Vanesa Castro, Cum LaudeStephanie Castro-Callejas,

Magna Cum LaudeMichelle Isabelle CatesLeilani Celi, Cum LaudeCarla Cevallos, Cum LaudeKaren Alexandra Chacon Pernia,

Magna Cum LaudeCorey Chambers, Cum LaudeGary Leroy Orlando ChambersJulieta ChapellinRenzo Dennis ChavezMarc A. CheryDaniel ChiangKrizia Christie, Cum LaudeDayana Isamar CintronPedro Pablo CisnerosRafael Ignacio CisternasTiffani Chalise ClarkeVictor Alberto CobosKaterina Isabella CoccarelloTristan Coll, Magna Cum LaudeChristine Monique ColladoYamelys De La Caridad ColluraDiego Cinzio ColussiDaniela Sofia Contreras Cano

Sandra Lissette Cordero, Magna Cum LaudeNicolas Roberto CorreaHerzen Cortes ConstandseMarcus Steven CoxAlexander Jesus CregoJoel CrevoisierJames Madison CruiseHillary Jain CruzNicholas Cruz, Cum LaudeWendy E. Cubas, Cum LaudeJennifer CusanelliBrooke Ginette D’Adesky, Cum LaudeBrian Da SilvaIsrael Daniel DahanDalia DavilaDaphney Anne Davila, Cum LaudeKarol Ivania Davila-RomanNadia Jeanine Davis, Magna Cum LaudeBrianna Mary Danielle Davis, Cum LaudeJonathan Amit Dayan, Magna Cum LaudeNicolas DazaHugo Daniel DazaIsabella De Castro, Cum LaudeMarco De Grandis Nitti, Magna Cum LaudeMonica De La EspriellaRicardo Andres De La Puente, Cum LaudeJonathon Dech, Cum LaudeKevin DelacruzAlberto DelarosaDaisy E. Delgado Gomez,

Magna Cum LaudeAlex DemchakFrank DemesaWeedney Jessica Desmornes, Cum LaudeBryan Mesias DesouzaMarie DiaoAllan Gene Diaz, Cum LaudeChristian Diaz, Cum LaudeNatalie Marie Diaz, Magna Cum LaudeYelena Diaz, Cum LaudeAlice Dietrich, Summa Cum LaudeKristina Zita Dinabourgski, Cum LaudeDayana Carolina DominguezMehika Sephorah DorvalEvelyn Dovale, Summa Cum LaudeCecille Lauren DumbauldPaula Duran, Summa Cum LaudeSam Durrani, Cum LaudeFelipe Dutra Das NevesAndrew D. Dwyer, Magna Cum LaudeDiego Simon EcheverriaAnthony Christopher EdwardsFabiola Del Carmen Elizondo, Cum Laude

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Maria PonceRicardo Severo PozoNicole Sade PrattBrenda Pamela PrudentBrian Anthony PujalaCarolina Pulgarin, Magna Cum LaudeAndrea Carolina Pupo, Magna Cum LaudeHector Luis QueroEricka QuijanoKarla Milagros Quinte Truyenque,

Magna Cum LaudeFrancisco QuirozIvan Alejandro Radi, Magna Cum LaudeChristopher Ravendra Ram,

Summa Cum LaudeLeonardo RamalloCarlos Ramirez Jr.Diana RamirezJorgen Javier RamirezMaria De Lourdes RamirezNatalia Sofia RamirezRafael Ernesto Ramirez Jr.Damaris Ivette RamosGabriela Raisa RamosNicholas Robert Reid, Magna Cum LaudeMargarita Rentis, Summa Cum LaudeDiana Revuelta, Magna Cum LaudeRafael Gerardo ReyNatalie Reyes, Cum LaudeOliver ReyesLuis Eduardo ReynaElizabeth E. RibaoCassidy Anne RicciDjenald RichardShamesh Tashauna RichardsRaquel Ivette RidenourEmelly Daniela Rincon, Cum LaudeIsabel Cristina Rincon, Cum LaudeOmar Esteban RivasAida Ardemis RiveraMaria Paula RiveraPaola Enid Rivera LopezRene RoaJuan Luis RobledoAime C. RodriguezAndres Gabriel RodriguezBrendy Rodriguez, Cum LaudeClaudia Ximena RodriguezErik RodriguezKevin Jesse RodriguezMiguel RodriguezNaylet RodriguezRene Roman Rodriguez, Cum Laude

Tania Raquel RodriguezGissell Ashley Rodriguez CardenasStephanie Rolon-GlenLuis Eduardo Rosales, Cum LaudeAshley Natasha RosarioPaul RosellMichael Rosell ArguellesKenneth David RoulhacAshley Nicole Ruiz, Magna Cum LaudeRobert Michael RuizBrian Steven Ruiz Lancheros,

Magna Cum LaudeBrian Steven Ruiz Lancheros,

Magna Cum LaudeNadia Raisa RulloJenny Maria SaavedraMelvin Saballos Jr.Anisha SagasteguiKatherine SalazarRosalin SalazarSharif SalehNathaniel Adam SaloffFabrice Lorenzo SalomonLuciana Gabriela Sanchez,

Magna Cum LaudeLydia D. SanchezMark A. SanchezHenry Antonio Sandino Jr.Anas SankarLuis Enrique Sanoja, Magna Cum LaudeLuis Enrique Sanoja, Magna Cum LaudeKevin Santana, Cum LaudeRobert SantiagoBlessing Santoro, Cum LaudeNicolas Andres SantosNicole SastreZion Uzziah SavoryVinbert Gregory ScatliffeMaria Beatriz SchneiderAbel Roberto ScilingoCarlos A. Segovia Alonzo,

Magna Cum LaudeJannelle Selan, Magna Cum LaudeChhayheng Seng, Cum LaudeStephanie Serrano, Magna Cum LaudeSaed Seyed OsmanRaissa Tasca Sezerino, Magna Cum LaudeArushi SharmaGeorge J. ShehadehAli M. SheikhBryan Mordejai ShneidermanJuan SicilianoGiancarlo Siero

Janessy Sierra, Cum LaudeMoises SilvaCesar E. Silva Gomez, Cum LaudeDaniel SilverAngelika Karina SimpsonMalcolm Jerome SimonDerek SimsNotoya SkyersAnna Urszula Sobczyszyn,

Summa Cum LaudeCatalina Luna SomozaJesenia SotolongoVanessa SoutoTasnim SowkatJessica SpieceJoshua Foster StamperDevon L. StoneAnthony Jacob SuarezCristopher Jose SuarezMicaela Muriel SuarezPhillip SwainRyan Alexander SylvesterKeiko Daguman Takenaka, Cum LaudeViviana Sofia TaveraGabriel TaverasAdam A. TawakolArmen Robert Tchakmazov,

Summa Cum LaudeLaura Lucia Tellez, Magna Cum LaudeAlfredo Tercero, Magna Cum LaudeJemar Earl ThomasPablo Jose Tineo Gomez, Cum LaudeAlexander TorreKatia Shirley TorresKrystin Nicole TorresAnnia ToussaintFrancis Akira Tume La RosaAlec Justin ValdesEric Louis ValdesMichelle Marie ValdesVanessa ValdesRemy ValdezJuan Valencia, Cum LaudeDavid ValeraJonathan Valle, Magna Cum LaudeDanielle Alexandra Van Der EijkEdgardo VargasJorge Ricardo VargasJoseph Andrew Vargas, Magna Cum LaudeJessica Beatriz Varona, Cum LaudeSergio VasquezCatherine Janelle VazquezMaria Camila Vasquez, Magna Cum Laude

Daniel LlosentElmer Lombana Jr.Alexi Juan LopezAnthony David Lopez, Magna Cum LaudeCarol Rocio LopezErialbania Lopez, Magna Cum LaudeNoel Lopez, Cum LaudePriscilla Aracelli LopezRossana LopezJanny Lopez CobaYunior Lopez Fundora, Summa Cum LaudeLuis David Lopez GhitisJay Nelson Love Jr.Kimberly Keena LubinYudith Machado, Magna Cum LaudeDonica MagisteFabian MahechaAmy MaiSharon Maiuri, Cum LaudeJared Malagon, Cum LaudeAndres Eduardo Malave ArroyoJason Joseph MalkaKevin Redmond Maloy, Cum LaudeRaymund MancaoWilliam Sinkler Manning MarshallFernando MarceloAlexander Ayrton MarinoYanet MarinoAlexandra MarollaAriel MaronieneLaura Elisa MarquesJuan MarquezArturo Alejandro MartinezAshley Diamond Martinez, Cum LaudeBrini Paola MartinezPaul A. Martinez Jr.Tiffany Marshall Martinez,

Magna Cum LaudeJuan Bento Martins FerreiraNicholas MatamorosJules MathieuEnrique MaturelJoshua David MatzValeria Maria MazzottiJessica C. McRee-Krim, Summa Cum LaudeMelissa Cindy McknightJacklyn MedinaFrancisco MejiaPaula Andrea Mejia, Cum LaudeAshley Menendez, Cum LaudeKristie MercadoErica Marie Mick, Cum Laude

Erica Marie Mick, Cum LaudeMehdi Youssef MikouJover MillsLawrence Scott Mills, Cum LaudeAntonella Mion-Bet, Magna Cum LaudeBernardo Jonathan MirandaDaniel Robert MirandaLukas MirandaVian Tara MiraniDaniel Steven MiretJose Mizrahi, Cum LaudeHadi MohamedJohn Esteban Molina, Cum LaudeSergio Eduardo MolinaKenson MonestimeAlejandro Montalvan Jr.Michael Anthony Monteagudo,

Magna Cum LaudeNicholas Richard Montoto,

Magna Cum LaudeAndre Michel MoraMichael Louis MoralesNoelia Marina Morales Selva,

Magna Cum LaudePaul Frank MorrisOluichi Tamarah MortonMatthew Scott MosielloShane Louis MoskoAlaa El-Din Y. A. M. Mostafa, Cum LaudeSheereen Mughal, Cum LaudeFederico MulieriCarmen Yaneli MunozBeatriz MurilloLuis Fernando Murillo, Summa Cum LaudeMaria Paula Murillo MorenoKelly Melissa MurphyLinda Nabhan Ibrahim, Cum LaudeShady NakadKrysten Naranjo, Cum LaudePriya Nathani, Cum LaudeJulian NavarreteJoshua Trujillo NavarroLuis Alberto NavasCarolina NepomucenoLisa Nguyen, Cum LaudeJoshua Kawanaqui NicholsPedro Janiel Noble, Cum LaudeLaura NoratValeria Nunez Del Prado, Cum LaudeNatalia OcampoRoberto OconYanelys Oconor, Cum Laude

Mosopefoluwa Ifeday OgundipeAdriana Caridad Olivares Vina, Cum LaudeMiguel Eduardo OllerOseluese Angelica OmigieNestor Alfonso Oporta Jr.Juan Carlos Ordonez Jr.Paula A. OrtegaAlexandria Otero, Summa Cum LaudeNicholas Antonio Otero SendasCamilo Eduardo Padron, Cum LaudeHaickel Padron, Cum LaudeCarlos PaezIsabel Paez MesaDaniela Maria Paez-PinillaTeresa Pagalday GonzalezMateo Palacio, Magna Cum LaudeJoel Josue PalaciosStefany Pamela PantaAlessandro Paolocci, Summa Cum LaudeLeila Paquiot-Jean CharlesVeronica ParadaFrancesca S. ParaguacutoAlbert Jonathan ParraHeather Nicole ParrishErica PaulinRoger PazCesar Augusto PazJeannelle A. PellonWilliam Alexander PenelasArcely PenichetDaniela C. PerdomoLissy PereraPaul Raphael PereraAshlee Perez, Cum LaudeChristian PerezFrancisco PerezJonathan Elias Perez, Summa Cum LaudeNicholas PerezNicole M. PerezRandy Perez, Magna Cum LaudeStephanie Marie Perez, Cum LaudeJuan Perez-IlzarbeJesus Eduardo PerniaMarianela Angelica PiedraMarie Yolene PierreAva Pierre-LouisMaria Gabriela Pimentel AvilaGilberto PinaJulian Alexander PineroRocio Jeannette PinonesRyan Anthony PlasenciaSergey Pokolodin, Summa Cum Laude

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College of Engineering & ComputingMaster of Science in Biomedical EngineeringDaniel Alexander DubenNicole Marie LopezAlejandro Manuel PineroRicardo Rogelio Riera II

Master of Science in Civil EngineeringGino Stefano AgenoLisandra Fuentes RamosClaudia Caridad GutierrezNestor Jose PalaciosNashid SharminJoel Adalberto SolerDaniel Ghebregziabher Yohannes

Master of Science in Computer EngineeringAndrew De La RosaChristian Yaphet FreytesVictor H. Ortega Jr.

Master of Science in Computer ScienceOtilio Jiovanni AlvaradoMohammad Ataur Rahman ChowdhuryCarlos Andres Grijalva IIIAmir Idris HamidAditya Anil JainNishant Ramesh MauryaVaidehi PatelTianyi Wang

Master of Science in Construction ManagementSaad Abdullah H AlwhaibiLandor Rafael AnguloDaniel BartoCorina Andrea CastellanoAtul Ashok GoreSalman GulzarAnoland InfanzonShiva JalaliArleny Mariely MarinezDaniel James MartinGabriela Quadri

Nicola ReidBrian Michael Watts

Master of Science in CybersecurityJuan Argelis ConcepcionAlvaro Isaac CorderoDaniela HernandezHenley Louis-PierreSharon LyWilliam Jesus MarquezLeela Mysore Panduranga RaoLuis Carlos Puche RondonYoangel RamosAndy Miguel SantanaDorian Kita WilliamsRyan Christopher Wong

Master of Science in Electrical EngineeringVirgilio AcunaLamar Kendrell BurtonJose David CedenoVishal Gajanan ChopadeYadhushree Hosahalli SatheeshMd Shakhawat HossainDarnell IndustriousAniket Shivaji JangamMichael LopezShravan Panguluri

Master of Science in Engineering ManagementVipul AggarwalAbdulla Ahmed AlneyadiJorge Eduardo CamachoCarlos F. ChavesYingxue ChenTrestiese DavisLokesh Gopi Sarath ChandraAnat HararBria HittPatrick Jean JeanQuynh Anh N. LePalash Ramchandra MahindDiomedes Pavel MendezDiana Carolina Mira RinconGabriel MirandaFederico Luis Moscoso

Sheetal MunavalliSumesh NairJonathan Vaughan NeitaCesar PeraltaJuan Antonio PerezAditya Revanth PutchaMaria Adelaida RiveraAdrian RobainaChandana RudrannaAndres Alejandro RuggieroJavier Alexis SanchezIvette SollaLorena SuarezNamrata ValalEstrella ViniachiLu WangXiaoling WuLei XuQiulin ZhangYixi Zhou

Master of Science in Information TechnologyHector Cen ZhengErol Daniel FerreyRoger JimenezJunior LouisTomas D. MendezIsidro MoneyFrances Nicole OrqueraIvana RodriguezAnthony Ettore RonconiSimon Peter Schinella

Master of Science in Materials Science and EngineeringAna Sofia Exime Tyndale

Master of Science in Mechanical EngineeringMaximiliano EdreiDhairya Anilkumar PatelGianfranco Romulo PisaniSuhas VaradaramanujanBirhanu Weldetensi

John Boris VegaLaura M. VelezMargarita Rosa Velez IIAranza Venegas, Summa Cum LaudeLarry De Jesus VengoecheaCarlos Andres VergaraCalleny VidalJennifer Marie VidalLucille Annette VidalRichard Viera

Bryan VillaLeidy Laura Villa, Cum LaudeLisandra VillafanaNadia Marie WasifVictoria Marie WellerCourtney E. WilliamsNatalia Kimeko WilsonGavin Alexander Cordell WinstonZexiang Angel Wu WuYania Yanez, Cum Laude

Majela YeraDavid Yong Li, Magna Cum LaudeMatthew ZaldivarCarlos Alberto Zapata Sr.Santiago Zapata, Cum LaudeAndrea Cristina Zevallos, Magna Cum LaudeCarlota Zilio, Cum LaudeJohn Hunter Zinzell

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Bachelor of Science in Computer SciencePablo AlcocerLukas BorgesCristian Camilo Cabrera CarantonAlberto Jesus Camacho, Cum LaudeNicolette Marie CelliHamilton Antonio Chevez, Cum LaudePriscila S. CordovaNicolas Peter-John DabdoubMikaila Sarah Daniel, Cum LaudeKevin DelamoMilad EbrahimiShahinaz Kareem ElmahmoudiJean Robert FaustinLazaro Francisco FernandezNatalia FilippovaMichael Alexander GarrettDaniel Gonzalez, Cum LaudeSteve Hirabayashi, Summa Cum LaudeAshif I. KaderDale Michael KeithFilip Alexander KlepsaAdam LevyAlexander LiLeon LiangJuan Camilo Lopez, Summa Cum LaudeAlfredo LopezFrancisco Javier LozadaJose Alberto MaldonadoGuillermo Matos ChangRicardo Filipe Maury, Magna Cum LaudeJoshua Martin McLendonChristian MoltoAndres Enrique MoserAlejandro Palacios, Summa Cum LaudeEdward PhillipsMichael Anthony QuirosDaniel RaadEric V. RadoNicholas Anil RicknauthRichard RodaRichard Rodriguez, Cum LaudeAlicia Fernanda Rodriguez TaboadaKyle Joseph RoqueAlfredo Angel SantoyoParker Thomas ScottShoaib A. SheikhJessica Alexandra SilvaChristopher David SteinAlejandro Jesus ThorntonJean David TovarLeonardo Varon

Alvaro VillaRodrigo Brasil VogelOscar Antonio Yannelli

Bachelor of Science in Construction ManagementGricell AlvarezHarlon Michael Bennett,

Summa Cum LaudeJamorie Kadeem DepusoirMarvin IsraelZaily JomolcaTanjittra KhaochotchoungAllen Llodra, Cum LaudeChristina Maritza MartinErik MartinezChristopher Michael NashJairus Antonio SampsonAlejandro Enrique TanoMichael Aaron TinneyCarlos Andres Torres, Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in Electrical EngineeringNimer AbdallahDi-Stephano AccilienAlexander Alfonso AlonsoLourdes BadaraccoFreddy Alfonso Caceres Jr.Richard CarterSamir Castineira, Magna Cum LaudeSamuel De La Torre, Summa Cum LaudeTamim Delwar, Summa Cum LaudeSylvano Wesner FabiusElvis Alexis Fernandez Perez,

Summa Cum LaudeAdiel Conrado GonzalezAned Maria Gonzalez Sr.Ivan Mitchell Gutierrez Jr.Daniel Alberto HernandezLuz Andrea HernandezDru Alexander Hinds-Richards, Cum LaudeWilliam P. Hush IIIEddy JeromeMason Weston KernSantiago LaphitzondoJose Manuel MartinezCarla Martinez-roviraVictor Eduardo MoncadaMichael MontalvanMark Nabil MorkosMuhammad Mudassar

Richard Patrick MullinReynier Nunez BeltranBenjamin Olmos de Aguilera Besa,

Cum LaudeFelix Edel PadronRodgy Martial ParisJesus Armando PatroniRanddy Pablo Perez, Magna Cum LaudeAnthony Michael Pino, Magna Cum LaudeCindy Mariela QuezadaMaikel Raymat, Magna Cum LaudeHector M. Robles Jr.Rodny Rodriguez, Magna Cum LaudeDaniel E. Sotomayor Saldana, Cum LaudeMichael ThompsonJuan E. TorresGene YllanesHan Zhang

Bachelor of Science in Environmental EngineeringGuillermo Enrique Arria-DevoeCelia Mercedes BedoyaDiego Alejandro Bueno VillamizarAlejandro Cepero DiazRoberto Loonkon ChiuzMaria A. CorbeiraLana Summer LawrenceKimberly MitchellPamela MurataTomas Perez AbeniacarJohn Alejandro QuinteroVaasha Chandini RamnarineAlexis Michelle SmootMariell A. SotoMuhammad Khizer Zaman

Bachelor of Science in Information TechnologyGuery AbsoluAbid Rashid Adar, Summa Cum LaudeMichael Anthony Advincula, Cum LaudeDavid AguadoNajeeb M. AhmedPablo Ramon AlfonsoJohn Alfred AguilarNabit Abdullah AlqasimAbdulkarim Mohammad AlshanqaitiDaniel Lee AmsterArmando Zachary AranMelany Arango Molina, Magna Cum LaudeEstefania Gabriela Arellano,

Magna Cum Laude

Master of Science in Telecommunications and NetworkingVeronica Patricia Romero

Bachelor of Arts in Computer ScienceFranck Junior ColasMichael FaridBrian Steven LaRussoNeil R. Saenz

Bachelor of Arts in Information TechnologyKyle Eric DuranSteve JosephJames Manuel JustoJoshua Kawanaqui NicholsLeslie Ann RosaMarcos Soler

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical EngineeringMichael S. BeehlerCharleen Cynthia BrietteLorena CastanedaKatherine ChaconNusaiba Nahola Chowdhury, Cum LaudeAndre-Lorenz T. Chu, Magna Cum LaudeJenny DandinRoger L. De la Torre, Cum LaudePeterson EtienneNatalia Estefania FuenzalidaSteven HenriquezJohn HidalgoMunir Marwan Iskandarani,

Magna Cum LaudeStacy Anne Marie Sarah Joaseus, Cum LaudeOsmel Martinez AzcueAsad Mahmud Mirza, Magna Cum LaudeJose A. Munoz, Summa Cum LaudeBrian Fajunio NonatoMichael Andrew OrduzRafael Andres Ospino, Summa Cum LaudeAna Katherine Pena MoncadaRayniel Jesus PerezJuan Manuel PinzonAlain PrietoAlejandra RinconAndres Julian Rodriguez, Cum LaudeDavid Straton

Ralph ValentinAllan ValienteDaniel VillagomezNathaniel Paul Wills

Bachelor of Science in Civil EngineeringHelio E. AguirreMohammed Hassan AlalawiNicolas AlegriaFaisal A M J AlhubailSayed Feras Mahmood Almosawi,

Summa Cum LaudeAlexander Fausto AlvarezGreg Arciniega, Cum LaudeLuis Enrique BarriosRoberto Lazaro BarriosLesly Assen BoulosMaria A. CorbeiraCorina Del Sol AlonsoRonald DorfeuilleBrandon Felix FernandezDiego Garcia, Cum LaudeJonathan GarciaMichelle Stefanie GarciaFranklyn E. Garris GomezDennis George Gibson Jr.Roberto Gonzalez Jr.Monica Liz Gonzalez MoralesJuan Pablo Gonzalez Pena,

Summa Cum LaudeFrancisco Lopez FloresGeorge Daniel Lorenzo GonzalezMarimar De La Caridad MaestreJacob MarcEliel Emil MateoElio Luis MedinaJuliana MonsalveZachary Antonio MoreiraJuan Pablo MunozSaivy Amer NasserEdson NgacaCarlos Andres NietoJazmina Lourdes OlivasSedat Zaza OnerMartin I. Papale SchwarzAlejandro PinaPhabjan Ernestto Rangel Rojas,

Magna Cum LaudeJosef Ezra Caluen Ricardo, Cum LaudeOrlando Rodrigues De Castro JallesBryan Rojas

Alvaro Alfredo Saenz Sheen, Magna Cum Laude

Anderson SantiagoRoshini Y. ShanmugamDaniel Alejandro Torres, Cum LaudeSmiley UrenaClara Vanesa UzcateguiOscar Miguel Vilchez Jr.

Bachelor of Science in Computer EngineeringEyitemi Peter AdigunAbdullah F. AlajmiAlonso AlonsoRaul Aviles NogalLeonardo BaldizonSebastian Abigail Barrera, Cum LaudeMarcos Anthony Beckert Jr.Mario BorrotoGuido FilipuzziHenry FlefelHumberto Eduardo Franyie Quintana,

Cum LaudeRolando GonzalezFranklin GuidoCarlos Alberto Herdocia, Cum LaudeOmar Iglesias, Cum LaudeJon-Nicklaus Zeno JacksonJimmy LagosRoy LaraArmando Javier LopezKevin MataFernando MederosCarlos Manuel MejiasFrancisco MunozAnthony NunezEmmanuel Chidi Nwamah,

Magna Cum LaudeFrancisco Javier OchoaAnthony Jose PerezJustin Ponce, Cum LaudeAndres Felipe QuevedoDavid Michael RieraJavier RodriguezLuis Antonio Rodriguez MontillaLitce T. Roman, Magna Cum LaudeOscar Rowell Roman, Summa Cum LaudeJose Alejandro Sotomayor, Cum LaudeRickie Joe TabladaHector Vazquez Jr.Andres Sebastian VelaJulio Zevallos, Cum Laude

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Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism ManagementMaster of Science in Hospitality ManagementKarem Xiomara BacuyFiorella BottaYilin CaiAlicia Rochelle CandelaAdam M. CarterBryan Henry CashPo-Yu ChenTing-Li ChiangSandy Gloria CisnerosBrianna Valarie CurryYaqiao DaiRocheline DeronvilleDwayne Dester DuncanTaquiyy Malike EllisVanessa EscobarKareen Emmanuella EtienneSteven John EtzlerAdriana FelicianoRenzo George FernandiniPatty Anadel FerrerWinrozetta Tricia FrancisAmber HandyMarquis Duane HicksBojan IlicAlana Victoria KollmannTabatha LesmarieHanyang LiYingzi LinSijun LiuJohana Lorena MorejonSydney Nicola MullingsXuesong NiMaria Monserratt PalaciosLauren Christine PerezRachel PerezLingwen QiBrian RamosMaria Margarita RiveraShelby M. ShepherdKenneth SodaminBelinda TandeanSiyu TongOlga VasylkivClaudia Veronica VeraTianshi WangYunuo WangZiguo Wang

Haokun XuJiaqi XuYuzhu YangYian ZhaiHe ZhangXiaolu Zhu

Bachelor of Science in Hospitality ManagementZebulun Alford, Cum LaudeAaliyah AllenAlexander Alvarez, Magna Cum LaudeMonica AmisAmber Arias, Magna Cum LaudeMely ArveloMilena ArzumanyantsKatherine Elly AstorgaGian P. AzzurroJohn Darren Baity Jr.Lazaro Javier Benitez, Cum LaudeMarvah BenjaminDerrick Wendell Black Jr.Christie BlaiseLeandro BolanosRobert Anthony BonillaSusely BravoCindy Brunetto, Magna Cum LaudePamela Ashley BuddeManuel Jorge Bustillos Jr.Alexandra Cabrera, Cum LaudeSilvana Mabel CaicedoEsteban Camacho MartínezConrad CampbellHaowen CaoDaniel Rodrigo CastroJohn Anthony CentenoIxcel Janix Centeno MoralesAngie Adrien CharlotBohao ChenKensky CherisierChanna Chuck, Cum LaudeCaterina Rosa CiceniaRina Maleny Coker, Magna Cum LaudePatricia ContrerasTomas ContrerasIsabella Valerie CoombsJavier Marcelo Cordova, Cum LaudeChristina CortinaNatalia Margarita Cortright

Brittany CrawfordJoshua CrowDawn Aldyth Damiano, Cum LaudeFabianne De Pinedo Rodriguez, Cum LaudeNicolas De Pinto, Magna Cum LaudeVictor DesouzaTirza Diaz De VillegasGiovanni DominguezLesly Didier DunbarLayla El HennaouiHeron G. Elliott Jr.Brynn Allynn FacklerFrancesco FassioliBrittney Nicole GaldoAndrea Galvis, Cum LaudeMicheal GandiaDeysi Garcia, Cum LaudeSara Michelle Garcia, Magna Cum LaudeMaria GomezFabian Gonzalez, Cum LaudeManuel Joseph GonzalezSharon Elaine GonzalezAmanda Michelle GrahamKenya Beatriz GranizoLisa Ann Gray, Summa Cum LaudeAnthony GriepIsabel Infante GrilloDiana Esther Grimaldo Durand,

Magna Cum LaudeRui GuoHelen HamiltonShelbi Reigh Hanson, Cum LaudeEnrique HernandezSean HernandezJanine HormazabalDaniel IglesiasBetsy JaquiJulienne Jean LouisStephanie Jean-LouisSaidie Marie JimenezFuhan Jin, Cum LaudeBlaise H. JosephWilliam Walker King III, Magna Cum LaudeKevin Scott KohlerAshley Michelle KolosiwskyJoshua A. LabradaKatherine Stephany LacayoCristina Mihaela Lador, Cum LaudeJulissa Debora LaosKatherine Anne Leiva

Reda AsaadYannik Azan-SmithSergio Edgar AzenasJugjit Singh BainsConstanza Barrionuevo, Cum LaudeJonathan Saul BencosmeDavid Michael Bird Jr.Jonathan Allan BlanchardGuy Andrew BoothBijon BrydsonLorella Elis Cantos CaguanaEyleen CarreroJoe Julio CassaraJames CastilloRoy Allan ChianesseEdgar Contreras, Magna Cum LaudeRyan Angel CruzCarlos A. CuetoBryan DegroJulio Cesar Delgado Jr., Cum LaudeAssame Jonathan DessablesBryan Allen DiazOsmani Duenas PerezAndres Felipe Escobar, Cum LaudeJean Rodner EstinorJulio Cesar Farinacci-FontechaAlexander FernandezGiacomo A. FortunRobert Anthony GarciaGavin Douglas Gawrych, Magna Cum LaudeDaniela Elizabeth GomezLuis Arian Gonzalez, Magna Cum LaudeOsvaldo Isaac Guerra DuranMarkus Gianni GuerreroKyle Hambrick, Magna Cum LaudeRichard Salvador Hernandez, Cum LaudeMartin Jesus Hiriart, Cum LaudeNicolas Joseph HowardHassan Abdirahman HusseinAdolfo Mario Jimenez, Magna Cum LaudeClarissa JiminianChenelle Trenee JonesMarcine Andrea JosephReginald JosephKomel KaziSteven Gerard KowalRafael Cruz LacsonViancca Paula LagaresChristian J. LaveauJames Santiago London

Joshua Alexander MadrugaJose Luis MarteGabriel Ambioris MarteRichard John MartelAnthony MartinezKathleen Maria MartinezIran Leonardo MateuLindy Andrea MillanMarcus MooreAndrew David MoyerSm Atef Amer Nafi, Magna Cum LaudeBoban NemesAlfredo Nunez, Summa Cum LaudeJose Marcel Ochoa MezquitaLuis Enrique Ortega, Magna Cum LaudeLuis Carlos PalenciaRudy Alexander PerezDavid G. Perez CevallosJavier Perez Sanchez, Magna Cum LaudeAshley Y. PierreTommy R. Pimentel, Magna Cum LaudeNicolas QueijoYasuan Quintero Tapia, Magna Cum LaudeDarrell Mike Ragin Jr.Anthony ReinosaKhasandra Reyes Romero, Cum LaudeGregory Alan RiceMatthew Allen Rivera, Cum LaudeSwansem RiveroJorge Luis RodriguezErick RosalesAndre SaezJoseph Andrew SarnackAugustus SilvaThiago Camara SilveiraJosh SollKhrystal SymonetteZachary Szatkowski, Cum LaudeJoseph David Taylor IIIZachary TrejoAlejandro Troetsch Jr.Abraham ValenciaCharly E. ValleDavid Yair VallejoAndres Oscar Vazquez, Summa Cum LaudeOsviel Vazquez, Magna Cum LaudeSmaly B. ViloriaCharles Alexander Wiseman

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringJuan Alejandro AguilarDalal A A Y Y Alhaidar, Cum LaudeWafaa S A A A AlmosallamAbdulrahman M. AlsafehNelson Azcue Jr.Daniella Marie Bernal, Summa Cum LaudeAnn Kayana Blanchard, Magna Cum LaudeRoger BustamanteMichael Eduardo CarrilloAlexander DiazDaniel DuboisRoss D. Engstrom, Magna Cum LaudeJackson FadelyAnthony FernandezMichael Weston Fleming, Cum LaudeMiguel Alfredo GalenoAlexand Nicholas Gibson, Cum LaudeEdward Kevin GomezJorge Alejandro Gramcko,

Magna Cum LaudeAndrews David GuadronRodolfo GuerreroHilario Antonio HernandezAlfonso JarquinAdrian Adolfo Jarrin, Cum LaudeZeeko Johnstone, Cum LaudeKishan Ramesh KalpoeAndrey KhlapovKristen Mikayla KimDavid Ricardo Lara, Cum LaudeJonathan Lo ReMaria Victoria Loreto, Summa Cum LaudeJesus Gabriel Martinez, Magna Cum LaudeKevin MartinezBryan MiyasatoJames Kacel MomperousseRamon OrgeAndres F. Ramos, Magna Cum LaudePatrick Michael Robinson, Cum LaudeGrecia Rodriguez Dominguez,

Magna Cum LaudeYandy Rodriguez RamosAdam Joseph SibiskiRyan Anthony Van Der EijkJesse Lucas VieraHassan Zock-Obregon

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Steven J. Green School of International & Public AffairsMaster of Arts in African and African Diaspora StudiesHugue Sandrine Louis Jeune

Master of Arts in EconomicsMaria Alejandra GarciaThomas Byron Peter GilesWenjun Xue

Master of Arts in Global AffairsNicole Ponce

Master of Arts in HistoryAmanda BaraltRafael BriosoKevin John DrennanJeannette Campos De PortuondoNatalie Varela

Master of Arts in International StudiesTamanna AshrafDaniel Tourinho BaumAlison Moore Dos SantosDaniiela FelendesMacarena Del Carmen Gonzalez

Palomino AlvarezDiego M. Zambrano MarquezChingarum PondexterSimone-Ariane Schelb

Master of Arts in Latin American and Caribbean StudiesKevin Sebastian Marquina

Master of Arts in Political ScienceVera Nikolaevna Beloshitzkava

Master of Arts in SpanishManuel Poch

Master of Public AdministrationAndrea C. BarriosJennifer BlancoAileen CarbonellThomas Davis Jr.Eduardo De La Flor Weiss

Andrea P. Del PinoJason Brett EdelsteinJohn Anthony EverettMaria FerreiraJose FilpoChristopher James GalianoStephanie Lauren GonzalezLissette O. HernandezBrandon JohnsonRoseline LouisxviTess D. MacmorrisDylan Taylor MatthewsKarls Rock Paul-Noel Jr.Antonio PeraltaHolly Merrill RascheinLashawn Denise Royal-Moore

Master of Science in Criminal JusticeTiffany AshleyPamela Rose DrakeJohn Anthony EverettNicole Marie GuerreroBrandon JohnsonMarielys La VillaDylan Taylor MatthewsMichael MendezMelissa Beatriz Navas RuizKassandra Isabel Rios-SegarraAstrid Lisbeth RodriguezRolando Rodriguez Jr.Arman ShahbazyanSadhika SoorNatalie Alexis Sosa-Ortiz

Bachelor of Arts in Asian StudiesJessica AlvarezLaura Isabel BarrosOlivia Amelia BaylouDario Francisco Encalada, Cum LaudeChristina Rose Fernandez, Cum LaudeSantiago GuzmanWesley Joe MorroneMargarita Rentis, Summa Cum LaudeIdris Patricia SandelisJohan Scott Tovar

Bachelor of Arts in EconomicsJuan P. AcevedoAlex AguiarJose Francisco Alcivar, Magna Cum LaudeLidia Mariana AlemanSalvador Franklin BarrientosJose Antonio Caba Jr.Luis Justo Calderon, Cum LaudeJulio Eduardo CalilRicardo CallejaStephen Martin CastellanosAnael CheryChristian Arturo ContrerasMirna CromptonJuan Sebastian CuadrosFelix De PeñaGustavo DelgadoJose DiazMiguel Angel Diaz VelezCorey Michael DrewsJose Antonio FerrerAreli Garcia, Cum LaudeMichael Garcia-MontesTiffany GuyShaquille HobbsWataru Johnathan HoeltermannIvanna Marcela Incer, Magna Cum LaudeMiguel Angel InsignaresMengjie JiangJay KhouryEduardo Manuel LopezAnthony LoraJavier MunizNatalia OcampoJoseph Adam OsleDavid A. PerezBelmarie E. PoncianoBryan ReinanteLe-Annka Papitra Rigby, Magna Cum LaudeHumberto Jose SanchezSpencer SantiestebanMalcolm Jerome SimonJessica Elizabeth TrujilloJose Ricardo Vargas RojasCamilo VilchezJohn Zuniga

Qiao LiXiaotian LiYan Yi Li, Cum LaudeYichen LiYuetong LiuFatima LopezJinnuo LyuMegan Leigh MackCortessa MajorRenee Suzanne Manchoy, Magna Cum LaudeAnne Marey ManejeKevin ManikumHaley Mannion, Magna Cum LaudeShanta MarajJuan Jesus MarangesAngela N. Marques, Magna Cum LaudeKimberly Marie MartinezAshley Mila, Cum LaudeTrevor Mitchell Jr.Vivian Lucia Monzon, Cum LaudePriscilla MorenoSamantha Morfa, Cum LaudeAziza Jamal MustafaKelsey Jordan Nancoo, Magna Cum LaudeAntonella NanniLauren NashMichael NeiraGretter NunezChristian Rene OcampoAdriana OliveraJonathan Xavier OrtizMilena OyarzunRun PangVuk Papic, Summa Cum LaudeAisle Nicole PastoraChris Pearce, Cum Laude

Barbara PerezKarla Alejandra Perez, Magna Cum LaudeFritzsamuel PhilogenePaul PierreRobert John Pino, Magna Cum LaudeClaudia Isabel PintoJeremy PoloNicole Carolina Ponce, Cum LaudeCynthia Marie PulidoJennifer Alicia Quintal, Summa Cum LaudeAndres Phillip RamirezDemetri Ravanos, Cum LaudeKristopher Roby ReidJuan Guillermo ReinaAnthony ReutherAkeem J. RobinsonDayana RocabrunoHenrique Botelho Rodrigues,

Magna Cum LaudeHua Rong, Summa Cum LaudeKyle Ismael RoqueVeronica RosalesJuan Alejandro RuizJuan P. Ruperez, Cum LaudeMichelle Marie SabaterKristen Elida SanchezMariam Gisselle SantamariaShelly Martrice SantanaMichael Anthony Santiago, Cum LaudeDalia Esther SaraviaMichael Jospeh Scarpa, Summa Cum LaudeAmanda Elise SchoutenBailey Camille Schuring, Cum LaudeHenry V. SchwarzhauptCamoih Davia ScottCaroline Marie Sendra, Cum Laude

Nathalie SepulvedaPhylicia Sapphire Sewell, Cum LaudeKexin ShenGisell Solis, Cum LaudeNoopur SuranaKandys Adeline TemesAshley Nicole TeranCharles Patrick ThomasJessie Claude ToledoTsvetan D. TroshanovWendy Valdes Ampudia, Summa Cum LaudeAmanda Elizabeth ValeroMilly ValerstainGinna VigianoElon Nadira WallaceAiyang WangJunxia Wang, Magna Cum LaudeShenglei WangDaniel WatsonRaegan A. Wesch, Cum LaudeOlivia L. WilliamsTianqi Wu, Cum LaudeJia XuLauren YagerYonghui YanChelsea Amanda YarzabalTamer Elie YounisHaiyue YuJing YuZhihan YueJuancarlos Zamorano, Magna Cum LaudeNaichen Zhang, Cum LaudeYihui Zhang, Magna Cum LaudeYulu Zhang, Cum LaudeStephanie Zuluaga

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Michael Samuel Hoffman, Cum LaudeValentina HuertasJose A. Iglesias, Cum LaudeOdell Alberto LanderosErnesto A. Leyva, Cum LaudeStephanie LindorKelsy Mansur, Cum LaudeGabriel MartinezJasmeen MasaunSophia MaximeMakaila Christina Mcphee, Cum LaudeGabriela MenendezDaniel Steven MiretAbigail Catalina MoralesBrenda-Lea MorrisonAndre Martin MuriasPamela NagelNima NasserzareRichard William NewmanKevin Niser, Summa Cum LaudeJoanna Carolina ObradovichJulio Ore RamirezVeronica R. Oviedo, Magna Cum LaudeMichelle Marie PalomerasManuel Vicente PardoAshley Lauren PouDomenique Mercedes Quintana, Cum LaudeChristine RacineJorge Fernando Ramirez, Cum LaudeAmanda Sarah RiveraDanielle Rashana RobinsonLorenzo Antonio RodriguezMichelle Maria Rodriguez, Cum LaudeMaria Alejandra Rojas Jr.Jacqueline Patricia RosalesThamara Izayana Sanchez,

Magna Cum LaudeParham SanieiElizabeth SantanaAlexander SchwarzGrecia Sofia SequeiraDaniela Silva, Magna Cum LaudeAndres SimonianKristopher Ryan Slingerland,

Summa Cum LaudeSteven SmithAriel SuarezEduardo SuarezWilson SuarezDylan TaiebDaniel Tamargo, Magna Cum LaudeJordan Dwayne ThompsonKaren Toledo, Magna Cum Laude

Karla Vanessa TorresJesus Ernesto TrianaCheyenne Saralynn Weh, Magna Cum LaudeKimberly WelbaumRyan Christopeer Woods-Malley

Bachelor of Arts in Religious StudiesBerthy BernardJan Herman Naude, Summa Cum LaudeBryan Alexander Nieves

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/AnthropologySamia Maria AbdelmalakGinny Cassandra AnnilusAileen Adela ArciaOmar Argueta, Magna Cum LaudeJacqueline Elaine Byers, Magna Cum LaudeMaria Jose CaceresWesley Lifet ClervilNilya Bridgette CortezCarolane Dauphin, Magna Cum LaudeCadeeja Dreneya DerichoPatricia Maria Dobal SykesGabrielle Denise EugeneJose Ramon Flores Jr.Pasquale GiovineSamantha Jane GoldstonGisselle GonzalezArkayde Louise HancockEstefany Alejandra Hart, Cum LaudeKarla J. HerrandAllen HoZandra HollandAlexis Hyatt, Cum LaudePaul Branham JoaseusMisty Lea, Summa Cum LaudeSamantha Ashley Lippel, Cum LaudeSofia LopezDeanna Victoria MarshallDavid Esteban MartinsViviana Yasmin MasonFaraji Akua MillerFiorella Ignacia Miranda,

Summa Cum LaudeAlexandra Marie Montero, Cum LaudeIsabella Sophie NilsenAndrea NobleMarkencia PierreViviana QuinteroTamu Quinton-Riley

Kierra Nichelle RangePriscilla RealesMelissa Yakelin ReyesBriana Nicole ReynoldsMia Rodriguez, Summa Cum LaudeDaniela Rojas, Magna Cum LaudeVictoria Sasha RoznakJonathan Vijay Sallick, Magna Cum LaudeRancene Holly SimonEmma Karina Tablada, Cum LaudeYohan TorresMarie Francoise WawaDahyana Abigail Wizel Moreno

Bachelor of Arts in SpanishBlanca D. AlvaradoFabiola Leticia Castro, Magna Cum LaudeLourdes FajardoMakenta FrancoisHernan A. Vera Alvarez, Summa Cum LaudeRita Lynn Zwiefel, Cum Laude

Bachelor of Public AdministrationDulange AbsoluRaquel AlberteShamori Jessica AldridgeFrank J. Botero, Summa Cum LaudeRoy Dandrell BrownAnthony Rodrigo ClevesJuliana Joyce Silva ConceicaoJasmine Levany DavilaAntonio Jesus Del RioAndrault Olivier DeriscaGiovanni Fuente, Magna Cum LaudeAnthony Ulisis HernandezJessica D’Ior JonesDaphine JosephNaomi Veronica MairRichard A. Morgan, Summa Cum LaudeIsrael Najarro Jr.Kristopher Gerry Navarro,

Magna Cum LaudeMarissa Antonella Ortiz, Cum LaudeChristan PearsonYaritza ReinaMaria A. Rendon, Cum LaudeWendy Gabriela Rojas SalasTheresa Rosieta Sinclair, Cum LaudeShelby Teeter, Magna Cum LaudeMahogoney ThomasVanessa VelazquezRaul J. Ventura

Bachelor of Arts in French and Francophone StudiesEzechiel JosephLaverdure E. Lucien Sr.Sarai Schwartz

Bachelor of Arts in GeographyPablo Andres EspitiaJimmy Santander

Bachelor of Arts in HistoryMaria Camila BoteroElvira CampoMelanie CruzJohnson Angel D’Souza, Cum LaudeDerek DominguezMauriel Jesus Fernandez Jr.Michael FernandezTrevor James FrowEric Jason Gutgarts, Cum LaudeChristian Felipe GutierrezShane Alexander HernandezNazareth Izada, Summa Cum LaudeStephanie Odessa JosephSeth Rory MartinezCarlos Alfonso NamerowJesus Nava SuarezPeter Gamaliel PerezJavier Saugar IIGabriel Jose SirvenAdolfo VillarroelGabriel Von Der OstenRyan Edward WellmanIvan Zylberberg

Bachelor of Arts in International RelationsJessica AbbeyJihad AbdallaJessica Maria AlemanRandy T. Alghawi, Magna Cum LaudeMarga J. AmadorMichelle L. AmpieAaron Araujo, Cum LaudeOsvaldo Arrufat IIIJeremy Adam AttiaRacquel Hope BarkerMatthew BerningRomina Stephania BertettiMichael BertinoAshley BlakePatrick Moise Bohbot, Summa Cum Laude

Isabela Fiuza BragancaJose Andres CamachoMaruquel CarrenoRyan Samantha Carson, Magna Cum LaudeMagdiel Castro Jr.Jovey CercedaDai-Rung Chiang, Cum LaudeLuna Camila ColmenaresAlec Antonio CorreaDarlyn De La Rosa, Summa Cum LaudeNicholas Yanakiew De NunezJonathan DougallJorge Flo SubirisRobert Donald FurtonDania Camille FyffeEdgar GallegosRoselyn Dee GeofroyWalter GonzalesVanessa Karina GonzalezYaneli GonzalezRenita GumbsDalilian N. Gutierrez, Cum LaudeAmanda Eden HartsellLyric Nequaiya HaywoodKrystof HolubChristian Ilarraza-ColonEilen JimenezArabella Jones, Magna Cum LaudeKelly Danielle KhourySofia Kuchevska, Magna Cum LaudeMauro Lauro GregorioLesbia Melissa LinarteColin Andrew LugoChristopher Matthew MaldonadoAaron Christopher MangumTatiana Alexis Martinez, Cum LaudeSalvador Humberto Martinez SantamariaJasmeen MasaunRachel Anri Miks, Cum LaudeMatthew R. MillerJoshua Molina, Cum LaudeGabriella MontalvoCarlos Mauricio Morales Jr.Dalgis MorejonWazim MowlaJeremy Georges David Nataf, Cum LaudeMara Neres, Cum LaudeJoe Anna PinardElizabeth De Jesus PonceJohanna Quesada TrigonisNathalie Lourdes RamosNoely Del Valle RejonMicaela Rodriguez

Lucie Ruffo, Magna Cum LaudeRoberto Eduardo SalcedoAlejandro Salinas MontoyaFrantz Jr. SalomonAlexander SanabriaIan Andrew SchreiberRachael Stanton Schroeder,

Magna Cum LaudeFabiana Ines SemideyNermin SenerDevondra Nakethia ShawGabriel ShieldsJharquise SimmonsJames Joseph Stribling IISusana ToyosSofia ValdiviezoMaria Jose Vega CoronadoMaria C. VillegasAlissa Justyse Taylar WalkerManuela ZapataMelissa Zoque

Bachelor of Arts in Political ScienceKailee AlzatePaul Andres ArangurenBelissa Ardisson, Magna Cum LaudeDaniela ArenasJasiel Avila GuevaraNatalie Carmen BenavidesAlexandra Marie BovoAndy BrigidoYina Cabrera, Summa Cum LaudeAna Mariel CampusanoHenry CastroMabel Caridad Depestre, Cum LaudeNilaicy Caridad DiazRoxana Maria DiazAkeem DixonKrystina Maria Dorta, Magna Cum LaudeJuan Camilo Duarte, Cum LaudeChristopher FerreiraRafael FonsecaJuanita GiraldoAmanda Gonzalez, Magna Cum LaudeLaura Maria GonzalezMarc Edward GonzalezNickolas Dominick GonzalezYesenia Maria GonzalezClaudia HernandezDavid HernandezEllen Marie HernandezEric David Hernandez

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Marvin Roblero, Magna Cum LaudeKayla A. RodgersCandida Rose RodriguezJasmine Nina RodriguezAbraham Rodriguez-LeonJoshua Y. Rodriguez-Pena, Cum LaudeAmber Roldan, Magna Cum LaudeDania RomanJuan Sebastian RuizEmad Noor SalehDaniella SanchezMargarita Sanchez, Magna Cum LaudeMariu Carolina SantanaMartine Seide

Kiara Mary Serrano-RuizAislinn M. SiglerErik SilveiraMichael Anthony SloanFallon Natasha SmithJustin Vincent SmithRodrigo Alonso SorianoMabel Angelica Soto, Cum LaudeShermarke Sekou SpenceAlana Gabriella Stanback, Cum LaudeBryenne StoweMelissa SuarezVanora Nancy Jane SullivanJessica Tarius

Kathryn Mckinney TeearsLinmari Yaritza TellezStephanie Antoinette ThurelDonald Robert Tomlinson Jr.Nicole ToussaintJulie Thanh TranRafael Enrique VergaraScott VieiraJason Javier VilaAlessandra Marye WatsonJonathan Esteban Zambrano

Kate Ann WallaceElisha Williams Mcgriff

Bachelor of Science in Criminal JusticeSebastian AcostaJorge Luis Alberto-Lopez Jr.Jonathan Martin AlemanJuliet AllenWesley AlphonseVeneisy AndradeSteeve AndreDiana AnguloYaniurkys AnguloDaisleys D. Arritola, Magna Cum LaudeJadore’ll AvantCaroline AxelrodGideon J. BaileyAngelica BakerKathryn Candy BalderramaOnella Sadhna Balgobin, Magna Cum LaudeNaica BaptisteGrethel Maria BeatonHughlanda BennettAna Maria BernalJonathan Jose BonillaEstefania Briceno RangelStephanie Alexandra BurgosAraynia S. ButlerValentino Emmanuel Butterfield Jr.Julio C. CabreraCameron Marcos CaleroAmanda Nicole CaputoTatiana Karen CardosoOdalissa CastilloVivian CastroYamila Karen CatapanoDaylin Cepero RodriguezKerlly CharlesMichelle ChowJenna ChungYordana B. Cisneros, Cum LaudeShantrevia Daniela CohenKelsey Coleman, Cum LaudeJacqueline Cremati, Cum LaudeAlec CroissiertEduardo Jose CruzKristian Cruz, Cum LaudeNatalie CurbeloBrian Alexander De La NuezLovenska DenisJeremy Desena, Cum LaudeAnastasia Luna Dominguez

Keyondra Monique DonaldPierlus Nicole DurandisJordan Rommel EsteAshley Kettura Everett, Magna Cum LaudeAshley FernandezAshlyn FernandezDiane FernandezFernando FerreiraJason Javier FloresKaitlynn FlynnKenisha ForbesKarla Andrea Mercy GarayJessica Carolina GarciaAlexander Christopher GarciaBreylis GarciaIsabel GonzalezMylena Gonzalez, Cum LaudeJesse Mackenzie GonzalezDavid Gonzalez, Cum LaudeMaria Andrea GreenLisett GuerreroKaren M. GuevaraMelissa Gunturiz, Magna Cum LaudeJustin GutierrezStephanie Nathalie HernandezGlendaliz HernandezBryant HerreraKerri Lynn HudsonCarolina Elisabeth Hussing, Cum LaudeIvonne IglesiasJanece Jarchow, Cum LaudeMichelle S. JerezYasmine JoachinBrianna JoaseusAngelina Jade Johnson, Cum LaudeChantila Takia JohnsonAntiwonesha Rene Yvette JohnsonLauren Austin JohnsonMelissa Joann JohnsonDavid Andre JosephDeborah Elizabeth JutanCourtney KingJelena KozarinVonisha Lambert, Cum LaudeTimothy Scott Lee Jr.Jessica Marie Llobet, Magna Cum LaudeIsmael Gabriel LongoChristian LopezBreigh Lynne MarquisetteShanese Alicia MarshYessica Ysabel MartinMelissa Arabella MartinezTerri Renee Mason

Racquel Melanie MasseyDerek Thomas MateraMeghan Amanda MccauleyOscar Medina Jr.Samuel De Jesus Melendez,

Magna Cum LaudeJennifer MendezJacob Wade MerrittStephanie MirandaMaglory MontanoDeandra Marie MonteagudoLuis Eduardo MonteroAndrea MontoyaJason Anthony MorganTiffany Theamara Mosley,

Summa Cum LaudeDanielle Paige MunozJoshua Ashwin NaraineStephanie NelsonJusten R. NovalesOmar M. OspinaFrancisco Alberto PajonJavier Ignacio PalmieriAndrew Branden PascualCharlcina Paul, Magna Cum LaudeDenitra PearsonShaneka PeartChristina Caridad PelaezAshlee Perez, Cum LaudeClaudia PerezClaudia J. PerezJoselyne Juliett PerezStephanie PerezTherone Gibson Phillips, Cum LaudeNiurka Mercedes PichardoJoann PierreLeika Pierre-louis, Cum LaudeRalph PiquionScarlyn PortilloAlexander PosadaAnna Marie Shauna PotterMiguel Angel PradaArletis Pupo, Summa Cum LaudeAshley QuintanaJulia Quintana, Magna Cum LaudeUlises Vencedor QuinteroAshley Marie RamosRyan RamosJohn Stephen ReusOliver ReyesKevin A. RichardsDarren Scott RiosYaqueira Marie Rivera, Cum Laude

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Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health SciencesMaster of Science in Nursing - Nurse AnesthetistMaria Angelica BaqueroCynthia DomingoEdwin Enmanuel GonzalezRebeca Ines NunezJennifer PerezJon Vincent SkorupskiMathew SternKendall StoutSamantha Ripmakat TunkudaFabian Williams

Master of Science in Occupational TherapyKimberly Ann AcostaMary Elizabeth ArmstrongTheresa BertinelliAllysa Barbie CaleroKiara CespedesJuan Gabriel ColomeAshley DiazDathy-Andele ElizeArianna Michelle EndaraAngelica FerminKimberly N. FineDaniel Antonio GonzalezAilec Guerra- ArciaKelsea Regina HickeyNathalie IglesiasSabrina Alexis JerrelsCourtney JohnsonLorelle KahnLori Michelle KarlinDayami KoughKryzia MarreroSarah Ann MayhewGiovanni MejiaKrysten ModisettPaula Morante LarrainJulie NeelSica Shaw NielsenGuisselle Alida ParedesZerlaine Veniegas ParrenoVictoria L. ParshookJessica PeraltaDanika Shea PivarnikValeeni RamkalawanErin Kathleen Reimer

Davidson SalienMichelle SalleeSayna SanonEmily Ann SlaytonStephanie Ann StruckStephanie Janice SurskyMaaria SyedFrancia J. UrbinaAlexsa ValdesNatalie VarelaLydia Grace WernerBailey Elizabeth Wollner

Bachelor of Health Services AdministrationPrisca AlexisFrancy Merline AlfrenaRobinson Altidor, Jr.Genesis Ines AlvarezAna Gabriela Arce, Cum LaudeDaniel Arnosa, Magna Cum LaudeJamaine Martell AyalaCeleste Bello, Cum LaudeDaimy Bello, Summa Cum LaudeDaylin Bello, Summa Cum LaudeAna Maria BenavidesAlba A. CalderaYenelle C. CamalicheAinud Patricia Carruyo, Magna Cum LaudeStephanie Castillo, Cum LaudeMaria Clara Cavalcanti, Magna Cum LaudeKarla P. Centeno, Cum LaudeKaren Melissa ChampagneHaley Chonin, Cum LaudeAlexis Marie Colon, Summa Cum LaudeDaniela DanielVeronica Eugenia De ArmasSamantha DelgadoAnais Diaz, Magna Cum LaudeStephanie Marie Doimeadios, Cum LaudeArianna Fernandez, Cum LaudeSamantha Josephine FloresMaria Paula FlorezCeressa Areian FreemanEmily Gallego, Magna Cum LaudeJasmine Garcia, Magna Cum LaudeSarah Josee Islay Gilman,

Summa Cum LaudeGiomara Giron, Cum Laude

Cherese GolaubTabatha Ashley GonzalezMartina Green, Cum LaudeGabriela A. Gutierrez, Cum LaudeMariana Guzman ValenciaLeila Henrys StewartMelissa Marie HervasEmmanerose C. HilaireArtisha Jasmine HodgeAnnika C. Hyde-Santos, Summa Cum LaudeEvine Jean Baptiste BuisserethKelly Jean-Louis, Magna Cum LaudeSephora JusmaSana Ali Kazmi, Cum LaudeSharis Arisbell Lantigua, Cum LaudeYesennia Yaritza LemaMakana Jenice LevyKaren LoperaGiselle Andrea LopezJanet LopezAlana F. Mantel, Cum LaudeMelissa Icet MartinezKeyli M. MayorgaTaylor MazloumMonnette Mcekron, Magna Cum LaudeBlanca Eva Melgar, Magna Cum LaudeAndrea Yalila Membreno, Magna Cum LaudeEva MarcadoCarmel MichelLissette Miranda Gomez,

Summa Cum LaudeMichael OrtegaBianca PazSasha B. PelaezLeser A. PenaAlexandra Marie Perez, Cum LaudeMarkencia PierreAriela PizziniFlavie Daphka PoncialKayla Marie RevillaRosa Jazmin RodriguezJoselyn Tatiana RomeroNadia Karina RomeroLaura Cristina RoquetaAlina C. Samson, Magna Cum LaudeLaura SanchezLiset SanchezMaria T. Schele, Magna Cum LaudeSharon Marie Senke, Cum LaudeJennifer Serrano

Herbert Wertheim College of MedicineMaster in Physician Assistant StudiesDahlia Marie AbreuSamantha Jean AdessaChelsea AllanDanielle BassanNicole Rae BowersMildred Alexandra CastroKayla ChangStacy Maree DoradoKirrin EmaryPriscila Marie EstradaRuth FookesGabriela Victoria GameroStephanie Marie Givens

Courtney Michelle GriffinMarian IngramMedjine ItalienAndre Kerr Mahwish Khoja Ngan Lam Ashley LleraAmrika MaharajMaria Del Carmen MandryDiana MatariDane Olivier MonninDaylena MontanoAndres Antonio MontenegroJorge NavarroMarcus David NormanBrittney Marie Osterhoudt

Palomi PatelKrisha PatelKsenia PetrushkinaBarbara Beatriz PonceSarah Ilyssa ReillyJacob RiesYanel RomeroBilal SheikhDemi SouletStephen Michael StaudtChristi SternitzkeTara TomyMichelle VillanuevaPamela YoryDanielle Taylor Zaruches

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Shoba Thomas, Cum LaudeLeslie-Ann ToyloyPeter Louis Tran, Summa Cum LaudeMarcos Trujillo Cue, Magna Cum LaudeDaphne Tudela WilcoxCarolina Maria Tunez, Summa Cum LaudeVanessa Valcourt, Summa Cum Laude

Diana C. Valdivieso Rincon, Cum LaudeAndres Jesus Vazquez Rodriguez,

Summa Cum LaudeDaynet Vera, Cum LaudeAdrian VichotIvan Vivanco Echevarria, Magna Cum LaudeJenel L. Watt, Summa Cum Laude

Skye Wee-tomKimberly YehCaridad YoungRoxanne YoungEsther Zapotre-MichelShoukang Zhu, Magna Cum Laude

Diana Rosa Silva, Magna Cum LaudeMichelle Carroll Smith, Cum LaudeObna St-AngeBritney Shaniece StephensAnthony SuarezGissel Maribel Suarez-JofreBrittany Chelsea TexidorDaylen TorresJohanne Christie ToussaintNatalia Urquiza, Magna Cum LaudeValorie Nelly Valcin, Summa Cum LaudeLisette Valdes-BritoCindy Marbelly VallejosPrishita Rajesh VoraKeairra Marie WeekesAndrew WillisStephanie A. WilsonStephen Joseph Yohay, Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science in NursingKodra AblesIngried Albisu, Magna Cum LaudeArnold Imperial Altiveros,

Summa Cum LaudeElsa Y. Alvarado IIJoseph AndinoMckensey Allyson Aranguren, Cum LaudeDario Archille, Magna Cum LaudeWalter David Argueta, Cum LaudeAngel ArleoSamer Ashour, Magna Cum LaudeAurellie Attar, Summa Cum LaudeIdalmis Aznay, Cum LaudeLissa Fabienne Bazile, Magna Cum LaudeEmmanuelle Larrice BrownPatrick Charles Burke, Cum LaudeJavier CarrilloJohanne CasseusKrystal Elizabeth CastilloNatalie Castillo, Cum LaudeLuisa F. Collins, Cum LaudeLuis Cuza, Magna Cum LaudeWilliam U. Daley Jr., Cum LaudeKaren Elizabeth De La Pena Garcia,

Magna Cum LaudeCarlos-Miguel Del Portillo,

Summa Cum LaudeDenis Yevgenyevich Dukov,

Magna Cum LaudeKarla EatleyAna Leah EerstelingJavier Alberto Efrece

Roger Escorcia, Magna Cum LaudeShayan Fayaz, Magna Cum LaudeJuan Jose FernandezMegan FigueroaCarla Flechilla Pedrera, Cum LaudeLinda R. Flores, Cum LaudeSandra Fabiola Flores, Magna Cum LaudeMelissa Marie FonteAdriano Scott FreireGuy Gerard GachelinBrianna Xanthe Garcia, Magna Cum LaudeCristina Marie Garcia, Magna Cum LaudeAmarpreet Kaur Gill, Summa Cum LaudeAmanda Nicole GonzalezDaniel GonzalezIridel Bryan GonzalezJeanette Gonzalez, Cum LaudeCristina Gordillo, Cum LaudeDaniel Christopher GrimaldoMitchell Guanzon, Summa Cum LaudeClaire GueryChristie Harmuth, Summa Cum LaudeWenxin HarrisJennifer Hartney, Cum LaudeQing He, Magna Cum LaudeMelissa Hernandez, Cum LaudeQian Huang, Summa Cum LaudeBrittany Santavia HunterAndres Isla Sanchez, Magna Cum LaudeChristopher Jarquin, Cum LaudeThaicka Dorthea Jean-FrancoisMichelle Judith Jeudy OlotchGetro Josselin, Summa Cum LaudeLyn Paulo Juarez, Cum LaudeJohnny JunesHadi Keylani, Magna Cum LaudeHyo Jeong Kim, Cum LaudePaul KinardEunbi Anna Ko, Cum LaudeStephen LamoreKendra Lewis, Magna Cum LaudeJoseph James Lipscombe Jr.Juliet Logan, Magna Cum LaudeJerlyne LubinMonique Violet Malo, Magna Cum LaudeAnina Manalastas, Magna Cum LaudeMelissa Marcel, Magna Cum LaudeDezera Marie MartinezMabel MartinezYasmin A. Mathlin, Summa Cum LaudeRebecca Symphony Maverick,

Magna Cum LaudeDiamond Alexis Melendez

Lisette Nicole Metauten, Cum LaudeAnnette Sally Miranda, Cum LaudeMichael MoellerKayla Ann Morales, Magna Cum LaudeCarlos Alberto Moran-Martinez, Cum LaudeYarilette Moreno JimenezZhinga Morris, Cum LaudeLiya Nadareishvili, Magna Cum LaudeNicole M. Naples, Cum LaudeErnesto Gregorio Napoles,

Magna Cum LaudeMuhammad Kashif Nawaz,

Magna Cum LaudeOveed Giovanni Nieto Camacho,

Magna Cum LaudeJuliana Maria NunezFelipe OcampoErnest Otieno Olotch, Cum LaudeEmmanuel Adedamola Omoniyi Jr.Isamy PardoVinnita Pereira Tharsisius,

Magna Cum LaudeAna Maria Perez, Cum LaudeJuan Perez, Summa Cum LaudeSandy Perez, Cum LaudeSean PerezLeyani Perez Gonzalez, Cum LaudeAnna Piskova, Magna Cum LaudeYuleima Placencia Gonzalez,

Magna Cum LaudePavel Samuel Pugh Alvarez,

Magna Cum LaudeGemina Rameau, Magna Cum LaudeJesse Robert Rivera, Cum LaudeKailen Rivero Marrero, Magna Cum LaudeAnelyn Robaina, Magna Cum LaudeNicole Marie Rodriguez, Magna Cum LaudeKelly Saavedra, Cum LaudeVictoria Marie Sage, Summa Cum LaudeKarina Sanchez, Summa Cum LaudeRosetty Sanchez Torres, Summa Cum LaudeLisset Sterling Santana De Los Santos,

Summa Cum LaudeCarlos Manuel SantiagoAddys L. Santos, Magna Cum LaudeKamala Sapkota, Magna Cum LaudeKimberly Ann Schmidt, Magna Cum LaudeNurys SerpaSabahathSaif Shaikh, Magna Cum LaudeRozeline Simonis, Cum LaudeDixania Soto, Magna Cum LaudeChristelle Solange Nguewo Tchiendji,

Summa Cum Laude

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Dear Alumni: Fall 2017

On behalf of the FIU Alumni Association and its Board of Directors we extend our congratulations and welcome you to your new family of more than 215,000 alumni. All of our graduates now belong to the FIU Alumni

Association – we are no longer charging membership fees! FIU alumni have access to more than 300,000 local and national discounts, numerous benefits and services the Association offers.

Your Alumni Association exists to advance the strategic priorities of FIU and to be a viable resource for engaging alumni. Getting involved, either by volunteering your time and talents or by making a tax deductible gift, is a great way for you to show your school pride. The Association helps fund student scholarships, provide career coaching, engage in legislative advocacy, and sponsors many events and activities throughout the year.

Be loud and proud in your Panther pride for you are forever linked to FIU! Let everyone know about the great education you received here. Wear your FIU colors. Purchase an FIU license plate. Support your alma mater, and come back to experience the many lectures, games and exhibits that are part of the life of our vibrant university. Always show pride in your FIU.

FIU will always be your home away from home! Whenever you are on campus, stop by and pay the Alumni Association a visit in MARC Suite 230 at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus.

Learn more about your Alumni Association by visiting our website at fiualumni.com, follow us on social media @fiualumni and #fiualumni, or call 305-348-3334.

In the spirit of Blue & Gold

Best regards,

Duane M. Wiles Executive Director and

Associate Vice President

Eddie Hondal ’88 & ’00President, Alumni Association

Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social WorkMaster of Public HealthSyeda I. AzimJenniffer CentenoBernard Patrick Coniff Jr.Emily Patricia DavenportShandra K. FigueroaAndrew GanzonCynthia Khrystine GoldbergAshley Megan JuanRafael Marcos MendozaHeydi MorejonKasheta Breanna MundyDaniel Ernesto ParrasJohanne Shelinda Petit-JeuneFrancisco Javier RodriguezEstefania C. RuanoMeagan RussellKimberley Tiffany-Joy Camille Trought

Master of Science in Dietetics and NutritionChrismole Sara DaniJennifer FloresBianca Valeria ManfredBahiyyih MicklerMaria Lorena ParraAlice PereiraAndrea Carolina PerezBeatriz PolaDailiana Poveda

Master of Social WorkMaria C. AcunaAngelica AristizabalEdward Louis BorgesPriscilla Joy BrownBianca Christina CaceresIsis B. CasillasTamar FleurantinSandra HomereRose Marthe Jean JosephIlona KorsunskySandra LafolleYbel LemoineShanneen Heather Lozano

Christina Marie LujanCathyana MarcelSamantha MatthewsStephanie Therese MilianAlyssa Michelle Louise MillerSylvia Annette MillienKolaet S. MintzeLuis Jose NatalCarolina NeiraIlene Nathaly OchoaTra’keisha Tatiana PatrickJulianna Maloree SanjuanDigna L. Tellez

Bachelorof Science in Dietetics and NutritionJessica AlfonsoJosette AlfredHeather Marie BrugalettaAngelit Carralero, Magna Cum LaudeAlexis Sheree Carter, Cum LaudeMinji ChoiRicardo Alejandro De La Cruz Sr. Evelyn Frances DownsKendal G. DuncanTracy Galdamez, Summa Cum LaudeDianne Alicia GascoigneRene GomezDannia Colette HenaoKonstantinos Kaliptsoglou, Cum LaudeMiryam Rose KniggeOsvaldo Abraham LievanoCynthia LopezLindsay Simone MarshallRuth Daniela Mederos, Magna Cum LaudeDiana MesaRoger Wendell Monlyn II, Cum LaudeNina Nagode, Cum LaudeReniel Rene Nodarse, Cum LaudeKarol Ann OmsMegan Alexa OrtegaChristopher Ernesto PalaciosJanel PhillipsCamila M. Pin FacalYolanda Polissaint

Collin Robert RobinsonVeronica RuedaMaria Isabel SaderYibril Asis Salah, Summa Cum LaudeLauren Marie Dacanay San Diego,

Summa Cum LaudeSabeena SerajNicole Diana ThompsonHeliette UrdanetaStacie Wertheim, Magna Cum LaudeCristina Marie WilliamsonJeniffer WorrellMonica YiAngelika Zymelka

Bachelor of Science in Social WorkFranchesca AliSarisma BaezBelkis Iveth BallesterosBrithany Roberta Bazin, Magna Cum LaudeMelissa Francis BolanosAlfredo BrizuelaMaria E. BrooksFabian Carrera, Summa Cum LaudeKayla Noemi Castillo, Cum LaudeVanessa CharlierAqsa Amir CheemaYessenia DiazKimberly DorseyMeghan M. Lavey, Summa Cum LaudeHang LeJangerli Amisadai MederoYamila Ana Olguin, Cum LaudeStephanie Pagan CastilloRobinson Andre Perez-PachecoAngela M. PinzonGina Paola Ricaurte, Cum LaudeAriana RobayoVernell RobinsonJoselynn Ruth Roque, Cum LaudeYvette Andrea Sawyers-HaughtonLaura Serrano, Cum LaudeElbydia SouverainOlivia Jordan Stevens

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Special thank you to our Students, Parents, Family and Friends.

To all the Faculty, Staff, Administration, Ceremony Ambassadors, Divisions and Departments, including Facilities Management and Custodial Services that have a role in this event, we appreciate your ongoing dedication to FIU.

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Florida International University is a vibrant, student-centered public research university, ideally located in Miami, that is Worlds Ahead in its commitment to learning, research, entrepreneurship, innovation, and

creativity so that our graduates are prepared to succeed in a global market.

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