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MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 122ND ANNUALCOMMENCEMENT1 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021 VIRTUAL CELEBRATORY EVENT

PROGRAMOpening . Christine Condaris, Faculty MarshalNational Anthem . Elizabeth Rodio, Class of 2021Welcome . Dr. James F. Birge, PresidentGreetings . Mohan Boodram, Board of Trustees ChairCrystal Wojcik, Class of 2021Courtney Meisberger, Master of Education Candidate 2021Conferring of Honorary Degrees . Dr. James F. Birge, PresidentB. Stephen Boyd, Honorary Doctor of ScienceTy Allen Jackson, Honorary Doctor of Humane LettersCommencement Address . Ty Allen JacksonPresentation of CandidatesClosing . Dr. James F. Birge, President

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENTTo the Members of the Class of 2021:Today you have achieved a milestone—earning your college degree. In the past year, you rose tounprecedented challenges. You made incredible sacrifices. And now, you have realized a majoraccomplishment.Your degree represents the many hours you have studied, created, performed, volunteered,debated. You have found mentors here, and opportunities to expand your interest and explore yourpassions. You have made friends you will know for the rest of your life, taken risks, fallen in love,balanced parenting and family with academics, and worked hard at your job (or jobs) whileattending classes.After today, you officially join MCLA’s alumni family. I encourage you to make connections with yourfellow alumni and to use the various networks available to you through the MCLA Alumni Office.Please take the time to thank your personal network of support for being there for you throughoutthis journey—and remember to support others in this way as you move forward in your life and inyour career. We are only as strong as the community we build and nurtureOn behalf of the trustees, faculty, staff, and administrators of MCLA, I offer heartfeltcongratulations and best wishes for all that lies ahead.James F. Birge, Ph.D.President

GREETINGS FROM FACULTY ASSOCIATIONTo the Members of the Class of 2021:On behalf of MCLA’s faculty, congratulations for achieving this milestone!We are here at MCLA to teach you, connect with you, engage in dialogue with you, and help youreach your goals. We are here because we love teaching, and we are honored to have shared theseyears with you.This year, we are especially proud of you. In good times, your liberal arts education prepares you tonavigate a constantly changing world. In the past year, your education has been a beacon througha challenging time. You have innovated, adapted, pivoted, and adjusted. I know that you are readyto keep innovating and adapting now—and that these skills will continue to serve you in good timesand bad.Your faculty members have seen you grow in immeasurable ways. Many of us have been lucky tobe a direct part of that growth. It is our job to ensure that you have the tools you need to become aglobal citizen of our world; today, as we see you off into the next phase of your life, we are so proudof all you have accomplished.Congratulations again!Jim MoriartyPresident, MCLA Faculty Association

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMSARTElizabeth BrickTanner ParrinoAshanti ThomasAmber GasparTala RousseauZoe Marguerite VillaneIan C. MosherAndrew ThomasTewksbury, MassachusettsFall River, MassachusettsBennington, VermontClarksburg, MassachusettsNorthbridge, MassachusettsNew York, New YorkNorth Adams, MassachusettsAmherst, MassachusettsARTS MANAGEMENTKayla Noel BehymerMakayla Ann KeeneyDestiny RiveraNicholas R. ColabellaMackenzie Sue LiddleLindsey Diane RosaMikayla GocinskiBethany A. MaloyGrafton, MassachusettsWinsted, ConnecticutSouth Hempstead, New YorkCampton, New HampshireSouth Kortright, New YorkSeymour, ConnecticutATHLETIC TRAININGSean Thomas BradshawMackenna Marie JordanCarolynne FaganConnor SampsonHalfmoon, New YorkMilton, VermontLebanon, ConnecticutFitchburg, MassachusettsWest Hartford, ConnecticutProspect, Connecticut

BIOLOGYGiovanni Alexander AranaIdaliz DiazDean Allen LittleTor L. BashistaCameron J. GascoCharles NajimyTaylor BushikaWilliam P. GoddardSam OlsonSomerville, MassachusettsSouthampton, MassachusettsPownal, VermontSouthwick, MassachusettsMillbury, MassachusettsTyngsboro, MassachusettsSavoy, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsChamplin, MinnesotaAbbygale Elizabeth Cosgrove-Luscier Abigail KlineFabius, New YorkNorth Adams, MassachusettsShannon L. ProutySarah A. CzarneckiMaddison LamondaRyan L. RuefIolani DeRisSam LeeMelissa SirikanHannah DesmaraisRosalyn Juliana LincolnShiza ZahidWilliamstown, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsEast Hartford, ConnecticutMyrtle Beach, South CarolinaTyngsborough, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsLeicester, MassachusettsLee, MassachusettsCummington, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsBUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONEmma Jean AndrewsJessica R. BilottaJohn BeckwithJoyce Ann BoivinClarksburg, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsNicholas Shane CastlePittsfield, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsWaterford, New YorkIsabelle DeVere CrawfordEdgartown, Massachusetts

Kody CrosierShamar D. LoginsAndrew NygardJennifer CummingsKathleen LoriaMartha Sarah PaolucciSamuel L. DelmolinoSteven Rafael LucianoDavid PayneJake FerraraChukwuemeka MadukaBrendan Robert PowersLuc GamacheJustin C. MartinKyle PrueMakenzie L. GardnerNoah MatrigaliTemesghen Tesfai RedaNolan HayerEmily J. McAdooIvelisse RodriguezEmery J. KorteJesse Anthony MedeirosJames W. RossConnor Daniel KristiansenCasey Martha MessinaDahndray J. SistrunkElizabeth A. LeSageAustin Steven MillerNick Adam St. FleurKylee Lockwood-BubierAntoine Martez Montgomery Jr. Laura Ellen TubbsAdams, MassachusettsBecket, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsEast Haven, ConnecticutNorth Adams, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsTurners Falls, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsNorth Bennington, VermontNewark, New YorkPittsfield, MassachusettsDorchester, MassachusettsMonmouth Junction, New JerseyPittsfield, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsDalton, MassachusettsAttleboro , MassachusettsWest Islip, New YorkFlorida, MassachusettsBoston, MassachusettsGansevoort, New YorkCanaan, New YorkMilford, ConnecticutNewburyport, MassachusettsDalton, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsDalton, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsRoslindale, MassachusettsPittsfield, Massachusetts

Edwin VerasCrystal Carol WojcikNoah Schuyler YearsleyEric Matthew WillisNathan T. WojtaszekSiYu ZhangBronx, New YorkMashpee, MassachusettsCheshire, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsTroy, New YorkMilpitas, CaliforniaCHEMISTRYAmalia BadohuRoslindale, MassachusettsKharliyah OrtizBoston, MassachusettsCOMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATIONSarah LavariNorthborough, MassachusettsCOMPUTER SCIENCEBrian Michael AdeltOwen CanalesMadison L. GigliottiJoshua C. AtwellLorenzo L. CristofoliniBrandon HoagMorgan N. BurfieldGeorge Theofanidis FelogloyEverett Dylan MartinTino D. BurnsDaniel J. GamariZayden NarelAdams, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsBrowns Summit, North CarolinaPittsfield, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsStamford, VermontWest Springfield, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsCheshire, MassachusettsCheshire, MassachusettsCheshire, MassachusettsWorcester, Massachusetts

Jacob Stanley OstrobinskiJose L. ScharonBenjamin WickChristopher M. PfeifferScarlett SmithAlexander WojcikBrooks RobinsonClara Rose UlkenSavoy, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsEDUCATIONAbigail BerryElly Maureen McMenimanWilliam Joseph PrunierEmily Rose DeasoCetera Jordan MooreParker K. SnyderAttleboro, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsLowell, MassachusettsSaratoga Springs, New YorkAlexander DrennanAndrea Jeanne MoreauTessa LangsdaleVictoria Metta PapettiNatick, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsENGLISHSouth Deerfield, MassachusettsSheffield, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsNorth Easton, MassachusettsMichael J. AlbertAmanda Carissa BortmanCourtney E. CroninAmanda BeresIsabel A. CostaChristopher John CurtinCanton, MassachusettsNew Bedford, MassachusettsShrewsbury, MassachusettsNorth Egremont, MassachusettsAuburn, MassachusettsMashpee, Massachusetts

Sabrina M. DammsMariama NdiayeKathleen HaymanJustin Martin O’ConnorPittsfield, MassachusettsStoneham, MassachusettsMatthew HotalingWatertown, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsHannah Grace SoucyBeverly, MassachusettsTarah Agathe ValinSamantha Alisa OuelletteMethuen, MassachusettsSymantha P. KehrJulia I. ParkerTessa LangsdaleBrian Matthew RhodesLindenhurst, IllinoisMalden, MassachusettsEssex, MassachusettsBrockton, MAJennifer Rose VanBramerPittsfield, MassachusettsRyan Thomas WeirBecket, MassachusettsSterling, MassachusettsShana E. WilsonJulia Violet MaddalenaTyler RockenfieldAlexis WingfieldMaxwell MartelShanet Jeyci RodriguezKy MartusJabari Husani ShakirBrianna Leigh McNamaraEmily Elizabeth SienkiewiczPittsfield, MassachusettsTroy, New YorkHudson, MassachusettsWilliamsburg, MassachusettsWarwick, Rhode IslandNorth Adams, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsAttleboro, MassachusettsPocasset, MassachusettsKristy YaghyNassau, New YorkWashington, District of ColumbiaWestfield, MassachusettsENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESAnayra ColonBronx, New YorkJenna CrosierPittsfield, MassachusettsNoah Matthew HenkeniusPlymouth, Massachusetts

Hannah M. PoplawskiRowe, MABristol Coles SternfieldEasthampton, MAHEALTH SCIENCESAshley Ann AvallonEmily Rose DePietroAlanza R. QuinonesKaci BrusoBrianna DiNicolaErika Antoinette RyanGabriel ColumnaAshleigh Gillian InmanOmar Alejandro Santiago-RodriguezArrionna Sybil D'AbreauJennifer KamienskiAhna SchlaeferLakeria DarkinsTaylor Nicole PickupNew Lebanon, New YorkBennington, VermontPittsfield, MassachusettsStoughton, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsDrury, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsMalden, MassachusettsLenox, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsClifton Park, New YorkStanfordville, New YorkLee, MassachusettsFairhaven, MassachusettsHISTORYAbigail BerryArthur CoxShelby DempseyRoberto Emile CastilloMichael Robert DeMartinisMelissa F. GayAttleboro, MassachusettsLawrence, MassachusettsDelanson, New YorkBurlington, MassachusettsNorth Weymouth, MassachusettsSomerville, Massachusetts

Amanda Carolynn JudsonAndrew Paul LavelleMolly Kate MoynihanAlexander KingJames W. MillerRobin Winter WilliamsNorth Billerica, MassachusettsEast Falmouth, MassachusettsLong Beach, New YorkSaugerties, New YorkWheelwright, MassachusettsSouth Deerfield, MassachusettsINTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIESShannon AdamsDonna J. Daly-KeenPenny-JoAnne KickeryLauren Ann AitkenEmily Rose DeasoJessica Ann KratkaElizabeth A. AndrewJocelyn N. DuhamelSusan L. KromAubrey BushikaJessica Mae DunnMery Roxana LemusEmily Joy ByrnesAlexis Ann GiardinaTracy L. Rougeau McConnellPolana CasianAllie Camille GibeauJoshua J. McfaddenMichael Ngo ChungIvy Jean Gifford-BlasiPatricia MolinaKristina Marie CookCrystal HaasCetera Jordan MoorePittsfield, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsPownal, VermontChicopee, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsLee, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsClarksburg, MassachusettsLenox, MassachusettsClarksburg, MassachusettsClarksburg, MassachusettsAdams, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsAshley Falls, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsWilliamstown, MassachusettsNorth Adams, MassachusettsPittsfield, MassachusettsSaratoga Springs, New York