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115TH COMMENCEMENTUNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY
MAY 15, 2020
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JOAN MELBER WARBURG ’45, ’97HD LEADERSHIP AWARD
“I feel strongly that everyone who wants an education should have an opportunity to get one.” — Joan Melber Warburg ’45, ’97HD
Joan Melber Warburg lived her life in service to others. Her commitment to helping students pursue a Simmons education is abundantly apparent in the unique and exemplary role she played in the history of the University. Warburg passed away in 2017 at the age of 93.
A native of Bronxville, New York, Warburg began her Simmons education around the time Pearl Harbor was attacked, and she graduated before World War II ended. Simmons appealed to her “because it promised a real education with skills.” While pursuing her studies, she also excelled at sports (tennis, softball, basketball). She
also joined student government, ultimately serving as president in her senior year. Her classmates voted her “friendliest and most popular senior.”
After graduating, Warburg first worked for a radio news commentator in New York City. An advertising job followed, and then an opportunity to work for a friend’s father, James Warburg. A successful banker, Warburg was writing about international affairs (during his career he authored 33 books and served as an advisor to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy). Joan Melber and James Warburg married in 1948. Family life in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband and four children opened a new chapter in Warburg’s career, during which she began devoting herself to volunteer work and philanthropy. As she once said, “If we have the means to (give back), we have an obligation to do it.”
Warburg retained a special interest in issues affecting children and families, while also contributing leadership and philanthropic support to local, state, and national organizations in other fields. She served on more than 40 boards of charitable organizations during her life. She helped start the New York Women’s Foundation and a similar group in Fairfield County, Connecticut. She was also the first woman to serve on the board of the Putnam Trust Company. Along the way, Warburg garnered numerous honors and awards, including an Honorary Doctorate from her alma mater, Simmons, in 1997.
Her legendary volunteer service to Simmons included being the first alumna (and woman) to chair the board of trustees. With her husband, she established the Bydale Scholarship Fund for Social Science Majors in 1965; and her friends and family created the Joan M. Warburg Endowed Scholarship in her honor in 1997. Her gifts to Simmons also established the James P. and Joan M. Warburg Chair in International Relations.
Simmons President Helen Drinan called Warburg one of the most generous donors in the history of Simmons University and said, “Simmons simply would not be the institution it is today without her vision, dedication, generosity, and sheer hard work.”
Joan Warburg’s legacy of energetic and enthusiastic service to the causes she believed in—child and family welfare, world peace, women’s rights, the arts, and Simmons University —will be forever secure and revered on our campus.
Warburg’s advice to recipients of her scholarships and to other Simmons students continues to inspire us all: “Study hard,” she said, “and in the long run, follow your interests; and remember to help your fellow human beings in whatever way possible.”
JOAN MELBER WARBURG ’45, ’97HD LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERSAlexus (Lex) Danielle Cruz, Class of 2020 Tema Nahvalla Fodje, Class of 2019 Margaret Rose Belfi, Class of 2018 Taylor René Lewis, Class of 2017 Morgan Ward, Class of 2016
Zara Murrium Ali, Class of 2015Sandy Lor, Class of 2014Shannon Mary Curran, Class of 2013Samantha Rose Schenk, Class of 2012Rosendry Gonzalez, Class of 2011
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ORDER OF EXERCISESWELCOMERegina M. Pisa, Chair, Simmons University Board of Trustees
INTRODUCTIONHelen G. Drinan ’75MS(LIS), ’78MBA, President
INVOCATIONReverend Howard McLendon
“FORWARD, EVER FORWARD” Performance by the Simmons University Chamber Choir, Danica A. Buckley, Music DirectorLyrics on page 2
JOAN MELBER WARBURG ’45, ’97HD LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERAlexus (Lex) Danielle Cruz, Class of 2020
ALUMNAE HONOR AWARDSunnie Jo Hodge, Class of 2020
FACULTY SPEAKERRandi Lite, Professor of Practice, Biology, Director of Exercise Science, The College of Natural, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
CONGRATULATIONS The Honorable Ayanna Pressley, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts’s 7th District
COMMENCEMENT MARSHALNiloufer Sohrabji, Chief Marshal, Professor, Economics, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice
CONFERRING OF THE DEGREESThe Candidates for the Baccalaureate DegreesPresented by Katie Conboy, Provost and Senior Vice PresidentRead by Catherine Paden, Associate Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate Program
Academic DeansStephanie Berzin, Dean, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice Marie desJardins, Dean, The College of Organizational, Computational, and Information SciencesBrian Norman, Dean, The Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and HumanitiesLepaine Sharp-McHenry, Dean, The College of Natural, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
PRESENTATION OF THE CLASS OF 2020 FLAG TO THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATIONPresenting the Flag: Maralee Mitchell, Class Council PresidentReceiving the Flag: Lynne Devnew ’67, Alumnae Association Co-President
This is a commencement program and not a legal document of the University and does not represent a complete and accurate list of 2020 graduates of Simmons University. It is a list of degree candidates invited to participate in the May 15, 2020 commencement ceremonies. Invitation to or participation in the ceremony does not indicate that any candidate has graduated or will graduate from Simmons. Degrees will be conferred on eligible candidates on June 1. Diplomas and a commencement bulletin with a complete listing of 2020 graduates, including honors and awards, will be sent to graduates after June 1, 2020.
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MUSICAL INTERLUDE
“FORWARD, EVER FORWARD”
(Beatrice L. Gilman and Ruth Scully, Class of 1920)
Forward, ever forward, gaily swing along.Ev’ry heart quick pulsing with a love for Simmons strong.Tread your troubles underfoot and leave them all behind,
with ideals of service glad ever in your mind.
Forward, ever forward, backward never turn.Life and love and hope before us, brighter fame to earn.
Cast your doubts and fears far from you, full of courage high.Keeping Simmons in your hearts as you’re marching by.
The Simmons University Chamber Choir has been Hitting A High Note since 1902! They value the traditions of their Simmons singing sisters before them: “We all sing because we must, and especially
when we gather together. In this way we express our feeling and pass on our love to the newer members of the group. It is fortunate for Simmons that she has students and alumnae who prize her
songs and have the will to preserve them. To them we are deeply indebted. We shall often express our gratitude by singing because we must.”
— Bancroft Beatley, The Simmons Songbook, 1935
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CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREESBachelor of ArtsHaya AlDabbous
Hanna Ali
Huda Talal Al-Shair
Jessica MacFarland Andrew
Elizabeth Michelle Arvanitis
Adriana Maharani Ballas
Lillian Faith Baptist
Myriad Amber Beckwith
Emma Nour Belabbes
Evelyn Rose Bernard
Regan Leola Billings Pearce
Kiley Elizabeth Blodgett
Sarah Elizabeth Boundy
Bryanna Denise Brown
Gillian Mae Buckley
Mary Isabelle Buonanno
Nicole Paiva Cabral
Kaitlyn Rose Campbell
Sabrina R. Caramando
Kirra Rochelle Courchesne
Erin Michaela Crudder
Vivian Le Dang
Margaret Rosemary Davies
Lauren Nicole Del Vacchio
Abigail M. Donnelly
Carolyn Littlejohn Dooley
Caroline Elizabeth Dupuy
Yasmine Rabeh Ebeed
Mackenzie Elizabeth Farkus
Grace Abigail Fernandes
Chloe Isabella Feuerstein
Marina Ann Finelli
Sharon Elizabeth Fischer
Cheyenna Forsee
Danielle Lindsay Francis
Juliana Gamba
Bridget Anne Garach
Emma Eloisa Garcia-Miller
Elizabeth Owen Giannechini
Kyr Grace Gibson
Sarah Allison Goldstein
Madeline Marie Gosselin
Emma Rose Gottschalk
Caroline Jane Granitur
Devin Elizabeth Guild
Olivia Marion Hamilton
Julia Rose Hansen
Olivia Penelope Hart
Sydney Shaye Haynes
Kyetes Marika Heller
Lauren Louise Holmes
Frances Gabrielle Humphrey
Allison Mackenzie Isaksen
Lauren Meredith Kaye
Manal Amine Khalil
Felicity Joan King
Kalsie Lursenda King
Olivia Marie Klein
Skylar Watson Krug
Karla Anne Lamoureux
Grace Lau
Stephanie Paquette LeBlanc
Autumn Jacqueline Ledgister-Cummins
Hope Michaela Lehnick
Kelly Y. Liang
Emma Xue-Jia Lowenstein
Morgan Frances Lowrey
Julia M. Lyberger
Julia Ann Lydon
Lavender Anne Martin
Sierra Rachel McCaffrey
Kenna Lyn McCarthy
Haley Brigid McCurdy
Maralee Hunter Lohman Mitchell
Emerson Lily Mouradian
Sakina Sumiyah Musa
Jade Marie Nortey
Gina Orjuela
Gwendolyn Liga Ozols-Remmetter
Janet Padilla
Tracey Perodin
Krystianna Dolores Pietrzak
Olivia June Postma-Kiley
Jessica Elianet Pupo
Shereece Samantha Rankine
Julia Marie Rapela
Amanda Paige Rodriguez
Haley Elizabeth Rosenthal
Lauren Elaine Russo
Miki Sagara
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Sinny Madeline Sam
Emma West Saulnier
Julianne Jade Schochet
Hannah Kathryn Scott
Kathleen Theresa Sheehan
Jenny Shi
Raissa Domingues Costa Silva
Audrey Simmons
Caroline Madonna Smith
Kennedy Camille Smith
Nicole Claire Oakes Snyder
Alexandra Nancy-Bea Soqui
Julia Patricia Stevens
Kathleen Marie Tajmajer
Jennifer Tappero
Lillian Thorne
Hannah Marie Timmermann
Gail Tynkov
Hanna D. van Belle
Thuy Tien Thi Vo
Morgan Elizabeth Walker
Lennox Wallace
Amanda Marie Walsh
Martha Jane Whitmore
Lauren Elizabeth Wigren
Meagan Ellen Wilber
Priscilla Grace Wiltshire-Bland
Kaylin Ann Wu
Anna Yuanming Zhang
Vivian Che Zou
Bachelor of ScienceGrace Marie Adamson
Mariam Moshari Al-Angari
Anwar Alananzeh
Lisabel Sarmiento Asuncion
Gwyneth Thomes Bailey
Makena Dianne Bambrick
Shawna Marlene Banducci
Sabrina Gabrielle Belozerova
Alexandra Yan-Jing Berg-Pappert
Sloan Eve Bergstresser
Paprika Mary Berry
Mary Margaret Blackwell
Andrea Varela Borges
Bianca Mina Boschetti
Caroline Marie Brassil
Caitlyn Rose Bundy
Vanessa Lillian Burns
Celine Monique Burrows
Sarah Lynn Butler
Clara Elizabeth Carleton
Sienna Catherine Caron
Hellen Wei Chen
Kaya Moon Chou-Kudu
Theo Jasper Ciccarelli
Caroline M. Codair
Mary Lee Coletti
Mary Catherine Finley Collins
Rita Naomi Cook
Bonney Leigh Couper-Kiablick
Etta Laurel Covert
Aaliyah P. Crawford
Alexus Danielle Cruz
Natalie Cuccia
Jamie Lee Daley
Kayla Lucia DaSilva
Madison Amber Dean
Lauren Megan Della Croce
Abigail Rebecca Desrochers
Hannah Nicole Dike
Amy Elisabeth Doucette
Esrah Wenting Du
Bethanie Leigh Dudley
Jamie Sarah Ehrhardt
Maija Simone Erickson
Nervana Faheem
Cheyenne Jeannette Fauvel-Decrombecque
Emma Cranos Formosi
Adrienne Gatchalian Garcia
Aurora Denise Goodland
Gabriella Grezzi
Jenna Marie Guglielmo
Isho Dalmar Haji
Fiona Lucas Harms
Amran Dahir Hassan
Molly Jean Elizabeth Henebury
Eriko Hishiya
Sunnie Jo Hodge
Katerina Howie
Laura Musonera Isaro
Sarah Islam
Ally Judith Jarvis
Heidi Johnson
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Marissa Jenna Johnson
Emily Lucia Josephson
Katelyn Mary Kalliel
Amanda Nicole Kasper
Hannah Devon Kerr
Laura Caroline Kitchen
Kate Elizabeth Krawczuk
Caroline Frances Landry
Sophia Janet Lange
Ellen Stark Langford
Carly Elizabeth Laverty
Catherine Thi Le
Kimberly Le
Sarah Catherine Lemire
Emily Anne Leonardo
Bethany Lynn Levenson
Kelsey Landstrom Ludes
Michele Ann MacKinnon
Ashley Taylor Madeiros
Ivanna Andrea Mancin Bracho
Amina Mansouri
Amanda Lauren Matos
Nicole Renee McFarland
Hannah Elizabeth McGregor
Yuthnita Men
Dominique Milord Mendes
Angela Lynn Meunier
Talisi Elizabeth Meyer
Kalen Aubrey Michals
Kristen Nicole Mihalich
Ella Shannon Mikeal
Kaelin Leigh Montanez
Mayra Lissette Morales
Bethany Lin Mutchler
Elizabeth Rose Newton
Nguyen Thao Nguyen
Amber May Nobbs
Briana Lynn O’Keefe
Joanna Pantazopoulos
Hannah Kathryn Parlman
Brianna Alyssa Patterson
Genevieve Elizabeth Peck
Lillian Grace Pennington
Kearsten M. Pichette
Kalamakaleimahoehoe Meagan Porter
Riana Yelitza Pozsgai
Evelina Maria Ragutshteyn
Delphine Emie Ravix
Lillian Clancy Redwine
Isis Danielle Rivera
Samantha Elizabeth Rivera
Sabrina Rose Robert
Emily Flaherty Robinson
Zuleica Jamira Rodrigues Monteiro
Dariela Lizbeth Romero
Kaitlyn Sierra Roseberry
Elizabeth Grace-Xi Saunders
Erin Mary Schaefer
Aine Claire Scholand
Elizabeth Margaret Scott
Kaitlyn E. Smith
Rhianna P. Stevens
Cara Lynn Stockman
Dylan Lynch Stoesser
Laura Marie Sweeney
Lena Syed
Mehbooba Tamanna
Paige Sarah Tarasiak
Gabriela Nicole Taslitsky Androssenko
Marisa Tassi
Erika Barbosa S. Tavares
Jordan Iyliyya Taylor
Liliana Idali Torres
Olivia Martha Trull
Elizabeth Ann Vossen
Camden Rose Waterhouse
Morgan Bennett Weeg
Grace Ellery Wilson
Isabelle Rose Wlodkowski
Amy Elizabeth Worth
Victoria Georgieva Yordanova
Farhiyo A. Yusuf
Iris Zhao
Bachelor of Science in Business AdministrationMaegan Michelle Bernier
Abigail Leigh Bowman
Sarah Elizabeth Cahaly
Natasha Leanette Caquias
Kiana Catalina Chaves
Kari Chen
Mai N. Driesen
Precious Figueroa-Szostek
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Sophia Rose Flynn
Gabrielle Merideth Freeman
Margarita Elizabeth Gonzalez
Tenzin Choezin Kamson
Talvinder Kaur
Karin Monica Laager
Caroline Wells Latta
Anastasia D. Maher
Sabika Mirza
Anastasia Mulloy
Ana Carolina Dias Oliveira
Nella Rose Potenza
Katherine Eleanor Reidl
Yuqing Ruan
Tiffany Andrea Tang
Devon Shea Tice
Stacy Dianne Vele
Autumn Serene Warnock
Quinlan Mariah Wood
Casey Lynne Wright
Bachelor of Science in NursingElizabeth Melitta Adams
Mavis Addobea
Aloonee Adhikari
Chloe Elizabeth Aiken
Asma Aitnouri
Annabelle Lenora Ashley
Hannah Patricia Babb
Aminata Rouguy Bah
Mary-Elizabeth Baker
Marissa Nicole Bearse
Abigail Rose Bell
Olivia Kay Bellemore
Michaela Renee Bouchard
Grace Elizabeth Boudreau
Lorna Joy Brennan
Jessica Elisabeth Brooks
Nicolla Widodari Bulato
Amanda Margaret Burgdorf
Gillian Ruth Burke
Anne Denise Burnett
Emma Rose Cadman
Kimberly A. Campbell
Kellie Rose Cann
Isabella Grace Caruso
Michelle Theresa Carvalho
Olivia Marie Casella
Cassidy Cataldo
Carla Centeio
Claire M. Chen
Tong Chen
Samantha Nicole Chin
Zahraa Chouman
Hilary Chuh
Kirsten Grace Clark
Emma Jones Clay
Christina Elizabeth Colliton
Sarah Lynn Corbett
Ella Rose Cornu
Alison Shields Costello
Orla Kelly Coughlan
Maura Alice Coughlin
Hannah Michelle Kazin Cowett
Dayna Veronica Crowley
Victoria Rose Cunningham
Hannah Elizabeth Dagg
Mackenzie Brianna Darcy
Jordan Jean Davey
Angela Y. Day
Brooke Faber de Moraes
Talitha Brenda DeFaria
Mary Elizabeth Dever
Aishatou Corrigan Diallo
Emily Annette Dicker
Tanya M. DiGiantommaso
Lisa DiVirgilio
Minh N. Do
Tressa Hope Ellis
Janet Fama
Margaret Clancy Farrand
Allyson Jamie Fecteau
Katie Tessa Ferland
Margaret Fernald
Natalie Kathleen Finn
Sarah Elizabeth Fleischhauer
Amelia Grace Franklin
Emily Sara Freedman
Kaitlin L. Gagne
Alexandra Gallinelli
Natasha Tudor Garland
Anna Danielle Gavitt
Elizabeth M. George
Rachel Martha Gilbert
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Olivia Rose Goddard
Emily Gorham
Amy Alla-Bell Hanson
Maygan Lynn Hatt
Charlotte Atwater Havens
Clara Lynn Maurer Heiden
Molly Grace Hennessey
Julia Susan Henriques
Emma Rose Heslin
Madison Taylor Hill
Sara Ann Hodson
Kathryn Anne Holcomb
Sara K. Holmes
Eric Arthur Houghton
Meaghan Elizabeth Hoyt
Alyssa Nicole Huie
Taysir Omar Jama
Lexie Kathleen Jarosz
Olivia Susan Jewell
Evangeline Onyekachi Jones
Taylor Rae Jones
Laura Beth Kaufman
Tayla Ann Kenny
Annalee Carol Kohn
Paulina Marie Kosmadakis
Veronica Koyfman
Araxi Apigian Krafian
Olivia Marie Kristen
Jelena Kupcevic
Georgina Lai
Hannah Emily Laitman
Sarah Lynn Lantych
Paige Gilmore Lawrence
Kathleen Elizabeth Lawson
Sophie Mia Lawsure
Sean M. Leahy
Jaegyeong Lee
Kit Y. Lee
Brittany L. Legowski
Sylvia Leung
Lena Marie Leva
Jessica Rochelle Levine
Trina Liang
Laura Limoges-Erwin
Laura Ann List
Kelly Ann Lister
Donata Yingqian Liu
Lianne Kai-Ling Liu
Isabella Marie LoChiatto
Jesse J. Logan
Margaret Mary Logie
Rose Lotin-Lauture
Sijia Ma
Julia Helen Machado
Anastasia Antje MacMillan
Samantha Lynne Magraw
Faith Payne Mancuso
Alana Rose Manghis
Jessie Mar
Jacquelyn Therese Marchand
Emily Marchesano
Shelby Jane McDonough
Morgan Elizabeth McFarland
Lillian Rose McIntire
Rachel Marie McManus
Catherine Rose Miceli
Emma Kathryn Mullen
Hailey Elizabeth Mullen
Zohreen Murad
Kimanna Thi Nguyen
Nina Chau Nguyen
Sara Jane Nichols
Samantha Julie Normilus
Eden Nsangi
Colleen Elizabeth O’Connor
Katherine Elizabeth Oglesby
Eleni Christiana Papadopoulos
Urvi Harish Patel
Marisol Penaloza
Megan Elizabeth Pereira
Lauren Michelle Perez
Michael J. Preston
Alexandra Simone Provost
Zoe Marie Purvis
Rebecca Grace Ramsey
Sarah Marie Reissfelder
Amanda Jeannine Rekkbie
Kingsley Anderson Richards
Emma Rose Prosser Riessen
Malena Rosa Rim
Delaney Alain Roberson
Nora Miller Robinson
Taylor Elizabeth Rocheleau
Allison Sophia Rogers
MacKenzie Anne Rogers
Tarah Kendra Romain
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Haley A. Root
Joana Rosa
Jacqueline Rutinwa
Katherine Bridget Ryan
Amy Elizabeth Sabean
Cristina Nicole Samaniego
Thomas W. Savage
Emily Vera Schnitt
Morgan Kieley Schroeter
Jill Marie Scribner
Daniela Servideo
Noreen Shaikh
Jillian Lin Shih
Kathleen Elisa Simon
Nina Katherine Slowey
Leah Christine Snider
Vitoria Santana Soares
Dawna Ann Stamatos
Gabriela Marie Stern
Mary Katherine Sullivan
Amanda Fotini Sykes
Soad Tahlil
Sarah Ann Thibeault
Angela Lee Tien
Gabriella Burke Trombley
Michaela Jean Trout
Brian Patrick Tuffy
Stephanie Elaine Valiquette
Paloma Vasquez
Holly Johanna Vrotsos
Kara Alexandra Yvonne Walsh
Brittany Wang
Danielle Lyn Warden
Patricia Natalie Williams
Sela Milan Alyse Winder
Kristen M. Wirtanen
Sandy T. Yang
Allison Faith Zheng
Bachelor of Social WorkAlexis Anulika Agiliga
Samantha Elizabeth Clark
Lillian Grace Cleary
Erin Michelle Curley
Stephanie Erin Enderson
Mariana Garcia
Krystal Kassandra Hall
Lore Huynh
Rachel Marie Kovar
Riley Marchione
Erin Mullane O’Brien
Kira Riley
Milagros Altagracia Sanchez-Gaton
Nalaya Shand-Campbell
Rebecca Lynn Spelman
Emma K. Sullivan
Victoria Grace Svec
Corazon Marguerite Swanberg
Haley Catherine Tiffany