GS 2011 Class Day Slideshow

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Class Day

May 16, 2011

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Welcome friends and family!Thank you for joining us to celebrate our talented, accomplished and distinguished graduates!

Benjamin Feibleman

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Welcome Class of 1951

To the people of Libya:

My thoughts andprayers are with you. May you achieve your aspirations of freedom and democracy.

Lailah ila Allah wa al-Shaheed Habib Allah

Yuseff Assed

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Julia Ann Murphy

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Julia Ann Murphy

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Bar Riese

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Aba ve Ima Ha yekarim!!!

Thank you for being with me I could not have done it without your emotional support, your ozen kashevet and your friendship.

We can both be proud I got a degree, but you learned how to use Skype!! I love you!!

Bar Riese

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It has been a long time coming. It is a journey that began 10 years ago. Today, as I reflect upon the hardships that I have overcome, I realize that I will forever be grateful:

To Allah for giving me the strength and the courage to keep going

Alpha Ousmane Bah

To my family my mother Aissatou Diallo, and my father Alpha Ibrahima Bah for making the person who I am today. I hope I have made you proud

To two special people that I consider my brothers: Mohamed Kaba andMamadouLamarana Diallo for keeping me in check when I was about to drift away, for supporting me morally through this struggle

To my adviser Dean Mendoza for listening and guiding me through this process;

To my fellow GS students for time and time again proving that no matter the walks of life, the challenges of the past, present and future, anything is possible for wherever there is life, there will be hope!

Alpha Ousmane Bah

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Marquita Denise Acron

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I would like to thank my family and friends for all their help while I worked towards this day. Most of all, I want to thank Jide Kassim, who helped me through each stage, who proofread my application essay, who read all my papers for my classes, who helped me apply to law school, and who wiped away all my tears when I didn't think I would make it and encouraged me to continue. Thank you, my love, for helping me to achieve my moment!



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Dear Butler:

We will miss

you terribly!

Love,

Kristiina

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Katrin

Katrin Nusshold

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Dear Columbia, Thank you for all the wonderful things you have taught us: -how to live without sleep -how to live without food - how to camp out in a library -how to smuggle food into a library -and lastly, how to reduce our social life to ... social life, what was that again?

Still, we love you :)

Yours,

Kristiina Wells and Katrin Nusshold

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Katrin Nusshold

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"One way flight on Virgin America from SFO to JFK $129Semi-furnished studio apartment near campus $2,250 per month Tuition at Columbia University $43,304 per year

Returning back to school after 10 years and graduating from college absolutely PRICELESS!

Taj Chahal

This one is for you Bibi Ji (Grandma)!

I know you are watching from above. I could have never done this without the love and support of my family, friends, and fellow graduates." Brrruuuuuaaaaaaahhhhh!

(Cheers in Punjabi)

Taj Chahal

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Taj Chahal

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Taj Chahal

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Thank you to my mother Ann Geagan for all your love and support.

Joseph Geagan


gBadebo Williams

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To my mother, Benedicta; brothers, Akinbo, Segun and Gbolahan, my grandmother, Gladys, aunties and friends: I share my success of graduation with you because you, in many ways, made this day possible.

gBadebo Williams

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Eddie and Alexis, Thanks for your endless love and support throughout this major endeavor! I would like to thank both the Williams and families for their encouragement and faith in my ability. It's never too late to be what you might have been! WINNING!!!!!

Lori Williams-Sanford

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Jason Gustavson

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Welcome to the Gustavson Family & Friends

Jason Gustavson

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Dear Mom, David, Amanda, and Andrew:

Thank you for supporting my endeavors and being here for me on this day. It means so much to me to have you at my graduation. Each one of you has helped me get here in a special way and I am grateful for you.

Aryana C. Fargo

Julia Ann Murphy

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To My Incredible Parents, Pat and Michael, and My Amazing Husband, Peter: I would not be here today without your constant love and support. With so much love and gratitude, I thank you. Love always,

Julia Murphy

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To my friends:

You are the most valuable things that I've got at Columbia! We made it!!! Congrats and love you all always...

HyeRan Hong

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You are the best Dad and Mom ever...Thanks for everything you have done for me!

I love you more than I can say.

HyeRan Hong

Un grand merci ma famille et mes amis pour leur soutien, leur patience et tellement plus pendant ces 3 dernires annes. Je vous aime et n'oublierai jamais que je n'aurais jamais pu faire a sans vous... Special thanks to Adam, Jen, Arden, Addisen, Aidan and Tyler! I started this adventure with you and would never be standing here without you. I love you and I'm so grateful to have you in my life!

Delphia Polle

Thank you my love! Our journey goes on...

Nemanja Mladenovic

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Ralph We could not be more proud. With much love, Mom, Dad, Phil, Ralph & Laura

Ralph Izzo

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Lauren Di Giovanni

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Mom, Dad, Nick, Kelsy & Greg: Thank you for your support both throughout my life and during my time at Columbia. I could not have graduated from Columbia without you! Love you all very much!

Lauren Di Giovanni

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Thank you JORDAN, MOM, DAD, POPPY, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, JENNIE and ANDY for coming!!!

Love,

Daniel Epstien

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Tiara Winter-Schorr

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To my mother, Sharon A. Winter-Schorr:Without you, none of my accomplishments would mean anything at all. Your work and life have been inspiration to me, and being loved by you has inspired me to do things I did not think were possible. You were the first person to have complete faith in me, and that faith will always sustain me. The past four years have been intense, and I could not have survived a day at Columbia without your care and support

Tiara Winter-Schorr

Aside from being my mom, you also my best friend.I can't begin to imagine how devoid of love and fun and magic my life would have been without you. Most of all, thank you giving me faith in God and in myself, and thank you for teaching me to love hard work and education. Your love is incomparable ...

To Dr. Jill Shapiro:I could not have asked for more as a professor or a friend. Your excellence as a teacher is unsurpassed. I admire your dedication to your work and your love for your students .... That dedication and love spurred me to work harder than I ever have. You were instrumental in making me feel that Columbia is a challenging but endlessly supportive environment.

You helped me grow as a student, and over the years you have become a cherished friend. I cannot overstate your influence on me or how much studying with you has meant to me. Thank you for your faith in me. It has helped me to have faith in myself.

Tiara Winter-Schorr

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All my gratitude, at every moment

to god: for the complexities of life, access to the faith that unravels them and the Sufi path. To my atheist father, best friend and gin gin: I love you. I live and survive only because of you.

Lakshmi Gopal

To my acchaccha, kunji, my family and the rest of my fellow Samurai: everything I do, I do for you with your values in my mind and your love in my heart.

Lakshmi Gopal

To the greatest teachers and mentors any life could ask for: thank you to Prof al- Musawi, Prof. Roma and Prof. Potti for guiding me along the path to greater understanding. I hope one day I can make you proud.

To Dean Ulloa, Dean Scola, and Sean Trulby: Thank you for making GS what it is.

Lakshmi Gopal

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Tiara Winter-Schorr

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Congratulations, Samantha Jackson!

You did it, Girl!

Caribbean Students Association

Shayna Sehayik

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Julia Ann Murphy

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Shayna Sehayik

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Shayna Sehayik

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There are no words to truly express the depth of my gratitude for my family and friends who have supported me in so many ways throughout this incredibly difficult and rewarding journey. Special thanks to my mother, Nancy Feller.

Samantha Labrie

Shayna Sehayik

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Thank you so much for all the support, Dad!

I couldn't have done this without you. I love you! Love, Clare Bear

Clare Foord

Shayna Sehayik

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Valerie, thanks for always listening to me, encouraging me when I hit a wall and reaching deep into your pockets.

Brenda thanks for your golden signature on my loan applications. You're the best big sister EVER!

Babs and James thanks for your never-ending support and encouragement regardless of what direction I turn.

You are the best.

Daryl Irene Lee

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Rodney Brussell

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Benjamin Feibleman

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Benjamin Feibleman

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Today I give thanks to my husband, Beny, for providing me the opportunity of an undergraduate education.

Thank you for your love and support.

Cristina Matesanz

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Thank you Mom, Dad, Kristina, Dean Karahalios, and everyone else for all your support!

Rodney B. Russell II

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Mum, Dad, Jen and Peter:

I couldn't have done it without you.

Sarah Jane Lockwood

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Mi haya ma'amin?? Mom, aba, Ayala,

Grandma and Grandpa, Karen, Aura, Fred, and to all my other relatives out there.

Thank you! Thank you for your unconditional love and endless support.

I could not have done it without you (I mean it). Thanks for celebrating with me today.

Yoav Oren

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Mami y Papi, Gracias por siempre estar ahi cuando los necesito. Gracias por bancarme cuando estoy nerviosa, de mal humor, o con poco sueno. Fueron cuatro anos dificiles, pero sin la ayuda y apoyo de ustedes no podria estar graduandome hoy. Los quiero mucho,Tami Elielu - gracias por venir y estar conmigo en este dia tan important de mi vida! Te quiero mucho!

Tamara Epelbaum

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Benjamin Feibleman

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Alice and Lorenzo, Grateful for your loving sacrifice and unyielding commitment.

Your Son,

Joseph Sista

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Benjamin Feibleman

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Peter IV, Bridget, and Brendan,

Thank you for understanding when Daddy couldn't be home to give you snuggles because of late classes. I hope you understand I would have rather been home with you guys! I love you all sooooo much!!! Daddy

Peter Bodnar III

Dad, Words cannot express my thanks for all you have done for me so that this day could finally happen. Without you this would not have been possible.

It has been a long hard struggle but WE DID IT!!! Thank you for everything you have done for all of us! I love you!

Peter Bodnar III

Taj Chahal

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gBadebo Williams

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Benjamin Feibleman

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Lakshmi Gopal

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Benjamin Feibleman

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On OUR special day I want to thank you, Perry.

You are not only the love of my life but also my best friend couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for hanging in there when I was spending more time in Butler than with you.

Thank you going to museums and operas with me only to spend hours discussing my papers after we got home. Thank you for being you!

I wouldn't have been here today if it wasn't for YOUR presence. I love you!

Lior Hemi

I'd like to thank the BEST parents in the world: Aviva and Itzhak.

It took me a while but I couldn't have done it without your love, support, and encouragement!

THANK YOU!

Lior Hemi

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Baby, we did it! Thank you for supporting both of us during my journey at Columbia. All my heart to you, John. Love, Hollie

Hollie Tincani


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To my parents, Barbara and Manfred Weiner, for their love and support and because I could not love you more!!!

To Farrah Khan and Nancy Davis, my partners in crime and constant companions who never fail me.

Bettina Weiner

To Prof. Jill Muller, Prof Margaret Vandenburg, Prof. W.B. Worthen, Prof. James Schamus, Prof. Katja Vogt, Prof. James Eli Adams, Ralph Zito and Corbett Bazler for their passion for teaching, compassion for their students, and for teaching me in the words of Professor Vandenburg - "it's good, but now we'll make it BETTER!!!"

To Scott Wallace Jr. for being my "rock." To Laura and Wade Watson, my friends and neighbors who are always there for me! To Cassandra Seidenfeld- Lyster who inspires me. To everyone at GS: Dean Awn, Skip Bailey, Dean Mendoza, Prof. Rosner

THANK YOU.

Bettina Weiner

Moore/Greene Family & my dearest friends:

Anything is possible with you by my side! Thank you for sharing this incredible journey with me and for your unwavering support. You stood by me and helped me fulfill a lifelong dream. I could not have juggled family, school, and full-time work without your dedication, words of encouragement, and unconditional love...

Karen Moore Greene

A special thank you to my beautiful children Brittany, Montgomery, and Ava, who inspire me every day to do and be better. To my amazing husband, Walter, who took on most of the burden while I pursued academic excellence. You earned this degree too, my love!

To my sister Andrea, the Moore Family, the Greene Family, and my core circle of sister-friends, thank you endlessly for your love, understanding, and patience throughout my academic years. You are the wind beneath my wings and I love you with all my heart!

Thank you to the School of General Studies for affording me, a girl from the South Bronx, an Ivy League education. You made my dreams attainable and have opened doors for me and my family. I am eternally indebted!

Karen Moore Greene

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Congratulations Graduates!

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