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The 97th Annual Convocation

Class of 2018

May 12, 2018

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First Lady of the State of New JerseyTammy Snyder Murphy

“I cannot tell you how very thrilled we are to now have an official mandate to continue listening and working together – with you – to bring out the very best of our state.”

– Tammy Murphy

Tammy Snyder Murphy’s upbringing, career, and worldview have been consistently shaped and defined by family, education, service, and leadership. Whether running for student office during college, thriving in a competitive

and male-dominated industry, starting and working with non-profits, or joining the Women’s March in Trenton, Ms. Murphy has always believed in problem-solving through coalition-building and participation.

Tammy and Governor Philip D. Murphy have been married for 23 years and together have four children: Josh, Emma, Charlie, and Sam.

A transformative experience for the Murphy family was proudly representing the United States in the Federal Republic of Germany. Tammy, individually and together with her husband, spoke and led on behalf of the United States of America. She chaired meetings, gave speeches, and hosted meals and receptions, strengthening our nation’s relationship with a critical ally while impacting the lives of thousands of Germans and Americans.

Upon returning to New Jersey, Tammy and Phil realized that the incredible state they called home was in need of bold new leadership. Together, they founded a think tank to explore ways to help grow the middle class and jumpstart New Jersey’s economy. Most recently, Tammy has been energized and inspired traveling the state and meeting New Jerseyans to hear their concerns, both with Phil and as his surrogate, utilizing her experience in the private and nonprofit sectors to work through policy ideas and solutions, and supporting and advising the Governor on his transition.

A graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A., English and Communications, 1987), Tammy currently sits on the University’s Board of Visitors. She also serves as Secretary and charter member of The Climate Reality Action Fund, an organization founded by former Vice-President Al Gore. Over the years, Tammy has worked with non-profits, a think-tank, and other organizations focused on the environment, education, health care, youth and family services, as well as the arts and trans-Atlantic relations. Tammy previously worked in finance in the U.S. and Europe and has traveled extensively throughout the world living overseas in each of London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and Berlin. She speaks German and some Italian.

As First Lady, Tammy Snyder Murphy will continue being a partner to Phil as he works with Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver to tackle the formidable challenges facing the state and its incredible residents.

Message from the Dean of DouglassJacquelyn Litt, Ph.D.

Dear Class of 2018,

On behalf of Douglass Residential College, our staff and fellow students, it gives me great pleasure to congratu-late you on this incredible distinction, earning your undergraduate degree. I am immensely proud as you become distinguished alumnae of Douglass. This year’s convocation has the added resonance of taking place during the centennial celebration of Douglass. On

September 18, 1918, the doors of College Hall opened and 54 brave young women entered, ready to chart the course of history. You are now a special part of this incredible Douglass history.

The Douglass mission today is to inspire Douglass women to learn, lead and live with conviction, creativity and critical insight. During your first convocation I challenged you to “claim your education,” and to be the “rightful owner” of your experience. I have seen you transform from your initial days on campus as eager and intelligent yet unsure students into the confident and determined graduates you are today. You have led student groups, created art exhibits, performed moving concerts, and written compelling articles. You have discovered strengths, embraced opportunities, and created life-long connections.

Thank you for contributing so greatly to the Douglass community. My wish is that you continue to make an indelible mark on the world. Whether through conducting research, treating patients, instructing students, creating social change, caring for kin, or running your own business, your work matters. Al-though the world has changed rapidly since you entered Douglass, you have remained steadfast in your convictions, dedicated to creating a better world and seeing the humanity in others. The issues you face today are great and vast. We look to you to contribute your wisdom to help solve the pressing issues of our time. I am confident that you will succeed.

Graduates of the Class of 2018, we will miss you greatly and hope you return often. On behalf of Douglass, I share heartfelt congratulations!

Warmly,

Jacquelyn Litt, Ph.D.

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Convocation SpeakerImbolo MbueImbolo Mbue is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Behold the Dreamers, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Award, and was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the Washington Post and a Best Book of the Year by close to a dozen publications, the novel has been translated into 10 languages, adapted into an opera, and optioned for a movie.

A native of the seaside town of Limbe, Cameroon and a graduate of Rutgers and Columbia universities, Imbolo Mbue currently lives in New York City.

This New York Times best selling novel has earned top ratings from reviewers and other well-known authors. The Los Angeles Review of Books advises that, “. . . Mbue does an admirable job of developing characters whose lives seem so heartbreakingly real… When you close the book, you will hear their pain. You might feel them calling for you.” Writing with warmth, this debut book portrays a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy. The story deals with marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream.

Chancellor, Rutgers-New BrunswickDebasish Dutta, Ph.D.

Debasish (Deba) Dutta became Chancellor of Rutgers University–New Brunswick on July 1, 2017. As Chancellor, he is responsible for both charting the University’s future and leading the day-to-day operations of the Rutgers’ flagship University. He is also a tenured Distinguished Professor of Engineering.

In an academic career spanning over 30 years, Chancellor Dutta has served as an educator, scholar, and administrator at four national Association of American Universities, most recently at Purdue University, where he served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity. Prior to that, he was Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate College at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was also Edward and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering. Chancellor Dutta started his academic career at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where, for twenty years, he served in various administrative roles and as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Chancellor Dutta has served in the federal government (in the National Science Foundation) and in various national committees on higher education. He has a longstanding commitment to enhancing student success, promoting diversity and inclusion, and catalyzing innovation and research. He has received several awards and honors, most recent of which is the 2018 Educator of the Year award from American Council of Engineering Companies in New Jersey.

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Talyah Basit is graduating with a double major in English Literature and Political Science. As a commuter student she was actively engaged in the many opportunities in the Douglass community as a peer support and a student leader. This year Talyah was a Laurie Chair Scholar at Douglass where she participated in an academic program with Dr. Susan Martin, an alumna and international

expert on immigration and refugee issues. Talyah conducted original research on immigration and refugees issues for women and presented her research at the 2018 Douglass Global Summit. She was also a Global Ambassador in Douglass’ Global Village Living-Learning Community. Talyah was a human rights activist in Take Back the Night to raise awareness of gender-based violence and attended the Black Lives Matter rallies. Among the many awards that Talyah earned, she received the Edele Neilsen Prize in Speech from Douglass. Talyah is also one of the Douglass women to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society and Pi Sigma Alpha.

Talyah was also active in the Rutgers community. She was the Director of Administration for the Rutgers Global Coalition for Social Change a fellow in the Lloyd C. Gardner Program in Leadership and Social Policy, a School of Arts and Sciences Honors Ambassador and Peer Mentor, the Expedition Head for the Artists’ Collective, and the Senior Editor for the Anthologist, Rutgers’ oldest literary magazine. Talyah interned for the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, the Eagleton Institute of Politics, and the Expressive Arts 4H program. She was also a research assistant for the Aresty Research Center. Among her other distinctions, Talyah is the recipient of the Excellence Award and the Jamima Dingus Qualls Prize from the School of Arts and Sciences.

Senior SpeakerTalyah Basit

Maribeth Hugelmeyer serves as the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs Recording Secretary (2018-2020). She has held the position of College District Vice President (2016-2018) and served as Epsilon Sigma Omicron State Chairman under the Education Community Service Program (2014-2016).

Ms. Hugelmeyer joined the Metuchen-Edison Woman’s Club in 2011, quickly displaying her leadership and organizational abilities. She served as Metuchen-Edison Woman’s Club President (2015-2016), Co-President (2014-2015), and 2nd Vice President (2013).

She is a member of the Suburban Woman’s Club of South Plainfield (2016) and the Past President Club College District (2016), where she is currently serving as Vice President.

She is a graduate of Kean College ’96, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She volunteers at Liberty Hall Museum (part of Kean University) in Union.

Maribeth has been married for 39 years and has two grown daughters, both of whom are Douglass Alumnae. She retired in 2014 from the Hess Corporation, after 25 years in various administrative positions.

To honor the Douglass’ 100th Anniversary, the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs has generously provided all graduating students participating in today’s ceremony with a copy of The Douglass Century: Transformation of the Women’s College at Rutgers University (Rutgers University Press).

New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs

Maribeth Hugelmeyer

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PROCESSIONAL

Graduating ClassPlatform Dignitaries

Musical Accompaniment: Pomp and Circumstance by Edward Elgar

DEAN’S CONGRATULATIONS Jacquelyn Litt, Ph.D. Dean of the College

Professor, Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies

Tammy Snyder Murphy

First Lady of the State of New Jersey

Deba Dutta, Ph.D.

Chancellor, Rutgers University – New Brunswick

“LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING”

Jessica Kerman, Class of 2018

Jannae Johnson, Class of 2019

Voorhees Choir Members

Words by James Weldon Johnson

Music by John Rosamond Johnson

CONVOCATION SPEAKER

Imbolo Mbue, Douglass College, Class of 2001

Maribeth Hugelmeyer

New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs

STUDENT ADDRESS Talyah Basit Class of 2018

CONFERRAL OF THE DOUGLASS CERTIFICATE

Ellen Lieberman, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs

Douglass Residential College

Jacquelyn Litt, Ph.D. Dean of the College

RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES

Michelle Jefferson, Ph.D., Douglass College, Class of 1990 Dean of Students, Cook and Douglass Campuses

Rutgers University – New Brunswick

ALMA MATER

Led by Voorhees Choir Members Music by Nancy Hoffacker Miller, Douglass College 1954

Words by Jean Gruen Munzer, Douglass College 1956

RECESSIONAL

Platform Dignitaries Graduating Class of 2018

Musical Accompaniment: Trumpet Tune in D Major by Charles John Stanley

COLLEGE GONFALONIERES

Vaidehi Pandya, Class of 2018 New Jersey College for Women Gonfalon

Deandrah Cameron, Class of 2018 Douglass College Gonfalon

Raveena Midha, Class of 2018 Douglass Red Pine Gonfalon

The audience is requested to remain in place until the

academic recession has left the field.

Order of Exercises Order of Exercises

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Women who are part of Douglass Residential College are enrolled in one of the undergraduate schools at Rutgers, New Brunswick. As several schools are represented, there may be variation in the color and adornment of the graduates’ academic regalia.

Baccalaureate DegreeCandidates


Shahinaz AbdelhamidSafa AbdulhaiLoretta M. Adams-LickliderHerrana E. AddisuAnuoluwapo AdedejiAdewumi O. AdetayoAarti Aggarwal **Rashika AgrawalNidhi R. AgrawalManahil Ahmad *Raffia S. AhmedMaryam AhmedBlessing A. AjayiOlivia N. AjiakeDeeplovleen K. AkalMadison L. AkinsSarah Alam *Grace E. AlbeeIleanie G. Alifonso - BelenJuliana L. Almeida MirandaNicole E. AlzateLeslie C. AmadorNwakaego P. Amaechi *Frances C. AmaefunaBrooke T. AmbertFaranak AminifarNgozi F. AnaemejehLily J. Androsiglio *Danielle J. AnsleyRebecca R. AraujoIsibhakhom J. Arhewoh **Julianne C. ArizzoYazmin N. ArmstrongHafsa Z. Asghar

**Diplomas dated October 2017* Diplomas dated January 2018


Angelica A. AshfordAkua-Aferba AshongZahra AsifEsther K. Asumadu *Sruthi AthotaCrystal J. Attidore *Hermonise A. Auguste *Ada AugustyniakJoana Mari S. Avila *Marium AwanNatasha K. AwariDedeva A. AyerMuzdalifa Ayub *Amelo R. BacchusAriel K. BaeChloe E. BakerAnushiya Balakrishnan **Jamaiyah V. BalkmanSneha BardhanAshley E. Basile *Talyah BasitSejal BatraKeyosha T. BauldockDahnay BazunuJessica D. BedeleEmna Bencheikh **Yassmina H. BendahudChinmoyi Bhushan *Ashley S. BishopCrystal R. BlauerLucy A. BlevinsBridget Boakye **Afia A. BoatengMeghan K. Bochinski

Skyler F. BolkinJessamyn L. BonafeDarla BonaguraAtaa S. BonsuPhilippa Bonsu **Samantha B. BorbonNadia J. BouajilaNicole E. Bowers *Samhitha R. Boyapalli **Cydney C. BradleyMisty Y. BranchKaterina E. BrandtRoxanne N. BresneeBrea N. BrownKate L. BrownSkyler R. Browning-DoornRenee N. Bruff **Ronnie C. BrumantEmma J. BrushZahra BukhariBrinley S. BurdgeNicole L. BurrowesAttiya S. ButtAmani N. ByrdNicole M. CalelloHope M. Callari **Ariel L. CamaliganCamille S. CancinoSabrina CarmantAbigail CarrollMilissa R. CarucciDolly P. Casas-ZegarraAmilly B. CastroKatherine Castro-GuillenSandra E. CatinelloMariam I. CatovicTiffani J. Causing *Kriti Chakrabarty

Christina J. ChanChuan Jen Chang *Camille R. CharlesSarah Chaudhry **Ayana ChawlaMahija M. Cheekati **Jenny Y. ChenXiaodi ChenKaty ChenMenghan ChengYuly Chiang YuRamya Chitibomma **Mauli ChothaniTania Chouloutte *Chi-Ming ChowRhea A. ChristmasRachel A. ChubinChinenye R. ChukwuSuzette G. CintronAshli ClarkeIsabel M. ClementeSherley ClerjusteTaylor R. CohenDestiny D. ColemanLesley-Ann ContrerasPayton C. Cook **Angelica CossLaura B. CouchArtisa C. CountsKaitlin L. Coventry-CoxCristel R. Cruz HerreraSofania P. Cueva **Florencia N. CurbeloKatharine J. DaleEmmaline E. DamasJamila E. DanielPrasha E. Das *Quazanae J. Dasher

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Jennie De CastroNaomi M. De Jesus RodriguezGenise P. Deal **Carly A. DeantoneoLorraine G. DelaneyNicolette R. DelpizzoMarissa B. DelrociniAlexandra DematosJasmine O. DennisHemapriya DhanasekaranAlexandra DiazDesire M. DiazDaniella M. DiguglielmoCeline C. DirkesAlicja K. DoleckaAngela DongNaadiya DrakeAvery E. Dravis-StarkRebecca DuffyAlize M. Duncan **Kai B. DurantVictoria L. DykerDana M. EastmanVeronica A. EcheverriJaimee EdmeChioma O. EgekezeIsabella C. EkededeSamantha S. ElfanagelySarah ElkasabyDara W. Elkholy **Helda T. El-Temawi *Jennily EshakIveth EspinosaCatherine J. EspinosaSarah Essa *Hala S. EssenmacherAlexis D. Etheridge

Danielle EtienneSopuruchukwu EzeonuMoreen O. FamosaClara V. Farias **Colleen A. FarringtonYasmin FarzaieMarrin B. FauerbachCatherine FernandezMegan A. FernandezSarah V. FerreiraJulia E. FerrisAmelia E. FetherolfTavene I. FindlaterCherylynn L. FinklinAnna M. Flaherty **Emma R. FletcherAnna M. Fojtik *Danielle F. FortiniEniola B. Fowora **Margaret P. FreibergsMara E. FriedmanDanielle A. Fulton **Dhirja Gangopadhyay **Gillian S. GaussEloise D. GayerCynthia-Catherine GeorgeMonica N. GeorgeFaithe M. GerolAdiam Ghebre *Gillian Gleizer *Kimberley J. GloverNakaysha M. GonzalezLydia J. GraceyShanika GracienMikaela E. GrandeChelsea M. GrayCara D. Greenspan

Kacey M. GriffinYunyang GuDandan GuanIleana M. GuerreroRuiyang Guo **Amanda GyanSamantha R. HaleyNaureen HameedMelanie A. HandLexus M. Harewood **Abigail L. Harriman *Chania B. HarrisChristina L. HayduSara HazavehKendra L. Heglar *Madeline M. HehirJennifer M. HelminskiAmanda J. HendricksonDeirdre A. HennesseyNadia K. HerculesRizalina C. HernandezPamela HernandezEnedina HerreraAudrey R. Hickton *Alexis D. HillLauren K. Hill-BeatonAvie Louise A. HinahonTatyana T. HindsZawatti A. Hodges **Jenna C. HollandElizabeth F. HolmesJada J. HoustonKimberly M. HoyosAmy Hsieh *Peiwen HuAnna HuangChristine A. Hughes

Madelyn R. HuttonSarah IshaqueYvette S. Israel **Osarumen P. IyamuNoni JackAnnette Jacob **Sameen JafriBhavani F. JaikariaRiddhi JainShreya U. JainSidrah JamalAmber JenkinsJuliana B. JenkinsAyana M. JihadNaomi JoassaintRobin P. JohnsonadairErica JonesJasmine L. Jones-BynesNishi R. KadakiaAlyssa B. KahnMary KanellosGrace M. KarugaAmanpreet KaurSimerjit KaurSukhmjot KaurSharandeep Kaur *Sarah A. KempfJessica A. KermanMarium KhalidSafaa KhanMarym KhanSohaa KhanSaadiah Khan *Rabeesa N. Khan *Tamanna KhanomFaye B. Kimmel **Kelly E. King

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N’Zinga E. KingKristina M. KondilasAnna L. KornChristina M. KromplewskiAshley J. KunnathMalgorzata LagowskaYusra LakhaniOtandeka K. Laki *Melissa LamAnn Lorry N. Lamour **Teresa Y. LanRachel D. Landingin *Leaundra M. LaneJeni E. LarkinCamille E. Lathbury *Raana LatifChristina M. Lavin *Jasmine M. LeeDeborah LeeJasmina F. LeeMadeline C. LeeBrianna L. LefaucheurKathy LeiKaitlin R. LeybleVivian LiKaity LiaoEsther Lim *Cheryl D. Litwinczuk *Yiyi LiuXiyin LiuYiqing LiuCarrie W. LiuKelsey M. LivermanZiu Wing Michelle LoRhiannon C. LongMonica LopezAlondra Lopez

Marly E. Lopez *Kelly E. LozoSruti MadhusudhanSarah MaherJoscelyn MaldonadoSree Durga Sai Saranya MallipudiJennifer E. MalvagnaNikita ManaviChristelle E. MarcAlexa R. MarcovecchioRifath MariaSanja Martic *Alyssa I. MartinezAngel M. Mathew **Marissa S. Mathurin *Krystina D. MatosCarly M. MaucioneRachel M. MayerJessica MazzeoHope C. McCrawJennifer McGee **Imani McKelveyShannon L. McNaughtonKatie S. MehrHarini G. MekalaSilmari MendezRosslin Mensah-BoatengNoelle M. Messina **Shambavi B. Metgud **Raveena K. MidhaStephanie A. MielesRachel B. MillerSamantha MirandaSamama J. MirzaKatherine I. MitchellKamsiyochu Molokwu **Kayla M. Monroe

Kayla A. Montague **Ayana K. Moody *Taylor R. MoonGillian C. Morello *Brianna N. MosleyKea Lani P. MoyMary Marga Mumich **Imani I. Munford *Kelsey M. MusselmanFaith N. MutukuPrachi NairElizabeth P. NandSoundarya NattuvaSadia NawshinRupal NayiVictoria J. NesserElyse A. NganwuchuChiara E. NodariAshlee M. NolanSophie M. NooneLove E. Nosa-OmorogiuwaChioma U. NwankwoAutumn C. OberkehrCatherine M. Obrien SobolKelsey J. O’ConnorCassandra C. OgbozorLauren J. O’GradyOluwabusayo J. OgunniranStephanie N. OhiriScholastica C. OkoyeOluwatoni A. OkuboyejoKeri A. OleniachKarina P. OlivierAdesuwa R. Onaghinor *Oluwadamilola A. OnifadeManya Ort **Calandria Ortiz-Resende

Christiana C. Osawe **Enbar L. OzeriLauriane B. PabalanMadeline R. PadnerNicole E. PagliucaSarah E. PakayAmy D. PalaciosMichelle PalmaRajanpreet PannuJinalben U. Parikh *Kimberly A. ParkerRachel A. ParsonsSusmita Paruchuri **Naimi P. PatelKrishma J. PatelSonal N. PatelPriya P. PatelHinal R. PatelAngelie D. Patel **Krupa A. Patel **Parita Patel *Nidhi H. Patel *Nainika A. PaulDominique D. PazNadine M. PearsallSarah M. PearsonAmalia F. PedersenJayna E. Pena **Marina PerezNashely N. Perez **Rachel A. PersaudShelby R. PetroElise S. PetronzioVictoria A. PiatnochkaKaitlyn M. PichardoSarah S. PiconVeronica N. Pirog

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Laraub I. PirzadaMackenzie E. PittBertha A. PollardMariah P. PongMadiha QasimHadia H. QaziStephanie N. QuartsinInayah RafiSeema RahmanYovanka L. RajkovicAlyssa N. RamellaPamela Ramos *Dharni Rao *Erika E. RearsJillian R. ReedImani N. Reed *Haley N. ReefElleryjane Ring *Fiorella G. RiosEliana M. Rips *Barbara P. RiveraAshley Rivera **Nadia Rivers-Brown **Maiya J. RobinsonAlexandra I. RodriguezJenipher RodriguezJennifer K. RoethkeNatalie Rosario **Naomi Rosario **Caroleanne E. RubinGiannina M. Ruiz *Ria P. RungtaEva M. Ryan **Helana SaadCatherine S. SaavedraThea E. SachadeCaroline J. Safreed

Merna S. SalamaDevin Salters **Samantha A. SamuelCeleste M. SanchezCristina E. Sanchez *Yancey SanelusCharla SarabiaNyssa E. SariaFanila SarwarDysis O. ScarlettCheyenne A. Schaefer *Cassidy R. SchneiderJamie L. SchroederStephanie K. SchwiederekMikayla SciscenteShruthi Seetharaman *Nelly O. SekyereAamina Shabbir **Rakhi ShahRoshni D. ShahPooja P. ShahHira ShahbazNicole S. ShehadyYilei ShenSamantha Shen *Shannel I. ShepherdJade L. Shevchenko *Marina Shimarova **Pooja U. ShroffOmaima SiddiquiMorgan Y. Sieg **Sofia P. SilvaAriel A. SimmondsKritika SinghPriyanka R. SinghAdrianna A. Slomicz *Jada Smith

Ariona Smith *Kesia Sommerville *Trinh T. Son *Yuhan SongEsther A. SongGillvana F. SouzaKatherine A. SowaChrystal M. SpencerDivya K. SrivastavaMolly Stewart *Ai Zhu Sun **Srujana SureValerie SuteraRimsha W. Syeda **Veronika B. SzaboHira TassawarJoy A. TaylorMargaux P. Taylor *Rahma TayyabSarah A. TeklinskiChetna ThawaniMonika A. Thiel *Alyssa J. Thomas **Jeavonne E. ThompsonJessica R. ThorpeJanine M. TobiaJennifer TorresAlyssa D. TrecozziRashi TripathiPuja A. TrivediSharon N. Tufino-LlerenaRanelle C. TullochTochi C. Unegbu-OgbonnaAriadna UribeMarcela Vasquez CalderonCasey L. VeitBea Z. Victoriano

Valeria V. Villamarin MartilloNathalie M. VillanuevaShermila Villanueva *Kimberly VilloneY Nhi T. VoBridget M. VoisinKatherine M. Von SchalschaBryonette D. Walls *Stephanie A. WalshSarah K. Walsh **Dana M. WalterMinghui WangYiwei WangYakun WangChunye WangAbeerah H. WastiAndrea WatsonGitta J. WatsonEmily E. WengrowskiMadison V. WhiteAnne L. WhitmanA’Nasia S. Wiley *Bria M. WilliamsTayla N. Williams **Hang XingMeihua YangZiqing YangRenna Yi *Tiara T. YoungbloodHuda YousefKatheryne Zak-StrzalkaNazish ZaraAndrea ZerpaYawen ZhangDaoqi ZhangRuolan Zhang **Annie Zheng

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Katie S. Mehr*Katherine I. MitchellChiara E. Nodari*Oluwatoni A. OkuboyejoLauriane B. PabalanMadeline R. Padner*Amy D. PalaciosKimberly A. ParkerNainika A. PaulAmalia F. PedersenElise S. Petronzio*Fiorella G. RiosRia P. Rungta*Cristina E. Sanchez*Mikayla SciscenteKritika Singh*Veronika B. SzaboSarah A. TeklinskiChetna ThawaniSharon N. TufinoYakun Wang*Tiara T. YoungbloodNazish ZaraAndrea Zerpa*

Douglass Students Electedto Phi Beta Kappa

Recipients of Prizesand Awards

*previously elected

Love of wisdom, the guide of life Motto of the Phi Beta Kappa Society

Class of 2018

Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most respected undergraduate honors society in the United States. The Society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since 1776.

Prizes and awards known as of April 13, 2018

C. Maxene Vaughters-Summey Prize for an Outstanding Douglass Senior in the EOF Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Misty Y. Branch

Charles and Shirley Weiss Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jasmine L. Jones-Bynes

Cornelison Prize in Classics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiara T. Youngblood

Critical Language Scholarship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aasha Shaik

Douglass Residential College Challenge Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barakah Iqbal

Douglass Residential College Dean’s Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ria P. Rungta

Douglass Residential College Innovation Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shivani S. Vyas

Douglass Residential College Inspiration Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jasmine M. Lee

Douglass Residential College Social Justice Award. . . . . . . . . . . . .Elise S. Petronzio

Edele Neilsen Prize in Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talyah Basit

Emily Hickman Award for Contribution to World Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pamela Hernandez

Frances Lundy Memorial Prize for a Bunting Student . . . Paige E. Dwight Dickman

Fulbright US Student Grants . . Hope McCraw, Shelby McMullan, Cecilia Salazar

Gail Pihblad Wittman Commuter Student Life Award . . Sharon N. Tufino-Llerena

Helen Prager Miller Prize in History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariel K. Bae

Helen Weissberger Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Contribution to the Bunting Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelica Coss

Ida Raitano Prize for a Bunting Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa F. Belle

Irene Figarotta Pearse Prize for a Bunting Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rakhi Shah

Janet Duncan Prize for Outstanding Senior Douglass Scholar . . . . . . .Katie S. Mehr

Jeanne Reimer Mancusi-Ungaro Prize for an Outstanding Senior Entering the Health Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiorella G. Rios

Sonya B. AbramsKhes R. AdderleyFarhat AlamRachel N. AllenJessica O. AmoakoAntoinette M. ArmocidaAishee Bag

Anuja R. BahulekarBisma BalochTanya BanerjeeKathleen M. CarmienMegan E. CoyneCourtney DavenportElizabeth A. DreifusSalma W. ElkholyBethany A. FinkLucy R. GilchAysenur GucDayna L. HagewoodRuoting JiaMona Y. KhanJosephine K. KimAnsley J. KunnathEsther A. LeamingAlexandra LillyDaria L. MartinMorgan T. MccabeAdora MonemeHannah A. MulliganKalina J. NissenEmefa K. OcanseyAudrey B. PoeRhonda F. RogombeSyeda K. SaadSophia S. SamuelFalak ShahidJasleen SidhuBriony C. SmithAndrea M. VacchianoEmily A. WoodsHallel S. YadinLeanne C. Young

Fiha AbdulrahmanNidhi R. AgrawalMadison L. AkinsMarium AwanDedeva A. Ayer*Ariel K. Bae*Jannah T. Bahgat*Talyah Basit*Jessica D. BedeleSkyler F. Bolkin*Katerina E. Brandt*Camille R. CharlesMenghan Cheng*Jamila E. DanielCeline C. Dirkes*Rebecca J. DuffyKai B. Durant*Samantha S. ElfanagelySopuruchukwu EzeonuSarah V. FerreiraJennifer D. Fluharty*Eloise D. GayerDandan GuanChania B. HarrisSara HazavehMadeline M. Hehir*Pamela Hernandez*Sarah A. KempfKelly E. KingAshley J. KunnathCamille E. LathburyKaitlin R. LeybleKrystina D. Matos

Class of 2019

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2018 DOUGLASS SENIOR CLASS GIFT

#ScarletSenior

Start your legacy of giving now as a soon-to-be alumna of Douglass and Rutgers by donating to the Douglass Residential College Scholarship Fund, which will provide a scholarship for a future Douglass student. Donate $20.18 to the Douglass Senior Giving goal of $2,018 in honor of your graduation year.

Why participate?

• Join a lifelong tradition of alumnae giving

• You’ll make a difference, along with your senior classmates. All gifts add up!

• You’ll feel proud to commemorate your class year and start your alumnae journey with a donation that will help tomorrow’s students

succeed at Douglass and Rutgers.

Douglass alumna Marilyn Marolda Steiner, Class of ’65, has generously offered to provide a matching gift for the Senior Class Gift.

We are grateful to Marilyn and to all the Douglass seniors and their friends and family who contribute to the Senior Class Gift.

Give online at:Seniors.rutgers.edu

Thank you for your support!

Questions? Contact Ife C. Meadows, Director of Student-Alumnae Engagement

[email protected]

Recipients of Prizesand Awards

Prizes and awards known as of April 13, 2018

Jennie Hoffman Memorial Prize for Personal Accomplishment . . . . . . . . . . Renna Yi

Jewel Plummer Cobb Senior Recognition Award for Outstanding African-American Douglass College Senior . . . . . . . . . . Deandrah S. Cameron

Katherine Hazard Prize in Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leshya Bokka

Leah Boddie Award for Outstanding Community Service. . . . . . . . . . . Aasha Shaik

Lois Zapolsky Memorial Prize for Outstanding Participation in Sophia Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryann McCloskey

Margery Somers Foster Senior Service Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raveena K. Midha

Marjorie Frew Knox Memorial Prize in Biological Science . . . . . . . . Sara I. Hazaveh

New Jersey Daily Newspaper Women’s Prize in Journalism . . . . . . . Jasmine M. Lee

Phyllis Dunbar Prize in Physical Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alec Meacham

Pi Mu Epsilon Award in Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah A. Teklinski

Robert Francis and Annetta Morey Wagner Memorial Prize in Nutritional Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jamie L. Schroeder

Ruth Crockett Art Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zahra Bukhari; Elyssa M. Feerrar; Stephanie K. Schwiederek

Sheila Kelly Hampton Prize for Douglass Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zahra Bukhari

Sylvia Blacher Karger Memorial Prize in Nutritional Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsey M. Musselman

The Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pamela Hernandez

The Nancy H. Becker Award for Public Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiara Nodari

Veronique Henriksen Junior Prize for Academic Achievement . . . . . . . Anisha Mahat

Women’s and Gender Studies Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madeline M. Hehir

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CONVOCATION COORDINATOR

Sonia Khalil Program Coordinator

Office of the Dean, Douglass Residential College

USHERS

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Douglass Residential College staff and friends;

Donors to Douglass Residential College; and

Donors to The Douglass Fund and AADC who have

made this event possible.

Gonfalons are flags or banners hung from crosspieces on poles, used since medieval times, particularly in the republics of Italy as symbols of state or office. In recent years, many universities and colleges have adopted gonfalons to increase the ceremonial nature of academic convocations and exercises. Rutgers University first officially displayed unit gonfalons in the 1966 Commencement Convocation celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of its founding.

Douglass Residential College regularly processes or displays three gonfalons on ceremonial occasions, each representing an historical period in the evolution of the college. The gonfalons today are carried by recognized student leaders.

The New Jersey College for Women 1918-1955

The gonfalon has a white field on a black background with the seal of the New Jersey College for Women in scarlet red—the traditional color of the University and the College. The seal as it appears on the NJC gonfalon is actually the version placed in use in 1931, differing slightly from the original designed by the Class of 1922. The motto in Greek is loosely translated as “Wisdom and Self Determination” and the image of a pine tree was incorporated in the original seal. The NJC gonfalon was designed by the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College specifically for the inaugural convocation of Dean Jacquelyn Litt.

Douglass College 1955-2007

The Douglass College gonfalon was designed for the 1966 Rutgers University Commencement convocation. The Douglass College emblem designed for use when the college changed its name is displayed in the chief (upper) compartment of the banner. The vertical stripes represent the degrees awarded—white for the Bachelor of Arts and yellow for the Bachelor of Science—and the scarlet University color. Douglass Residential College 2007–Present

The simple gonfalon displays the iconic and unique red pine tree designed in 1955 by Professor of Art Robert Bradshaw, representing the unusual pine trees found on the grounds surrounding College Hall. The earliest students asserted that the pine tree was quite naturally accepted as the symbol of the college and that remains true to the current day. The Red Pine gonfalon was first presented at Dean Litt’s inaugural convocation.

The Gonfalons

Nida Ali

Grace Alt

Ximena Alvarado

Lizcary Amarante

Faith O. Amorin

Alexandra M. Anderson

Christy Arsenis

Tanya Banerjee

Rachel Brodie

Diomara Camacho

Courney Davenport

Kayla M. Davenport

Samantha Douglas

Emily Eng

Lucía C. Firbas Torres

Ljubinka Gallardo

Ishika Govil

Nikita Sharma Gyawali

Mona Khan

Anisha Mahat

Sanjna Namasivayam

Felisha E. Nation

Milica Gallardo Petkovich

Urvi Saini

Cristiane N. Salcedo

Spencer Steigman

Abigail Urban

Linda Wang

Shaniya Wilson-Harper

Karen Wong

Kulsom Zehra

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Douglass Residential College builds on the distinct mission of the New Jersey College for Women (NJC), founded in 1918, and Douglass College,

named for its first Dean, Mabel Smith Douglass.

Douglass Alma Mater Douglass TodayMusic by Nancy Hoffacker Miller, 1954

Words by Jean Gruen Munzer, 1956

Hear our voices, Alma Mater.

Douglass College, hail to thee!

Hearts in song now join together

In a pledge of fealty.

Though our future paths may sever,

Thoughts of golden college days

In our hearts will live forever

As a constant song of praise.

Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University New Brunswick cultivates

the knowledge, skills, and resources women need to take up the challenges

and opportunities of the twenty-first century.

Founded in 1918 as the New Jersey College for Women with 54 students and

12 books in its library, Douglass has grown into a diverse and vibrant community

of 2,600 undergraduate women scholars and over 39,000 dedicated alumnae.

Douglass offers undergraduate women the best of both worlds: the education of

a world-class research university enhanced by cutting-edge curricula within

a close-knit women’s college community. Our students participate in

an expansive and innovative array of opportunities, including our Douglass

Project for Rutgers Women in STEM (now in its thirtieth year), international

service travel, living learning communities on contemporary topics of relevance

for women in our Global Village, a leadership and professional development

program, public policy experience, a Douglass Honors College Community

program, and a common course on the status of women.

Douglass provides unique opportunities for connecting students to alumnae

through mentoring, externships, internships, and unique programming

designed to cultivate intellectual and personal dialogue across generations of

Douglass women.

Powered by 100 years of educational excellence, Douglass continues to advance

the academic success of women by amplifying their intellectual, social, and

personal strengths. The combination of mission-focused education, within a

preeminent national research university, sets the stage for women to achieve

and lead in a diverse and global world.

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