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MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
SEVENTIETH ANNUAL
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
SATURDAY, M A Y 15, 2021
Marymount University
Main Campus
Arlington, Virginia
1| M A R Y M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y
COMMENCEMENT 2021
College of Sciences and Humanities
S A T U R D A Y | M A Y 15, 2021 | 1 0 : 0 0 A . M .
PROCESSIONAL
Members of the Procession
Faculty and Administrators, Trustees, Honorees, and President
WELCOME
Dr. Hesham El-Rewini
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
NATIONAL ANTHEM
INVOCATION
Rev. John T. O'Hara
PROVOST’S REMARKS
Dr. Hesham El-Rewini
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Dr. Irma Becerra
President
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DOCTOR OF HUMANE
LETTERS UPON MS. SHEILA C. JOHNSON
Dr. Edward Bersoff
Chairman of the Board
Dr. Irma Becerra
PresidentM A R Y M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y |2
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Ms. Sheila C. Johnson
Founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts
PRESENTATION OF THE CANDIDATES
Dr. Marnel Niles Goins, Interim Dean of the College of Sciences and Humanities
Zachary Campion, Reader
AWARDING OF DEGREES
Dr. Irma Becerra
President
WELCOME TO NEW ALUMNI
Gregg O. McCrary, M.A.’92 FBI Agent, Author, Adjunct Professor
BENEDICTION
RECESSIONAL3| M A R Y M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y
SHEILA C. JOHNSON
Founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts
Sheila C. Johnson is the Founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts,
which operates a collection of luxury properties with over $200 million in
revenue located in Virginia, South Carolina, Florida and Jamaica. She is also
Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment and is the only
African American woman to have ownership in three professional sports
teams – the NBA’s Wizards, NHL’s Capitals and WNBA’s Mystics.
She is well-known for co-founding Black Entertainment Television (BET) and becoming the first African
American woman to attain a net worth of $1 billion. Johnson has fervently supported education and the
arts through fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Jackie Robinson Foundation. She has
also served as a global ambassador for CARE, a leading humanitarian organization that combats global
poverty by empowering women. In recognition of her efforts and accomplishments, she has received
several awards that include the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal, the Lincoln Medal Award and the
Women’s Sports Foundation Billie Jean King Leadership Award.M A R Y M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y |4
The following is a list of candidates for degrees in December 2020 and Spring 2021. The degrees will be
conferred upon the students who have completed their prescribed programs of study. Candidates for degrees who
will complete their programs of study in August 2021, and are eligible to participate in this Commencement, are
listed and indicated by an asterisk (*). Those students with a double asterisk (**) completed their programs of
study prior to December 2020. Students who are graduating from the Honors Program are designated by a plus
sign (+). Students with a pound symbol (#) completed two of the same degrees (i.e. two Master of Arts degrees).
Students with the caret (^) were awarded degrees posthumously.
COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Interim Dean Marnel Niles Goins
School of Humanities
Master of Arts
Safa Abdulrahman Alhathani | Nora Ibraheem Almazroa ** | Michael Anthony Weeks ** |
Lauren M. Zwicharowski * |
Bachelor of Arts
Abdulrahman Saeed Almalki | Sean Campbell | Gavin Andrew Canipe | Rose Therese Conway | Justice M.
Costanich | Millen B. Desta * | Yasmine Ezzekmi | Gina Mireille Fendley ** | Joanna Louise Fitzpatrick | Grant
Aki Gallas | Samantha Brianna Gimon | Nebay Mengistu Haile | Alicia Hobson | Soliman Jami ** | Alexis Tyanna
Iva Johnson * | Brittany Michelle Kennedy | Iram Naz Khaliq | Jordan Patrick Lawton | Jenny Johanna Maldonado
** | Catherine Marie Maresca + | Brianne Kim McCluskey ** | Carly J. Merrill + | Gloria Isabel Navarro |
Alexander Raphael Ndongo-Seh | Jonathan Josue Nunez Salgado | Cariza Anna Opana ** | James Edward Powers
** | Christian Daniel Rios Bustos | Bibiana Rodriguez ** | Mirian Cristina Romero ** | Lesly Nohemi
Sarmiento-Espinoza ** | Pauline Afua Sarpong ** | Gabriela Michelle Segovia | William Blake Sorenson | James
Harrison Sprinkle ** | Justin Anton Srsic | Elitzamarie Torres | Jonathan Truong | Esmeralda Vasquez | Yesica
Lilibeth Velasquez ** | Caroline G. Wolford | Ashley Lolly Yuan |
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Bachelor of Arts
Pamela Betances ** | Eva Ricki Brooks | Laureen Andrea Chalmers | Magal Ali Daou ** | Olivia Nicole Edwards
| Nahom Mebratu Haile | Julyssa Martinez * | Kedrick Chow Yeong Ng ** | Francis Vu Nguyen | Sarah Anne
Sauers | Grace Marie Tammaro | Chiara Pauline Tobin * | Diego Varela **5| M A R Y M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y
Bachelor of Science
Nicole Adeneye * | Ava S. Afshar ** | Shamila Akhtar * | Ashley Alawi ** | Omar Abdulaziz Aldeckmary | Asayil
Ahmed Algarni | Oscar J. Amurrio | Cesar Fabricio Ayala * | Casey William Baker * | Monica Barrera | Lerida
Wynann Bruce ** | John David Coffin | Rebeca Cruz Soldevilla ** | Lance Alexander Decker | Diana Maria
Dillon | Jayden Minwoo Ha | Mehar Kaur | Cole Matthew Kocovsky | Jennifer T. Martin | McKenna Rhys
McFarland * | Richard Bernardo Medina Couture | Mahelet Ayele Meharie | Carolle Menso * | Anna Moon |
Aicha Ndiaye * | Ola Eltayeb Abdalla Osman | Clare Polis | Jasmine Nina Roy #+ | Kathryn J. Ryan + | Madelyn
Lisbeth Sanchez Rosario ** | Viviana Andrea Sandoval Enriquez * | Joseph Gerardo Sanz | Amanda Catherine
Sciorillo ** | Tooba Siddique | Grace Smith | Rica Monae Vasquez ** | Kayla Courtney Velasquez |
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Master of Arts
Emily Paige Abramaitys | Ariel Tatyana Alvarez ** | Ariana Rene Bachman | Kayla Nicole Barnes | Eryn D. Book
| Martha Elizabeth Bowman * | Leah Brookins | Tyla Brown | Raquel Katherine Eliana Burke | Brittney Alaina
Byrd | Elizabeth Ann Christopher ** | Olivia G. Cleckner | Deborah M. Coleman | Jasmine Yarnell Cousins **
| Emily Nicole Cox **# | Jessica Nicole Cuevas ** | Dominique Dee Davis | Caitlin Sharon Dean * | Sheridan
Elizabeth Dimattia * | Kristen Marcia Dunaway | Megan Rose Dwyer | Gina Nicole Falzarano | Savannah Taylor
Ford **# | Natalie Seay Fortune | Shay Michalsky Friedman | Vickie Valoy Fuhriman *# | Nicole Elizabeth Giotta
| Maria Elena Gonzalez | Talisa Gonzalez | Rachel Elizabeth Graves | Samantha Kristine Gronau | Blanca Noemi
Guerra Abarca | Jessica Cristina Guzman Santiago | Natasha Heck-Jones ** | Lindsey A. Hedrick | Alicia Diane
Hill | Sheri Hill | Chantelle Jerone Hodge # | Paige Holdridge | Denver Mariah Lee Huff | Emma Hughes **#
| Juana Margarita Huipio **# | Lyndsey Danielle Hylton | Breah Aristine Jones | Brook E. Klussmann | Katherine
Lee Lauber | Quinton Thomas Lautz | Elizabeth Alayne Lee | Kylie Anne Lis | Carri Mae Marcolini | Lindsay
Mason | Meegan Ann McCarthy | Tai Alexandra McCaskill | Jamal Aaron McCoy * | Raven McCrodden ** |
Molly Ann McElligott | Logan Elizabeth McIntosh | Carolyn June Meissner | Hannah Christine Miller | Hope
Elizabeth Miller | Amanda Nashed | Carolyn Grace Nekula | Victoria Elizabeth Nelson **# | Shonta Toiya
Newman * | Joshua Michael Plummer | Taylor Mackenzie Porter | Janna Lindsay Puffer | Stephanie L. Roach |
Matthew Robert Rosenberg | Kandace Tania Schaffer # | Alexis Schantz ** | Jaidyn Taylor Schulke | Hannah
Shahabi *# | Natalie Grace Smith | Ruquyyah Smith | Nicholas Peter Snow | Andrea Jane Sodergren | Kayla Rose
Solis | Keisly M. Solis | Leah B. Sorrell | Karina Sosa Rodriguez | Jenna Maria Spadaro | Haley E. Spicer | Lauren
Alexandra Stevens ** | Emily G. Stillwell * | Kalle Lynne Wardlow | Chelsea Elizabeth Wilson * | Mario Wilson
| Riley Tucker Wilson | Samantha Paige Woodside | Forest Mitchell Rowdy Yates | Nicolas Victor Zapata * |
Bachelor of Arts
Alexander Alonso Abugattas | Ovie Austin Agege | Jeffrey Edgardo Aguilar | Rosita Akousa Ahenkora ** | Ana
Maria Alarcon | Ashley Alawi ** | Linda Michelle Alegria * | Asma Marzouk Alotaibi * | Fawaz Hamoud Alrwyli
| Haifa Saad AlSaud ** | Jim Anthony Andrade * | Elizabeth Claire Bacha | Alleah Basic | Karen Benavidez **
| Lisette Abigail Benitez | Claudia Marie Beuchert * | Ariel Tamia Blackwell ** | Kwabena A. Boateng | Danis
Michelle Bonilla | Madelyn S. Brady | Mary Britten | Rachael Candace Bryant | Emma Lucia Dean Buck | Angela
Mae Cargiulo * | Khayla Simone Carter ** | Brandon Cedar ** | Violet Pilar Cerritelli | Nurcan Cetinbas * |
Chris Matthews Cleveland * | Brenda Cordova Miranda * | Jonathan Josue Cruz | Nadayshia Chauntwannette
Davis * | Isabelle Annie Diatta ** | Destiny Maria Dye | Chyna Kimora Easterling **+ | Nadine Farmawi ** |
Sandra Florentino Correa ** | Talaya Darshay Ford | Lauren Ashley Galdeano | Nathalie Marie Garcia Justiniano
| Maria Del Rosario De Fatima Garcia Marin ** | Brittany Lee George | Marlona Gjini * | Myani Chanice Grey *M A R Y M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y |6 | Lilia Elizabeth Griffin * | Jasmine Amante Gutierrez | Nala Lynn Hampton ** | Michael Scott Hemingway | Stella Nicole Huitz | Sophia Madonna Jaimes | Taylor Quiana Lea Jenkins | Jil Johannpeter | Noelle P. Kennedy | Grace Alden Lesce ** | Odalis Abigail Linares | Levis Antonio Lopez | Noel Lopez | Jerman Marcia * | LaDarius Anthony-Markiss McCord ** | Kristyna Louise McCullough | Kevin David McDonald | Kembry Monet McNeil-Thompson | John Rafferty Mellor | Savannah Mason Merritt | Francesca Maria Mina-Garlington * | Yesenia Reyes Miranda * | Vanessa Magaly Olivar | Valeria Maria Perdomo Zepeda | Angie Pineda | Catherine Mayency Pineda * | Emily Christine Reyes | Karen J. Reyes ** | Marissa Nicole Reynolds ** | Allison Olivia Riemer * | Jacqueline Rocha-Merida | Fabiana Rojas Duarte | Ana Cristina Schneider Jerez | Naomi Seifu ** | Shea Monika Smith | Charles Edward Soffel | Grace Ellen Stossel | Lilla Rita Subert * | Magdalena Kinga Trabinska * | Michaella Elizabeth Ulses | Abigail Vazquez Rosario | Luis A. Vivas | Kyla Senea Watson ** | Bria LaShay Wearren | Lyndsay Wilkins | Alexis Williams | William Hower Wojcik * | Colton Evan Wooldridge | Ashley Young-Nejad * |
7| M A R Y M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y
ACADEMIC REGALIA
The wearing of caps and gowns for academic ceremonies dates back to medieval times. The practices
followed by colleges and universities in the United States today are based on a uniform code developed by
the American Council on Education in 1896. According to the code, the gowns worn by bachelor’s and
master’s degree recipients have differently shaped sleeves to distinguish between these two levels.
Doctoral gowns are more elaborate, with flowing sleeves and velvet markings. Some doctoral gowns are
made in the color of the university awarding the degree.
Graduates at all levels wear hoods lined with brightly colored fabric. The colors of the lining indicate the
college or university that awarded the degree; the color of the hood’s velvet border indicates the wearer’s
field of study. The cap, also known as the mortarboard, should be worn squarely on the head. The tassel
attached to its top is usually black but can be a color that indicates the graduate’s field of study. Those
holding doctoral degrees often wear soft velvet tams or large berets, with a gold tassel.
THE MACE
The mace of Marymount University has been carried in academic processions since the early 1970s,
when it was given to the institution by Marjorie Willard, professor emerita. Miss Willard joined the
faculty in 1954 and served for many years as faculty marshal after being elected to the position by her
colleagues. Made of silver in the tradition of Virginia colleges, the mace is crowned with the seal of the
university, which incorporates the trefoil cross and the heart for the Religious of the Sacred Heart of
Mary; the fleur de lis for France, where the RSHM order was founded in 1849; and bars symbolizing the
stripes of the American flag. The mace is carried today by Mr. Donald Lavanty, Professor of Business.MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
MISSION, VISION, AND STRATEGIC PLAN
Our Mission
Marymount is a comprehensive Catholic university, guided by the traditions of the Religious of the
Sacred Heart of Mary, that emphasizes intellectual curiosity, service to others, and a global
perspective. A Marymount education is grounded in the liberal arts, promotes career preparation, and
provides opportunities for personal and professional growth. A student-centered learning community
that values diversity and focuses on the education of the whole person, Marymount guides the
intellectual, ethical, and spiritual development of each individual.
Our Vision
Marymount, a leading Catholic university, will be nationally recognized for innovation and commitment
to student success, alumni achievement, and faculty and staff excellence.
Our Strategic Plan
In the summer of 2018 Marymount University began the process of creating a new strategic
plan. Momentum is designed to guide Marymount as it works to fulfill its mission and achieve its vision.
You can learn more about our strategic plan, here:You can also read
