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2020-2021 Commencement Program

Award Winners

Annamae and Allan R. Crite Prize

2020

Julian J. Ramos
Benjamin Rosenberg

2021

Henry Vega Ortiz
Meriwether Evangeline Kimball

Dean’s Prize for Outstanding ALM Capstone

2020

Digital Media Design: Anna Elzbieta Guetat
Journalism: Bree Carlson
Museum Studies: Iliana Krystyna Morton
Sustainability, Consulting: Shelley Lynn Hoenle Franklin
Sustainability, Development Practice: Hadiza Hamma
Sustainability, Independent Research: Sandra Lozo

2021

Digital Media Design: Katherine Wade Brodoff
Journalism: Monique O. Madan
Museum Studies: Matthew Scott Duncan
Sustainability, Consulting: Cindy Cheifong Chen
Sustainability, Development Practice: Stephen Snider
Sustainability, Independent Research: Eva P. Rosenbloom

Dean’s Prize for Outsanding ALM Thesis

2020

Biology: Jason M Karakehian
Biotechnology: Alia Yahya Qatarneh
English: William Paul Warford
Government: HaUyen Ngoc Pham
Humanities: Lesley Pratt Bannatyne
Information Technology: Angelo Kastroulis
International Relations: Evan Ross Terwilliger
Mathematics for Teaching: Leo Rafer De Velez
Psychology/Clinical Psychology: Ariana Gandevani
Social Sciences: Anthony Brian Del Rio
Sustainability: Matthew Jacobs

2021

Biology: Trent Alexander LeMaster
Biotechnology: Hansine Rae Heggeness
Creative Writing and Literature: Janessa Lyn Mulepati
English: Zain A. Boye
Government: Glenda Joy Minchin Fechtel
Humanities: Zurmang Gharwang
Information Technology: Harry Levinson
International Relations: Meskerem Wolle
Mathematics for Teaching: Mila Martynovsky
Psychology/Clinical Psychology: Alexandra Lee Provins
Social Sciences: Brett Dennis-Duke
Sustainability: Brittany Elizabeth Lyke

Derek Bok Public Service Prize

2020

Andrew Alexi Almazan Anaya
Bernadette Catherine O’Connell de la Flor
Marilena Dania

2021

Claudia Mariana Rojas Manrique
Kristen Michelle Maple
Funmilola Kikelomo Ojelade

Extension School Commencement Speaker Prize

2020

John Lantonio

2021

Monique O. Madan
Daniel Mercutio Bergmann

Harold Langlois Award

2020 (tie)

Douglas Paul Kinsey
F Katelynn Elizabeth Boland

2021

Junshu Wang
Frederick Joseph Hartensteiner
Elona L. Smolyar
Alison Ashleigh Pappas
Vanessa Victoria Sievers
Timothy Brooks Paulsen
Elizabeth C. Wilson-Milne
Sheila Jean Houlahan
Jay H. Kwon

Katie Y.F. Yang Prize

2020 (tie)

Chi Hung Yip
Shane O’Farrell

2021

Yannique Thomas Hecht

Klein Family History Prize

2020

Michelle Esme Seitzmeir

2021

John William Paisley

Reginald H. Phelps Prize

2020

1st Prize: Michael Blodgett
2nd Prize: Nora O’Neill Brusinski
3rd Prize (tie): Vanessa Mary Kessl
3rd Prize (tie): Molly Parker

2021

1st Prize: Marcelo Paulo Dias Soares
2nd Prize: Donatella Felice
3rd Prize: Deyna Parvanova

Santo J. Aurelio Prize

2020

Barry Scott Boyer

2021

Glenn T. Reed

Thomas Small Prize

2020

Sarah Elizabeth Boylan
Ricardo Lee Mercado
Rui Ma
Erika Page Gray
Kerry Jane Garvin

2021

William John Camarda
Todd Alan Moenster

Order of Ceremony

Opening Remarks

Nancy J. Coleman EdD, Dean of Continuing Education and University Extension

Reflections on the Classes of 2020 and 2021

Suzanne Spreadbury PhD, Dean of Academic Programs and Chief Academic Officer

Commencement Speaker 

Santiago Creuheras ALM ’00, ALM ’01, Elected Director, Harvard Alumni Association

Graduate Stage Crossing 

  • Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies
  • Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies

Closing Remarks

Nancy J. Coleman EdD, Dean of Continuing Education and University Extension