University of California, Santa Cruz

Benjamin F. Porter College

CommencementSaturday June 13, 2020

Founded as College V~ 1969 ~

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Welcome (00:45) “Continue” Sean Keilen (03:45)Maya Angelou Provost Professor, LiteraturePresentation of the (06:20)College Service awards

Presentation of the Graduates

Conferral of Degrees Cynthia Larive (49:52) Chancellor

Closing Sean Keilen (50:52) Provost

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Continueby Maya Angelou

My wish for youIs that you continue

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To be who and how you areTo astonish a mean worldWith your acts of kindness

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To allow humor to lighten the burdenof your tender heart

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In a society dark with crueltyTo let the people hear the grandeurOf God in the peals of your laughter

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To let your eloquenceElevate the people to heightsThey had only imagined

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To remind the people thatEach is as good as the otherAnd that no one is beneathNor above you

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To remember your own young yearsAnd look with favor upon the lostAnd the least and the lonely

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To put the mantel of your protectionAround the bodies ofThe young and defenseless

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To take the hand of the despisedAnd diseased and walk proudly with themIn the high streetSome might see you andBe encouraged to do likewise

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To plant a public kiss of concernOn the cheek of the sickAnd the aged and infirmAnd count that as aNatural action to be expected

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To let gratitude be the pillowUpon which you kneel toSay your nightly prayerAnd let faith be the bridgeYou build to overcome evilAnd welcome good

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To ignore no visionWhich comes to enlarge your rangeAnd increase your spirit

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To dare to love deeplyAnd risk everythingFor the good thing

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To floatHappily in the sea of infinite substanceWhich set aside riches for youBefore you had a name

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And by doing soYou and your workWill be able to continue

Eternally

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Benjamin Franklin Porter College

A Short History of Porter CollegePorter College, the fifth college at UCSC, is named as a memorial to the grandfather of three University of California benefactors: Porter Sesnon, Barbara Sesnon Cartan, and William T. Sesnon. Benjamin F. Porter came to California in the 1850s with his cousin George. While living in New Hampshire, the two had been attracted the California by glowing stories sent to them by another cousin, John Porter, a resident of Soquel in the 1850s.

The young Porter cousins traveled by sea to Panama, crossed the Isthmus on foot to the Pacific, and boarded a ship on the Pacific coast for the final leg of their journey to California. After settling in Santa Cruz, Mr. Porter purchased a small parcel of land containing a tannery in the area now known as Porter Gulch.

By 1870 he had acquired adjoining lands and built a family home. That same year, Mr. Porter became founding director of County Bank of Santa Cruz. In 1896, his only surviving child, Mary Sophia, married William T. Sesnon, a native of Alameda, who later became deputy secretary of the State of California.

Over the years, the Porter-Sesnon family has provided generous donations in support of UCSC. In 1968, Barbara Sesnon Cartan made a gift for the establishment of the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery and Music Room in memory of her mother. The college, which was founded in 1969 as “College Five,” was formally dedicated as “Benjamin F. Porter College” on November 21, 1981. Other gifts have enabled the University to provide capital support and an endowment to our college.

Coat of Arms and College Banner

The colors of the Coat of Arms are the red-brown and green of the redwoods with the blue and gold of the University of California. The brown and green are active and growing elements within the framework of the University colors. The upper band consists of five repeated “V”s, the central “V” set apart by the color green. The letterform “V” represents the original College Five taking it’s place amongst the other colleges. The central area contains a stylized representation of the Kenneth Farrell sculpture (located on the meadow overlooking the Monterey Bay) that here becomes a symbol for both patterns of growth and the energy of the wave. This is set against a formal gold band on a blue field that symbolizes the institution of the University. The lower band contains the motto of the college: “Ars Longa,

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Vita Brevis”, Life is Brief, Art Endures. The Coat of Arms was designed by Professor Emeritus Douglas McClellan. The college banner, bearing the Coat of Arms, was fabricated by Whitney Lane (Cowell, ‘82) and is carried in the procession of graduates by members of our student government.

The “Muse” lives at Porter College

The Porter College Commencement Ceremony was traditionally held in the Porter Quad and began with the Provost giving voice to the “Muse,” the bronze bell sculpted by Angelo Groza for the 1981 dedication of Porter College. As our community grew with the inclusion of the Transfer Community at Porter College we moved our ceremony to the East Field. This year, in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony has been moved on-line. But the bell announcing the celebration of our graduates is still our beloved Muse.

The Academic Dress

Early in this century colleges and universities in the United States adopted a uniform code of academic dress, and this code is followed today. Among European and other institutions, there is a wide divergence in the type of dress, and no attempt is made to describe the different costumes.

Cap

The cap is the “mortarboard” type with black cloth cover. The gold tassels may be worn by the holders of a Doctorate degree. There is no general rule for the position of the tassel on a mortarboard. Some institutions require under-graduate candidates for degrees to wear the tassel on the right front side before degrees are conferred and shift them to the left at the moment degrees are awarded. In some respects, this custom substitutes for individual hooding.

Gown

The Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral gowns differ slightly in pattern. Only the Doctoral gown bears trimmings. These are a velvet facing down the front and three velvet bars across each sleeve; the velvet may be black or it may be the color appropriate to the subject in which the wearer holds their degree. A number of American universities also have Doctoral robes, which are usually of some color other than black. University of California doctoral robes are black with velvet sleeve trim. This robe is worn with a specially designed hood and mortarboard.

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Hood

Faculty wear an academic hood that reflects their discipline. The colored linings of the hoods are those of the college or university that granted the degree. The velvet binding or edging is the color of the subject in which the degree was granted.

Colors associated with various subjects are listed below:

Arts, Letter, Humanities WhiteCommunications, Journalism CrimsonEconomics CopperEducation Light BlueFine Arts BrownMusic PinkScience Golden YellowSocial Work Citron

The Graduates

The Graduating Class of Porter College is enriched by many transfer students who lived at Porter College, but are affiliated with colleges across campus, and are participating in these commencement exercises. We welcome them and their families and friends.

Land acknowledgment: The land on which UCSC is sited is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.

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The Graduating Class of 2020

Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Fall 2019

James D. Bagby PoliticsOlivia Bailey 3 PsychologyCheyenne Bearfoot 3 Film & Digital MediaMayahan Elijanitzith Carmona Psychology and Legal StudiesChristopher Corona Literature - General LiteraturesBenjamin Engfelt PhilosophyZachary James Hampson Environmental StudiesJazmine Renay Jensen Environmental StudiesAshlie Nguyen LinguisticsPatricia Grace Sylvester PoliticsMaya Talpai-Vasinthascha Ecology and EvolutionRebecca Leigh Thompson 3 * Theater ArtsEugene Tseng BiologyKyle Wong Marine Biology

Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and SciencesConferred Winter 2020

Sayyid-Ali Abdel-Qawi Film & Digital MediaChase Leslie Baccus Film & Digital MediaMichael Gali Bassous Computer ScienceJenna Rae Bell LinguisticsAlexandra Carl SociologyTanner W. Cereghino Economics / Mathematics Combined

MajorEvan Drake 2 PsychologySara Renee Ebersole Marine BiologyAlisa Eldredge AnthropologyTigran Eloyan Business Management EconomicsHannah Mio Erling Business Management EconomicsSara Ford Oades Environmental StudiesMadison Carolann Freitas Cognitive ScienceKeith Heacock Computer ScienceHeilee Hitzelberger Environmental StudiesSean Arthur Jossy MusicEleni Katout PhilosophyHelana S. Kearns * PsychologyAlanis Khemphomma Theater ArtsEmilie A. Kovalik 1 * Psychology

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Ana Lubura Film & Digital MediaTaryn Marks PsychologyCory Micah Toshiyuki Masuda Film & Digital MediaClaire K. McKenny EconomicsJonathan Moya MathematicsKyle O’Brien Computer ScienceAlexandra Pickup Environmental SciencesAthia Qureshi Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyAudrey Adele Schmidt Film & Digital MediaMadison Sydney Sessler Business Management EconomicsOlivia A. Weaver Ecology and Evolution

Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020

Jessica Abgaryan NeuroscienceArya Abolssedgh AnthropologyAspen Adams 4 * Literature - Creative WritingJonathan A. Adams Electrical EngineeringAbigail Wilma Aguilar AnthropologyKassandra Aguilar 4 Film & Digital MediaKimberly Aguilar - Zaldaña Latin American and Latino studies

& SociologyAdolfo Aguirre 4 SociologyLauren Allin Environmental StudiesJonathan Alvarez Computer ScienceFrank Andrade-Pedraza PsychologyAndrea Antezana Business Management EconomicsDiego Antonio Aponte AnthropologyPeter Joseph Armusewicz ArtRalph Arredondo IV Business Management EconomicsJonah Michael Arreola-Burl HistoryAshley Arroyo PoliticsDaisy Lisette Arteaga Business Management EconomicsKavya Aswadhati Biomolecular Engineering and

Bioinformatics and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

Jordan Bakhtegan Ecology and EvolutionSkylar K. Baldwin Business Management EconomicsDavid Barnard HistoryRoss Barnes 4 Film & Digital MediaNaaomi Barrett PsychologyVeronica D. Bautista Film & Digital Media

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020 (continued)Matthew Belviz PsychologyGerald Bennett Business Management EconomicsRachel Berreitter Film & Digital MediaSaajia Bidar PsychologyEmma Rhiannon Bourke4 * SociologySidney A. Brown Film & Digital MediaJules Bruey-Sedano Business Management EconomicsKayden Bryant 4 SociologyChristina Cunanan Bulosan Literature - General LiteraturesDezi Laurrena Marie Bunio Environmental StudiesJake Burdick 4 * Computer Science: Computer Game

DesignZerina Emma Burovic BiologyJoseph Bussard Technology and Information

ManagementJasmin Christina Camba Ecology and EvolutionFaith Emoree Campos Film & Digital MediaMia Misao Cantu Theater ArtsTonya C. Capillo Biomolecular Engineering and

BioinformaticsKevin E. Cardenas Global EconomicsAlthea Pearl Carlson Feminist StudiesPaige Ann Carlson Environmental Studies and ArtLewis Carrion Marine BiologyDouglas E. Castellanos Business Management EconomicsAndrea Castillo-Zamora 4 PsychologyJose De jesus Chaidez MusicRae Chalin PsychologyAlexandrina Chavez PoliticsJordan Chavez PoliticsEsmeralda Chavez Morfin HistoryChih-Ying Chen Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaKsenia Chistykova Biomolecular Engineering and

BioinformaticsAndrew Chow Computer ScienceAbril N. Chuvac Film & Digital MediaJulia Minh Trang Clickard Ecology and EvolutionRose Collins Marine BiologyJulia Nicole Conger 4 Literature - General LiteraturesWoodlyn Lily Craddock Rhodes 4 AnthropologyLea Kalani Crase PsychologyDane Cross Physics (Astrophysics)Edgar Cruz Art and Environmental StudiesKarina Cruz Rosales SociologyDaniel Cunniff Economics and Legal Studies

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020 (continued)Ethan J. Daniel HistoryZade Nour Dardari 4 MusicNatalie Monárrez Del Castillo ArtVanessa Victoria Divittorio ArtDumitru Michael Dobre Literature - General LiteraturesRebecca Aviva Dorn Computer ScienceShana C. Duchin Computer ScienceDerek Durham SociologyMadeleine Ellen Easthouse PoliticsAlexis Marie Ebel Film & Digital MediaGabriela C. Escalante Film & Digital MediaDaniel Escobedo Film & Digital MediaOmar Alejandro Espinosa Literature - General LiteraturesMichelle Jane Faitelson Film & Digital MediaSophia M. Falco 4 Literature - Creative WritingLaura Libertad Farabee EconomicsGraeson Fee HistoryDustin J. Fernandez-Espinoza Film & Digital MediaCasey Fields Computer Science: Computer Game

DesignKatherine Flores 4 PoliticsJonathan Flynn Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyGwyneth Foley 4 Film & Digital MediaGideon Fox Computer Science: Computer Game

DesignJasmine Desiree Franco ArtVictoria Galoyan Theater Arts and EconomicsBryan Max Garcia 4 MathematicsConcio J. Garcia Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaDaniel Alexander Garcia 4 Latin American and Latino Studies

& PoliticsKarla Stacey Garcia 4 Theater ArtsPamela Garcia PsychologyViviana Anel Garcia HistoryNaomi Borhaug Gary 4 SociologyBing A. Glenn Music and Film & Digital MediaJennifer Gomez Literature - General LiteraturesAngel H. Gonzales ArtDavid Gonzalez Film & Digital MediaJesus Efrain Efrain Gonzalez Orozco Combined Major: Sociology and Latin

American and Latino StudiesAnusha Goyal 4 PsychologyJared Grace-Guzman ArtShelby Graden Literature - Creative Writing

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020 (continued)Raina Fern Grant Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyWeston James Gray AnthropologyManne Green Literature - Creative WritingRases Habra Business Management EconomicsCarter Hackett Environmental Studies / Economics

Combined MajorBridget Taylor Hanson PsychologyKamin Hartwell-Herrero PsychologyMikayla Heffner Film & Digital Media and BiologyThomas Joseph Hermsmeyer Film & Digital Media and

EconomicsBryant Edgar Hernandez ArtPatricia Hernández Environmental Studies / Biology

Combined MajorSamuel Hite Business Management EconomicsRobert Yuanye Hu Computer ScienceDavid Hunt 4 Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaNina Y. Ibarra History and AnthropologyMikel Irigoyen 4 Environmental StudiesAnthony Isaac-Garcia PsychologyAdam Ishigo 4 PhilosophyCheyenne Ison Cognitive ScienceKyra Skye Jackson ArtEzra Jaurequi 4 Feminist StudiesKatrina Javiniar ArtDylan T. Jones Film & Digital MediaMikaila Page Kaiser 4 * Cognitive ScienceSolomon Pomaika’i Kanehailua Film & Digital MediaBrandon J. Kearns Computer Science: Game DesignKali Rose Kecskemeti 4 PsychologySanchit Keni Computer Science: Computer Game

DesignElias C. Kertel Film & Digital MediaHana Kim 4 Environmental Studies / Biology

Combined MajorAndrew J. King Film & Digital MediaAlthea Knapp AnthropologyRyan Landeros PsychologyDaniel James Lane 4 Film & Digital MediaAustin Kelly Larios Film & Digital MediaLeslie Anahie Larios PsychologySarah Leach Ecology and EvolutionZoe-Manon LeCheminant Film & Digital MediaMingloon Lee 4 Psychology

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020 (continued)Rebekah E. Lee 4 ArtGarrett Spencer Lees Film & Digital MediaCyrena Leon Guerrero Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyJoyce Wei-shin Lin 4 Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaYilin Liu Film & Digital MediaOlivia Loorz 4 * Literature - Creative WritingSasha Carmel Lopez Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyOmar A. Ma Film & Digital MediaCinthia Cristal Magaña Moreno Community StudiesMallory R. Mahon 4 ArtPauline Manley Feminist Studies and Critical Race and

Ethnic StudiesAntonio Marquez Spanish StudiesRebecca Taylor Marshall 4 ArtAustin Martin AnthropologyBrianna Martin PsychologyJesse Martin Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaSnow Martin Film & Digital MediaAaron Martinez Barajas ArtLesly A. Martinez Ibañez Legal StudiesEliana Martos NeuroscienceEmon Mason-Tabrizizadeh 4 PsychologyMiles McKenzie Environmental Studies / Biology

Combined MajorConnor McMillion Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyRene Medina HistoryBlanca Jesenia Membreno BiologyDolores Meneses Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyJessica Dawn Mezzie ArtZackary Millicent Film & Digital MediaStephanie Mirich PsychologyLandon Austin Mitchell PhilosophyJoseph Moddelmog PoliticsKevin Monroy Film & Digital MediaMonty Montero-Elliott Film & Digital Media and HistoryAlejandra Mora PsychologyArthur Hiroshi Morishigue Cavalcanti Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaColin Patrick Murphy Computer ScienceChloe Murr 4 Art and History of Art & Visual CultureJack Murray Film & Digital Media and PoliticsShanti Nagwani Art

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020 (continued)Kevin Nelson Computer ScienceEvan Nguyen Film & Digital MediaJoseph Nguyen Computer ScienceBenjamin Michael Ochoa Film & Digital MediaJonathan Ochoa PhilosophyDiana Kaylee Oliva Art and History of Art & Visual CultureAlison Ono Art and Film & Digital MediaLucas Kian Orr MathematicsCarissa Oseguera 4 Earth SciencesNorhan H. Osman AstrophysicsCody Arthur Oswald 4 Literature - General LiteraturesFaraaz Pathan Computer ScienceIsaac T. Patterson Environmental StudiesMartina V. Pedersen BioengineeringKevin Peña Film & Digital Media and Business

Management EconomicsRafael Perez Film & Digital MediaLesly S. Perez Ortiz PsychologyJustin Perras MathematicsAlex PM Petersen Film & Digital MediaNoah Krogh Petersen Literature - Creative WritingSpencer Peterson 4 Computer ScienceTiffany Phan Games and Playable MediaDaniel Liam Phillips HistoryTeak Piegdon Theater ArtsSequoia Pinterits 4 * Film & Digital MediaIrma Preciado Barron Psychology and Literature - General

LiteraturesLauren Quan AnthropologyDavid Quezada Estrada ChemistryElias Leeroy Quijada Film & Digital MediaAnakaren G. Quintero Davalos 4 PsychologyJesus Quiroz 4 SociologySophia Rahimi PsychologyChristian Alexander Ramirez Film & Digital MediaErnesto Ramirez 4 * Film & Digital MediaVictoria A. Ramirez Psychology and Critical Race

& Ethnic StudiesTaylor Real Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyBailey Nicole Reed PsychologyCullen Reilly Cognitive ScienceDaan Reyes Ecology and EvolutionAlma Lisette Richter Literature - General LiteraturesHeather L. Riley Cognitive Science

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020 (continued)Maisie Rising 4 * PhilosophySarah Elizabeth Roan PsychologyChloe Rodrigues 4 PsychologyElise Rogotzke Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyErin Roldan Sociology and Feminist StudiesAnnika Nicholle Rosten PsychologyMara Anne Rothbard SociologyAntonio Rubio HistoryAlyssa Ruehle PsychologyKoy Chan Rugama LinguisticsElijah Steven Rutter MathematicsAdam Matte Saavedra Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyJosefina Nova Sabatino ArtCody Chase Sackett MusicAlondra Salazar Cardenas Legal Studies & Latin American and

Latino StudiesRaymond Medeiros Salvator AnthropologyChristian Sanchez Film & Digital MediaCynthia C. Sanchez 4 * PsychologyManuel Sanchez PoliticsJulio Sandino Computer ScienceJenan Hamzeh Sarsour Legal StudiesNina Scherer ArtLea Nicole Schwartz Film & Digital MediaRachel A. Schwartz Biomolecular EngineeringRobin Seguin Robotics EngineeringSamuel J. Semon Film & Digital Media and PoliticsAnna Holland Shapiro History of Art and Visual CultureDavid Sherbinin Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaKent Shin Environmental SciencesJessica Thea Short 4 Art and Literature - General LiteraturesChloe Skidmore PsychologyMitchell William Smith Film & Digital MediaYeizy Soberanis BiologySofia Solares Literature - Creative Writing and History

of Art and Visual CultureAustin Russell Solliday 4 BiologyColby Braxton Stevens Film & Digital MediaMatt R. Stevens 4 Computer Science: Computer Game

DesignJin Murphy Takeuchi MathematicsMaria G. Tapia PsychologyAlex Matthew Taubert Film & Digital Media

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2020 (continued)

Alexis Thomas Environmental Studies / Biology Combined Major

Benjamin Thompson 4 Film & Digital Media and History of Art and Visual Culture

Jordan A. Timm Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Morgan A. Tomfohr 4 ArtAlejandro Torres SociologyDeena Tovar 4 Theater ArtsAlexandra Aliah Tutwiler Earth Sciences / Anthropology

Combined MajorLogan Patrick Tweet Environmental StudiesVera Umansky 4 * Art and PsychologyAlon Uralevich BioengineeringNatalie Vivian Valencia Espitia Feminist StudiesJennie Valenzo SociologyIyanna Marie R. Vallejo PsychologyNicolette McLaren Vandendries AnthropologyAlexandra Vareljian Computer ScienceDenise Vega SociologyQuincy Venter Literature - Modern Literary StudiesJeffrey Alexander Villacorta MathematicsYadira Lineth Villanueva Zetino Politics and Legal StudiesDevin M. Virassammy BioengineeringSimone von Kugelgen 4 * ArtQuan Anh Vu Computer ScienceAnna Wada Environmental StudiesGrace Walker 4 Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaBrenda C. Walker Legal StudiesHan Min Wang 4 Film & Digital MediaYuanyuan Wang Theater ArtsAlex Watson Earth SciencesScott Hokanson Webb Business Management EconomicsJulia Weggenmann PsychologyMia Weitz Art and Community StudiesCaitlyn Welsh 4 Applied Linguistics and

MultilingualismBrooklynn White Film & Digital MediaMichelle Wilcoxen PsychologyNaomi Wolfrey PsychologySiena England Wood 4 * Art and History of Art & Visual CultureSarah Woolley PsychologyRachel Olivia Wyatt 4 PhilosophyJiajun Xiao Game and Playable MediaIndika Young Environmental Studies and Sociology

Coy Lee Youngblood III Film & Digital MediaDrea Zarevich Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaAmber Renee Zepf 4 Theater ArtsYalin Zhang Computer Science: Computer Game

DesignYupi Zhang EconomicsSophie Zukoski Art and Psychology

Students Also ParticipatingEmily Lynn Aranda ArtMelina Arroyo BiologyRowen George Banton Cognitive ScienceNoreen Anne Boguiren Ecology and EvolutionRachsamie Sarah Bun ArtNeil S. Coates Environmental StudiesClaire Noelle Cook Ecology and EvolutionAlex D. Cooper SociologyAlex Derrick Applied PhysicsGabriel-Louis Arjuna Zanetti Embrey 4 HistoryAlexander Garcia Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySamm V. Garcia Electrical EngineeringZuriel Garcia Ortiz 4 History of Art and Visual CultureMissy Hart PsychologyJerhson G. Hernandez Latin American and Latino Studies &

PoliticsIsabella Rose Indorato PsychologySelena Jimenez Marine BiologyBreonna Johnson Film & Digital MediaJeannine J. Kolln Neuroscience and PsychologyDevin Lawrence Neuroscience and ArtAng Li Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaEmily Love Art and Computer ScienceSigne Loving Environmental StudiesD Lynch ArtDanielle Djash Manimbo Critical Race and Ethnic StudiesNicolas Marenales Film & Digital MediaTomas Nilsson Environmental StudiesJacqueline Rose Nisbet PsychologyCaleb Norton SociologyKyle O’Rourke Computer EngineeringHelena Victoria Panchenko Marine BiologyBailey Brooke Patterson AnthropologyAlicia C. Persaud Art and Film & Digital MediaTyler Douglas Pollock History

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences also participating

Riley Pruyn PsychologyJustin V. Redmond Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyMalachi Ross Psychology and ArtMoheb J. Salehi BiologyGabriel Sanchez Jr. Biomolecular Engineering and

BioinformaticsYuchen Su AnthropologyDavina Olivia Suselo NeuroscienceJacob Michael Terry Molecular, Cell, and Developmental

BiologyBrenda Valles Legal StudiesEcho Rene Vanier Marine BiologyDevesh Venkatesh Technology and Information

ManagementCole Matthew Watts Computer Science: Computer Game

DesignPauline Xie Earth Sciences

University Honors( 1) Summa cum Laude, “with highest distinction”, signifies graduate

standing in the top 2% of their class.( 2) Magna cum Laude, “with great distinction”, signifies graduate

standing the top 5% if their class( 3) Cum Laude, “with distinction”, signifies graduate standing in the top

15% of their class.( 4) Candidate for University Honors. Graduating seniors who may be

awarded Honors after spring quarter are noted in this program as “Candidate for University Honors”.

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Nominated for Phi Beta KappaPhi Beta Kappa is a national honor society that advances scholarship and

recognizes excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The UC Santa Cruz chapter was established in 1985.

“ * ” Indicates student nominated for Phi Beta Kappa membership

Dean’s & Chancellor’s Awards

Division of the ArtsSnow Martin Dean’s Award

Division of HumanitiesLandon Austin Mitchell Dean’s Award

Division of Social SciencesCinthia Cristal Magaña Moreno Dean’s & Chancellor’s Awards

Physical & Biological SciencesMartina V. Pedersen Dean’s AwardTaylor Real Dean’s Award

Porter College Service AwardThe College Service Award is given to graduating seniors who

have demonstrated exemplary leadership and commitment to the Porter College and UCSC communities.

Sayyid-Ali Abdel-Qawi Jonathan Adams Jonah Arreola-Burl Noreen Boguiren Alexandra Carl Althea Carlson Alexandrina Chavez Cheyenne Ison Sasha Lopez Omar Ma Pauline Manley Miles McKenzie Dolores Meneses Chloe Murr Adam Saavedra Maria Tapia Vera Umansky Natalie Valencia Espitia

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Departmental Honors & AwardsHonors in the Major

Kassandra Aguilar * Film & Digital MediaAdolfo Aguirre SociologyRoss Barnes * Film & Digital MediaVeronica Bautista * Film & Digital MediaRachel Berreitter * Film & Digital MediaSaajia Bidar PsychologyEmma Bourke SociologySidney Brown * Film & Digital MediaKayden Bryant SociologyFaith Campos * Film & Digital MediaAlthea Carlson * Feminist StudiesLea Crase PsychologyKarina Cruz Rosales * SociologyGabriela Escalante * Film & Digital MediaDustin Fernandez-Espinoza * Film & Digital MediaGwyneth Foley * Film & Digital MediaDaniel Garcia Latin American and Latino StudiesPamela Garcia PsychologyZuriel Garcia Ortiz * History of Art and Visual CultureBing Glenn * Film & Digital MediaDavid Gonzalez * Film & Digital MediaAnusha Goyal PsychologyMikayla Heffner * Film & Digital MediaThomas Hermsmeyer * Film & Digital MediaCheyenne Ison Cognitive ScienceEzra Jaurequi * Feminist StudiesSolomon Kanehailua * Film & Digital MediaAndrew King * Film & Digital MediaDaniel Lane * Film & Digital MediaZoe-Manon LeCheminant * Film & Digital MediaGarrett Lees * Film & Digital MediaOmar Ma * Film & Digital MediaBrianna Martin PsychologySnow Martin * Film & Digital MediaZackary Millicent * Film & Digital MediaStephanie Mirich PsychologyMonty Montero-Elliott * Film & Digital MediaJack Murray * Film & Digital MediaEvan Nguyen * Film & Digital MediaKyle O’Brien Computer ScienceBenjamin Ochoa * Film & Digital MediaAlison Ono * Film & Digital MediaKevin Peña * Film & Digital MediaAlicia Persaud * Film & Digital MediaAlex Petersen * Film & Digital MediaSequoia Pinterits * Film & Digital Media

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Elias Quijada * Film & Digital MediaJesus Quiroz * SociologyChristian Ramirez * Film & Digital MediaErnesto Ramirez * Film & Digital MediaCullen Reilly Cognitive ScienceErin Roldan * Sociology and Feminist StudiesElijah Rutter MathematicsChristian Sanchez * Film & Digital MediaCynthia Sanchez PsychologySamuel Semon * Film & Digital MediaAlex Taubert * Film & Digital MediaBenjamin Thompson * Film & Digital MediaVera Umansky PsychologyNatalie Valencia Espitia * Feminist StudiesBrenda Walker * Legal StudiesHan Min Wang * Film & Digital MediaJulia Weggenmann PsychologyBrooklynn White * Film & Digital MediaSiena Wood * History of Art and Visual CultureSophie Zukoski Psychology

*Graduating seniors who may be awarded Honors in the Major after Spring Quarter will be noted as Candidates for Honors in the Major.

Highest Honors in the MajorAndrea Castillo-Zamora PsychologyWoodlyn Craddock Rhodes * AnthropologyZade Dardari MusicBryan Garcia MathematicsNaomi Gary * SociologyAdam Ishigo * PhilosophyMikaila Kaiser Cognitive ScienceHelana S. Kearns PsychologyKali Kecskemeti PsychologyMingloon Lee PsychologyEmon Mason-Tabrizizadeh PsychologyLandon Mitchell * PhilosophyChloe Murr * History of Art and Visual CultureSpencer Peterson Computer ScienceAnakaren Quintero Davalos PsychologyMaisie Rising * PhilosophyChloe Rodrigues PsychologyBenjamin Thompson * History of Art and Visual CultureRachel Wyatt * Philosophy

*Graduating seniors who may be awarded Highest Honors in the Major after Spring Quarter will be noted as

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Inclusion in this commencement program and participation in the Porter College Commencement Ceremony does not necessarily signify the completion of the

Baccalaureate degree.

Additional Honors & AwardsArt

Emily Aranda Eduardo Carrillo ScholarshipRachsamie Bun Eduardo Carrillo ScholarshipEdgar Cruz Eduardo Carrillo ScholarshipVanessa Divittorio Eduardo Carrillo ScholarshipJared Guzman Eduardo Carrillo ScholarshipNina Sherer Eduardo Carrillo ScholarshipMorgan Tomfohr Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship

Edgar Cruz Irwin ScholarshipNatalie Del Castillo Irwin ScholarshipAngel Gonzales Irwin ScholarshipAaron Martinez Irwin ScholarshipChloe Murr Irwin ScholarshipMorgan Tomfohr Irwin Scholarship

History of Art and Visual CultureZuriel Garcia Ortiz Honors in the Senior Exit

Requirement

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In MemoriamWe were saddened by the untimely loss of one of our students,

Jossim Aldelamy, and are proud to recognize his unique accomplishments while in attendance at Porter College.

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Congratulations to the Porter CollegeClass of 2020!

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

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