 esteemed colleagues, honored friends, family and guests, the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, class of 2023, please be seated. It's my honor to announce in the presence of candidates for academic recognition, members of the faculty, staff, honored guests, parents, families, friends, that the SEMS class of 2023 commencement is hereby convened. I have a few brief announcements. Now that our graduates are comfortably seated, guests are welcome to move into any additional seats available. Professional photographers will be taking two photos of each graduate and the images will be sent to graduates for consideration. Due to spatial limitations, family and friends are requested to remain in their seats rather than trying to come forward to take photos. Finally, please make sure that all cell phones remain silent for the duration of the ceremony. Let's get started. I'm pleased to introduce Dr. Chip Cole, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics to deliver the invocation. Good afternoon, graduates, families, friends. Let me begin with a brief analysis of the teachings of a famous 18th century mathematician and philosopher who once said, I'm joking, but I had you go in there for a moment, didn't I? My job is to rally the crowd, not put you to sleep. Is this a great day or why? Welcome to the 2023 graduation ceremony for the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Vermont. I promise you we have a great program with wonderful speakers and all the pomp, pageantry and trappings of academic tradition. Graduates, indeed we are here to celebrate your success and to wish you well in all that you endeavor. On behalf of the faculty, I thank you for all your hard work during your years of study at UVM. It has been our pleasure to help you shape your futures. When you leave with your hard-earned degree in hand, take with you as well our best wishes for success and good fortune. We're also here today for other reasons, really. One is somewhat bittersweet, saying goodbye or so long to classmates, professors, perhaps our beautiful campus. Some of you will leave Burlington to work in a new, exciting city. Some of you will go on to graduate study at larger universities. Some of you will stay in Vermont, but trust me this, no matter where you go, no matter how far away you live, no matter how deep your cover, you can count on one thing. The UVM Alumni Foundation will track you down. And there's a third reason we're here today and it's to thank your supporters, your family, your friends and others, the people who helped you from young age become the person you are today. Relatedly, I'm about to tell you what is the most important thing that you could learn in college. Are you ready? This is the most important thing. And so here it is. None of us would be where we are today without the support of others. You might forget some of the things you studied here at UVM. You might forget Young's modulus of elasticity. You might forget Ohm's law or the central limit theorem of statistics. You might even forget calculus. And let's face it, who doesn't forget calculus, right? You might forget some of those things, perhaps even more, but as you celebrate today, don't forget to thank the people closest to you. For their support, and as you move forward in life, be sure to offer your support to those who could use it. Okay, so in typical faculty fashion I've droned on long enough and it's time to get to the good stuff. So let me close with this one final wish. Enjoy this glorious day of celebration with family and friends and graduates once again. Congratulations. Thank you, Dr. Cole. It's now my distinct honor to introduce the Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Dr. Linda Shadler. Thank you, Dr. Dan Forth. And thank you, Dr. Cole. Congratulations, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Class of 2023. Many of you started at UVM in 2019. A fantastic, beautiful fall. A wonderful class, full of promise. And then the world turned upside down. Yet you prevailed and thrived. We are all very proud of you. Congratulations, parents, guardians, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends of the Class of 2023. You were the support system that enabled these graduates to achieve. Thank you so much. Maybe you should stand up. And thank you, faculty and staff of SEMS. Your commitment to student success and excellence is outstanding. People have heard me say this a few times now, but I love commencement. I love the pomp. I love the circumstance, the costumes, the celebratory mood, and the tradition. But most of all, I embrace what it means. It is a stake in the ground, a time to stop and say, I have accomplished something important. I have focused, worked, and learned, and I am walking away with a set of life skills that will enable me to succeed as a professional, as a community member, and much more. And with this degree in hand, you have the skills to face a very complicated world that really needs you. The world needs your enthusiasm, your creativity, your commitment to sustainability, and your commitment to a better world. Keep the momentum going. And you should know that you are graduating with an amazing group of students. Not only is there a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship winner among you, a World University Games biathlon two-time medalist, a 19-year-old, three members of Phi Beta Kappa, and more, there are students who lost a loved one and persevered, members of the military, students who worked more than 20 hours a week while being a full-time student, varsity athletes, club leaders, students who gave their time to work at the local after-school programs, teach middle schoolers how to code, or be a peer mentor, help save lives as an EMT, and much, much more, your classmates are an impressive group, go cats. And as you leave UVM, know that you do not leave the UVM family. Not only will the foundation find you, but we hope to be awaiting news of your success, ready to help you broaden your network further and hopeful that you will come back and help us support and mentor the next generation of students. And now, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Victoria Hildebrand, who will deliver the commencement celebration addressed this afternoon. Vicki graduated from UVM in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and later earned a Master's degree in technology management from Columbia University, where she also teaches digital transformation. In her senior year at UVM, Vicki was the recipient of the prestigious Mary Jean Simpson Award. This award is given to the top female in scholarship, leadership, and service. Vicki is now the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Vicki started her career working for Hewlett-Packard in various senior leadership roles. She then went on to become the Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Vicki also served as the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Business Technology at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont. Not only does Vicki have an impressive career path, she is also a U.S. figure skating gold medalist and former coach. Yeah. And in her free time, Vicki still judges national competition figure skating. We are so very proud of this successful business and community leader. Please join me in welcoming Victoria Hildebrand to the stage. Thank you, Dean Shedler, and thank you all. And good afternoon and congratulations. What a huge milestone. I am so proud and honored to be here today. It has been 40 years since I was here. And I vividly remember sitting in your seats, not in this building, in a building that is no longer here. But I remember clearly thinking, where would my life take me? Well, let me tell you what I don't remember. Who the speaker was and what they said. So I'm gonna keep this brief. This is an end of a big celebration for you and we need to send you on your way. I'm gonna be unlike a lot of speakers who like to share three things. Have you noticed that, three things? I've got one life career lesson that I would like to share with you and one recommendation for those of you that are starting your careers in the hopes that you remember a little bit of what we say today. So my life career lesson is simple. And I acknowledge that it's not very creative and it is often discussed at graduation ceremonies. But for me, it stands above all the others. And it is simply this. Say yes, literally say yes. Now I realize I'm talking with technical people. You like to analyze, you like to weigh the pros and cons, you like to make informed decisions and all of that is good. But don't let the unknown be a negative. Don't let it get in the way. It took me a while to learn this lesson. I was 50 years old when my boss, by the way, is now CEO and president of Xerox. Now think of a company that got hit pretty hard during COVID. Big copiers in the office, nobody's using them. He's in the middle of transforming this company in a brilliant way. But he tapped me on the shoulder and said, why don't you go back and get your master's degree? Okay, so I know what all of you were thinking. 50 years old is ancient. Why would somebody at 50 go back and get a master's degree? I had started one years before, but got busy with my family and had set it aside. And he said, they keep doing it. I had no idea what I was getting into, but he had taught me to be bold, and so I jumped in. And I found myself in Paris, in an executive management program in digital transformation with Columbia University, and it completely reinvigorated my passion for what I was doing. And as I completed that program, I got tapped on the shoulder, did I want to interview to be the CIO of the Federal Department of Transportation? And I can clearly remember going, you talking to me? I had never in my wildest dreams ever, ever thought of being in government. As a matter of fact, it was probably last on my list. But I thought, what would be the problem with interviewing? Well, I interviewed and I was offered the job. I had no idea what that was gonna look like. I lived in Vermont. I wanted to stay living in Vermont. How would that work? What was the environment gonna be like? Would I get anything done? And I decided to take a leap. Well, let me tell you what that led to. I reported directly to the secretary. I attended presidential cabinet meetings. I sat in the situation room, talking about cybersecurity and how to stay ahead of bad actors. I traveled with the secretary. I testified to Congress. And I had one of the most educational and fun experiences of my entire life. It was fuzzy and unclear when I jumped in. I am so grateful that I did. And one last one, because we all experienced COVID together. I was living in the Bay Area of California. And I decided I wanted to move back to Vermont with my two young sons and my husband. And I walked into my boss's office and said, I'm leaving. And he said, what are you gonna do? And I said, I'll figure that out when I get there. And he said, take a laptop. And I said, okay, we'll give it a try. That was 1993. There was no such thing as high-speed networking in homes, no video conference capability. And for those of you that are old enough to remember, every time you plugged in a computer, you get the beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Okay, see, some people do remember that. But I jumped in and it was a brilliant way for me to manage my career and raise two young boys. And I'm so grateful I did. In all three of these situations, the future could not have been more unclear and fuzzy. And I'm really grateful that I did them. It also gets me to thinking about the times I didn't say yes. And one of them was joining a startup company during the dot-com boom. And we're not gonna explore that one because I may start to cry. Another one, and this is a silly one, but there's a message in it. I was running shared services for Hewlett Packard and we had centers all over the world. I had gone to China probably 10 times, including Dalian, which is where the Chinese people keep their pandas. And every now and then they'd say, Vicky, let us take you to see the pandas. And I would say, next time, next time. I had these two young boys I wanted to get home. They desperately needed me. And I'll never forget walking in the door one day, excited to see my boys, and the oldest one went, oh no, now we can't go to McDonald's for dinner. I should have seen the pandas, I never saw the pandas. They were fine, take the time. When I talk to young professionals, I often remind them, see the pandas. Now there's one thread through these stories that I just want you to be aware of. Make sure you're working for a really good manager. I would choose the right leader over the right job any day. Any day. I think too often people just survive with leaders that aren't the best. If you don't have a really strong manager, make a change. It made a lot of difference for me. Say yes to opportunity, even if it's unclear. Work for the right person. And now just my recommendation, for those of you that are starting out in your careers. You are about to join a company, and you're joining a team. You may have a mission, as I did at the Department of Transportation. The safety of the American people was our mission. Or at Blue Cross Blue Shield, where the mission is the health and well-being of our members, I'll bet you didn't know they were a non-profit, that insurance company. Or you have to survive and make analysts happy and achieve price earnings ratios. Whatever your objective is, guess what? It's not about you. And it seems strange to say that on a day when we're celebrating you. But I think it's an important thing to think about. The time I got the greatest promotion in my career was when I went to my boss and said, you need to take my team and move them to this other person. And by the way, they were my best team. The company needs them over there. I think I created some shock and awe, but it came back to me. Act like a CEO, make your decisions like the CEO of a company. It's not about you, it's about the success of the team that you've joined. So keep that in mind as you start your career and it will be noticed and it will pay in dividends. I promise you, I've seen it time and time again and I've been out there for 40 years. So I've got a few examples in my back pocket. So I won't keep you any longer, but I encourage you to remember this. Say yes to opportunity even if it's not clear, jump in and think about that team that you're joining in your career and make sure you put that team first. And with that, I wish you all a fabulous and rewarding future. I hope you stay in touch with the University of Vermont as I have and with this SEMS college. It's brought so much reward to me through the years and I hope you come back and talk with graduates like yourself and share some of your experiences with them. I wish you all the best. Thank you, Vicki. The message that you have shared with our graduates this afternoon will serve them well as they embark on their post-graduation journeys. It is a tradition in SEMS to acknowledge those faculty present who are retiring. This year, we have one faculty member on the stage who is retiring. Professor Carla Karstens, could you please stand? Carla Karstens, you have spent your career as a devoted mathematics educator. After earning your bachelor's degree in mathematics from the College of St. Benedict, you taught high school mathematics in Minnesota for seven years before coming to UVM as a graduate student in 1985. You earned your master of science degree in mathematics in the spring of 1987 and were hired as a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics beginning in the fall. In 2004, you were among the first group of lecturers to be promoted to the newly created position of senior lecturer. You taught mathematics to thousands of students at UVM, thousands, and especially excelled at teaching students who don't particularly like and may even fear the subject. You probably taught fundamentals of calculus one and two, courses geared for students not planning to continue in math more times than anyone else in the department. You developed and taught courses for education majors and wrote a textbook for future elementary school teachers, imparting a solid foundation in mathematics to these students who would go on to teach young children which will have a ripple effect for generations to come. Your outstanding teaching was recognized with the prestigious Crepe-Marisha Award for Teaching Excellence in 1999. You were always a good citizen of the department and the university serving on numerous committees, volunteering for outreach activities including regional and state math counts, competitions for middle schoolers, and mentoring graduate teaching assistants. You were known for your collegiality and for organizing social events that contributed to the fabric of the department and we will miss your cheerful presence. And now the main attraction, the students of Sims. We have a number of students who are receiving multiple degrees today. Some have earned two degrees from the University of Vermont while others are receiving their engineering degrees from UVM along with a Bachelor's of Arts from St. Michael's College through our dual degree program. With the graduates who are receiving multiple degrees, please stand and be recognized. I'd like to ask our graduates who are being recognized this afternoon for individual awards and you may not all know who you are so listen carefully for excellence in our programs to make their way to the stage. Marie Scott, Riley Death, Courtney Hales, Benjamin Jackson, Noah Logan, Justin Rhodes, Dakota Smith, Max Peroto, Trevor Blanchard, David Melcomoff, and Levi Putman. While they're assembling, I would like to recognize our honors students as a group. With the members of the University of Vermont, Patrick Leahy Honors College, please rise. With the members of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, and Mu Sigma Rho, please stand to be recognized as well. This morning at the University of Vermont main ceremony, a SEM student was awarded the Class of 67 Award, which recognizes a senior student who has satisfied two of the three components here, active membership in three recognized student activities, university recognition in a varsity athletic sport, and or election to an office in a recognized student activity. Student must also have a GPA of at least 2.5, be respected by their peers and be of high moral character. This is an incredible award chosen by the university. Would Kaia Daler, please stand and be recognized. During the final days of the spring semester, the departments within our college held ceremonies to honor several other of today's graduates with individual awards. Those awards are listed in the UVM commencement program that can be found online. Marit Erika Scott, as this year's student engineer of the year. The civil engineering student of the year nominee is Riley Larray-Death. The environmental engineering student of the year nominee is Courtney Hales. The mechanical engineering student engineer of the year nominee is Benjamin Scott Jackson. The electrical engineering student engineer of the year nominee is Noah C. Logan. The engineering management senior award is presented to Justin Anthony Rhodes. The outstanding senior in mathematics award is presented to Dakota Parker Smith. The outstanding senior in data science award is presented to Maxwell Travers Perotto. The outstanding senior in statistics award is presented to Trevor D. Blanchard. The department of computer science has two senior awards this year and they're being presented to David Malkimov and Levi Metsuo Putman. This year's recipient of the Brent Vincent Gorky, Dean's Recognition Award for an undergraduate student who has demonstrated extraordinary qualities of integrity and commitment to others. Through outstanding service to faculty, staff and students of SEMS is Benjamin Scott Jackson. Let's give them all one more round of applause. I think I might have handed the wrong bags to the wrong students so they're kind of making sure they have the right ones. It's like a wedding. Something has to happen, right? Besides now they're looking at these incredible awards. Let me show you one. Impressive. We make them in the machine shop. They have the SEMS logo and then the listing of the award below. The big moment is here. Would their marshals please take their places? Will the following students please stand up? Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management and Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. The graduates will be greeted by Dr. Marilyn Sepola, Chair of the department, faculty marshals please bring the students forward to receive their degrees. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management and Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. Brendan Curry, Vikram G. Dalmia, Clayton Leland Schroeder, Ruth Juliana Spooner, Benjamin Pierce Ashby, Justin Bistrovich, Matthew Boyer, Jack Hans Gustafson, Kyle Jamison Hart, Ethan Mosdale, Justin Anthony Rhodes, Benjamin Gray Stevens, Gina Min Aroldi, Cum Laude, Holly Diamond Ake, Anna Catherine Bechia, Ron P, Nathaniel Bradford Turner Boers, Cooper Thomas Bolduck, Julianne Marie Bouton, Summa Cum Laude, Peter William Cacane, Robert Connor Doulan, Aaron Gabrielle Dwayne, Hunter Clark Aquinas Feeley, Kelly Jean Jacobson, Cum Laude, Sarah Marie Jennings, Emily Grace Castins, Cameron Edward Colaney, Grace Suzanne Cruiser, Natalie Jean LaFleur, Claire Madison Leahy, Cum Laude, Juliana Hanson McCabe, Jacob S. Murphy, Magna Cum Laude, Liam Maxwell Master Orr, Victoria Peckovic, Liliana Pauline Ross, Nicholas Mark Roy, Marit Erika Scott, Magna Cum Laude, Gabriela Alfaro White, William Allen Hyunmou Wright. Will the following students please stand up? Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, congratulating the graduates will again be the Chair of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Marilyn Sepola. Faculty marshals, please bring these students forward. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Ian Thomas Schnell Barnaby, Magna Cum Laude, Daniel P. Cameron, Oscar Pei Dring, Lauren Fennelly, Samuel Faut, Cum Laude, Jacob Aaron Fris Trillo, Lindy Hang, Sean Joseph Henderson, Ali Hussein, Noah C. Logan, McLean Mansfield Parisi, Evelyn Rose McLoone, Phillip Papp, Alexander Todd Runchy, Thea Lynn Steves Bowie, Gavin Brett Turner, John Wallagori. Will the following students please stand up? Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering, congratulating these graduates will be the Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dr. Mondar DeWolkar, Anastasia Bonnie Allen, Tyler Joseph Bodette, Nathan Jack Clayson, Trevor Day, Riley Leray Death, Henry Joseph Dibowsky, Johannes Gordon Elliott, Luke Ragnar Faretti, Nate Heil, Jared Stiles Huck, Peter William Kagan, Matthew Caplita, Amanda Cornudiak, Gabriel James Lambert, Kamani Wilson-Mighty, Luke Joseph Nienstadt, Hazel O'Brien, Noah Kim Palker, Daniel Francis Rubin, Jake Michael Russanello, John Sickles, Cassidy Renee Vaccaro, McCarrie, Joseph Green Vanakor, Dalton Charles Vasallo, Gabriela Rae Vialli, Luke Hudson Weiss, Matthew Feeley Ashleman, Beatriz Ana Wooten Altura, Molly Kate Baker, Evelyn Suzanne Densmore, Fiona Gilbert Doherty, Cum Laude, Constance Rose Douthwaite, Magna Cum Laude, Olanka Sarah Duncan, Marina M. Godley Fisher, Alexandra E. Greer, Courtney Hales, Magna Cum Laude, Amelia Frances Kennedy, yeah, Benjamin Kitter, Ryan Joseph Kochi, Zhuang Li, Brendan Ellis Lombard, Ian Patrick McEwn, Lisa Ann McClatchy, Abigail Rosamando Kief, Madeline Catherine Parent, Venus Rohra, Jeremy Isaac Gordon Rotenberg, Maya Rose Sage, Magna Cum Laude, Katrina Seaburger, Lauren Frances Snow, Anna Turenzi, Marina Villanova. Will the following students please stand up? Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Congratulations, these graduates will be the Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Douglas Fletcher. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Joshua Allen, Joshua P. Ashu. Joshua's degree will be presented to him by his parents, Mike Ashu, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, and Sarah Nielsen, Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies. Alexandra Baker, William A. Baker, Isle Richard Beebe, Maxwell William Bonthrone, Paige Sculpthorn-Borden, Connor Shay Borek, Matthew Boyer, Andrew Tate Buckley, Zachary Race Cannon, Anna Rose Cassavan, Ethan William Clark, Henry Kestrel Clark, Molly Clyde, James Robert Cole, Calvin James Cook, Jacob Patrick Decatur, Ryan Desiro, Andrew H. Donahoe, Caleb Keith Duggan, Cum Laude, Isaac Thomas Emory, Megan Lee Enman, William Tomage Fisher, Patrick Michael Frank, Philip Anthony Fretwell, Gabriel Frigo, Jude Gallagher, Steven Dinell Gallivan, Jackson Valentine Goga Blanchard, Nathanne Mulgoldman, Harrison McKay Green, Brian Dominic Guido, Charles Albert Harper, Jennifer Claire Hill, Alexander John Holder, Jillian Taylor Holland, Benjamin Scott Jackson, Cum Laude, Parminder Kaur, Cum Laude, Ian Keen, Griffin T. King, Aaron Kluestra, Kidron James Onnes Collin, Richard Michael Kruzna, Amelia Taylor Leplume, Carter Lawless, Megan Elizabeth Lindgren, Gabrielle James Mailhot, Jacob Turner Maxim, Jason Andrew Murray, Alexander Nagel, Katie Newhearth, Michael Coleman O'Shaughnessy, Annalise Frederica Parsons, Magna Cum Laude, Connell M. Phillips, Joel Richard Pythrom, Luke Moynihan Quine, Mason Robert Redfield, Cole Harrison Reiner, Jake Rockin Robbins, William Patrick Robinson, Magna Cum Laude, Cameron James Roy, Dylan James Ryan, Adam Joseph Sampsell, Luke Alexander Wilson Schwartz, Julia Sargent, Maguire Joseph Shea, Sonam Sherpa, Carl N. Simon, Maury D. Smith III, Owen Warner Smith, Benjamin Thomas Spencer, Anna Marie Thornton, James Vagle, Nicholas A. Ventulet, Sarah Fortin-Wanson, Spencer Moise Weingord, Alec J. Wanson, Thomas Davenport Wright III. Will the following students please stand up? Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences with majors in both mathematics and statistics. Congratulations. These graduates will be the chair of mathematics and statistics, Dr. Junkie Yang. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences with majors in both mathematics and statistics. Trevor David Blanchard, Magna Cum Laude, Liliana Correa, Sophie Cunicelli, Gretel Ophelia Devendorf, Elliot B. Dumay, Taylor French, Finn Johnston, Christopher John Carl Koch, John Kramer, Melina Marie Kratzer, Summa Cum Laude, William LeMay, Yibing Liu, Dennis Lee, Francesca Catherine Emilia-Martin, Clara R. Martirano, Emma F. Mazuzan, Katie Nicole Pasco, Magna Cum Laude, Noah A. Patri, Katelyn Rector, Kelly Robinette, Cum Laude, Emma Margaret Stroyer, Noah Kimball Simons, Dakota Parker Smith, Magna Cum Laude, Elias W. Standard, Cum Laude, Morgan Swayne, Alex Townsend, Pair Wiginius, Cum Laude. Well, the candidates for the Bachelor of Science degrees in both data science and computer science and information systems and the Bachelor of Science in computer science, please stand. Congratulations. These graduates will be the chair of computer science, Dr. Christian Skalka. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science degree with majors in both data science and computer science and information systems and the Bachelor of Science in computer science. Matthew Alonji, Vaughn J. Barassa, Niels Christian Artsendalen, Kaya M. Daylor, Noel Damaris, Nathaniel Charles Fogg, Annika Eleanor Hamby, Maxwell James Graveline Heath, Tyo C. Lee Kidizotto, Nicholas Hamilton Knudsen, Cameron Charles Lund, Hi, how are you? Matthew Kailin McCarthy, Annika Shea Minor, Aiden Murphy, Tucker Lindell Perrin, Atticus Gilmartin Patrick, Cum Laude, Owen Gilmartin Patrick, Cum Laude, Maxwell Travers Parado, Cum Laude, Matthew Henry Thomas, Harrison Thompson, Sinyu Wang, Tyler J. Allenbeer, Benjamin Chase Alpert, Shivan Alwell, Joshua Joseph Baker, Emmanuel Balasek, Aiden Paul Brown, Devin Brown, Tingwei Chen, Justin Emil Conklin, Cum Laude, Conor Constantino, Jared Michael Descipio, Arthur Doleymeyer, Simon Anthony Garan, Dominic Bruno Gasperini, Nicholas Schaefer Gibson, Cum Laude, Maya E. Griffith, Sam Tyler Gooseck, William James Hackett, Nicholas C. Hanna, Tyler Hickey, Cum Laude, Matthew Douglas Zook Hodges, Mitchell John Homme, Maxwell Pepper Hughes, J. Hassong Zhang, Cum Laude, Vincent Lai, Marit A. Lobakhan, William Lee, Shaq Kin Liu, Jingkong Liu, Ari Joshua Loja, Jack Connor McGowan, Paige Elise Melcher, David Melkimov, Summa Cum Laude, Marcus A. Milt, Herschel Montu, Tate Parmar Osborne, Jack Page, Hey, Emma Jane Parsek, Cum Laude, Cody Evan Palitza, Kuchang Tenzing Young Ponziu, Levi Mitsuo Putman, Summa Cum Laude, Emmett W. Ram, Christian R. Rhodes, Kelly Robinette, Cum Laude, Ryan Salzburg, Logan Lambert Schofield, Samson Manning Schultz, Tyler J. Scott, Emma Margaret Schreuer, Andrew C. Smith, Andrew Corey Snell, Jason Tyler Silverman, Alex Townsend, Vanessa Tran, Cum Laude, Ethan West, Olivia Faye Wilson, Junyan Wu, Paul Yaren. As we near the end of our ceremony, just some last minute instructions, please stay at your seats while the platform party recesses. Students, I believe you've already moved your tassels to your left. You are now officially graduates of the University of Vermont and the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.