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2026 Senior Recognition Ceremony Program

LIST OF 2026 GRADUATES
SEATING CHART

Order of Ceremonies

PROCESSIONALDean
Associate & Assistant Deans
Department Chairs
WELCOME REMARKSDean
GRADUATE PROCESSION, DEPARTMENT SPEECHES & READING OF NAMES Graduates, Department Chairs & Faculty Ambassadors
"TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM"Shannon Lamb, accompanied by Stephen Page
CLOSINGDean

Humanities & Fine Arts Deans

DEANMaria del Guadalupe (Lupe) Davidson
ASSOCIATE DEANSPamela Ciminera
Lisa Green
Marla Miller
Nancy Noble
Pari Riahi
Cara Takakjian
Anthony Tuck
ASSISTANT DEANSKara Eich-Richardson
Patricia Gubitosi 

Department Chairs & Faculty Ambassadors

AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIESYolanda Covington-Ward | Chair
Amilcar Shabazz | Faculty Ambassador
ARCHITECTUREStephen Schreiber | Chair
Erika Zekos | Faculty Ambassador
ARTJenny Vogel | Chair
Jeffery Kasper | Faculty Ambassador
CLASSICSLauren Caldwell | Chair
Shannon Hogue | Faculty Ambassador
ENGLISHJenny Adams | Chair
Jen Minnen | Faculty Ambassador
HISTORYAnne F. Broadbridge | Chair
Alice Nash | Faculty Ambassador
HISTORY OF ART & ARCHITECTURETimothy M. Rohan | Chair
Margaret Vickery | Faculty Ambassador
JUDAIC & NEAR EASTERN STUDIESBrian Ogilvie | Chair
 
LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, & CULTURESPhilippe Baillargeon | Chair
Faculty Ambassadors
Barry Spence | Comparative Literature
Enhua Zhang, Bruce Baird | East Asian Languages & Cultures
Luke Bouvier | French & Francophone Studies
Julia Feldhaus | German & Scandinavian Studies
Stacy Giufre | Italian Studies
Anna Shkireva | Russian, Eurasian & Polish Studies
Barbara Zecchi, Grace Holleran | Spanish & Portuguese Studies
Barbara Zecchi, Barry Spence | Film Studies 
LINGUISTICSSeth Cable | Chair
Rajesh Bhatt | Faculty Ambassador
MUSIC & DANCEMatthew Westgate | Chair
Erica Drake | Faculty Ambassadors
PHILOSOPHYKevin Klement | Chair
Vanessa de Harven | Faculty Ambassador
THEATERAmy Altadonna | Chair
Harley Erdman | Faculty Ambassador
WOMEN, GENDER, SEXUALITY STUDIESSvati Shah | Chair
Laura Briggs | Faculty Ambassador

Musical Performances

CONDUCTORMatthew Westgate
Chair, Department of Music & Dance
BASS CLARINETNicole Braley
BASSOONTeagan Ferrin
CLARINETJonathan Maginnis, John Chisholm, Hope Thibault
EUPHONIUMJacob Hamel
FLUTE AND PICCOLOAnna Minichino, Keira Hartley
HORNTaylor Hestvik, Ayesha Abdullah
OBOE AND ENGLISH HORNPaulo Cardozo
PERCUSSIONPhil Hanifin, Nicholas LaCava, Max Palmer
ALTO SAXOPHONEMason Foss, Rachel Morrison
TENOR SAXOPHONESarin Ritter-Raven
BARI SAXOPHONEAlex You
TROMBONEAugust Wright, Sam Hunt
BASS TROMBONEFletcher Clark
TRUMPETCharles Lima, Ilkim Gumus, Emma Robeau
TUBANathan Jackson

Graduating Class of 2026

LIST OF 2026 GRADUATES
SEATING CHART

Thank You

Please join us in thanking the people who make the ceremony possible: 

CEREMONY ORGANIZERAmy Fleig
STAFF AMBASSADORS & CONTRIBUTORSAndee Browne-Tatro
Alex Martin
Amy Fleig
Andre Dias
Ben Leiter
Craig Kaufman
Elaine O'Brien
Emma DeFelice
Genevra Gallo-Bayiates
Jennifer Carbery
Kara Eich-Richardson
Kathy Randall
Lisa Blacher
Matt Gromosky
Morgan Lentz
Sophia Guillmette
ISENBERG HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT INTERNSLexi Barrett
Pierce Cote
Trinity Lubiak
GRADUATE STUDENT VOLUNTEERSChristina Otero del Real
Ilse Meiler
Inara Pirani
Jia Zhang
Kiley Maloy
Lainey Bechta
Mariana Luna Robelado
Maria Ramsey
Marina Perez del Valle
Mario Garrido Marin
Nagihan Ince
Nessy Tavares
No Othniel Williams
Quinn Val Develd
Vivian Dai
Yadira Roman Rivera
Zan Maley
VENDORSAmherst Copies, Capital Conventions, Dandelions Florist, DownRight Productions, Gardener's Supply Hadley, ProEvents 

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Amy Fleig

Director of Faculty Development and Programs
Email: afleig [at] umass [dot] edu

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