Student Speaker Archive

Student speakers dating back to Fall 2000 can be found here.

2020 – 2026 Student Speakers

Ceremony	Speaker Name and Speech Link	Academic Studies
Spring 2026	Tonya Henderson Gatling	B.A. Leadership in the Public Sector
Fall 2025	Urwa Rashid	B.A. Psychology Minor in Biological Sciences Minor in English
Spring 2025	Terrica Lewis	B.A. Communication
Fall 2024	Elyza Tran	B.S. Business Administration Minor in English
Spring 2024	Benjamin Poovey	B.S. Business Administration
Fall 2023	Miracle Holder	B.S. Biological Sciences Minor in Nutrition Minor in Africana Studies Minor in Spanish
Spring 2023	Kelsey O’Connor	Bachelor of Social Work Minor in Psychology
Fall 2022	Maab Aldulimy	B.S. Biochemistry
Spring 2022	Anna Jump	B.A. Leadership in the Public Sector
Fall 2021	Shannon Fuller	B.A. Leadership in the Public Sector
August 2021 *	Chloe Whealan	B.A. Psychology
Spring 2021 ^	Britanya Wright (May 14) Talya Ozbelli (May 15)	B.S. Electrical Engineering B.A. Communication
Fall 2020 ^	Brendan Roess (Fall) Chloe Whealan (Spring)	B.S. Biological Sciences B.A. Psychology
Spring 2020 +	N/A	N/A

* This in-person ceremony recognized graduates of the Class of 2020
^ This ceremony had two student speakers
+ No ceremony due to COVID-19 pandemic

Ceremony	Speaker Name and Speech Link (if available)	Academic Studies
Fall 2019	Abigail Carbone	B.S. Materials Science and Engineering Minor in Nanotechnology
Spring 2019	Ruhama Wolle	B.A. Communication Minor in Journalism
Fall 2018	Lindsay McMillan	B.A. Communication Minor in Arts Entrepreneurship
Spring 2018	Patrick Schilling	B.S. Business Administration B.S. International Management
Fall 2017	Stephanie Tate	B.A. Political Science
Spring 2017	Yasmine Connor	B.S. Mechanical Engineering Minor in Sociology
Fall 2016	Yvette Nkunde-Bose	B.S. Biochemistry Minor in Spanish
Spring 2016	Tatiana DeBerry	B.S. Criminology Minor in Political Science
Fall 2015	Callie Yohn	B.A. Communication Minor in Spanish
Spring 2015	Lela Johnston	B.S. Political Science
Fall 2014	Bethaney Lewis	B.S. Nutrition Science
Spring 2014	Nasser Alexander Koucheki	B.S. Biological Sciences
Fall 2013	Ryan Coble	B.S. Computer Engineering B.S. Electrical Engineering
Spring 2013	Jessica Ekstrom	B.A. Communication
Fall 2012	Garik Sadovy	B.S. Materials Science and Engineering
Spring 2012	Jason Cooper	B.A. Communication
Fall 2011	Lindsey Pullum	B.S. Political Science
Spring 2011	Kimberly Spence	B.S. Biological Sciences Minor in International Studies
Fall 2010	Heidi Sullivan	B.A. Communication
Spring 2010	Lianne Marie Gonsalves	B.S. Biological Sciences B.A. International Studies

Ceremony	Student Name	Academic Studies
Fall 2009	Emma Jeannette Norton	B.S. Textile and Apparel Management
Spring 2009	John Mickey, Jr.	B.S. Business Administration
Fall 2008	James E. O. Haskins, II	B.S. Political Science
Spring 2008	Christina Wynona Johnson	B.S. Business Administration
Fall 2007	Michelle Jane Pine	B.S. Economics
Spring 2007	Ronald Johnson, Jr.	B.S. Business Management B.S. Psychology
Fall 2006	Benton William Langley	B.S. Political Science Minor in Tourism
Spring 2006	Jared Milrad	B.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Fall 2005	Austin Leigh Duncan	B.S. Environmental Science B.S. Zoology
Spring 2005	Anna Edens	B.S. Biological Sciences
Fall 2004	Nathaniel Horner	B.A. English
Spring 2004	Lauren Welch	B.S. Chemistry M.A. Multi-disciplinary Studies
Fall 2003	Victor O’Janpa	B.S. Civil Engineering
Spring 2003	Elizabeth Rose Gutierrez	B.A. Sociology B.A. Foreign Language Minor in Business Management
Fall 2002	Caitlin Suzanne Boon	B.S. Food Science B.S. Poultry Science
Spring 2002	Jason Andrew Grissom	B.S. Economics B.A. Political Science B.A. Multi-disciplinary Studies
Fall 2001	Teresa Leigh Murchie	B.S. Accounting
Spring 2001	Henry Ward	B.S. Computer Engineering
Fall 2000	Sandra Britt Thomason	B.A. Communication