Spring 2020 Awards Ceremony and Commencement Celebration
Honors Ceremony and Commencement Celebration on Zoom
On Friday, May 15 at 11:00 a.m., EMU’s History Section hosted an Awards Ceremony and Commencement Celebration on Zoom for its graduates in History, Social Studies Education, and Religious Studies. History faculty donned caps and gowns to recognize EMU students’ myriad achievements, including scholarships, the JoEllen Vinyard History Essay Prize, the completion of Honors and M.A. theses, and presentations at the Undergraduate Symposium and Graduate Research Conference. In the commencement portion of the ceremony, History faculty members read the names of all the graduates. Attendees heard a recorded commencement address by Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and founder of the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C. EMU alumnus and Regent James Webb graciously participated in the ceremony to formally confer the degrees. Regent Webb also delivered a commencement address, where he reflected on the current circumstances. “As History majors sitting here today at a time when history is being made, not just studied,” Regent Webb remarked, “we have a sense of how history is made.” Congratulations to the 2020 graduates!
Master of Arts in History
Joyce Goik
Isaac Klooster
Philip Kotwick
Rachel Maschke
Joshua Ringuette
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in History
Destiny Bartel
Kyle Benson
Brandon Burks
Joshua Campeau
Patrick Canavan
Kyle Dudek
Deirdre Kubitski
Adina Leahu
Troy Masserant
Rebecca Murphy
Fabiola Orozco
Andrew Puente
Zachary Stone
Shelbie Torok
Christian Watts
Marc Wolf
Leigh Young
Kaitlyn Eby
Rachel Haney
Sarah Jessup
Alexandria Miller
Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies
Sam Nesbitt
Makoto Takata
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Social Studies and History for Secondary Education
Amanda Adams
Amelia Beson
Nadia Beyersdorf
Cody Chambers
Danielle Engel
Jarrod Hart
Samantha Howell
Michael Mayes
Amanda Miotke
Gregory Romanczuk
Alysha Ulrich
Kaitlyn Webb
Robert Wood
Quinn Wurmlinger
Bachelor of Science in Social Studies and Political Science for Secondary Education
Nicholas Prentice