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Thursday, April 30, 2026   |   5-7:30pm

The International Institute announces the 2026 Graduation Ceremony. If you are a graduating student who plans to attend the ceremony, please RSVP. 

International Institute Graduation Ceremony

Michigan Theater
603 East Liberty Street
Ann Arbor

Caps and gowns will be recommended, but not required.

Includes all Fall 2025, Winter 2026, and Summer 2026 graduates from the undergraduate Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS), the Masters in International and Regional Studies (MIRS) and II Area Studies majors, minors, and graduate certificate programs including the following centers: African Studies Center; Center for European Studies; Center for Japanese Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Global Islamic Studies Center; and Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.

For directions, parking, and accessibility information, please see Michigan Theater.

Graduation Ceremony Speakers

Keynote Speaker
Ambassador Kamissa Camara

Professor of practice in international diplomacy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Weiser Diplomacy Center; Senior Advisor at Gatehouse Advisory Partners. Read more.

Student Speaker
Rachel Zaidan

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies,  Sociology, and Writing. Read more.

 

   

Remarks by 
Youngju Ryu

Director, International Institute; Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures. Read more.

 

    

Remarks by
Kevin Carr

Interim Director, Graduate Studies (MIRS); Associate Director, Center for Japanese Studies; Associate Professor, History of Art. Read more.

Remarks by 
Melanie S. Tanielian

Director, Program in International and Comparative Studies; Associate Professor of History. Read more. 
   

Recognition of Graduates by Center Directors and Associate Directors

Omolade Adunbi, Director, African Studies Center

Ann C. Lin, Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; and Ian Shin, Associate Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; and Germine Awad, Associate Director, Global Islamic Studies Center

Denise Saint Arnault, Director, Center for Japanese Studies; and Gregory Laurence, Director of Graduate Studies, Center for Japanese Studies

Gavin Arnall, Director, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Jay Crisostomo, Director, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies

Elizabeth King, Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies; Valerie A. Kivelson, Associate Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Matthew Hull, Director, Center for South Asian Studies

Mike McGovern, Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Douglas Northrop, Acting Director, Weiser Center for Europe & Eurasia

Graduating Students

African Studies Center

Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Arfican Studies Specialization

 

Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Chinese Studies Specialization

 

Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Specialization

 

Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies

Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Specialization

 

Center for South Asian Studies

Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, South Asian Studies Specialization

Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Southeast Asian Studies Specialization

 

Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Bachelor of Arts, Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Nicolas Blanco

Lucas Benjamin Coria Navia

Patrick Sebastian Phang Del Pozo

Sylvia Mary Rodriguez Cid

Isabella Santana

Minor, Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Skylar Victoria Wiesen

Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies

Bachelor of Arts, Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Yara Abbas Debes

Minor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Addiena Margaret Nicolaou

Global Islamic Studies Center

Minor, Islamic Studies

Sally Alhaji

Heeba M Altawil

Rudana Ahmad Hamadeh

Rasha Haider Hamoudi

Saarim Iqbal

Ahmed Kaid

Fareen Mahiya Momen

Breeana-Iris Marie Rosario

Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Eliot Rene Schlaack

Hibah Ahmed

Gabriella Grace Alaish

Yousuf Rashed Ahmad Mohammad Almatrooshi

Maryam Madani Altayeb

Yeslin Amarante

Dajyah Alyce Anderson-Williams

Mavis Amma Anning-Gyan

Kyra Veronica Ariker

Kyhana Joy Austin

Madison Helen Austin

Awmeo Azad

Jason Baek

Sarah Rose Baldwin

Josephine Quartel Baldyga

Mariah Regina Barnetche

Cathryn Wren Bennie

Gabrielle Annette Bowie

Aurora Willow Brendtke

Claudia Anne Brinks

Victoria Crotty da Silva Pereira Brown

Brevin Buchman

Lauryn May Budin

William Edward Bunzel

Arianna Hiromi Calle

Carlos Alberto Calzadilla Dominguez

Matthew Yiyang Cao

Charlotte Grace Cardel

Filippo Marc Carruzzo

Emma Elizabeth Casadonte

Daniela Valentina Castro-Pumay

Diya Chadha

Sree Leela Chitturi

Ashley Chung

Hailey Marie Clack

Maria Eduarda Capece Clemente

Robert Patrick Coulter

Claire Elizabeth Daniels

BryndĂ­s Margaret Davis

Yara Abbas Debes

Katya Deckelbaum

Kyle Deetz

Barbara Rocio Diaz

Angelique Taylor Dickson

Emma Po-Ling Dorre

Ellen Hammond Drejza

Sienna Alexis Drew

Natalia Paola DussĂĄn

Nicolas Joseph Eisenberg

Ayo Fadase

Zeyuan Fan

Judy Ghassan Farasheh

Eric Kartch Fernandez

Ryan David Finlay

Daley Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

Tyler John Floyd

Jake Cooper Frederick

Leah Goldstein

Jordan Ethan Goldstein

Abigail Marie Green

Mitchell Andrew Greenberger

Padme Mercedes Gruebler

Savannah Rose Halpern

Marilyn Elaine Harbin

Kaitlyn Louisa Hartka

Yacoub Hayder Haydin

Asher Douglas Heimbuch

Amber Elizabeth Henson

Ashley Hyunwoo Heo

Marin Rae Hetler

Renee Thammarat Hilboldt

Morgan Alexandra Hilliker

Lucas Kurt Hodgson

Callum James-Gregor Holley

Sara Katharina Houben

Riley Cristina Hult

Chloe Cameron Incaprera

Samantha Heloise Janulis

Aditya Kalahasti

Benjamin David Kalosa-Kenyon

Berelian Karimian

Smrithi Gautham Kattethota

Isabella Anna Kedryna

Kaia Jamison Kelly

Hailey Kim

Lauren Young-In Kim

Lydia King

Brandon Lee

Arianna Nicole Lepre

Gianna Limarvin

Jerry Lin

Lisa Maureen Luecke

Margarita Lupercio

Lawrence M Magdovitz III

Jackson Douglas Marchal

Manuel Alejandro Martinez Urbina

Benicio Avelar Martins-Caulfield

Anniya Shams Maysun

Fiona LaRae McCole

Ellen Carroll McDonough

Erin Elizabeth McNulty

Lucy McSherry

Amanda Marie Meninga

Sarah Mojica

Aiden Stanley Moskal-Linder

Mathie Mountbatten

Jack Gage Muckleroy III

Claudia Claire Murvartian-Rhim

Abigail Rose Nacht

Ramzi Nassif

Tyler Tuan Nguyen

Alexandra Anjolaoreoluwa Odunuga

Adella Jane Oehlerich

Shriya Pamnani

Junseo Park

Jonah Perttula

John Van Pham

Kristen Li Pikaart

Isabela Pimentel

Arthurline Siennah Quaqua

Minahil Anum Raheel

Gabriella O'Neill Richard

Ethan Barrett Rogers

Natalie Romasco

Natalie Madison Rue

Luiza Carroll Bonuma Santos

Emma Schardt

Olivia Rose Scott

Amy Melina Sepp

Rachel Adela Serie

Kamal Tariq Sharqawi

Sean Lucas Shelbrock

Jordyn Lyne Sienkiewicz

Niko Fearnside Smith

Ashley Patricia Smith

Nicholas Allen Squeteri

Shreya Srivathsan

Chloe Margaret Stannard

Domien Dante Stehmann

Benjamin Jacob Tankel

Lauren Rose Taylor

Mary Calan Tiller

Zoë Sage Tracey

Ela Trivedi

Ryan VanderMarkt

Tina ThĂčy Trang Dỗ VĆ©

Alena Huyen Tran Walker

Avery Christine Walsh

Zijing Wang

Ryan David Watkins

Anna Lila Well

Skylar Victoria Wiesen

Elliot Jane Williams

Maxwell Cruz Williams

Lianne Ruth Wimbush

Abigail Ruth Winner

Meichi Wu

Helen Sun Wu

Lynn Estrella Yambaye

Esthel Seolin Yi

Sydney Zaagman

Rachel Erin Zaidan

Yixin Zhang

Chenxu Zhao

International Studies Minors

Eliza Lane Cattaneo

Cara Cha

Lior Ruth Cooper

Joshua Michael Crook

Diego Alberto Félix-Trejo

Elise Gabrielle Gillman

Isaac Christopher Hintz

Akshara Veni Karthik

Claire Therese Kathman

Teresa Jenabu Senami Mignan

Claudia Minetti

Maximilian Resch

Ethan Michael Verlin

Ella May Vick

Josephine Lin Yeh

International Studies Honors Recipients

Gabriella Grace Alaish

Ashley Chung

Ellen Hammond Drejza

Daley Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

Abigail Marie Green

Savannah Rose Halpern

Kaia Jamison Kelly

Gianna Limarvin

Anniya Shams Maysun

Isabela Pimentel

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