🎓 Hail! To the Graduates
Thursday, May 1, 2025Â Â |Â Â 5-7:30pm
The International Institute announces the 2025 Graduation Ceremony. If you are a graduating student who plans to attend the ceremony, please RSVP.Â
International Institute Graduation Ceremony
Michigan Theater
603 East Liberty Street
Ann Arbor
Caps and gowns will be recommended, but not required.
Includes all Fall 2024, Winter 2025, and Summer 2025 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 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.Â
More details will be forthcoming.
For directions, parking, and accessibility information, please see Michigan Theater website.
Graduation Ceremony Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Hardy Vieux
Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Student Speaker
Clare Jones
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, with a concentration in Political Economy and Development and a minor in Spanish
Remarks byÂ
Johannes von Moltke
Interim Director, International Institute; Professor of German, Film, Television, and Media
Remarks by
Pär Cassel
Graduate Studies (Masters in International and Regional Studies) Director; and Associate Professor of History
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Remarks byÂ
Melanie S. Tanielian
Director, Program in International and Comparative Studies; Associate Professor of History
Remarks byÂ
Anthony Marcum
Lecturer IV and Coordinator of Experiential, Independent, & Honors Education, Program in International and Comparative Studies
Recognition of Graduates by Center Directors and Associate Directors
Carina Ray, Acting Director, African Studies Center; and Massy Mutumba, Associate Director, African Studies Center, and Center Mentor, African Studies Specialization
Joseph Lam, Acting Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; and S.E. Kile, Associate Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; and Murad Idris, 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, Interim Director, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies; and Khaled Mattawa, Associate Director, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
Elizabeth King, Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Madhumita Lahiri, Interim Director, Center for South Asian Studies
Mike McGovern, Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Geneviève Zubrzycki, Director, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia
Graduating Students
Masters in International and Regional Studies Graduates
African Studies Center
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Arfican Studies Specialization
Omowumi Banjo
Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Chinese Studies Specialization
Yu-Yu Cheng
Ruiling Li
John Lo
Alexis Wu
Hange Xie
Yinger Yang
Renji Zhou
Yaxuan Zhu
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Specialization
Zhanyang Liu
Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Specialization
Genni Driker
Lilit Gizhlaryan
Mara Kuhne
Thomas Pazik
Center for South Asian Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, South Asian Studies Specialization
Caitlyn Marentette
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Southeast Asian Studies Specialization
Shimon Likhtman
Trevor Orginski
Yudo Rahmadiyansyah
Undergraduate Program Majors and Minors
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Bachelor of Arts, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Nicolas Blanco
Genesis Gonzales
Margaret Ann Titus
Minor, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Emma James Weinberger
Caedon Nathanial Zube
Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Justin Weaver
Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
Minor, Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Malak Elayyan
Katherine Ann Hattersley
Maria Ramsey Shaya
Ayat Tolba
Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia
Minor, Modern European Studies
Sebastian Llanes
Olivia Elizabeth O'Connell
Veronika Lily Senzer
International Studies Majors, Minors, and Honors Recipients
Rebecca Ruth Adkins
Noor Ahmad Alchalabi
Alexandra Zita Allen
Lucas Cameron Alonso
Ayisah Mudita Xin Yu Anderson
Mabelle Lara Andrzejuk-Nkoulou
Faviana Bazan
Lara Clare Belton
Samantha Rose Bloomstein
Jack Lewis Borkon
Norielis Botello Cruz
James Grayson Bridgeman
Leonor Leal Brockey
Jack Benjamin Brown
Maia Olivia de Llanos Carlson
Rumbidzai Chigoba
Ju Yeon Cho
Griffin Alexander Christie
Joseph Cruikshank
Rachel Miriam Cusnir
Allie Davis
Myra Louise Davis
Zachary David Dortzbach
Kyla Geena Duggal
Julia Leah Dworkin
Laeticia Ann Chloe Elie
Isabelle Albaran Fernandes
Adam Foe
Evan Ross Foscato
Teagan Nicole Frye
Aaron Gilbert
Akshitha Reddy Ginuga
Sasha Goncharko
Abigail Goodman
Meghana Gorla
Elizabeth Ann Grassley
Gabriella Josée Grasso
Ian Samuel Gutierrez
Nicole Haanschoten
Colleen Ross Hardman
Issabelle Faye Hardy
Sophie Jean Hartwick
Mia RuShi Hedman
Sara Nicole Hollingshead
Martin Hristov
Mallika Jasmine Insaard
Mariya Tasnim Jahan
Alexander James Jansen
Abigail Marie Jendretzke
Evelyna Elizabeth Johnson
Clare Nicole Jones
Laura Madelyn Kapolka
Berelian Karimian
Cameron Solomon Kaufman
Samantha Hope Kazan
Makayla Kegerreis
Lola Remick Kline
William Clark Knudsen
Xenia Kobori
Silas Odin Krajniak
Zachary Michael Kramer
Logan Craig Lanfersieck
Ella Lee
Michael Leon
Justin Li
Winnie Liu
Sebastian Llanes
Avery Marie Logan
Sydney Ann Lyle
Ella Rose Mannino
Andre River Masse
Isabella Dantas McCloskey
Piper Rose McGraw
Courtney Beth McLeod
Say Meh
Eli Ronald Merren
Simon Beck Moncke
Katie Elizabeth Moore
Olivia Elena Morreale
Riya Rahul Munot
Rose Mary Murphy
Katherine Ingrid Nottmeier
Connor Quinn O'Leary Herreras
Jessica Emily Olmos
Andrew Tyler Olson
Alexandra Mollie Oster
Olivia Gabrielle Papas
Skyla Park
Grace Margaret Patterson
Luke Daniel Pauer
Blair Reese Petee
Eli Saffran Pollak
Sabrina Paige Ravin
John Aidan Reddy
Alyse Marie Tjernlund Rhee
Harrison Christopher Rhoades
Kathryn Hampton Roche
Maevis Jane Rosengart
Jillian Lake Rowan
Jaden Sacco
Gabriel Martin Scheck
Aaron Jasgur Schlussel
Joseph Henry Schwartz
Meredith Shivani Shah
Elizabeth Kelly Shaieb
Monica Shankar
Kira Nicole Sheibar
Henry Joseph Shields
Elizabeth Leigh Sieger
Nicole Devon Siembieda
Devon Elise Silver
Maguire Thomas Smith
Marisa Faye Soto
Lillian Eileen Spengler
Brett Adam Stewart
Mia Elisabet Swart
Isabelle Hannah Bergman Thyfault
Margaret Ann Titus
Khadidiatou Toure
Grace Elizabeth Trowern
Anna Cecelia Van Ittersum
Jessica Michelle Vargas
Andres Velasco
Sirui Wang
Justin Nikolas Weaver
Faith Annabelle Wheeler
Harriet Veronica Virginia White
Elise Marie Willingham
Olivia A Woodring
Abigail Elisabeth Wrobel
Alston Xu
Audrey Elise Yancich
Nader Zahr
Angelina Zajec
Donovan Michael Zampetti
Caedon Nathanial Zube
International Studies Minors
Therese Marie Cerdan
Abigail Lauren Fox
Aprile Minji Kim
Logan Belle Klinger
Anna Joyce Ling
Karla Itzel Osorio
Ella Keyi Pace
Mark Tallents
Alexandros Ianis Triandafillidis
Jennifer Aria Webb
Elena Letao Wu
International Studies Honors Recipients
Noor Ahmad Alchalabi
Abigail Goodman
Mallika Jasmine Insaard
Xenia Kobori
Sebastian Llanes
Olivia Gabrielle Papas
Skyla Park
Eli Saffran Pollak
Elizabeth Leigh Sieger
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