Commencement 2023

Cerri Banks - A noted thought leader in student affairs, Michael Crow - a transformative higher education president, David R. MacDonald - a celebrated ceramic artist and Kathleen A. Walters - a global business executive and philanthropist will be recognized with honorary degrees from Syracuse University at the 2023 Commencement on Sunday, May 14, at the JMA Wireless Dome.

• Chelsea Brown, a television, radio and film major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a Posse Scholar; Brown studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the Fall 2022 semester
• Dara Drake, a policy studies major in the Maxwell School and the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; Drake studied abroad in London during the Spring 2023 semester
• Kiersten Edwards, a public health major in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and neuroscience major in A&S
• Grace Haas, a bioengineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) and a neuroscience major in A&S
• Adam Klinger, a chemical engineering major in ECS
• Julianna Mercado, a biochemistry and forensic science major in A&S
• Ruchatneet Printup, a film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a Haudenosaunee Promise Scholar; Printup studied abroad in Italy during the summer of 2022
• Maggie Sardino, a writing and rhetoric major in A&S and citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, a Coronat Scholar and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Savannah Stocker, an inclusive education and special education major in the School of Education and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Alesandra “Sasha” Temerte, an economics major in the Maxwell School and A&S and writing and rhetoric major in A&S, a Coronat Scholar and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program; Temerte studied abroad in Spain during the Fall 2019 semester and in Italy during the Fall 2021 semester, and is a Syracuse Abroad global ambassador
• Amreeta Verma, a student in the School of Architecture; Verma studied abroad in Italy during the Fall 2021 semester and is a Syracuse Abroad global ambassador
• Michaela Walsh, a finance major in the Whitman School of Management and public relations major in the Newhouse School

Simone Bellot (Nassau, Bahamas)
Class Marshal
Majors: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Neuroscience

Michael "MP" Geiss (Syracuse, NY)
Class Marshal
Majors: Policy Studies, Physics 
Minors: Biology, Economics

• Rehan Balsara (Mumbai, India) 
  Martin J. Whitman School of Management 
  Majors: Business Analytics, Finance, Management 
  Minor: Psychology
• Christopher Beardsley (Townsend, DE)
  Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  Major: Master's in Public Administration and International Relations
• Kyra Schlanger Birenbaum (Brooklyn, NY) 
  David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics 
  Major: Human Development and Family Science 
  Minor: Disability Studies
• Brendan Carroll (South Salem, NY) 
  School of Architecture 
  Major: Architecture 
  Minor: Real Estate
• Ella Farrell (Seal Beach, CA) 
  School of Information Studies 
  Major: Information Management and Technology, Policy Studies 
  Minor: Political Science
• Mary Fitzgerald (East Brunswick, NJ) 
  School of Education 
  Major: Inclusive Elementary and Special Education 
  Minor: Italian
• Diana Garcia-Varo (Bronx, NY) 
  College of Visual and Performing Arts 
  Majors: Art Video, Psychology
• Justin Gluska (Hollywood, FL) 
  College of Engineering and Computer Science 
  Major: Computer Science 
  Minor: Information Technology, Design, and Startups
• Alex T. Guo (Los Angeles, CA) 
  David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics 
  Major: Sport Management 
  Minors: Public Communications Studies, Business
• Chris Holowczak (South Orange, NJ) 
  School of Education, College of Arts & Sciences
  Majors: Mathematics, Mathematics Education 7-12
• Porter Holt (Kutztown, PA) 
  S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications 
  Major: Broadcast and Digital Journalism 
  Minor: Sport Analytics
• Ania Johnston (Brunswick, ME) 
  College of Visual and Performing Arts 
  Major: Film 
  Minor: Philosophy
• Madeline Jones (Bristow, VA) 
  College of Engineering and Computer Science 
  Majors: Bioengineering, Neuroscience
• Mykenna Maniece (Laurel, MD) 
  S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications 
  Majors: Magazine Journalism, Women’s and Gender Studies
• Julianna Mercado (Holbrook, NY) 
  College of Arts & Sciences 
  Majors: Biochemistry, Forensic Science
• Mona Pudasaini (Schaumburg, IL) 
  School of Information Studies 
  Major: Information Management and Technology 
  Minors: Biology, Public Health
• Ohana Benevides Rodrigues (Petrópolis, Brazil)
  Graduate School
  Major: Physics
• Justine Ellen Salerno (Cobleskill, NY) 
  Martin J. Whitman School of Management 
  Major: Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics 
  Minor: Mathematics
• Jessica R. Senzer (Plainview, NY) 
  College of Law 
  Major: JD, M.S. in Cultural Foundations of Education and C.A.S. in Disability Studies
• Taylor Stover (Amherst, NY) 
  College of Arts & Sciences, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 
  Majors: International Relations, History
  Minors: French, Francophone Studies
• Amreeta Verma (Green Brook, NJ) 
  School of Architecture 
  Major: Architecture 
  Minors: Environmental & Society, Visual Culture
• Cherri L. Wells (Holland Patent, NY) 
  Professional Studies 
  Major: Creative Leadership