A Celebration of Academic Performance - OMED

A Celebration of Academic Performance
Hyatt Regency
Atlanta, Georgia
April 4, 2013
Message from the Director
This year marks almost two decades of celebrating and reaffirming students’ academic success
through the Tower Awards. As we celebrate the 19th anniversary of this award ceremony, we mark a
milestone for underrepresented students at Georgia Tech: Some 1,100 students were academically
eligible to receive a Tower Award this year – significant testimony not only to our students’
scholastic abilities but to their superior work ethic and commitment to excellence.
Our students certainly set the standard for the next generation for what can be accomplished with a
quality education complemented by diligence and sheer drive. So, tonight, we salute academic ability
– but just as importantly – we celebrate hard work and determination. Of course, we also know that
our students would not be here tonight without the unwavering support of their parents, guardians,
lab partners, academic advisors, mentors, tutors, faculty and staff, and many others in the Georgia
Tech community. Thank you all for doing your part in contributing to these students’ achievements.
For us at OMED, it is a distinct honor to be able to pay tribute to this many students who have risen
to the top. As we recognize them, we urge them to continue along the path of exceptional effort, as
we will continue to hold them to high standards. We also want them to encourage their peers to join
them on their journey of excellence. In the meantime, we at OMED remain steadfast in our
commitment to underrepresented students here at Georgia Tech and will keep working tirelessly to
support them in realizing their full academic potential.
As we seek ways to enhance OMED’s ability to serve our underrepresented students, we also reflect
with gratitude upon the generosity regularly demonstrated to this great institution through the gifts of
Georgia Tech graduates like Ernest “Ernie” Scheller Jr., IM 1952, for instance. His transformational
commitment of $50 million has positioned the Scheller College of Business for global prominence.
We recognize that there are many in this room tonight who are also willing to play that kind of role
in helping further Georgia Tech’s many world-changing objectives. It is because of such examples of
philanthropy that Georgia Tech students not only graduate with a world-class education, but they
also take with them an absolute understanding of how important it truly is to give back as a means of
paving the way for the next generation.
As OMED helps cultivate the next generation of global leaders, we support the Office of the Vice
President for Institute Diversity by strategically reinforcing academic excellence, and the personal
and professional development of our students. Under the previous leadership of S. Gordon Moore,
Jr., now the Executive Director of Student Diversity & Inclusion, OMED established a long and
stellar reputation for excellence and professionalism; I look forward to continuing that very tradition.
Since our last Tower Awards, Dr. Julie Ancis, Associate Vice President for Institute Diversity joined
the executive team under the leadership of Dr. Archie Ervin, Vice President for Institute Diversity.
As a result of Dr. Ervin’s strategic vision, Georgia Tech continues to have some of the greatest
thinkers and most dynamic presenters engage with the community at events like the annual Diversity
Symposium. This year, the Institute was privileged to have Martin Luther King III as the keynote
speaker for our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
In closing, I would like to share with you his father’s words of wisdom:
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically . . . Intelligence
plus character – that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Until next year,
Director, OMED: Educational Services
Office of Institute Diversity
MISSION STATEMENT
OMED: Educational Services is the unit charged by Georgia Tech with the
retention, development, and performance of the complete student learner who
is traditionally underrepresented: African American, Hispanic, and Native
American.
Our mission is "to successfully transition and transform today's gifted, yet
inexperienced Georgia Tech student into tomorrow's promising leader."
With an innovative approach to promoting excellence, by stimulating life-long
learning, and cultivating high-performing problem solvers, OMED equips
students with the strategies to navigate the Georgia Tech environment.
OMED Programs, while targeted to the underrepresented, are beneficial and
open to all Georgia Tech students.
THE OMED APPROACH
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Singular focus on academic performance
Creating and maintaining a culture that expects outstanding performance
Involvement of parents in the process and positioning them as essential to
reinforcing high expectations and facilitating performance excellence
Ensuring that process and program development are data driven
Treating students as customers
Viewing education as a “manufacturing” process designed to generate a
desired output from “raw material”
“Coaching” students to manage the GT system through development,
practice, and refinement of strategies
Focus on developing transition management processes for defined
customer segments: Freshmen, Dual Degrees/Transfers, and Graduate
students
Partnerships with other entities within the university as well as the
community at large
Service to broader populations of students
OMED CORPORATE PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
Thank you to all our Corporate Partners and Sponsors for your continued support
of OMED: Educational Services. Your support allows OMED to continue servicing
the underrepresented minority population at Georgia Tech and increase the
performance of those students.
DIAMOND LEVEL
PLATINUM LEVEL
GOLD LEVEL
SILVER LEVEL
OMED SPONSORS
For more information about supporting OMED,
please contact Atira Rochester at atira.rochester@vpid.gatech.edu.
2013 TOWER AWARDS PROGRAM
OPENING REMARKS
Jorge Breton
Director, Hispanic Initiatives
WELCOME
Dr. Archie Ervin
Vice President for Institute Diversity
INVOCATION
DINNER
AWARDS PRESENTATION
Cynthia Moore
Director, OMED: Educational Services
Recognition of Freshmen and Dual Degree Students
Yearly Awards
Special Presentation
Sustained Awards
Special Presentation
Graduating Senior Awards
Masters Awards
Doctoral Awards
CONCLUDING REMARKS
S. Gordon Moore, Jr.
Executive Director, Student Diversity & Inclusion
2013 Student Honorees
GOLD Freshmen Recognition
Siham Adous
Joshua Alley
Sofia Alonso
Christopher Arencibia
Garren Boggs
Nicholas Britt
Nigel Campbell
Daniel Caro
David Caro
Diego Carvallo
Alejandro Cortes
Andree Curran
Lindsay Dahora
Fernando De Caralt
Jonathan Diaz
Luis Diaz
Carlos Diaz-Ruiz
Roger Espinosa Cabrera
Zola Francis
Gabriel Galarza
Tommy Garces
Sarah Lynn Geer
Nicole Gottret Murillo
Nader Abdullahi
Mona Abraham
Carlos Adkisson
Reynolds Aguilar
James Alcock
Peter Alcock
Jessica Allison
Torri Arrington
Lilian Ayala
Laura Bernstein
William Berry
Lacount Bly
Eugene Boakye-Firempong
Joshua Bobo
Diego Bravo
Jonathan Cabrera
Alejandro Carr
Michael Chen
Alexis Coates
Juan Cobian
Daniel Coughlin
Kayla Dunn
Abi Emmanuel
Tyler Etchart
Olabode Faleye
Katerina Ferradas
Marco Ferro
Miguel Flores
Bernice Gallego
Xavier Galloway
Daniela Galvez
Adrian Garcia
Brett Garcia
Carlos George-Suarez
Abigail Harrover
Taylor Hartman
Richard Hernandez
Zackary Hertel
Gustavo Hidalgo
Alexandria Holloway
Daniel Hubbard
Arrion Jackson
Jennifer Abrams
Samantha Acevedo
Max Alas
Marcus Allen
Zachariah Allen
Kehinde Alonge
Joaquin Alvarez
Ryan Andersen
Chiamaka Ani
Josephine Antwi
Erika Avanic
Kamilah Bakari
Joshua Baldwin
Anna Berinhout
Michael Birckelbaw
Kinsey Blackamore
Juan Borjas
Maria Botelho
Sarah Bowen
Lance Braham
Thomas Bridges
Vernon Buck
Freddie Burden
Stacia Burke
Laura Capalleja
Daniela Cardona
Jennifer Castillo
Brandon Chin-Shue
Jared Chin-Shue
Roderick Chungong
Jordan Coar
Christian Coles
D'Miria Collins
Maya Ann Collins
Luis Corredor
Javier Corzo
Karen Cruz
Oscar Cruz
Nathan Daley
Julian Darden
Carolyn Darrell
Riana Dawson
Ryan Diaz
Avery Dingler
Joshua Dorsey
Luis Fernandez-Rocha
Ian Flink
Titilayo Funso
Patrick Gamble
Irene Garcia Rulfo
Marcus Georges-Hunt
Alexandria Gillette
Ana Girardot
Jordan Glasgow
Maria-Sylvia Gonzalez
Jordan Goodall
Briana Grant
Geoffrey Greenfader
Michael Harrington-Pena
Christian Harris
Teo Harrisson
Charlotte Hawkins
Daniel Hay-Mack
Corey Heyward
Kermell Huertas-Ocasio
Donjhae Jones
Brian Hassan
Jordan Hunt
Kevin Kotharu
Bryanna Land
Jenna Lippman
Anabel Liyen Cartelle
Lloyd Maza
Anne Mcgrew
Austin Mcnair
Amier Naji
Harrison Obiorah
Kevin Okseniuk
Martin Restrepo
Alexander Rodriguez
Bruno Rodriguez
Nicolas Ruiz
Alberto Sainz De La Pena
Arnav Sarma
Brent Satterwhite
Manuel Soto
Leselle Vincent
Kyle Woumn
SILVER Freshmen Recognition
Ivan Jimenez
Henderson Johnson
Kayla Kelly
Brandon Levester
Andres Marcuse-Gonzalez
Francisco Martin
Dionne Mckenzie
Nicolas Metzler
Aida Mokube
Sergio Monroy
Ramon Montalvo
Harper Morris
Justin Nieto
Ijeoma Okoro
Sonola Onasanya
Diego Padron
Gabriel Paik
Van Panter
Gabrielle Rawls
Avani Reddy
Nile Roach
Brianne Robertson
Malik Russell
Sebastian Salazar
Nebyou Samuel
Adriana Sanchez
Francisco Sanchez
Austin Schoech
Kathryn Sclafani
Morris Smith
Saul Suarez
Tre'Saun Thomas
Johnnie Tirado
Alejandro Trujillo
Ricardo Vargas
Eilin Villanueva
Locksly Walford
D' Andre Waller
Christina Wangen
Michole Washington
Jonathan Williams
Isiah Willis
BRONZE Freshmen Recognition
Kevin Jones
Jorge Juarez
Tobi Kadri
Paula Kahn
Francis Kallon
Alexander Kehres
Derek Kielty
Philip Litrel
Niniola Mark
Mathew Martini
Ben Mccrossan
Breana Mcdonald
Sierra Menzies
Rachel Miro
Nayomi Mitchell
Andres Monterrosas
Vontravis Monts
Y'Hoshua Morris
Evan Moscoso
Chang-In Mungai
Nde Nde
Stacey Nduati
Alejandro Neou-Curiel
Juan Ocampo
Oscar Ocampo
Chinaza Ogbonna
Olayemi Olubowale
Pablo Ortega
Robert Pagan
Carlos Perez
Gerardo Prada
Eduardo Prieto
Daniel Puleri
Maria Raines
Kevin Rhyne
Dale Rivera
Ramon Rivera
Jose Rodriguez Hurtado
Nestor Rodriguez
Gonzalo Salazar
Mohammad Samadi
Christina Santilli
Kyle Sartin
Soleil Schatteman
Wesley Schon
Michael Silva
Khambrel Simpson
Kumar Singh
Jose Soler
Trevor Stanfield
Sai Stephens
Zaccheus Stewart
Ja'Quan Taylor
Mickeal Taylor
Christopher Tossas
Agnes Tristao
Marcos Valdez
Ofer Wainberg
Andrew White
David White
Paul Wilson
Kendal Woodard
Alexandra Zea
Yiwen Zhang
Jenna Zivalich
GOLD Dual Degree & Transfer Student Recognition
Samuel Cruz
Timothy Ibru
Roger Lascorz
Oscar Pierre
Yurancy Quinones
Alex Rajabi
Anthony Rojas
Issouf Savadogo
SILVER Dual Degree & Transfer Student Recognition
Valeria Bermudez
Andres Castillo Bueso
Daniel Dias
Alberto Gedaly Guenoun
Amelia Henderson
Nicholas Hines
Stysabrin Hussien
Giuliano Lombardi
Esther Machado
Gustavo Oliver
Gabriel Pajares
Marcel Pena
Leonardo Rogliero
BRONZE Dual Degree & Transfer Student Recognition
Thomas Barichello Fischer
Aissatou Barry
Roger Campbell
Sebastian Cardona
Gianluca Chiari
William Davidow
Adetola Faminu
James Ferguson
Damian Grace
Taylor Isom
Lucious James
Reuben Juste
Jonathan Martinez
Gino Mccarty
Christopher Mobley
Marisha Pena
Hector Rodriguez
Lesline Sipewou Djouwe
Michael Sobrepera
Eric Stenberg
Brennan Turnipseed
Brianna Young
Gold Yearly Awards
Christopher Milton
SILVER Yearly Awards
Aren Alvarez
Juan Colon-Olivieri
Matthew Crowley
Patrick Farrell
Jorge Garcia
Jasmine Mackey
Jhanelle Mcleod
Victor Montoya
Kyle Quick
Edward Aguilar
Shakib Ahmed
Sean Anaya
Rafael Aragon
Camila Araujo Gonzalez
Phillip Augustine
Eric Aulet
Denee Badois
Joshua Baez
Tyler Banks
Sergio Beresuita
Laura Blanca
Anthony Brown
Andrew Bryant
Leslie Bush
Andres Celedon
Mykhail Chambers
Sara Cole
Martha Correa-Jamison
Bob Cousseillant
Kayla Daniels
Colin Dublin
Khrystyan Edens
Camilo Espinosa
Mark Evans
Marcos Fierro
Paul Forero
Anthony Gardner
Raymond Garrison
Andreina Gerov Hellmund
Juan Gomes
Pedro Goncalves
Marcus Gore
Seibou Gounteni
Paul Gyori
Ali Halim
Kayla Harris
Zuri Hudson
Andrea Hunt
O'Dwayne Irving
David Jackson
Malcolm Jernigan
Chayna Johnson
Isaiah Johnson
Chase Johnston
Lonnell Jones
Morris Jones
Zac Kannan
Phillip Kisembo
Bruce Lee
Britney Lewis
Vicky Lezcano
Harrison Bartlett
Luis Gonzales
Christopher Hood
Christina Keillor
Raheel Merali
Nicholas Picon
Marsal Bruna
Antonio Culler
Nicholas Culpepper
Maria Diaz Ortiz
Aaryn Gloster
Adam Greenstein
Alejandro Jimenez
Benjamin Leon
Obiora Anachebe
Julian Brew
Victor Delaguardia
Shai Messingher
Brittany Schnabel
BRONZE Yearly Awards
Michael Lopez
Jose Mata Perez-Saleh
Elle Mccaulley
Shanae Mccray
Marco Mignone
Chelsea Mitchell
Tyler Montgomery
Emmanuel Navarrete
Paul Ngassa
Anthony Nishida
Elisa Novak
Rishal Patel
Alexa Pierre
Tatiana Posada
Julian Quinones
Christian Redondo
Bryan Rhodes
Quincy Robbins
Danae Robinson
Cara Rodriguez
Charles Royal
Jose Salazar
Hernan Sanchez
Kristina Sanclemente
Darren Sanders
Olutoyin Shodiya
Mateo Simone
Alexandria Skeete
Eric Slone
Deandre Smelter
Larry Smith
Kyle Speller
Lauren Spencer
Juan Spir
Kayla Stokes
Shan Sullivan
Sharena Taylor
Kathryn Thomas
Chiamaka Ukachukwu
Sydney Urbach
Juliana Uribe
Kirsten Vandermark
Julian Varo
Michelle Vazquez
Tamiko Washington
Gregory Whyte
Christopher Wilkinson
Gerard Willingham
Erin Wilson
Colby Wren
Kyle Wren
Corwin Zander
GOLD Sustained Awards—Seniors
Naomi Robert
Alfredo Valverde
Jose Vasquez
John-Paul Vigil
Maria Villa-Garcia
GOLD Sustained Awards—Juniors
Charles Nash
Daren Roberts
Joseph Rogero
Ana Smith
GOLD Sustained Awards—Sophomores
Emilio Jose Munoz Leone
Daniella Remolina
Grant Veve
SILVER Sustained Awards—Seniors
Victoria Acevedo
Olawale Adeniji
Annette Almonte-Malagon
Robert Angelucci
Adewale Bakare
Leonardo Bernal
Mario Bonduel
James Bowland-Gleason
Jasmine Burton
Stephanie Camstra
Randy Caranza
Drew Carrington
Carlos Charry
Alina Cornejo
Gian Di Carlo
Eddy Diaz Varela
Nelson Diaz
Nadia Dorado
Manuel Freije
Bibiana Garcia
Sarah Garcia
David Gaspard
Michael Gilkenson
Amelia Gonzalez
Dorian Henao
Ana Jayaro Camargo
Breona Jenkins
Jarvis Johnson
David Jozefov
Jonathan Kinney
Juan Linarez
Mary Littrell
Ian Lopez
Eduardo Lorie
Robert Mar
Midhun Mathew
Fernando Angulo
Armida Arcaraz
Niki Arjmand
Ashley Barnes
Nelson Becerra
Jonathan Betancourt
Elana Burton
Carlos Calixtro
Isabella Carbonell
Alejandro Cardenal
Kaitlyn Castaneira
Alexander Clark
Candice Cobb
Reuben Coopwood
Aida Cortes-Pena
Quirtina Crittenden
Reinaldo Cruz
Scott Daner
Kiah Davis
Adam Debruler
Jose Del Rio
Michael Delaguardia
Katherina Delgado
Thomas Diaz
Ricardo Duenas
Elias Entebi
Kylie Fernandez
John Forbes
Nicole Garcia
Jeimy Glaze
Adrian Gonzalez Gonzalez
Rosario Hanon
Amy Hartman
Kevone Hospedales
Raul Juarez
London Lamb
Matias Leguizamon
Lauren Llerandi
Brian Lozano
Caroline Lu
Stephanie Macleod
Jhon Magdaleno
Paula Barrenechea
Ryan Calhoun
Cheyenne Cazaubon
Cristina Chu
Elizabeth Cleaves
Chad Collins
Yoel Cortes-Pena
Bre'Ana Deen
Jasmine Edghill
Luca Farsi
Anyul Ferez Pinzon
Jereme Gallier
Britanny Grace
Jacqueline Harris
Leon Heimer
Jose Manuel Hernandez
Anton
Celine Irvene
Babatunde Adigun
Carlos Alas
Matias Almada
Emilia Amalfitano
Victor Ayulo
Tikurete Bantu
Leilani Barry
Joshua Beal
William Bennett
Dawet Bisrat
Afrah Boigny
Andres Borda Cabal
Emily Bowen
Taurus Brackett
Guillermo Briceno
Christina Bright
Irene Brostella
David Byas-Smith
Luis Caamano
Daniel Cannatella
Theodore Mcdowell
Jorge Mena Valecillo
Jeffrey Miller
Ernesto Mogena
Ivan Morales
Mariano Morales
Myryah Nicholas
Luis Nunez
Alessandra Palazzolo
Roberto Pereira
Eduardo Perez
Jonathan Perez
Manuel Perez
Michael Pitts
Briana Richardson
Cesar Roca
Ariana Rose
Ivan Santillan
Nicolas Schleiger
Jessica Shaffer
Steven Slaughter
Sebastian Smith
Michelle Steeves
Domingo Uceda
Silvia Vaca
Mark Vaisberg
Michael Valdes
Luis Valles Monterrubio
Sebastian Villa
Elyse Watkins
Cristina Weiler
Nicole Wiesner
David Zwick
SILVER Sustained Awards—Juniors
Eric Malavenda
Alexander Mcintyre
Kayla Mckenzie
David Montes De Oca
Zapiain
Daniel Morales Salazar
Alec Nabb
Naakie Nartey
Phuong Ninh
Miguel Oller
Wilson Omesiete
Esteban Ongini Smoljo
Rafael Ortiz
Yvonne Ploder
Peter Polack
Alexander Prinzi
Alejandro Quintero
Ivan Ramirez
Pablo Ramirez
Vikash Ramkumar
Stephanie Remy
John Rhyne
Kantwon Rogers
Priyadharshini
Sampathkumar
Jacqueline Sample
Jennifer Sample
Caterina Selman
Westly Shealy
Maria Silva Willson
Alexa Siu
Chloe Stargel
Sabria Struthers
Phillip Swecker
Janina Thomas
Alberto Torres
Daniel Valdez
Daniel Varela
Carlton Washington
Gerin Williams
Brian Zaldivar
SILVER Sustained Awards—Sophomores
Brandon Jacobs
Nicole Jones
Joseph Knipe
Erin Lightfoot
Felipe Martinez
Lauren Merritt
Jasmine Minor
Katherine Mitchell
Alyssa Monserrate
Kathryn Murray
Alberto Nogueira
Brittaney Parks
Leonardo Prinzi
Rafael Santillan
Nicholas Shooter
Tarnisha Washington
Amanda West
BRONZE Sustained Awards—Seniors
Sean Capps
Jennah Castro
Joel Chic
Eric Chiu
Marteki Codjoe
Richard Collier
Naissa Conde
Quentin Cooper
Soyire Coulibaly
Kodzo Deku
Andrea Del Risco
Fatoumata Diallo
Norma Easter
Kerry Edwards
Carlos Estela
James Flohr
Ryan Flynn-Deonis
Ayanda Francis
Eric Frey
Fabrizio Garcia
Cont. BRONZE Sustained Awards—Seniors
Fabrizio Garcia
Fernando Garcia
Tre'Vorski Garrett
Jaime Ghitelman
Sergio Gill
Ryan Gilroy
Paola Gomez
Andrea Gutierrez
Daryl Halima
Elyse Hampton
Luis Hasbun-Zamora
Rachel Heckman
Michael Herget
Alejandro Hernandez
Gabriela Hernandez
Tawanna Hines
Tiffany Hohenkirk
Elena Hubbard
Vivianne Hutt
Melissa Hyde
Alfred James
Weston Jefferson
Murat Johnson
Tyler Jones
Bailee Kelly
Joshua Kinnemore
Vivian Lacayo
Gabriela Lamas
Onaje Lamont
Cristina Lara
Kunle Lawal
Sofia Lazaro
Jacob Lichtman
Mahamane Maiga
Juan Martinez
Lance Martinez
Fabio Marzoa Romero
Alvin Mcnair
Daniel Mendoza
Brandon Miller
Leia Mitchell
Max Mujica
Waly Ndao
Isabella Norcini
Jessica Obermiller
Oreoluwa Ogunkanmi
Joseph Abad
Jeekenn Adipi
Christopher Aguilar
Manuel Aguilar
Gregory Aldahondo
Norquata Allen
Ayooluwa Amole
Nathan Anderson
Oreoluwa Asonibare
Matthew Bilbao
Ava Bilimoria
Heidi Bonilla
Jennifer Boothby
Maya Braxton
Nicholas Brown
Paul Bunch
John Cavanaugh
Chelsea Cerame
Benjamin Ceron
Lance Charles
Olive Chelangat
Christian Colon
Hector Cruz
Robert Cuellar
Feyishayo Dahunsi
Jacoby Daniels
Carlos De Cardenas
Ivan Dietrich-Neto
Angel Dixon
Uriah Ellis
David Estrada
Kevin Fallon
Ahmed Farag
Tyler Fernandez
Michael Fields
Jerry Fontus
Fernando Galnares
Gwanygha'A Gana
Jordan Garth
Bivas Gelal
Belane Gizaw
Alberto Gonzalez
Devin Gonzalez
Stacy Grant
Benjamin Gutman
Justin Haffad
Ayodeji Hambolu
Michelle Hansey
Daniel Jacomino
Patrice James
Amber Jones
Michael Jones
Christian Jreige
Ajoke Kareem
Diego Lewis
Paloma Longhi
Sandra Ajimotokin
Lindsey Armstrong
Olaoluwa Asonibare
Stephanie Azahar
Christina Bacallao
Obioesio Bassey
Jennifer Boudreau
Piero Cappelleti
Nicholas Cardamone
Cassandra Carroll
Harrison Carroll
Hosna Chaudhry
Nicole Cohen
Alycia Edwards
Myles Everett
Gisele Ferandel
Kristin Gadson
Adonis Gaines
David Gaitan
Carlos Gonzalez
Muktar Onifade
Omenka Orie
Juan Ortiz
Emmanuel Oyewole
Cecilia Pantoja
Joshua Partridge
Andres Peralta
Rebecca Peterson
Michael Quintana
Jennifer Raborn
Bryson Rajendran
Cody Rasco
Brandon Ray
Cameron Reid
Cecili Reid
Marco Robelo Tejada
Ladeidra Roberts
Daniel Rodriguez
Danielle Rodriguez
Gabriel Rodriguez
Ramon Romero
Coye Roseberry
James Ryan
Juan San Emeterio
Thurston Sandberg
Lesly Sandoval
Westley Schrack
Daniel Siqueira Da Silva
Adriana Smith
Coli Smith
Christina Snyder
Kevin Soria
Angelo Spinetta
Brandi Strickland
Alexander Sullivan
Alazar Tamrat
Anthony Taormina
Asher Tchoua
Traci Thomason
Chima Umeakunne
Stefano Vaccari
Marc Warrior
Ronald Williams
Noah Woodward
BRONZE Sustained Awards—Juniors
Kenisha Luby
Al Luck
Desiree Marchand
Gonzalo Marcillo
Alyssa Martinez
Aaron Mccollum
Phyllistine Mccrary
Devraj Mehta
Andrew Miller
Aaron Montano
Jacob Montgomery
Robert Morelos
Wesley Morton
Orayne Mullings
Pauline Nalubega
Tatiana Netterfield
Corey Nettles
Addie Neuman
Abimbola Olajubutu
Tioluwa Olarewaju
Laura Otero
Drew Padilla
Andrea Pava
Adam Perez
Luis Perez
Geoffrey Price
Teresa Quintanilla
Taylor Robinson
Stephen Roca
Myla Ruffin
Ricardo Saenz Landazabal
David Serna
Steven Sexton
Joyce Sharpe
Isaiah Simpson
Chad Sims
Keanna Sion
Mallory Skelton
Joseph Solana
Wilkervens Tamar
Ernesto Trotman
Antonella Ungari
Annalury Villasante
Amy Villasenor
Lindsey Walton
Joshua Waters
Adeola Williams
Siera Williams
Grant Wilson
Rachael Winslow
Gloria Woods
Ashley Wright
Dante' Zanders
Barbara Zappala
BRONZE Sustained Awards—Sophomores
Omar Gonzalez
Terrence Hawthorne
Abigail Haynes
Anna Hernandez
Raven Jackson
Melissa Jarrell
Jamal Johnson
Lindsey Jones
Jorge Junco
Preston Kagiri
Kristofer Krauth
Christopher Krug
Kevin Lemus
Robert Leonard
Guido Lombardo
Paola Lopez
Joanna Matos
Nicholas Menocal
Marcus Mitchell
Maria Moersen
Cont. BRONZE Sustained Awards—Sophomores
Alejandra Montoya
Gabrielle Nortey
Joel Nortey
Chidubem Okeani
Kristen Olivera
Ikenna Omekam
Bianca Palacio
Kiera Patterson
Nicole Ray
Christian Rivera
Haniel Roman
Gustavo Salazar
Roberto Sanchez
Daniella Santiago
Rebecca Santos
Candace Seda
Joncel Stephens
Christopher Tolosa
Jan-Simon Toro Rubiano
Christian Tuchez
Juan Viera-Dimarco
Valencia Watson
Hank Williams
Malcolm Wright
Lauren Yazbak
GOLD Graduating Senior Awards
Gaelle Belhseine
Adam Dixon
Victor Fernandez
Kristine Mycroft
Emnet Almedom
Djiedjom Aniakou
Kelsey Barber
Camille Barnet
Andres Barrenechea
Kyle Bove
Sheereen Brown
Keenan Carter
Njeri Chasseau
Cristina Chinea
Frederick Damen
William Defreese
Paul Dykes
Nicole Fernandez
Rita Garrido
Cory Girard
Jessica Greenstein
Stanley Guillaume
Maria Guzman Gutierrez
Moreed Khosravanipour
Christopher Kingsbury
Madison Lee
Dominique Adams
Shameek Agarwal
Adjoa Aka
Kia Andrews
Evan Ash
Ivory Assan
Franz Bejar
Shayla Bivins
Rebecca Borgard
Maricruz Bravo Gallegos
Niall Brown
Darion Carter
Jorge Castillo
Daniel Castro
Tyler Cichonski
Camille Cruz
Johnathan Cruz
Juan De Cardenas
Arlette De Santiago
Sean Dixon
Pharan Evans
Julian Forero
Carlos Galloza
Francisco Gonzalez Duran
Fuentes Galindo
Angelica Grillo
Marlin Holmes
Catherine Horton
Pablo Illingworth
Jayson Jenkins
Michael Johnson
Perron Jones
Ryan Jones
Angela Kamino
Jasmine Kent
Jordan Kor
Michelle Kraus
Sara Kutbay
Simon Lapscher Rosemberg
Jasmine Lawrence
Paanii Ansah-Kofi
Carlo Davila Payan**
Abel Eshete
R. Gibbs
Jasmin Gonzalez
Travis Hampton**
Osahun Igunbor
Christopher Jarrette
La-Trice Lambert
Arturo Lopez Miranda
Vincent Martin
Mari Mcleod
Raga Ahmed
Sybrina Atwaters
Jose Bernardo
Christian Braneon
Yuley Cardona
Alejandro Caro Quintero
Carlo Davila Payan**
Gregorio Drayer
Jazalyn Dukes
Nduka Enemchukwu
Sergio Goldenberg Serrano
Gidado-Yisa Immanuel
Daudi Jjingo
Ariel Marshall
Damaris Rodriguez
Brian Seifried
John Patrick Shivanandan
SILVER Graduating Senior Awards
Gerald Lewis
Priscila Llaverias
Victor Miller
Taylor Marie Morgan
Devi Morrison
Andres Pavia**
Trey Pichon
Joseph Ramnarine-Singh
Raul Rodriguez
Cristian Salgueiro
Jose Sarmiento
Maria-Carolina Simoes
Tierra Smith
Dhruvik Talaviya
Sheree Tamaklo
Pierre Thys
Jarius Tillman
David Vigil
Johnny Worthy
Alexandra Wright
BRONZE Graduating Senior Awards
Malu Mbungi
Aaron Mcdowell
Pranal Modani
Dante Montgomery
Nicole Morado
Marcela Moreno
Davina Morrow
John Nakano
Josue Negron
Tom Neuman
Salvador Ocampo
Adewale Odukomaiya
Nahla Osman
Alexi Owen
Rachel Patrick
Nicholas Piper
Jammie Proctor
Davin Quarshie
Christopher Reynolds
Nicholas Rodine
Camila Rodriguez
Greggory Rodriguez
Andrew Sammond
Robert Sanmiguel
Amir Sattari
Benjamin Scott
Lauren Shaughnessy
Michael Simms
Lucas Smith
Norbert Thomas
Robert Tovar
Jeffrey Twum
Lacourtney Underwood
Aaron Unterberger
Vettica Vandiver
Kevin White
Jelani Wilson
Jessica Wilson
Robert Yu
MASTERS Graduating Awards
Sebastian Miles
Brian Mittereder
Harold Nikoue
Juan Orphee
Rolando Roca
Zakiya Seymour **
Cynthia Smith
Denise Smith
Jessica Steele-Hardin
Alyse Taylor
Jacob Tzegaegbe
PhD Graduating Awards*
*Students who petitioned for Spring Graduation
**This denotes that students are receiving two degrees
Ramaldo Martin
Wilmarie Medina-Ramos
Thema Monroe-White
Carlos Montalvo
Bassem Nairouz
Ivana Parker
Zakiya Seymour **
Miguel Tupa Walter
Carlos Felipe Valencia
Arboleda
Thomas Woodson
Acknowledgements
The Office of the President
The Office of Institute Diversity
The Office of the Dean of Students
OMED: Educational Services
Parents, Families and Guests
Corporate Partners and Sponsors
Tower Awards Volunteers
Student Support Staff
The OMED staff would like to thank our student employees, past and
present, without whom it would be impossible for us to run our various
programs. You are greatly appreciated!
Special Thanks
Archie Ervin, Vice President for Institute Diversity
S. Gordon Moore, Jr., Executive Director, Student Diversity & Inclusion
Cynthia Moore, Director, OMED: Educational Services
Jorge Breton
Beatriz Hegidio
Lillie McPhee
Nicole Brown
Bruce Hilicus
Tina Payne
Bethany Davis
Najah Hofman, Co–Coordinator
Stephanie Ray
Valentina De La Fe
Sheryl Holland
Jarrad Reddick
Jamon Holt
Atira Rochester, Co–Coordinator
Andre Dickens
Leslie Jackson
Denise Sharif
Sandra Duplessis
Kaleitha Johnson
Yolanda Gay
Nicole Leonard
Salamanca