French & Italian Commencement Program 2022

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Department of French & Italian
University of Colorado

Graduation 2022


Commencement Program

Opening Remarks

Suzanne Magnanini

Presentation of Undergraduate Degrees 

Alina Van Nelson and Sandrine Vandermarlière, French

Priscilla Craven and Suzanne Magnanini, Italian

Presentation of Graduate Degrees

Warren Motte

Master of Arts, French Literature

Kévin Medhi Jacques Drif

Israël James Wheatley

Doctor of Philosophy, French

Sara Elizabeth Fischer (2022)

“Righting the Self: Situational Trauma, Identity and Narrative in Contemporary Haitian and French Literature”

Introduction by Warren Motte

Danica Petrovska (2021)

“Trajectories, Bodies, and Gaze in Contemporary Banlieue and Beur Films”

Introduction by Élisabeth Arnould-Bloomfield

Elizabeth Rose (2021)

“Positively Engaging: Women Intellectuals and Comtean Positivism Circa 1850”

Introduction by Élisabeth Arnould-Bloomfield

Janée Allsman (2021)

“Eternity, Time, History, and Authority in the works of Pascal, Jurieu, and Guyon”

Introduction by Christopher Braider

Jocelyn Franklin (2020)

“From Cultural Memory to Lived Reality: Layered Trauma in 20th and 21st Century Haitian Literature”

Juan Jimenez-Diaz (2020)

“Wandering in Contemporary French and Francophone Literature”

Closing Remarks

Suzanne Magnanini

 

French and Italian Department
Spring 2022 Awards and Scholarships

Ayer Scholarship, French

Sofia “Cindy” Peña (22), Reagan Lee Tucker (22), Jake Sanders (22), Jessica Hysert (22), Martha Svetlana Geering (21), Vianne Claire Schein (21),

Hayley Elisabeth Tornquist (21), Maryam Vanbaelinghem (21), Stephanie Anne Virts (21), Sarah E Way (21), Evan Wilson (21)

Ayer Scholarship, Italian

Lucca Akkiau (22), Emilia Sydney Johnston (21)

Andermarch-Cicogna Scholarship, Italian

Phoebe Rose Greene (22),  Caitlin Rachelle Parets (20)

II Circolo Italiano di Denver Scholarship

Veronica Ruth Feather (22), Diana Suarez Manriquez (22)

John Sadler Scholarship, Italian

Enrico C Blackwell (22), Diana Suarez Manriquez (21), Veronica Ruth Feather (20)

Katherine J. Lamont Scholarship, French

Stephanie Anne Virts (22), Lila Ruth Donahue (21)

Leonard and Anna Fair Scholarship, French

Nic Tamayo (22), Robert Joseph Walters (21), Kiera Hook (20)

SITE Internship in Milan, Italian

Alana M McNulty (22)

Wesley Yordon Prize, French

Márie Anneliese Volz (22), Madison Celine Kunkel (21), Tessa Marie Wetherbee (20)

Wesley Yordon Prize, Italian

Chris Lynch (22), Claude Marielle Grossi (21)

Senior Essay Prize, French

Will Faulkner (22), Jack Ross Vitha (22), Celeste Elaine Johnson (20)

Senior Essay Prize, Italian

Diana Suarez Manriquez (22)