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Awards and Prizes

Mary Katherine (Myki) Mobley Christina Tallulah Lanier International Academy of Trial Order of Barristers National
Memorial Award Suman Malempati Lawyers Award for Outstanding Honor Society Promoting
Matthew Ryan Schramm Ashwadha Manohara Ability in Trial Advocacy Excellence in Achievement
Alizé Dasia Mitchell Balean Shadeanna Reid in Advocacy
Russell E. Richey Kyle Nicole Obiora Cayton S. Chrisman
Award in Wesleyan Studies Mengyu Peng James C. Pratt Memorial Award Maria M. Henain
Carson Thaxton Veronica Maria Conde Botelho for Most Outstanding Member Gabriel Knisely
Perri of the Moot Court Society Kyle Nicole Obiora
John W. Rustin Award Raerani G. Reddy Allyson Rae Mancuso Kaela Jacqueline Palmiter
Alex Sterling Revelle Balean Shadeanna Reid Raerani G. Reddy
Ivelisse Lucia Saint-Clair Juris Master Leadership Award Josephina Marie Rivera
John Owen Smith Award Frances Selden Ricardo Horne Haven M. Taylor
Eric Anthony George Julie Sher Mark N. Webb
Vickers Sr.** Reina Terry Keith J. Shapiro Consumer Madeline S. Young
Nirmaleswar Thirunavukarasu Bankruptcy Writing Award
Claude H. Thompson Award Frances Selden Order of the Coif
Darrin Lamont Sims Dean’s Teaching Fellows Provisional Candidates
Natalie L. Cascario Keith J. Shapiro Corporate as of January 1, 2021
SCHOOL OF LAW Natalie A. Chaney Bankruptcy Writing Award Natalie L. Cascario
Jarrett Faber Juan E. Martinez Davis-Brooke Caswell
A. James Elliott Jesse Marie Hevia Caroline F. Clarke
Community Service Award Alexander Keith Clarence Cooper Inn of Court Zejing Ding
Jenna Rose Hunter Samuel Lack Zoe Shore Chaitoff Katherine Rose Dolansky
Kyle Nicole Obiora Katherine Rose Dolansky Sean Francis Driscoll
American Bankruptcy Institute Josephina Marie Rivera Asya Briana Giles Jarrett Faber
Medal of Excellence Michelle Evelene Tomkovicz Elizabeth Danielle Hendrix Madison J. Ferraro
Avi Samuel Rubin Kamil Jamil Lauren Firestone
Eliza Ellison Award Taylor Nicole Randleman Laura Elizabeth Flint
Aronson Franchise Law Award in Law and Religion Philip Andrew Flowers
Johnathan Harris Christoforatos Kamil Jamil Mary Laura “Chee” Davis Award Haley M. Gintis
for Writing Excellence Jesse Marie Hevia
Attorney’s Title Guaranty Emory International Law Suman Malempati Alexander Keith
Fund Award Review Excellence in Joseph Daniel Kmak
Matthew A. Belitsos Comment Mentorship Master of Laws Kaylee A. Kohlmaier
Mary Amelia Ligon Hope Alycen Bettler Leadership Award Samuel Lack
Rebekah Lee Whittington Jakeline Afonso Chagas** Suman Malempati
Emory International Law Brennan Lee Mancil
Burt and Betty Schear Review Excellence in Michael P. Gullett Award Paola Antonia Maymi
Book Prize Editorial Management for Excellence in Jacob Polce
Ricardo Horne Victoria McLean Miller Legal Writing and Editing Lucy Curtis Randall
Bingjie Zhu Kennedy R. Bodnarek Samuel Burns Reilly
Emory International Law Avi Samuel Rubin
Class of 2007 Review Red Pen Award Minister Gloria Jean Fowler Ryan Thomas Smith
Distinguished Service Award for Best Spader Angel Award Michelle Evelene Tomkovicz
Marlaina Gwenáe Wright Marlaina Gwenáe Wright Balean Shadeanna Reid Rebekah Lee Whittington
Madeline S. Young
Clinical Legal Education Emory International Law Moffett Litigation Award for
Association Award for Review W. Richard Smith Outstanding Achievement in Order of Emory Advocates
Outstanding Clinical Student Founder’s Award for Excellence Trial Preparation and Litigation for Outstanding Achievement
Jon Michael Babineau Jr. in Legal Research and Writing Kaela Jacqueline Palmiter in or Contribution to Excellence
Reid Brian White in Advocacy Activities
Custer-Tuggle Award of Most Outstanding Jon Michael Babineau Jr.
Excellence in Family Law Georgia Association of Women Third-Year Student Rachel E. Conover
for Excellence in Lawyers Award for Outstanding Suman Malempati JaKayla JNae DaBera
Family Law Courses Woman Graduate Committed to Leah E. Dean
Stephanie Hannah Saran Practice in Georgia Myron Penn Laughlin Danyelle J. Dukes
Rudolph Balean Shandeanna Reid Award for Excellence in Sarah Elizabeth Meiman
Legal Research and Writing Mahimajanani Senthilkumar
Dean’s Service Award Georgia Tax Conference Award Michelle Evelene Tomkovicz Katherine Elizabeth Waterman
Jon Michael Babineau Jr. for Excellence in Taxation Courses Alexa J. Windsor
Stephanie Day Bauer Avi Samuel Rubin National Association of Danna Yu
Cayton S. Chrisman Women Lawyers Award for Ruijun Zheng
James Emmett Farnan The Gertie and John Witte Prize Demonstrating Integrity,
Laura Elizabeth Flint in Law and Religion Academic Achievement, and Paul Bryan Prize in
Ricardo Horne Anton Sorkin Commitment to Excellence Constitutional Law
Jenna Rose Hunter in the Legal Profession Laura Elizabeth Flint
Rebekah Lee Whittington

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Awards and Prizes

Pro Bono Publico Medal Atlanta Society of ISOM Emerging Al Bows Outstanding Executive
Recipients as of March 4, 2021 Financial Analysts’ Award Technologist Award MBA Achievement Award
Zuhra Aziz Melissa Li Nishta Dhanesar Christopher Brian Adams
Jon Michael Babineau Jr.     Kathrine Rebecca Mahon
Stephanie Day Bauer  BBA Career Management John R. Jones Accounting Award  
Cayton S. Chrisman  Center Award Sydney Stitt American Marketing
Jenna Rose Hunter  Riya Garg Kalra   Association Award
Seoyun Kong  Zachary J. Mendolla Marketing Faculty Honor Award Srinvas Gade
Colby Louis Moore    Nishta Dhanesar Nicole Grace Mejias
Adrienne Claudia Phillips BBA Meritorious Service Award   Samanwita Paul
Grace M. Power Brittany Florence Holmes Organization & Management Rebecca Hilary Turkel
Raerani G. Reddy  Farhan Naqib Hossain Faculty Award  
Ivelisse Lucia Saint-Clair  Jack Alejandro McGuire Elizabeth Helen Grund Art Dietz Faculty Award
Frances Selden   for Excellence in Finance
Ryan Thomas Smith BBA Scholar Athlete Award Partnership Award in Finance Hyungjoon Cho
Michelle Evelene Tomkovicz  Lucena Anne Daro Jack Alejandro McGuire Nicholas Vito Melfi
Rebekah Lee Whittington Matthew David Dillon   Samanwita Paul
  Real Estate Faculty Award Jordan Peter Scheer
Robert Beynart Award for Budnick Award Hunter Adam Goldberg  
Professionalism and Ethics for Transformation   Community Service Award
Margaret Clark through Creativity Ron Frank Linzi Brooke Arndt
Suman Malempati Sierra Lauren Basquez Marketing Scholarship Lyndsey Fridie
Felicity Lin Joshua Millin Ariel Kandov
Robert W. Woodruff Fellows     Sarah Kuehl
Matthew A. Belitsos Burt and Betty Schear Social Enterprise Cornelis Frans Sam Lichtveld
Margaret Clark Book Prize Distinguished Student Award Erin Nicole Lightfoot
Laura Elizabeth Flint Alexander Schachner Chanen Laura E. Denick Neal Howard Marshall
Suman Melmpati     Gillian Rebecca Matteson
Campbell Accounting Award Transcendence Award Alexander Milani
State Bar of Georgia Jiazheng Lu Patrycja Kepa Kevin Michael Mulquin
Employment Law Section     Philip John Nowakowski
Award for Outstanding Campus Leadership Award Unsung Hero Award Rachel Osborne-Schwartz
Achievement in Veena Harshini Jaipradeep Daniel Baranovsky Matthew Richard Phillips
Employment Law Kevin M. Kim Sameer Kumar Willie W. Sullivan
Wayne Ye Campbell Janvi Pamnani   Taraneh M. Thomas
Andrew B. Singer Wall Street Journal Student  
State Bar of Georgia   Achievement Award Core Value Award
Environmental Law Section Educational Foundation of the Christina Yan Christopher Brian Adams
Award for Outstanding Georgia Society of CPAs Award   Maya Aravapalli
Achievement in Paul Joseph Levy Andrew Ethridge Outstanding Matthew Jad Batteh
Environmental Law   BBA Achievement Award Mary Claire Boken
Jay B. Khuti Entrepreneurship Award Emily A. Ferguson Richard Branch
Yash Bhavik Daftary   Ambika Rose Burda
State Bar of Georgia   Boisfeuillet Jones Medal Kaitlyn Elizabeth Capone
Labor Law Section Excellence in Drew Avery Bullock Hannah E. Courtney
Award for Outstanding Communication Award   Sanford G. Duke
Achievement in Labor Law Susannah Francis Martin Most Outstanding Samantha Halle Feller
Martin Menefee   Academic Accomplishment Luiz Carlos dos Santos
Faraaz Hossain William Harold Levy Ferreira Jr.
Wolter Kluwer Publishing Core Values Award Christina Yan Emily Theresa Fortunato
Excellence in Taxation Award David Jonathan Ramos Srinivas Gade
Rebekah Lee Whittington Amanda Mary Song Roberto C. Goizueta Casey James Galligan
  Award for Leadership Stefanie Crystal Garcia Turner
ROBERTO C. International Ambassador Award Lori Rose Steffel Robert Gooden
GOIZUETA Mehmet Alp Alp Sigin   Abigail Greene
BUSINESS SCHOOL Yuqi Wang MBA and MSBA Awards Jiayan Han
Accounting Achievement Award Paula Harmon
BBA Awards ISOM Consulting Hyungjoon Cho Kelley Lynn Hawkins
American Marketing Analytics Award Mathan Elangovan Shifali Jamwal
Association Award Riya Garg Kalra Brendan Rucker Gillins Sumedha Jani
Urvi Agrawal   Samanwita Paul Karl Anthony Jennings
  ISOM Distinction Award   Rika Selene Jitosho
Matthew David Dillon Admissions Service Award Lydia Jordan
Zhuoran Sun Cornelis Frans Sam Lichtveld Adam Mansfield Kess
  Hui Pan Kailash Manohar Lala
  Cornelis Frans Sam Lichtveld

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**graduated december 2020

Awards and Prizes

Regina Vladimirovna MBA Outstanding Rachel Gardner Alyssa Miranda Johnson
Martyanova Club Leader Award Jennifer Lauren Hayward Elaine Joyce Johnson
Nicole Grace Mejias Dhruv Garg Christopher David Merwin Bryan Kimoto
Nicholas Vito Melfi Maria A. Reyes-Gaskin Lucilla Wei Kuang Pan Rachel Renee Kolb
Alexa Kennedy Newfield Brianna Victoria Shalimar Ju Hyun Park Annie Melia McEwen
Andrew Christopher Nickerson Rojas-Elton Samia Rajesh Vasa Abraham Ghoreishi Moller
Gopal Pappu   Anna Newton-Levinson
Samanwita Paul Michael Lee Outstanding Laney Graduate School Lily Stein Oster
Abdul Samad Shabbir Evening MBA Award Fellowship Emily Sweetnam Pingel
Willie W. Sullivan Nicole Grace Mejias Christopher William Adamson  Marie-Ange Bernadette
Rebecca Hilary Turkel   Caitlin Gloeckner Allen  Rakotoniaina
Monica Conybear Wallace Modular MBA for Executives Brooke Andrews  Tomer Reiter
Haibo Wang Leadership Award Rachel Lee Barbara Bath Emily Summerbell
Sanford G. Duke Rebecca Elisabeth Burnham Anna Grace Tribble
Entrepreneurship Award   Brynn Champney Rachel E. Turn
Julie Mara Shabto MSBA Student Excellence Daniel Lynn Collins-Wildman Samia Rajesh Vasa
Casey James Galligan in Business Acumen Award Lucy M. Cronin-Golomb Andrea Dionne Warmack
Jonathan Andrew Grossberg Mary Claire Boken Allison Kathleen Cuttner Shari Ann Wejsa
Darius Andrez Jones   Jordan Leah Daniels Samuel Abinadi Wunderly
  MSBA Student Excellence Benjamin Palmer Davis Jian Xu
George H. Mew Organization in Data Award Pearce Alexander Edwards Alexander Alphonse
& Management Award Justin Bier Jacquelyn Ellison Yiannopoulos
Erin Nicole Lightfoot Jiayan Han Norah Elmagraby  
    Sara Fielder Mellon Interventions
Gordon Siefkin Outstanding MSBA Student Excellence Eric William Hall Public Scholarship Fellowship
MBA Achievement Award in Tech Award Abigail Lauren Heller Nicholas James Blood
Amanda Jane Hobbs Mary Claire Boken Binta Jalloh Norah Elmagraby
Haibo Wang Donghyun Jeong Stephanie Coleta Emma Maria
  Organization & Management Suh Yeon Kim Koziej
International Ambassador Award Faculty Award Joshua Levi Krasney
Mariam Kikaleishvili Adam Mansfield Kess Jessica Libow Emory Graduate
Haibo Wang Samanwita Paul Kelly Sabrina Lynn Diversity Fellowship
  Rebecca Hilary Turkel Jennifer Rose Merritt Sarah Kathleen Fayad
ISOM Distinction Award Monica Conybear Wallace Elizabeth V. Minten Kristie Garza
Srinivas Gade   Patrick Pierson Ryan Gibson
Jonathan Andrew Grossberg Real Estate Faculty Award Allison Elizabeth Roberts Camille Jeanene Goldmon
Regina Vladimirovna Andrew Rachlin John Christopher Rounds Kya Nicole Grooms
Martyanova   Kaylyn Jackson Schiff Haylee Christine Harrell
Courtney Richter Roberto C. Goizueta Abigail Leanne Scribner Olivia Johnson
  Award for Leadership Jonathan Paul Smith Behzad Kianian
Marketing Faculty Honor Award Willie W. Sullivan Sarah Takushi Rosemary Gichiru Kinuthia
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Capone   Andrew P. Teer Meeka Saragina Maier
Katherine Rebecca Mahon Unsung Hero Award Kathy Trang Omar Quinonez
Garrett Pouria Chisom Anen Gregory Earl Vansuch Timothy Mark Rainey II
Seth Thompson Womble Linzi Brooke Arndt Elizabeth Wiener Monica Kiewit Sanchez
  Du Sok Choi Jessie Ellen Wozniak Cristina Elizabeth Trevino
MBA Meritorious Service Award Neal Howard Marshall Michael Stephen Yandell Dana Hope Zenobia Williamson
Gabrielle Buchbinder Andrew Christopher Nickerson Carlos Zorrilla Piña  
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Capone Racquel Patrice Waite   Laney EDGE Fellowship
Jordyn Ruby Hodge   Centennial Scholars Fellowship Olivia Johnson
Ivan Ibarra Weekend MBA for Brenton N. Duquesne-St. Benoit  
Rishabh Jaishankar Executives Leadership Award Boyd Arts and Sciences Fellowship
Erin Nicole Lightfoot Karl Anthony Jennings Ordy Manuela Gnewou Rebekah F. Spera
Gillian Rebecca Matteson Alyssa Miranda Johnson
Vannessa Rose Sanchez Gonzales JAMES T. LANEY Kalifa Madeena Shabazz Department of Mathematics
Vivian Fleming Schreeder SCHOOL OF Carmen Naomi Shaw Graduate Research Honors
Emmakristina Patricia Sveen GRADUATE STUDIES Maryam Khaqan
  George W. Woodruff Fellowship Chang Meng
MBA Multicultural Award Eleanor Main Graduate Student Brenton N. Duquesne-St. Benoit
Richard Branch Mentor Award Boyd Department of Mathematics
Ivan Ibarra Alisina Bazrafshan Carolyn Adele Brown Marshall Hall Teaching Award
Kristen Amelia Little Emma H. D’Agostino Maryam Khaqan
  Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Kristine Kay Dennis
Emily Anele Banks Rachel Gardner
Ryan James Brady Olivia Esther Hendricks

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A Commentary on Commencement

Emory College of Arts and Sciences originated from Academic Dress and Customs
a concern for higher education in a Christian setting on the part
of the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Academic dress goes back to the founding of European universities,
Chartered in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia, the college was named which were the products of the intellectual revival of the twelfth cen-
after John Emory (1789–1835), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal tury. All medieval students were clerks and consequently wore the
Church. In 1964 the college at Oxford was named Oxford College dress of clergy. This is the academic costume we wear today, with
of Emory University. certain changes introduced in the sixteenth century by Protestant
reformers. The oldest articles of academic wear were the robe, over
Emory College became Emory University by virtue of a char- which was worn the habit, usually a kind of tunic with short, wide
ter granted by the Superior Court of DeKalb County on January sleeves. The medieval hood was lined with fur or inexpensive skins
25, 1915. Although classes on the Atlanta campus were begun in and could be gathered around the neck or pulled up on the head
the schools of law and theology as early as 1916, the college did as a turban. It is uncertain when different colors became associated
not move to Atlanta until 1919. The university now includes nine with different degrees.
schools, most tracing their origins to years before the chartering of
the university itself. These schools are Emory College and Oxford There were four kinds of caps: the round cap, reserved for doc-
College (1836), the School of Medicine (1854), Nell Hodgson toral dignity; the tena, a round cap with strings tied under the chin,
Woodruff School of Nursing (1905), Candler School of Theology worn by jurists; the square cap; and the Tudor bonnet. At Oxford
(1914), the School of Law (1916), Roberto C. Goizueta Business University in 1565 the square cap became the norm, but the faculties
School (1919), the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies that had become laicized adopted the Tudor bonnet that is still worn
(1919), and Rollins School of Public Health (1990). by doctoral candidates today. The basic design of all academic cos-
tume in the United States was first established in 1895 and was first
The intent of the founders is perpetuated by the university’s used at Emory by the Class of 1902. The bachelor’s gown features
vision statement: A destination university internationally an embroidered Emory University seal in gold thread and has long,
recognized as an inquiry-driven, ethically engaged, and diverse pointed, open sleeves. The master’s gown has longer sleeves, which
community, whose members work collaboratively for positive are closed at the bottom with openings about midway for the hands.
transformation in the world through courageous leadership in Beginning in 2014, the bachelor’s and master’s gowns are made of
teaching, research, scholarship, health care, and social action. fabric spun from molten plastic pellets from recycled water bottles.
An average of twenty-three post-consumer plastic bottles are used
A Short History of Commencement at Emory to create each gown, furthering Emory’s commitment to sustain-
ability initiatives. The doctor’s gown has full-length lapels of velvet
This is Emory’s 176th commencement. The exercises witnessed and bell-shaped sleeves with three horizontal velvet bars. Tassels for
these three days represent an imposition of medieval academic bachelor’s and master’s caps are black; tassels of gold thread may
tradition on an institution that had its roots in the nineteenth- be worn by doctors. Gowns and caps are usually black, although
century frontier. The first Emory commencement was held in 1840, Emory and some other schools have specified that their doctors may
four years after Emory College had been chartered and two years wear gowns of distinctive colors. Yale’s deep blue doctoral gown,
after the college’s first classes. That first ceremony, however, was Harvard’s crimson, Columbia’s dark blue, and Emory’s blue and
without graduating students, as there were no graduates until the gold are a few that may be seen in the procession.
following year. Then, as now, sermons and addresses had a central
focus in the exercises, though rarely have these addresses been so The hood varies for the respective degrees, the doctor’s hood
crucial as in 1849, when all fifteen members of the graduating class being longer and fuller than the master’s. The field of study can
were assigned speaking places and spoke for as long as half an be determined from the velvet facing on the hood according to the
hour each. following color scheme: white, the arts; gold-yellow, science; purple,
law; apricot, nursing; green, medicine; teal, physical therapy; scarlet,
Early commencement audiences sat for up to four hours in theology; salmon, public health; drab, business; and dark blue, doc-
the midsummer heat to listen to the numerous student and fac- tors of philosophy. The hood is lined with silk in the colors of the
ulty orations on such topics as “Our Government Unfavorable to degree-granting institution. For Emory graduates the lining is blue
High Attainment in Literature,” “Social Equality,” and “Modern with a chevron of gold.
Refinements.” These addresses in the early days were in English,
contrary to the practice at many other institutions. As President The president of Emory University wears a badge of office given
A. B. Longstreet argued in 1842, speeches in Latin and Greek were to the university in 1965 by the Emory chapter, Gamma of Georgia,
“worthy of the name pedantry, and nothing more.” In spite of this of Phi Beta Kappa. Designed by Eric Clements of Birmingham,
advice, several later generations of students instructed their audi- England, and executed by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
ences in the ancient tongues. in London, the solid gold badge is an open teardrop enclosing the
raised seal of the university and is suspended on a gold chain.
Emory Alumni Legacy Medallion
The mace of Emory University, a gift from D.V.S., an Emory
Graduating students who have a parent, grandparent, and/or College senior honor society, was designed by Eric Clements
sibling who is also an Emory graduate are wearing specially and executed in silver and gold by the Worshipful Company of
commissioned medallions hanging from blue and gold ribbons. Goldsmiths. In the teardrop at the apex of the mace, against a back-
The medallions are expressions of the university’s gratitude to ground of oxidized silver, is a freestanding representation in gold
those families who have chosen to continue the Emory education of a human skeleton. This is Dooley, the “spirit” of Emory, who
tradition throughout the generations. traditionally “rises” once each spring and for a week rules campus.
Immediately below the skeleton, in an open teardrop, is a gold
sphere divided (by stippling) into eight segments. Topping the sphere
is a simple cross, symbolizing the relationship of Emory University
to the Methodist church. The seal of the university is sculptured in
gold within the circular base.

Academically the mace is the symbol of a university as a corpo-
rate body of scholars possessing its own jurisdiction and its own
legally constituted authority. Traditionally the mace is borne in
procession immediately before the chief officer of a university and is
placed before them during formal academic ceremonies.

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