2023 Commencement
On May 13, we celebrated the Class of 2023 at the Folly Theater! We apologize for the technical difficulties with the live stream. Due to problems with the cameras at the venue the ceremony was not recorded. We are sorry for this inconvenience.
Jedel Family Foundation Commencement Speaker
Susan Kare
Student Speaker
Nick Sparger ('23 Filmmaking)
Music by:
Shane Borth - Violinist
Susan Kare
Jedel Family Foundation Commencement Speaker
Design Architect at Niantic Labs
After graduating from New York University with a Ph.D. in fine arts, Susan Kare took a curatorial job at an art museum in San Francisco, where she quickly realized she was on the wrong side of the creative equation. Kare joined Apple, Inc. in 1982 as the artist in the Macintosh software group. The designer who “gave the Macintosh a smile,” she is best known for creating the distinctive icons, typefaces, and other pixel elements that gave the Macintosh its characteristic—and widely emulated—friendly look and feel. Her total lack of software experience turned out to be an asset, since she could empathize with typical, everyday users of the new computer. In 1986, she joined Steve Jobs at NeXT Computer as the tenth employee. She then founded Susan Kare Design, a user interface graphics studio, and spent 25 years developing humane solutions to design problems for hundreds of technical clients. After working six years as a Creative Director at Pinterest, she is now a Design Architect at Niantic Labs, best known for augmented reality games such as Pokémon GO. She lives in San Francisco along with three sons and an Australian Shepherd, and enjoys surfing and crafts.
The Graduates
Daniel Aleman-Padilla
Andrea Allen>
Jillian Amys~
linda angel
Jessica Barbosa^>
Braden Belew^
Kyla Blair>
Harrison Breshears~>
Skylar Bridgeman
Jahmai Dante Brown~-
Luka Brown^
Maeve Browning^+
Christian Lee Cahalan>
Victoria Hazel Cairns^
Miles Van Zandt Callahan^
Andrea Carrillo~
Emily Jane Cerbie
Emilie Chartrand~
Kasey Cohenour^
Molly Corrigan^
Jude Croft^>
Logan Elise Crompton^+
Hadley David>
Kane DelaTorre>
Corrina Delgado
Houda Derbas^
Caitlyn Dreher~
Hevvon Edwards~>
Sergi Espinales>+*
Katherine Farley
Paul Fisher
Balta Flores~
Sophie Francoeur>
Chloe Freeman>
Henry Frier`
Lakin Gambill~
Madelyn Girard~
Alex Gonzalez
Jadyn Green
Lewis Greer
Austin Carlos Gutierrez^>
Kaylea Halstead~+
Cortez Hardy>
Kate Harmon^
Clay Harrington
Theresa Heartney
Hunter Hedgepath
Evi Heinen^
Emma Hixson~+
Jack Holly~
Kevin Hopkins^>
Dakota Thomas Hume
Madison Hummer
Willow Hunter~
Grace Victoria Jeffries-
Lily Jett~
Emily Johnson>
Josie Karnitz
Rachel Kaufman
Eliza Keeney~
GNuk Kim
Seon Kim
Hannah Kosmas
Warwick Laing
Hunter L.>
Carson Langley>
Ly Larson>
Tova Larson^
Esther Lee>#
Afton Lin^#
Adam Lock^
Leslie Luna-Garcia>
Bowie Ma>#
TomIsaac Mark>
Sophia "Happy" Martin>
Dani Mays~
Easton McComas>
Shawn McCullough>
Meranda Mae McDermott^
Susie McLaney~-
Juliet Raven Marie Miller^>
Haley Mitchell
Lucky Moe~>
Tina Myers
CJ Nelson
Talon M. Newton>
Kobi C. Nolan~-
Brittany O'Donnell
Cassidy Orf
Jai-Ashli Owens
T Palermo*
Wes Parrill^
Izzy Parrish Workman
Audrey Parsell>
Alyssa Pellinghelli>
Jessica Perez>*
Alan J Peterson>
Josie Pratte
Ambrosia Marie Ramos~>*
Diego Jesus Rancaño
Markel Randle>
Ash Rapstine
Caleb Riddle
Ana Robles~>*
Ash Rojas>
Riley Rouse
Skylar Runnebaum
Drew Sabath-
Hailianne Schawo^
Olivia Scheible
Kyrah Schroeter#
Lex Schweitzer-
Alisha Scott>
Lyric Sellman~-
Alyssa Sipe^
Mariya Slipych~>
Nick Sparger^#
Sophie Anne Stebbins^
Horace Suffredini*
Diane Lee Sung^
Kathryn Thomas>
Olivia Thompson+
Olivia Michelle Tucker~>
Davion Turner
Yvonne Vista
Loren Vladem~
Julia Vostrejs^
Rebecca Wagner^
Trinity Washington>
Amber "Ambs" Welch>
Emma Williams-
Katya Wilson
Chase Wolfe-
Debra Zegers#
^ President's List
~ President's Honorable Mention List
> First Generation College Graduate
+ Double Major
- Entrepreneurial Studies in Art and Design Minor
* Social Practice Minor
` Sound Minor
# Asian Studies Program