Sunday, December 14, 2025 | 1 p.m.
Shove Memorial Chapel | Colorado Springs, CO
THE COLORADO COLLEGE WINTER COMMENCEMENT
Sunday, December 14, 2025 | 1 p.m.
Presiding: Manya Whitaker, President of the College
PRELUDE*
Offertoire in B Major, Op. 171 No. 2 …………………………………………………………………………… Cécile Chaminade (1857 – 1944)
PROCESSIONAL*
From Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Op. 39 ……………………………………………………………. Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934)
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT*
Debbie Howell, Elder in Residence
INVOCATION*
Kate Holbrook, Chaplain
WELCOME
Manya Whitaker, President of the College
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Neena Grover, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry We Are More Than What We Know
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE
Presented by Emily Chan, Dean of the Faculty Conferred by Manya Whitaker, President of the College
COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER*
O Colorado College Fair
Words and music by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay Performed by Iris Pixler ’27
BENEDICTION*
Kate Holbrook, Chaplain
RECESSIONAL*
Ouverture from Triptyque (1991) …………………………………………………………………………………………………. Denis Bédard (b. 1950)
*ATTENDEES STANDING AS ABLE
Degree recipients and guests are requested to remain in their places until the conclusion of the ceremony.
BACHELOR of ARTS
Abi Anderson, Easley, South Carolina Political Science
Sarina Bink, Nunn, Colorado Neuroscience
Ady Bolinger, Claremont, California History/Political Science
Libby Cutler, Scituate, Massachusetts Environmental Studies
Alexandra Aniram Flores Garcia, Brownsville, Texas Political Science
Nyah Flores, Aurora, Colorado Neuroscience
Peter Gottsegen, Watertown, Connecticut Anthropology/Asian Studies
Sonia Guliak, Kiev, Ukraine Business, Economics, & Society
Sofia Joucovsky, Denver, Colorado International Political Economy
Riley Johnn Kadis, Newton, Massachusetts Organismal Biology & Ecology
Olivera Kamenarovska, Skopje, Macedonia Film & Media Studies
Leonarda Lorenz, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Geology
Ryan Maguire, Hingham, Massachusetts Environmental Science
Charlotte Constance Maley, Santa Rosa, California Philosophy
Gemma Marx, Brooklyn, New York English
Macy McCauley, Loveland, Colorado MAT Licensure Traditional
Evelyn Needham, Denver, Colorado Computer Science
Maggie Nguyên, Sioux City, Iowa Chemistry
Kalan O’Hara, Timonium, Maryland Economics
Jingyao Qiu, Hefei, People’s Republic of China Independently Designed Major
Sam Ring, Edmond, Oklahoma Philosophy
Joaquin Romero, Mora, New Mexico Political Science
Kylie Smith, Centennial, Colorado Business, Economics, & Society
Marin Snyder, Longmont, Colorado Molecular Biology
Ronan Takizawa, Tokyo, Japan Computer Science
Robert Thomis, San Francisco, California History/Philosophy
Ahnalysse Wyland-Olberding, Longmont, Colorado Psychology
COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER
(“O Colorado College Fair”)
Words and music written in 1953 by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay
O Colorado College fair, We sing our praise to you; Eternal as the Rockies, that form our western view; Your loyal sons and daughters will always grateful be; The college dear to all our hearts is our C.C.
Audience: Please join us in singing.
SENIOR CLASS MOTTO
O Colorado College fair, Long may your fame be known; May fortune smile upon you, and honor be your own; Our Alma Mater always, Your loyal children we; Together let us face the future, Hail C.C.
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” — Angela Davis
SENIOR CLASS GIFT
Leave your mark on CC by supporting Tigers for Tomorrow 2026: the Senior Class Giving Campaign!
This year, we the Class of 2026 are rallying behind the CC Food Pantry Fund. Every dollar donated to the CC Food Pantry Fund translates directly into shelf stable meals and essential supplies made available to students for free, so every Tiger has the fuel they need to succeed.
But your legacy is yours to define: a donation of any amount to ANY area of campus counts toward the Senior Giving Campaign. So whether you end up supporting the CC Food Pantry, your major’s departmental fund, or a CC athletic team you feel passionate about, let’s show our commitment to uplifting the CC community, together.
Define your legacy and support the Tigers of Tomorrow!
Make your gift: give.coloradocollege.edu/tigers-for-tomorrow-2026
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Colorado College occupies the ancestral homelands and traditional territory of the Ute People, as well as Apache, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Pawnee Nations. All were forcibly removed to reservations in Southwest Colorado, Utah, and Oklahoma. We affirm that early United States national policy was designed to breakdown Indigenous communities, destroy cultural identities, and outlaw traditional religious practices to clear a path for non-Indigenous settlement. Despite that, Indigenous Peoples are still here today, resilient, thriving, and vibrant citizens or descendants of 574 U.S. Federally recognized sovereign tribal nations, plus those from north and south of the U.S. borders and beyond. We encourage all people to learn the names and the complex histories of original people of the land you are on and continuously seek ways to act in solidarity with them today and always.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Photography: A professional photographer will be taking photos of each graduate. To order your photos, please visit www.gradimages.com. Audience members for today’s event may be filmed, recorded, or photographed. Visitors consent to appear in documentation and media and its future use by Colorado College. Livestream: The Winter Commencement livestream will be available for viewing on December 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. MT, at coloradocollege.edu/live #ColoradoCollege2026
