[OISA] 2021 Graduation

2021 Commencement Celebration

Graduating undergraduate and graduate students from Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021 were honored at the Rausser College of Natural Resources Virtual Commencement on Friday, May 21st, at 2pm. The recording is below.

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Graduate Slides

If you would like to see slides for our graduating students, please click here. These slides include photos, degrees, and a message from the graduating students. The names and majors will be read at the virtual ceremony live on May 21st.

2021 Commencement Speaker: Rue Mapp

Rue Mapp, BA '09 Art History, is the Founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro, a national not-for-profit organization with offices in Oakland, CA, and Washington, D.C. Rue oversees a leadership team of nearly 90 men and women who represent 42 cities around the US. In 2010, Mapp was invited to the Obama White House to participate in the America’s Great Outdoors Conference. She was appointed program officer for the Stewardship Council’s Foundation for Youth Investment to oversee its grant-making program from 2010-2012. Since that time, Mapp’s work and op-eds have been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal, Backpacker Magazine, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, Ebony Magazine, Outside Magazine, Sunset Magazine, and NPR. Rue’s work has also been recognized with the Outdoor Industry Inspiration Award, National Wildlife Federation Communication award, and Family Circle Magazine’s 20 Most Influential Moms. In 2014, Rue was appointed to the California State Parks Commission by Governor Jerry Brown. In 2020, Outdoor Afro was chosen to be highlighted and visited by Oprah on her 2020 Vision Tour. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Rue’s skills and background make her a unique voice via the leadership and programs she has instituted through her career, enlightening a diverse community to the wonders and benefits of the outdoors.

Student Commencement Speaker: Sabina Mahavni

Sabina is graduating in the spring of 2021 with a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy and a minor in Global Poverty and Practice. After graduation she plans to go to law school and eventually pursue a career in environmental policy and advocacy.

During her 3 years at Cal, Sabina has been an active team member of the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC). She joined the SERC staff in 2019 as a Green Team Associate, working to improve our campus’s waste bin infrastructure within the ASUC Student Union buildings, and in collaboration with La Cocina Food vendors to switch from single-use foodware to compostable and reusable alternatives. Sabina is one of the recipients of the 2021 Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability Award, as well as the 2021 Zero Waste Award from the Zero Waste Working Group.

Awards and Citations

Distinguished Teaching Award: Kathryn De Master

Kenneth L. Babcock Prize in the field of Environmental Science

Phoebe Goulden
Jerry Zhu
Kannon Pearson

Departmental Citations

Alejandra Sofia Marquez - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Jerry Zhu - Agricultural Resource Economics
Jett Liu - Plant and Microbial Biology
Tomas Herrero - Nutritional Science & Toxicology

Major Citations

Ariel Hoage - Conservation & Resource Studies
Sabrina Chui - Ecosystems Management & Forestry
Phoebe Goulden - Environmental Sciences
Olivia Hemond - Molecular Environmental Biology
Alejandra Sofia Marquez - Society & Environment
Mari Wilson - Genetics and Plant Biology
Jett Liu - Microbial Biology
Hila Etkin - Environmental Economics & Policy
Ava Nouri-Mahdavi - Nutritional Science & Toxicology - Dietetics
Felix Pan - Nutritional Science & Toxicology - Dietetics
Anvita Kulshrestha - Nutritional Science & Toxicology - Toxicology
Jack Lampert - Nutritional Science & Toxicology - Toxicology

Students Graduating with Honors in their Major

Sneha Agrawal
Matt Arena
Niklas Blanadet
Alexis Brown
Sarah Bui
Nica Campbell
Jason Chang
Julia Chen
Nicole Chew
Nikita Chigullapally
Chloe Cho
Andreana Chou
Chris McCarron
Katrina Cone
Jackie Copfer
Natalie Coy
Matthew French
Genna Fudin
Shreeya Garg
Cassandra Gendron
Phoebe Goulden
Gloria-Alexandra Gueorguieva
Olivia Hemond
Tomas Herrero
Sarah Hettema
Ariel Hoage
Chunyao Huang
Ariana Jessa
Cam Kees
Lily Klinek
Anvita Kulshrestha
Lauren Simonian
Jun Lee
Natlie Lee
Annika Levaggi
Lily Leveque-Eichhorn
Stella Li
Jett Liu
Yanling Liu
Celine Lo
Jessica Ma
Eva Manjarrez
Alejandra Marquez
Selena Melgoza
Yeeun Moon
Metta Nicholson
Elizabeth Ordeman
Haylee Oyler
Felix Pan
Kannon Pearson
Sonnet Phelps
Shannon Prendergast
Brian Price
Michael Quiroz
Anna Ramji
Sam Rosenbaum
Rachel Rovinsky
Renee Serota
Silverdew Shi
Jake Sinkowitz
Catherine Stanton
Anna Stephenson
Blake Stoner-Osborne
Savannah Sturla
Jennifer Symonds
Wesley Tam
Alexandra Tien-Smith
Yuxuan Wang
Selena Weng
Cole Westwood
Marielle Wilson
Katie Wimsatt
Amanda Xu
Sarah Xu
Defne Yigci
Jerry Zhu

Phi Beta Kappa Graduates

Sarah Bui
Hans Kristian Castro
Ryan Cohen
Cassandra Marie Gendron
Sarah Rochelle Gluzman
Olivia Ann Hemond
Celine Lo
Jessica Margaret Ma
Anna Okada
Elizabeth Leigh Ordeman

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