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OMA Graduation Cord Honorees

Presented by the Columbia Office of Multicultural Affairs, the OMA Graduation Cords are given to graduating seniors in Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of General Studies who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to diversity, social justice, and multiculturalism through the OMA, campus leadership, community involvement, service, academic endeavors, and/or personal dedication.

Worn in the various graduation ceremonies, the graduation cords are also a powerful visual symbol of our new graduates’ ongoing commitment as alumni in continuing and sharing the office's mission of advancing the strength within communities, acknowledging diversity in the different aspects of their lives, working toward a socially just society, honoring our different and intersecting legacies of struggle and survival, and building meaningful coalitions across identities.

Congratulations to our 2015 recipients!

Maika AbdallahDebayan Guha Ebe Ouattara
Tia AgaNoel Gutierrez-MorfinValentina Paiva
Beulah AgababiakaTerranisha HileyGabriela Catalina Pelsinger
Kainee AguilarAmy HuangAmanda Perry
Tolulope AkinadeNathen HuangAmna Pervez
Anu AkinbamideleUchechi IteoguJason Pettigrew
Anastasia AnazonwuXavier JarrettSophie Qian
Jessica AshleyKai JohnsonJoseph Quintas
Karnisa AyaMiles Everett JohnsonRubab Rehman
Katherina Barguil GomezcasseresKaren Joseph AdcockMya Reid
Loxley BennettSupanath JuthacharoenwongJames Reyes
Nikita Bhasin Kathilee KenlockTrinidad Reyes
Andrea BonillaJames KimLamar Richardson
David BoucardMatthew KimZoe Ridolfi-Starr
Noelle BradleyRohan KirpekarHanya Riedl
Bryant BrownJanet Iec Teng KwanKelvin Rojas
Brooke BurrowsJoo Hyun LeeGiovanna Sanchez-Esquivel
Maria Cardenas-GrajalesNicolle LeeCora Sandoval
Chris CaryEileen LiJourdan Sayers
Samantha ChibwowaGary LiStephanie Severe
Marjana ChowdhuryCaitlin LowellClaire Sheridan
Rachel Chung Armando LozanoMandeep Singh
Omoyeni ClementDanielle LuceroGesiye Souza-Okpofabri
Celia CooperKelly LuisJeremy Stern
Gabriel CrivorotDeya LunaWilliam Su
Dennis Dacarett-GaleanoRobbie LymanEmma Sulkowicz
Liane DarsonTanika LynchJerry Sun
Kachenta Kerlace Renee DescartesEsha MaharishiFarah Tamizuddin
Fatimatou DialloAlisha MaityJiawen Tang
Koryalys EdwardsAmanda MalcolmShondrea Thornton
Zach EtheartSanjana MalhotraErida Tosini-Corea
Victoria FassrainerLeeAnne McKenzieTemi Tuby-Lukan
Daisy Fernandez Harris MercerDemarttice Tunstall
Yasmin GagnéAbhinav MishraAniekeme Umoh
Othanya GarciaPria NarsimanTracey Wang
Amy GarveyChloe NguyJames Wen
Zan GilaniKhristopher M. NicholasDiarra White
Mariah GladstoneJulian NoiseCatTatianna Witter
Benjamin GoldwaterJasmine OghazAlex Xu
Andrew Gonzalez Roxanne OghazMichelle Ynsinare
Morgain Gooding-SilverwoodBrianna OlamijuSahng-Ah Yoo
Ankita GoreAlejandra OlivaChristina Zhang
Gabriela GugelminMayan OliverosClarice Zhou

 

Past Honorees

2014 OMA Graduation Cord recipients:

David Abud-SturbaumStarlyte HarrisHeben Nigatu
Doreen AgbohTaylor HarveyVictoria Nneji
Priom AhmedAndrea HazdayKaitlyn Offerdahl
Gabriella AitchesonMariKate HulbuttaNatalie Paret
Lauretta AmbeEmily HyattRichard Parraga
John AngaritaMilo InglehartShamm Petros
Megan BakerCristal JamesKatie Peyser
Afua Ataa BampohWalter Jean-JacquesPanalee (Nam) Phatraprasit
Nadanai BanyatpiyaphodKevin JohnsonNita Ponnaganti
Gabrielle BeansRoshawn JohnsonLucelys Popoter
Jake BediakoShaynah JonesOlarn Pornpitaksuk
Danielle BensonLena JordeMarial Quezada
Devante BledsoeRobert KalonianRushal Rege
Andrea BogarinKebe KebeDafna Revah
Sandra BonitoHamza KhanBriana Rice
Elegance BrattonDavid Chang KimElena Ripp
Jane BrennanPeter Chang Yup KimBrittne Rivera
Imani BrownSasha KrugerWesley Rodriguez
Amanda BuchVeena KumarGerardo Romo
Justin Nathaniel CarterMarissa LafontantMarlen Rosas
Nelson CastanoRobert LeDesmaAyushi Roy
Sara ChaseTenaya Lee IzuBriana Saddler
Raquel ChavezJessica LiLeslie Sanchez
Michael Chavez Susan LiRachel Schenkel
Mark ChoiJieun LimAlexa Semonche
Valerie Comenencia OrtizTina LingMatthew Shore
Bintu ContehAlexandra LopezGeneva Smith
Onella CoorayMateo LopezFloyd St. Bernard
Ricky CoriaKristen LuHarrison Stokols
Ryan CoutuDavid MaAmanda Suarez
Mycheal CraftonKatherine MadrizShannon Sullivan
Chaya CrowderMariam MakiWendy Sun
Chelsea CrowderRoniquee MarksmanHilary Szot
Raphaelle DebendettiMark MartinezVictoria Velez
Feride EarlpIsai MaysBrian Velez
Kristin EmodiSaiah MaysLaura Vigilante
Sarah FakhryDaniel McConnellAna Belen Vinueza
Jacqlyn FieldsCharlotte McGuckinShani Watler
Michael FrayndKelsey McLeodKrista White
Melanie GaoBruno MendesKeith Williams
Austin GloverNatasha MeraliAdam Wilson
Soleil GrantOrly MichaeliAtetegeb Worku
Marian GuerraAndrew MorrowJanice Yoon
Priya GunaseharanWangari MungaiSamantha Zeller
Abdul Rafay HanifAnirudh NandanKalena Zimmerman
Ben HarrisJasmin Neal 

2013 OMA Graduation Cord recipients:

Denise AbadMytra HaerizadehIsaac Nyarko
Michele AcheampongLauren HaynesHelen Uju Ofoche
Kwasi Adi-DakoSherill Marie HenriquezJonathan Orea
Elizabeth AngelesAngelica HoyosJacqueline Parker
Megan ArmstrongCan HuJeffrey  Patrick
Emmanuel ArnaudChristian HubbardSteven Pfau
Adwoa BanfulAlexzander HudsonLakota Pochedley
Jenee BenjaminWill HughesKiran Prasad 
James Bennett IINirmal IlyasAaron Primero
Yohana BeyeneKendy  ImrithTim Qin
Tyler BonnenJose JaimeChristopher Quan
Taylor BreenDiane Jean-MaryJames Ramseur 
Selby ByashimovaJosh JohnsonS. Mustafa Razvi
Mary ByersApril JohnstonTehreem Rehman
Daniel CabreraKevin KaoEmilio Santiago
Maria Carillo Jiyoung KimCecilia Schudel
Kelvin ChanTina KitDebattama Sen
Wilfred ChanSarah  KwokGerlin Serrano
Angel ChenAlison LamAshley Shaw
Jeanie ChenJake LefkerLucy Siguenza
Ryan ChoBrandon LewisKimberley Small
Rebecca ClarkAllison LieblienJennifer Smerlilng
Andrea CollazoJoshua LinRebecca Smith
Jose ContrerasJohn LiuJason So
Christopher CrawfordAdrian LukKarla Sosa
Catherine CurtisTanea LunsfordSean Srichankjj
Isabel  del CantoKevin MaJason Su
Carmen DelValleMegan MaloneyNarayan Subramanian
Essane DiedroMelissa MarichalAnan Suleiman
Loweye DiedroJessenia  MartinezKathy Sun
Michelle DiopKrystal  MartinezAneem Talukder
Abril DozalMatthew MartinezCourtney Tatum
Brian DriscollAmanda MatosJason Tejada
Noel DuanMansur Maulutovich Garison Turner
Claire DuvalletGavin McGownMelissa Vargas
Eliana EitchesGraham MiaoScarlett Vialovos
Hadi ElzaynGenet MicaelValeria Villacares
Jennifer Feliz RuizDevon MinerveNadia Woloszyn
Shuang Hong Shan Cie Fok Julia MonkAngel Wong
Mary Kate FrauenheimJose MontelongoMahogany Wright
Derrick FuCarrie MontgomeryNicholas Yeo
Brianna GibsonKevin  MontielHedan Zeng
Derion GivensJose MorenoNatalie Zerwekk
Stephanie GriloChinenyenwa MpamaugoHelen Zhang
Kanak GuptaThomas Nguyen 

 

2012 OMA Graduation Cord recipients:

 

2011 OMA Graduation Cord recipients:

 

2010 OMA Graduation Cord recipients:

 

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