it is my pleasure to celebrate your
accomplishments with you
and your families there are over 570
graduates of the college of arts and
sciences
from 26 of the 50 states and canada
japan and china our bachelors and master
of arts graduates have worked long and
hard to master their knowledge and
skills
in the fine and performing arts the
natural and social sciences and the
humanities
true to our catholic jesuit and
humanistic tradition at gonzaga
you are people for others actively
applying your academic knowledge
to solve problems in our world to make
our community
stronger healthier more equitable and
just
please know that your presence here will
be felt long into the future
we in turn hope that what you have
experienced here
will continue to transform you over the
course of your lifetime
by the authority vested in gonzaga
university by the state of washington
i am pleased to present candidates for
degrees in the college of arts and
sciences
thank you to all my professors
and just a huge shout out to my honors
classmates my clp classmates and my
mission and ministry crew
we did it 2020 zags and now the best is
yet to come
hey zags congrats to all the seniors i
want to say thank you to my mom and
grandma for always supporting me
and allowing me to get such a great
education go zags
arana class of 2020 we made it
like to thank all my family and friends
i love you
thanks to mom and dad for all the
support all the friends for all the good
times
jesus for the love and chicken nuggets
for the nutrition
thanks mommy and daddy
elle pat and shan for always being there
for me and for my angel sienna the best
is yet to come
i love you all go zags
i like to thank my mom and dad for all
the support as well as my professors
congrats to the class of 2020 stay safe
out there everyone
here's to a great four
years
studying abroad getting a degree and
something that i absolutely love
and graduating in a pandemic
cheers
ching hi mom dad and adam i want to
thank you all for all the love and
support you have given me throughout my
whole life
i love you all and i hope to see you all
soon bye
hello my name is savannah silk i want to
thank my parents for sending me to my
dream school my whole family for
supporting and motivating me and of
course gonzaga thank you
i would like to thank my family and
friends for supporting me throughout my
educational journey
now it's on to my next step traveling
the world and fighting for environmental
justice
love to thank my parents my sisters my
teammates
and rolling rock for helping me get
through the last four years
go zags baby
over these past four wild wonderful
years
shout out to the class of 2020 i know
we're going to do awesome things skozags
i can't believe this day is finally here
thank you to my professors friends
especially
my family my mom dad and my brother max
i couldn't have done it without you
go zags
just wanted to say thank
you mom and dad
guy and liz davidoff for uh sacrificing
for me to come to gonzaga and thank you
gu for everything
hello i would like to thank mom dad
grandpa megan sam
alyssa and not emily keep on trucking
i just wanted to say thank you to all my
family all of my professors all my close
friends in the broadcast department and
especially thanks to
my boys at indiana love you guys go zags
i'm so excited to be graduating with my
bachelors in sociology bachelors in
criminology and minor in political
science thank you to all my professors
my parents family and friends
go zags
hi i'm melissa drinkwa
i'm graduating with my bachelor's degree
in dance and my elementary education
teaching certificate
go zags
my name is davis halson and i'm happy to
be getting my degree in political
science and history
i'd like to thank my family my
fraternity and the professors that
helped me out along the way
go zags
hey class of 2020. um congratulations on
our accomplishment
uh thank you for a wonderful four years
it's been awesome
go zags
happy graduation zags i want to thank my
family
my friends and the professors for giving
me great support to get to this day
hey thanks gonzaga university for giving
us an outstanding education
congrats class of 2020 go zags
i want to thank my friends and family
for being there for me through thick and
thin
these have been the best four years of
my life and i owe it all to you
go zags
hey i still can't believe it that i have
made it
for the 2020 graduation thanks to my
wife
sonia and our daughter marian
i just want to say thanks to both my
parents my siblings
and all of my great friends i met at
gonzaga for helping me get here
hey zags we did it just
wanted to
shout out my mom and dad you've given me
a beautiful life and i couldn't have
done this without you
hello i just wanted to say thank you to
my friends family and just everyone that
supported me these past four years
and goes out
madeleine claire knickerbocker
kara m konawalchuk
magna cum laude christian
thanks to my mom dad friends and family
for helping me complete my zag journey
go zags indy
italian studies award winner
what's up class of 2020 miss you guys
wish i could be with you all today
we made it let's go
thanks mom and dad congrats class of
2020 go zags
thank you to my family for making this
all possible thank you to gonzaga for an
incredible four years
and to the class of 2020 we did it go
zags
i truly am blessed to be able to say
that i'm a gonzaga alumna
and i just want to say thank you to my
friends at the office of admission
betsy and dr boost for contributing to
my success at gu
just want to say thank you to my family
and friends who have supported me along
the way especially my parents
and goes eggs
i want to thank my friends families and
professors at gonzaga but i specifically
want to thank professor
jessica urschel at bellevue college for
helping me find my passion in psychology
thanks gonzaga for an awesome four years
friends
family professors i couldn't have done
it without you thank you all so much
go zags
thanks gonzaga for showing me the
importance of investing in others
i couldn't have done it without the
support from my family and friends
zags forever
i'm sarah
potter
peace out
thank you to everyone who is celebrating
with me today i am so grateful for my
time at gonzaga
and i'm so excited to spend this next
year in los angeles with the judgment
volunteer corps
congratulations everyone this will be a
graduation that we'll never forget thank
you to my zag fam my family and to
everyone else who has supported me
mom dad thank you for everything i
couldn't have done without you claudia
you love my life thanks for always being
there for me
kevin my best friend brother for life
go zags
thank you to gonzaga the faculty and
staff
my amazing friends i've met and my
family behind me the whole way
what an incredible four years go zags thank you to my amazing
parents who showed me so much love and
support these past four years
and to everyone at gonzaga who made it
feel like a home congrats class of 2020
we did it
it's finally here i finally did it i
couldn't have done it without you
catherine
i love you
the next chapter of your life is yet
unwritten get busy and good luck class
of 2020.
go zags
hey class of 2020 we did it i want to
say thank you to my friends and family
and of course the gonzaga community for
shaping me into the person i am today
i can't wait to see what our futures
hold tbiytc and go zags
thank you gonzaga for the lessons and
lifelong memories in the four years that
i've been on campus
has been an amazing journey goes as
i'm glad i got my degree at gonzaga last
four years have been wonderful
go zags
it's been an amazing journey huge thank
you to my parents my sister and my
soccer family for all the constant
support
go zags
to my friends and family i love you
go zags
hi i just want to give a big thank you
to all of my friends and family who have
supported me
in my journey at gonzaga university
thank you
and megan wismiller bachelor of arts
zag dining outstanding student
thank you to everyone at
gonzaga who made it an
awesome four years go zags and i look
forward to seeing you
soon
a big thank you to my family friends and
professors i can't wait to start my phd
in economics at the university of oregon
in the fall
go zags
well done everyone we
graduated
that's crazy congrats class of 2020. we
rock
to my family friends and professors
thank you for your support along my
journey at gonzaga
to my fellow classmates congratulations
go forth and set the world on fire
i'd like to say congratulations and
thank you to everyone who helped me
succeed on this journey
i just want to thank all the faculty
family and friends that have supported
me these last couple years
thank you for everything and i'll be
sure to make you proud
you to dr bonnie deshon and professor
milad abide
and especially to my parents joanne and
charlie for everything they did
i love you guys go zags
president mccullough faculty and honored
guests
it is my pleasure to present to you the
graduating class
of 2020. if you have not already done so
please
turn your tassel congratulations
everyone
congratulations gonzaga grads it's ann
scott edinger in biology and i'm so
proud of all of your work
and especially the biology majors for
sticking to it hey this is casey schmidt
in communication studies
you made it congratulations
hello it's kathleen jeffs from the
theater and dance department
congratulations graduates this is sarah
arpin from the psychology department
and i wanted to say congratulations
class of 2020.
i am so proud of each and every one of
you
your hard work has and will continue to
pay off as you march onward as people
for others
hi this is turin holden from
international studies in the department
of modern languages and literature
to all gonzaga graduates of 2020.
congratulations let us know where the
path beyond
college brings hey zags matt mccormick
here
art in integrated media i'm sorry i
can't congratulate you in person
but i know you're going to do great you
are stronger and wiser than you know
and the world needs you now more than
ever so go do your thing
i'm eric hogle assistant professor of
mathematics congratulations
hi this is gloria tian from religious
studies
congratulations you have achieved
academic success
and build the muscle of adaptability
during the pandemic keep wearing a mask
for your new adventure
hi i'm maria howard in the philosophy
department i just wanted to say congrats
seniors you have overcome
so much to get where you are and though
i'm sad we can't celebrate in person i
cannot wait to see you on campus again
for an alumni weekend or
just to visit stop by we'll miss you
this is ann chasulo in the english
department and i want to wish the class
of 2020 a huge congratulations in all
caps
and to tell you it has been a privilege
to teach you and to learn from you
we're excited to see the amazing things
you do in the future congratulations hi
this is dr bernadette marie kellefeld
chair and professor
of critical race and ethnic studies i
wanted to wish all the graduates a
big hearty congratulations and
be successful as you go forward
hi grads this is dr brian sivaking from
the religious studies department
well done i'm proud of you all
hi i'm ellen macaron professor in the
philosophy department
and i just wanted to say congratulations
to the gonzaga class of 2020.
you're amazing you did amazing things at
a time when it was really difficult to
do
anything at all congratulations class of
2020
we're proud of you go zags hi this is
joanne schmia from the department of
chemistry and biochemistry
congratulations it's been a joy working
with many of you during your time here
at gonzaga
joe johnston assistant professor of
sociology and criminology
class of 2020. i couldn't be prouder of
you
particularly as you embody the
aspirational idea
of the common good this is catherine
schultes in the mathematics department
congratulations class of 2020. we
couldn't be prouder of the hard work and
dedication you put into your studies
and we're so excited to see what's next
for you hey
class of 2020 this is melissa click
faculty in communication studies
i'm really sorry we can't celebrate
together but you
are an unforgettable class take good
care of yourselves
and please keep in touch
congratulations gonzaga graduates
michelle grist
math professor i want to tell you how
grateful i am that you chose to invest
and come alongside us these last four
years we are so proud of you we miss you
but we are here for you
if you need anything nancy style biology
peanut and i say congratulations to the
class of 2020
your special group keep in touch
and go eggs bye
hi class of 2020. this is dr tim white
oh in the philosophy department
sorry we couldn't be there in person and
sorry i didn't put a tie on
but you've all been taught to be in
solidarity with the poor and the
vulnerable there are a lot of vulnerable
people in our world today
go out and be four and with them and
remember your number one
go zags congratulations on this
extremely
significant accomplishment 2020
is a year some may want to forget but i
hope
you remember 2020 as your year
you graduated from gonzaga take
pride in how far you have come and have
faith
in how far you can go keep in touch
and god bless you all gonzaga university
class of 2020.
today we recognize you not only for your
academic achievements
but for your perseverance in the face of
a crisis
the likes of which many of us have never
seen in our lifetimes
so i say to you today congratulations
um this is this is just orange juice
there's no
i thought i was getting a mimosa
20 20.
today is the day that together with your
family and friends
we honor you our graduates and focus
on all you have accomplished we share
in your hopes and dreams for the future
it is our hope that each of you continue
to search for
truth and embrace all of the challenges
and opportunities
of life with open minds open hearts
and a courageous spirit we invite you to
remember us and return to visit
often this concludes gonzaga
university's
127th commencement
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