Graduation with Distinction

Alfred University recognizes outstanding achievement of deserving students by awarding degrees with honors and distinctions. Candidates for graduation with distinction are recognized at the time of commencement with candidacy determined by their cumulative grade point average through the semester preceding graduation.

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Undergraduate Latin Honors

Undergraduate students who have achieved academic excellence at the University wear a gold cord at graduation, indicating graduation cum laude, with praise, magna cum laude, with great praise, or summa cum laude, with highest praise. Degrees conferred with distinction reflect an outstanding overall grade point average with a minimum of sixty semester credit hours earned at Alfred University; a minimum of fifty computed in the grade point average.

The distinctions and corresponding requirements are:

  • cum laude - grade point average of at least 3.30
  • magna cum laude - grade point average of at least 3.70, and no grade below C
  • summa cum laude - grade point average of at least 3.90, and no grade below B

Summa Cum Laude

Makayla Marie Bills

Naomi Christine Buchholz

Cailean S. Cavanaugh

Alexis Marie Giordano

Monica Rose Nowik

Crystal Alexandra Rivera

Ginger Veneziani Flowe

Johnathan Archer Wendt

 

Magna Cum Laude

Megan Renee Bennett

Paul John Boldin Jr.

Stephany Israel Mariano Borges

Aaron D. Buck

Mackenzie Lynn Cannon

Rachael Kristina Dates

Alexis E. Durkin

Lindsey Hope Julian

Jorge Mundo

Samantha Kristin Sage

Brenna Marie Simms

Emilia Donenberg Smith

Jonathan Staniszewski

Caitlin Renee Stewart

Sarri Nikole Swanson

Bradley William Wynn

Zulaikha S. Yusuff

 

Cum Laude

Samantha Harlan Arthurs

Jordan Ashley Castine

Preston Zachariah Cole

Jillian Elise Frazo

James Allen Garson

Jude Leigh Glass

Danielle Lee Hartman-Carpenter

Katelyn Holden

Marlea Jane Krause

Sarah Kathryn Lehman

Valerie Lynn Mintz

Keenan W. Ollison

Brihanna Barbecka Payne (August 2024)

Kathleen Elizabeth Pietron

Erika Lynn Purdy

Nivaye Emonn Reid

Helena Rose Schlueter

Elizabeth Lyn Sidenstecker

Katie Marie Simpson

Jasmine Anne Sims

Samantha Nicole Spencer

Shaun Maurice Winfield

Summa Cum Laude

Cailean S. Cavanaugh

Benjamin E. Deutsch

Josefina Frida Fasolino

Kirsten Elizabeth Gollhofer

Caroline Avery Hendryx

Cecilia Marisol Sherwood

David Vuong

 

Magna Cum Laude

Lio Nico Bonaccio

Audrey M. Buddendeck

Hailee B. Cornell

Emily H. Grier

Mari Gabrielle Jablonski

Qian Shen

Emilia Donenberg Smith

Avery Putnam Smith

Juno Alexander Tangry

Siyou Wang

Riley K. Watson

 

Cum Laude

Megan A. Callaghan

Yi Chen

Kaylee Jean Gernant

McKenna Marie Kersten

Eve Hao Liu

Rongfengyan Mo

Samantha Faith Santiago

Kazimeras Leigh Taggart

Ruihaonan Wang

YunJia Wang

Alissa A. Wright

Wanjia Zheng

Summa Cum Laude

Kenneth Charles Berlin

Sophia Jae Carretto

Bianca Lynn Durso

Olivia Mary Gilbert

Cameron A. Kenefick

Sarah Grace Lutkins

 

Magna Cum Laude

Alex B. Field

Kathryn Anne Geiger

 

Cum Laude

Faisal Abdulsalam Alkhaldi

MyKayla Natasha Deyarmin

Nicholas P. Goetze

Anna Gwozdz

Leah Crete Harkenrider

Derek M. Harrington

Jared Austin Kantak

Evan Donald Kent

Aidan P. Kirk

Dana Elese Macalle

Alyssa S. Piechota

Glenn Robert Walker Ramsaran

Matthew A. Sevem

Kylie A. Simkins

Bradley W. Smith

Montana M. Weidman

Lucas R. Young

Summa Cum Laude

Sienna Patricia Cefalu

Brian Linus Ngatunga

 

Magna Cum Laude

Emily Sharon Agnello

Shelby Jane Beardsley

Jessica M. Beehler

James W. Northrop

Emiliano Terrazas

Matthew J. Wagner

 

Cum Laude

Jack Louis Bernstein (August 2024)

Thomas Charles Callen

Nathaniel Xavier Castellanos

Mairin Elizabeth Farchione

Kevin Steven Flint

Chase R. Freeland

Lily June Yelizaveta Mazur

Preston J. Ordway