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Hundreds in Class of 2024 graduate with honors

Students and family members take pictures outside of McAlister Auditorium after the Bachelor of the Arts commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, 2024.

Last updated May 9, 2024

By Christine Velasquez, Assistant Vice President for University Communications


More than 290 members of the Class of 2024 received their bachelor’s degrees with honors. Students who earn at least 64 credit hours at Furman are eligible for graduation honors. The students received their Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science degrees in December 2023 and May 2024.

Summa Cum Laude graduates

Students earning a grade point average of at least 3.90 in all Furman course work are designated as summa cum laude (which means “with the greatest honor” in Latin) graduates. Members of the Class of 2024 graduating summa cum laude include:

Sophia Marie Anthony
Frederick Julian Ashby II
Lydia Kate Beachum
John William Beam
Lauren Rachel Bolzan
Caroline Graham Brawley
Conor James Bready
Logan Manning Coffee
Ashlynne Suzanne Culpepper
Biruja Dahal
Grace Ann Davis
Isabella Grace Dickenson
Baxter Cleveland Easley
Andra Cristina Enache
Hannah M. Farr
Gabrielle Lisette Fehler
Hannah Nicole Feigenbaum
Christina Hunter Fleming
Casey Norei Corrales Funderburk
Zoe Elani Gaskin
Kaitlyn Nicole Gilmore
Rohan Gregory Halloran
Alexander Owen Hibbs
Megan Grace Hubbard
Evan Robert Hucke
Joshua Richmond Hutson
Elijah Christopher Kibler
Hannah Casey Lee
Joong Hwan Lee
William Hammond Livingston
Emily Nicole Martens
Jane Righton McCallum
Lillian C. Meyer
Noah Philip Mofield
Zane Henry Newell
Anna Clare O’Gorman
Michael Davis Peeler
Sophie Elise Pike
Lillian Sofie Ruth Rathbun
Abigail Noelle Robertson
Sophia Elizabeth Shaw
Caroline Anne Smith
Saluda Abigail Stapleton
Jonna Nicole Strange
Faith Hanson Sulak
Sean Thomas Sullivan
Araceli Carmen Ubl
Nicole E. Warren
Kylie Nicole Wittman

Magna Cum Laude Graduates

Students earning a grade point average of at least 3.65 but less than 3.90 will be magna cum laude (Latin for “with great honor”) graduates. Members of the Class of 2024 graduating magna cum laude include:

Ryan Thomas Adams
Clark Anderson Alford
Townsend Belle Amick
Parker Joseph Anderson
Austin Arias
Sydney Louise Arkoette
Mary Ellen Ashley
Cameron Heaton Baird
Thomas Scofield Barrington
Isaac Benjamin Bender
Joshua Frank Berger
Julia Katherine Biles
Camryn Jaden Bolick
Britany Vanessa Bonilla-Martinez
Eva Mary Brooks
Louisa Gibson Brown
Braden R. Burke
Michael Walker Burns
Madelynne P. Cadeau
Nicholas Anthony Cannon
Ting Chen
Charlotte Elizabeth Clark
Lilly Brown Classey
Krista Cassidy Colbert
Emma Rebecca Cooper
Caroline Jane Crumrine
Michael William Curtin
Samuel Durham Damesek
Taylor Edward Danser
Catherine Stuart Davis
Samuel Patrick Dayton
Davis Michelle Dear
Demi Di Matteo Sr.
Elizabeth Anne Donnelly
Emily Marie Edwards
Taylor Nicole Ellis
Kyla Adina Eloi
Timothy Christopher Eugster
William Geoffrey Foster
Vance R. Fowler
Kathryn Frawley
Lauren Aliese Garges
Ashley Delaney Geissel
Tatyana Angelie Gonzalez
Connor Ryan Gregory
Mimi Kathryn Haase
Frances Catherine Hakes
Elizabeth Kate Hamilton
Calysta A. Harvey
Hana Elle Hashioka
Trevor Zachary Hastings
Moira Genevieve Hegglin
Jaeyden Ashunti Hill-Mims
Amelia Bragg Hitt
Bryden Elizabeth Holladay
Hannah Nicole Hollander
Callum Richard Holland
Rya Katherine Hollaran
Isabella Maria Horton
Ryan Jacob Hosey
Joshua Hosie
Lillie Anne Hulgan
Emma Grace Johnson
Leah Allison Juechter
Rachel Melinda Kelly
Emma Grace Key
Katherine Mary Kimberlin
Courtney King
Evan Trone Lau
Abijah Sullivan Leamon
Emily Lansdell Little
Christian William Mancino
Devin Patricia Marquess
Isabella C. Martinez
Anna Katherine Mauldin
Lydia Ruth McCarty
Molly Carroll McCutcheon
Hunter Patrick McDuffie
Abigail Catherine Newcomb
Vivian Louise Newman
Sophie Grace Ngo
Abigail McRae Nichols
Henry James Niehaus
Dijanira Qatriz Nieves-Esparcia
Alexander Caden Parry
Ashlyn Elizabeth Pisciotta
Katelyn Ashley Powell
Ashley Razo
Emma Catherine Reilly
James C. Rettig Jr.
Ruth Anna Richardson
Regan Grace Richardson
Camille Candler Rick
Conor Riordan
Alexis Denise Rojas
Nathan Francis Sarro
Martin Patrick Sarro
Marissa Reyn Schabes
Brynn Elise Schmitt
Sebastian Serpa
Caleb John Setzler
Sara Carolynn Shadwick
Ami-Faith Adeline Sherer
Reed Fowler Shoolbred
Antero Juhani Sivula
Carly Slough
Woodland Owen Smith
Sally Ann Stahl
Olivia Ruth Street
Yuting Su
Caroline Grace Swaim
Sydney Rachel Tanner
Dayna Lynn Thomas
Stephanie Michayla Trame
Nicholas Maximilian Vicinanza
Andersen Elise Wade
Jonathan Winslow Wade
Grace Catherine Warren
Mary Elizabeth Watts
Emil Westling
Joshua James Woodfin
Lillian Marie Woo

Cum Laude Graduates

Students earning a grade point average of at least 3.40, but less than 3.65 are considered cum laude (“with honor” in Latin) graduates. Members of the Class of 2024 graduating cum laude include:

Paige Hudson Abbott
Ella Hampton Abraha
William Michael Adams
Ella Grace Alsko
Felicia Baerje
Renee Elisabeth Ballou
Rose Elizabeth Beacham
Nancy Harper Beard
Katy Harrison Beasley
Samantha Joy Beeson
Taylor Murry Bell
Sydney Kansiime Beraho
Victoria Leann Bostrom
Colin Jackson Brake
Chloe Brown
Anna Katherine Burns
Alexandra Carol Bussom
Kevin Glenn Carberry
Miller Alexander Cassidy
Marie Louise Cecil
Amitabh Chakravorty
Evan Porter Cooley
Rebecca Jane Copeland
Catherine Mi D’Amico
Claudia Sloane Dann
Arabella S. Davis
Gourgit Samir Demian
Ashley Jordan Denk
Johnathan Tyler Dewey
David Watson Dickey Jr.
Emily Katherine Dowker
Abigail Grace Dumke
Meredith Chrysan Ervin
Chloe Malyn Fabio
Griffith Claire Fuller
Caroline Elyse Fults
Colin Thomas Gagne
Sonia Garg
Bethany Lauren Graham
Jacob Christopher Gravitt
Kelton Austin Gunn
Puspanjali Gurung
Elena Gutierrez
Robert Scott Hage
Philip Blake Harris
Heidi Aiken Hicks
Jack William Hoffman
Emily Anne Holliday
Grace Teegardin Houser
Wyatt Simpson Hughes
Helen E. Jacobson
Grayson Irene Jarrell
Jacob Karl Johanning
Virginia Kate Jernigan Kirby
Andrew Robert Klein
Nicholas Edwin Kuzema
Dylan Ray Lane
Kennedy Lee Lange
Kenya Jocelyn Leon
Axel S. Lepvreau
Jason Li
Ashlee Elizabeth Lykins
Genevieve McDermott Mahoney
Katherine Marie Marinello
Alysha Caitlyn Matthews
Brycen Scott McCormick
Hannah Kaisa Menkhaus
Abigail Ann Miller
Stephanie Cierra Chante Miller
Alex Rose Molinar
Anna Catherine Morgan
Misbaah Shahida Muqri
Christian Jamar Newman
Peter Gunnar Nistad Jr.
Lea Xuelian Norman
James Walter O’Connor III
Denver Davis Oliver
Andres Ospina
Christopher Jefferson Petty
Cameron Ponder
Mayson Isabella Quick
Thomas George Redhead
John W. Reiser
Jackson Ware Rhodes
John Patrick Nelson Riggs III
Cole Benjamin Rigsby
Jenna Brianne Root
Ava Grace Rosenbaum
James Hugh Ryan IV
Christopher Daniel Saba
Sawyer Watson Sams
Malcolm McCall Scott
Olivia C. Seal
Joanne Camille Semelsberger
Nancy Kimbrough Sheek
John Robert Shennan Jr.
Charles Omeed Shirazi
Catherine McCrea Simkins
Botamina Mahrous Sorial
Katelyn Rebelo Sousa
Sabrina Marie Strickland-Harris
John Mason Taylor
Melinda Mae Thompson
Alexa Thota
Alexander Liam Threlkeld
Ashley Elizabeth Tillman
Jason Atanas Tinkov
William Michael Topham
Christie Uyenthy Tran
Julia Hamilton Turner
Charles Angus Watson
Mackenzie Grace Wayne Jr.
Hermione Augusta Wayt
Jayden D. Williams
Gabriella Danielle Williams
Arnold Wright IV
Arthur Vester Youngblood IV

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