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Luciana Arraes ’13
Jessica Monson ’13
Jordan Deitch ’14
Alex Samson ’13
Ali Baker ’12
Aime Levesque
Marissa Madonna ’12
Nicole Mester ’12
Keyokah Mars-Garrick ’12
Javier Colon ’00
Taber Hammond ’13
Matt Plakunov ’11
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Luciana Arraes ’13

  • Native of Belém, Brazil
  • Member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas
  • Started the Project Cururu music program for disadvantaged children
  • Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English
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Jessica Monson ’13

  • Park ranger at Springfield, Mass., Armory National Historic Site
  • Served as a ranger at Pearl Harbor
  • Nominated to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer
  • Studying entrepreneurship and eco/finance at the Barney School of Business
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Jordan Deitch ’14

  • Conversation Buddy
  • World Traveler
  • Volunteer
  • Chemistry Major
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Alex Samson ’13

  • Studied Abroad in Kenya
  • Has taught English in Ecuador
  • Speaks some Spanish and Swahili
  • Native of Bayport, New York
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Ali Baker ’12

  • Content Production for G4’s X-Play, Major League Gaming and RoosterTeeth
  • Senior Marketing and Promotions Intern at Ubisoft
  • Majored in Photography, minored in Television Production
  • Bergen County, New Jersey native
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Aime Levesque

  • Assistant professor of biology
  • Experiment to launch to International Space Station
  • Breast cancer researcher
  • Mentor to undergraduate students
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Marissa Madonna ’12

  • Won Summerterm Cover Design Contest
  • Future Children’s Book Illustrator
  • Illustration Major, Art History Minor
  • Hartford Art School
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Nicole Mester ’12

  • Integrated elementary and special education major
  • Student teacher in fourth-grade classroom
  • A native of Hamden, Connecticut
  • Trained at two Hartford elementary schools
  • Member of Narragansett tribe
  • Native American dancer
  • Teacher of Native American heritage
  • Forward on women’s basketball team
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Javier Colon ’00

  • First winner of NBC’s "The Voice"
  • Singer
  • Musician
  • Anchor Award winner, 2011
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Taber Hammond ’13

  • Student in Prosthetics/Orthotics program
  • Learning to design braces and artificial limbs
  • Wants to help injured veterans
  • From Farmington, Maine
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Matt Plakunov ’11

  • Captain of 2011 Formula SAE team
  • Designs racecar fuel-injection system
  • Connecticut native
  • Mechanical engineering major

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HALL OF FAMER

UHart women's basketball coach Jennifer Rizzotti was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on June 8. Read more.

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RELIVE COMMENCEMENT

See photos, watch Bernard Cornwell's Commencement Address, listen to excerpts from other speeches, and relive the 2013 Commencement ceremonies. See more.

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