The University of Vermont School of Business Administration celebrated more than 150 undergraduate students on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at the annual commencement ceremony before a packed Flynn Theater in Burlington.
David Aronoff (’86), General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, was the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony. He reflected that UVM is a special place, and could attest that the graduates time spent here will leave an indelible mark on them for the rest of their lives.
He encouraged the graduates to “be helpful to others, not with any expectation of gain, but because it can provide opportunities to learn and create lasting connections that may cause interesting accidents to happen in the future.” Noting “I’ve created a lot of my own good luck by simply introducing good people to one another. It’s amazing to see how these relationships pay dividends long down the road.”
He concluded “while the world is moving faster than ever, you are entering one with greater opportunity than ever before. And that you have the chance to change the world meaningfully, on a scale that hasn’t been seen in more than 100 years. As newly minted graduates and aspiring captains of industry, what will it take for you to be successful? Who will be your generations Thomas Edison or Andrew Carnegie, or Elon Musk or Ira Allen?”
Senior Hailey Ronconi, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and was the recipient of the 2015 Senior Award for Excellence in Marketing and Outstanding Senior Award for Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement, also addressed the graduating class about reaching this special day, ready now, to succeed in the real world.
About the class of 2015, information courtesy of UVM Office of the Registrar.
Summa Cum Laude
Charles Arran Brazinski Joyce, B.S. Business Administration
Hailey Rose Ronconi, B.S. Business Administration
Olivia Marie Spooner, B.S. Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
James Tyler Dixon, B.S. Business Administration
Jasmin Halkic, B.S. Business Administration
Jesse Kiel, B.S. Business Administration
Julieanne Kumin-Hachmann, B.S. Business Administration
Benjamin M. Medor, B.S. Business Administration
Sabrina Nijim, B.S. Business Administration
Cum Laude
Benjamin F. DeCarlo, B.S. Business Administration
David William DiMarco, B.S. Business Administration
Margaret Alaina Hawkins, B.S. Business Administration
Megan Laura Howley, B.S. Business Administration
Kurt Keller, B.S. Business Administration
Cameron Taylor Kostyra, B.S. Business Administration
Kaitlyn Elizabeth LaGue, B.S. Business Administration
Tyler Wilson Miles, B.S. Business Administration
Rafe J. Teer, B.S. Business Administration
Elise Woien Tefre, B.S. Business Administration
Jacob Samuel Warshaw, B.S. Business Administration
Lauren Webber, B.S. Business Administration