Hosted by the Dept. of Astronomy and the Dept. of Physics Undergraduate Studies Teams:
Dr. Annika Peter
Vice-Chair for Physics Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Wayne Schlingman
Director of Astronomy Undergraduate Studies

Ms. Carly Scopel
Physics Program & Events Coordinator

Ms. Lindsey Thaler
Director of Physics Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Lindsay Westraadt
Astronomy Program Specialist

Mr. David Zach
Academic Advisor - Astronomy & Physics

Opening remarks:
Dr. Ralf Bundschuh - Chair of the Department of Physics
Dr. Todd Thompson - Chair of the Department of Astronomy 

H= Graduating with honors
R = Graduating with Research Distinction
C = Cum Laude
M = Magna Cum Laude
S = Summa Cum Laude
 

Autumn 2025 Graduates:

Warren Alphonso^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Computer Science & Engineering, Physics; minor: Mathematics
Dax Begeny^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; certificate: Planetary Science
Aine Fitzgerald
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Akhil Inti
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minor: Mathematics
Josh Lahr^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Jared Koharik
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Ava Kuperman
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Calder Lenhart^R,M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minors: History, Mathematics
Elliott Moreau
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Frank Portman^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Joshua Roemer
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Engineering Physics
Ayub Sherif
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Sam Tilford^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Computer Science & Engineering; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sam Tomlinson^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mingxuan Wu^H,R,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics; minor: Computer Science
Jiabin Xie
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Chen Yang
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Fulin Zheng
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics

Spring and Summer 2025 Graduates:

Hirak Basu^H,M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Microbiology
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Jenna Bittner
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; certificate: Planetary Science
Lucas Bruno
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Mitchell Button^R,M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Chemistry
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Mason Carrington
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Naval Science & Leadership
Braden Chapnick^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Ethan Conley^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minors: Computer Science, German
Jackson Cook^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics
Eric Correa^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Henry Cregar^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Air Science & Leadership
Joseph Criniti
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major in Engineering Physics: Engineering Physics
Dasha Crocker^H,R,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Colton Dante DiFranco^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minor: Business
Justin Donohoe
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major in Engineering Physics: Engineering Physics
Noah Downing^R,C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Erin Duell^H,C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: Russian
Hannah Evelyn Eggenschwiler
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics: certificate: Planetary Science
Adam Elyamani^H,C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Computer Science & Engineering, Physics
Amanda Fanale
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minors: Folklore, Linguistics
Shannon Flaherty^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: Nuclear Engineering
Nick Flinner^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Maxwell Frankel^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Mathematics
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Spanish
Connor Fricke^R,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: Computer Science
Evan Frisbie
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major in Engineering Physics: Engineering Physics
Kyle Frith^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major in Engineering Physics: Engineering Physics
Ian Harris^H,R,M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Aerospace Engineering; minor: Nuclear Engineering
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: Mathematics
Leandra Hogrefe^R,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Nathan Holty
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minor: Engineering Sciences; certificate: Planetary Science
Bennett Hughes^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Mathematics
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Nickolas Hutchison
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Katherine Indyk^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Music
Datong Jin^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minors: Computer Science, Mathematics
Brayden JoHantgen^H,C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics
Eleonora Julmy^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; minors: French, German
Zavier Kamath^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; minor: Spanish
Salim Karimov^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics
Brian Kelley^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Maura Kelley^R,M
  Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics
Nigel Keyser^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major in Engineering Physics: Engineering Physics
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Mathematics
Luke Knull^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minors: Computer Science, Mathematics
Stephen Lenker
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Aaron Lu^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Microbiology
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Hannah Lyons^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Majors: Engineering Physics, Mathematics
Emily Macbeth^H,R,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: American Sign Language Studies
Raihan Malik
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Olivia Maynard
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Computer Science & Engineering; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Connor Matthew McKiernan
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Emma Meyer^H,C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Stella Nelson
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Victor Ortiz^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Aerospace Engineering; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pallav Pant^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Mathematics
Swaraj Patnaik^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minors: Mathematics, Music
Yujie Peng^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Dustin Pigg^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: Mathematics
Mary Polemeni-McGovern^H,M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minor: Music
Rachel Price^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sierra Reis^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Computer Science
Malachi David Roark
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Josie Rose^H,R,C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Colin George Rush^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Computer Science & Engineering
Sean Sammon
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Biochemistry; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Charles Selser
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minors: History, Mathematics
Pushkar Shirahatti^H,R,M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minors: Computer Science, Economics
Steven Speck^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Mathematics
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Jayde Spiegel^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Varun Sripada
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Matthew Stavenger
  Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics
Jackson Steiner^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering; minor; Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jack Stethem^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics
Aidan Stevens
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Patrick Sullivan
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major in Engineering Physics: Engineering Physics
Shelby Summers^H,R,M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: Chinese
Darren Takaoka
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Ashley Tarrant^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics; minor: Spanish
Emma Tasse
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Corey Thompson
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics
Colin Voorhis^S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Nuclear Engineering
Vika Vorona
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics
Chase Wells
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major; Astronomy & Astrophysics; minor: History
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Education; Major: Exercise Science
Dylan Wells^H,S
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Computer Science
Zekun Wu
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics
Tal Yankevich^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Major: Engineering Physics; minor: Nuclear Engineering
Charles Yao^R,C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minor: Mathematics
Huangcheng Yu^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Majors: Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sam Zadeh^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Human Anatomy
Jisheng Zeng^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Statistics
Annabelle Zerby
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Aerospace Engineering; minor: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Qingchuan Zhao^M
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Astronomy & Astrophysics; minor: Physics
Wentao Zhong^C
   Degree: Bachelor of Science; Major: Physics; minor: Computer Science

Congratulations to our graduates!