EPPIIC Journey Celebration Program

WELCOME 

DR. RON WIAFE | Associate Vice President, Student Affairs 

PROCESSIONAL 

OPENING REMARKS 

DR. MARY E. WILLIAMS | Vice President, Student Affairs 

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 

DR. DANIEL A. WUBAH | University President 

SPECIAL GREETINGS 

PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY & INCLUSION 
DR. PING YANG | Associate Professor, Communication & Theater 

PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON GENDER & SEXUAL DIVERSITY 
CHAD BAKER | Director of Graduate Recruitment  

AWARDS 

DWIGHT HORSEY CHAMPION FOR STUDENTS AWARD 
PRESENTER: EMIYARIL ALVAREZ | Director of Financial Aid 
RECIPIENT: SAMANTHA MORENO '26 | Office of Financial Aid 

LORI E. SOUDER LGBTQ+ ADVOCACY AWARD 
PRESENTER: DR. MELISSA MULLEN DAVIS 
Associate Professor | Chemistry & Chair | President’s Commission on the Status of Women 
RECIPIENT: CHAD BAKER |Office of Admissions 

RECOGNITION OF THE GRADUATES 

DR. MELISSA MULLEN-DAVIS | Department of Chemistry 
EMIYARIL ALVAREZ | Office of Financial Aid 
DARLENE NEWMAN | Office of Intercultural Student Engagement

STUDENT REFLECTIONS  

ZYAH BEATTY ‘26 | Master of Social Work 
BASU DEV SUBEDI ‘26 | B.S. Computer Science

CONCLUDING REMARKS 

DR. WIAFE

RECEPTION

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE OUR EPPIIC GRADUATES WITH A TIME OF COMMUNITY AND FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER!