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Emma Ruth Breitman

Major: Women and Gender Studies, Summa Cum Laude
Minors: Spanish & Ethnic Studies
Certificate in LGBTQ Studies

Honors Thesis:

��Recognitions:
Joanne Easley Arnold Outstanding Senior Award
Dean's List all 4 years
Graduating with honors in WGST, summa cum laude
Active member of SAEPi, the Jewish sorority,
Active member of Hillel
Research assistant for Professor Mehta

�� Thanks so much to my family, friends, and amazing professors for constantly encouraging me and providing me with the support I need to succeed. My professors in WGST have given me so many life changing opportunities and I almost certainly would not be where I am today without their help. I would like to say a special thanks to Dr. Mehta and Dr. Jacobs for allowing me to explore my Jewish identity further which has ultimately led to me accepting a job with Hillel. I would also like to thank Dr. David for his incredible��help and support with my thesis and for his eye opening classes."

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Olivia Gardner

Major: Women and Gender Studies & Ethnic Studies
Minor: Leadership Studies

��Recognitions:
Multicultural Leadership Scholars;
Downton Community Leadership Scholarship;
National Conference for College Women Student Leaders;
National Conference on Race & Ethnicity;
Equity & Excellence Student Award 2020;|
Jacob Van Ek Award;
INVST Community Studies;
Women's Resource Center;
CU Student Government

�� Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act. When you recognize uncertainty, you recognize that you may be able to influence the outcomes — you alone or you in concert with a few dozen or several million others. Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think it will all be fine without our involvement; pessimists take the opposite position; both excuse themselves from acting. It’s the belief that what we do matters even though how and when it may matter, who and what it may impact, are not things we can know beforehand. We may not, in fact, know them afterward either, but they matter all the same, and history is full of people whose influence was most powerful after they were gone.” - Rebecca Solnit

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Dexter Johnson

Major: Women and Gender Studies

�� Thanks to all of my friends and family who have supported me throughout my college career. My grandmother deserves a whole heap of thanks. To my sister Adelaide: college is an example of just one possible path you can take - but there are countless others that are just as rewarding."

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Rebekah Kenitzer

Major: Women and Gender Studies
Minor: Sociology
Certificate in Public Health

��Recognitions:
Dean's List;
Jean Dubofsky Scholarship in Women and Gender Studies

�� I want to thank my mother for teaching me how to be unapologetic, my father for teaching me patience, and my sisters for teaching me on how to be brave. I want to give appreciation to my friends who were there during times of self-destruction as well as self-growth. Lastly, I want to give my appreciation for the WGST faculty and staff for creating a space that is both challenging and validating. In these odd times, I will be reading, writing, painting and most importantly, learning how to cook."

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Ceiteirein Thomas

Major: Women and Gender Studies & Anthropology
Certificate in LGBTQ Studies

Honors Thesis:

��Recognitions:
Graduated magna cum laude in Women and Gender Studies;
member of CU QTPOC

�� I'm honestly not very excited to graduate because I'm afraid and unsure of the world I'm going into, but I'm grateful to have studied gender and queer theory. I met amazing people and read incredible stuff, and I think I've learned how to be a more compassionate person. I'll miss you all a lot. ACAB.

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