2023 Bachelor’s Degree Candidates’ Ceremony
Join us in celebrating CCA’s commencement class of 2023 bachelor’s degree candidates.
Student Speaker
Kyra Pease
Kyra Pease
“I encourage you to truly reflect on where you were at when you first started at CCA, and where you are now. We have come a long way through quite a historic time in history. Be proud of what you’ve accomplished! Celebrate the work you’ve made, the friends you’ve met, the lessons you’ve learned. I am confident that the resilience, compassion, and unique perspective our class is walking away with will not only serve us well in the future as creatives, but also as humans.”
— Kyra Pease (BFA Graphic Design 2023) Undergraduate Student Speaker
Program
Bachelor’s Degree Candidates’ Ceremony
Grand Marshal Introduction
Noel Perry
Member, Board of Trustees
Academic Processional
President
Board of Trustees
Faculty
Candidates for the Bachelor of Architecture Degree
Candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts Degree
President's Address
Stephen Beal
President
Land Acknowledgment
CCA current and historical campuses are located in Huichin and Yelamu, also known as Oakland and San Francisco, on the unceded territories of Chochenyo and Ramaytush Ohlone peoples.
Professor Emeritus Announcement
Stephen Beal
Conferring of Honorary Degree
Jacqueline Francis
Visual and Critical Studies Program Chair
Commencement Address
Mildred Howard
Mixed Media Artist
Student Remarks
Kyra Pease
BFA Graphic Design 2023
This year’s video documents the process of Kim mentoring a group of commencement students as they create their own wearable artifacts for this year’s ceremonies.
Alumni Video
With this year’s commencement theme of authentic transformation, we have selected and commissioned CCA alum Kim Xuan Pham (BFA Fashion Design 2019) to create a wearable artifact that speaks to her identity, craft, and time at CCA.
Kim Xuan Pham is a Vietnamese apparel designer based in San Francisco who embraces her journey as a first-generation college student in the creative field. In her practice, Kim seeks a deeper connection to the Vietnamese diaspora by weaving memories, dreams of familial heritage, and personal vulnerabilities into her craft and design practice.
In celebration of students embracing unconventional ceremony attire that expresses their identity and creativity, Kim mentored a select group of students from this year’s commencement class to create wearable artifacts that exemplify CCA’s creative process and values.
During her time at CCA, Kim participated in the Copenhagen Global Fashion Agenda Sustainability program and has designed for Athleta and Banana Republic.
Conferring of Degrees
Keith Krumwiede
Dean of Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Presentation of the Class of 2023
Stephen Beal
Recessional
Members of the audience will please stand and remain in their places until the academic procession has left the hall. Music provided by The Ben Brussell Ensemble.
Bachelor’s Degree Candidates
Celebrating 302 undergraduate students
Architecture
BArch Architecture
- Brandon Cole Adan
- Ahmad Saad Alajmi
- Adam John Bissell
- Ruobing Cheng
- Suvin Choi
- Iván Rodrigo Domínguez Murillo
- Jaimee Elliott
- Gerardo Garcia Juarez
- Alden Gendreau
- Wing Kiu Ho
- Aditya Aryaguna Kosman
- Hongjie Kuang
- Julianna Leilani La Mantia
- Claire Christine Leffler
- Hsuan Fu Liu
- Rizwana Syarifa Nabila Lubis
- Manpreet Kaur Malhi
- Jaissen Mendoza
- Colin Murdock
BFA Interior Design
- Latifa Alghanim
- Jiamin Ao
- Mez Deboo
- Congrui Gao
- Yinan Geng
- Min Hyun Kim
- Zhiyu Li
- Shuting Luo
- Ziang Zhang
Design
BFA Fashion Design
- Marah Aldrees
- Yiming He
- Zachary E Hyun
- Jing Jin
- Hangzhu Li
- Maya Pineiro-Coleman
- Siyu (Yaya) Shao
- Chang Sun
- Xi Wan
- Yawen Wu
- Yipin Zeng
- Kexin Zhang
- Siying Zheng
BFA Furniture
- Hanwen Jiang
- Benjamin Jones
- Ina Trayanouskaya
- Nicole Wong
BFA Graphic Design
- Kaja C Berry
- Meredith Bond
- Logan Ehringer
- Nathan Filbrandt
- Patricia Granados
- Jinyu Huang
- Hyunsoo Kang
- Jennifer Kim
- Walker Lambert
- Brendon Lee
- Casey Chung Yen Leung
- Kexin Li
- Qizhen Li
- Zhaoyan Li
- Eileen Loera
- Ayana Kemora Miyoshi
- Krishnaa Nair
- Owen Elijah Newman
- Soyeon Park
- Kyra Marie Pease
- Ni Luh Tiya Pertiwi
- Lisa Marie Prudente Vazquez
- Rohan Shrivastava
- Cha Young Son
- Dylan Spangler
- Makayla M Ware
- Morgan Wash
- Lewis Elliot White
- Xingsheng Wu
- Joshua Eugene Yule
- Keqin Zhong
- Ziang Zhou
BFA Illustration
- Aastrid Etienne Rafaella Bacchus
- Jordan Camerato
- Jiwon Chun
- Seunghyun Chung
- Christopher Angel Cruz
- Yiyang Deng
- Jae Raine Dunning
- Huiwei Feng
- Klifford Ganancial
- Yiru Han
- Jade Merie Howe
- Jillian Hokeolani Ikehara
- Shiva Jafarzadeh
- Chloe Y Kim
- Brian Kwon
- Yuchen Liu
- Cami Morgan
- Felix Alejandro Orozco-Mendoza
- Cody Owens
- Robin Elizabeth Ann Parks
- Kat Perez Sauceda
- Aileen Ra
- Catherine Genevieve Rebeiz
- Louis Riddick
- Kimiko Y Shiro
- Han Sun
- Malia Rose Velasco
- How Wang
- Marianne Justine Wilson
- I-Hsien Zoei Rainbow Wu
- Zhen Xiong
- Angela Wu Yang
BFA Industrial Design
- Ariel Aguirre
- Pedro Alvarez
- Rohan Bell
- Andrew Chang
- Peipei Duan
- Andrew Stuart Eastman
- Haiyun Gao
- Oliver Theron Grant
- Xiao Han
- Mengqi Ju
- MinChul (Ayden) Kim
- James Alexander Leng
- Jiajia Li
- Run Li
- Yuqing Lin
- Samantha Linden
- Cohain Liu
- Zonghao (MG) Mo
- Brian Nolet
- Lillian Zuza Petrushka
- Qian Qiu
- Nicolas M Reno
- Giovanna Elisabeth Spilman
- Harish Venkatachalam
- Kellie Wu
- Monan Wu
- Yuhan Xie
- Shiyin Xing
- Jing Xu
- Wei Xu
- Shiyu Zhang
- Shuyang Zheng
- Yingci Rebecca Zhong
BFA Interaction Design
- Noah Ahrens
- Amruta (Ruth) Bhavsar
- Guanyi Chen
- Shuyun Chen
- Yun-Sheng Chen
- Seungjun Cho
- Madhumita Elan
- Amaris Gil
- Tingyu Hsiao
- Tian Jiang
- Taewuk Kim
- DeeDee Kwon
- Young Rok Lee
- Junjie Li
- Rebecca Lin
- Qi Luo
- Kumari Amani Pacheco
- Gina Park
- Yongming Peng
- Jonahtan Rabago
- Yiming Sun
- Shoshana Tai
- Evan Marshall Tang
- Hoang Anh Truong
- Emily Tseng
- Sung Yuan Wang
- Brian Zhao
- Becca Zheng
- Zijie Zhou
Fine Arts
BFA Animation
- Mateo Sof Allier Lechuga
- Andrea Mary Appleton
- Jacqueline Berezin Pchevuzinske
- Emma Brand
- Mary Elizabeth Burns
- Steven Jerome Cancelmo
- Eli Chang
- Angie Chaparro
- Megan Y Chen
- Yuet Chi Letty Cheung
- Elinor E Coffee
- Sophia Rose White Cruz
- Yuanyuan Du
- Kenna Jean Elliott
- Azaria Shavonne Farrington
- Sam C. Fisher
- Jillian Fleischman
- Lia Mullins French
- Adonnis Galeano
- Lance Hernandez
- Xinmiao Huang
- Damaris Huffaker
- Khalil Aman Johnson
- Irene Kao
- Jamilya Precious Kincy
- Kamau Shange Kokayi-Taylor
- Chelsea Landaverry
- Lue Li
- Xuhui Li
- Zhengyu Li
- Qianling Liu
- Tian Qin
- Eduardo Ramos
- Jaya Elizabeth Reddy
- Leigh-Anna Reents
- Edgardo Perez Salas
- Talia Salman
- Reese Schiffman
- Charlotte Van Den Brande
- Wanchunlin Wang
- Zhi Heng Wei
- Ethan Kiyoto Yamada
- Yupeng Yang
- Blythe Yoshikane-Simpliciano
- Ryan Zhao
BFA Ceramics
- Annie Artell
- You Jin Han
- Kiran Joseph Schwaebe
BFA Film
- Alexander Gregory Audet
- Mira Darensburg
- Jackson M Elder
- Tennessee Hildebrand
- Helen Hoefler
- Renji Jiang
- Ethan W Mathenge
- Emanuel Ordoñez Alvarez
- Winslow Perry
- Yecheng Qu
- Jackson Snyder
- Ying Wang
- Yuanyuan Zheng
BFA Glass
- Cheyenne Starr Giovannucci
BFA Individualized Studies
- Senay Osagyefo Alkebu-Lan
- Skylar Rose Lederman Battles
- Erin Chan
- Quinn J Dideon
- Robert Fredenburg
- Asya Mary Garcia
- Camille Niaga Gomez
- Jamiani Shante Gray
- Nic Elisa Hampton
- Marcello Jaramillo
- Emma Kazamaki
- Arina Kole
- Anke Larsen-Yskamp
- Jennyfer I Medina
- pi pi
BFA Jewelry and Metal Arts
- Jeremias Geordie Arevalo
- Benjamin Chung
- Phaedra Freeman
- Yee Li
- Jiahui Luo
- Sizhe Luo
- Kuo-Wei Tseng
- Leran Wang
BFA Painting and Drawing
- Hae Jeong Cho
- Wally Corona
- Grey Dey
- Enya Fontanills
- James Forkum
- Yaxkin Fuentes Barrientos
- Rose I Honaker
- Hannah Kim
- Mengqi Li
- Sophia Seoyeon Oh
- Isaiah Samuel Sheppard
- Trisha Trotter
- Reese D Wallace
- Vincent Reid Womack II
BFA Photography
- Alexander Burke
- Cat Conrad
- Jaden Fuhrer
- Jy Jimmie Flora Gabiola
- Hongmin Jin
- Androgony King
- Linna Ma
- Anna MacKenzie
- Ashley Malloy
- Maria Florencia Montefalcone
(double major) - Griffin Shannonhouse-Wilde
- Weijian Shi
- Zihao Zhao
BFA Printmedia (Printmaking)
- Benjamin Calder Crocker
(Printmaking)
BFA Sculpture
- Madison Rose Brooks
- Dareal Calderon
BFA Textiles
- Jordan Elise Held
- Maria Florencia Montefalcone
(double major)
Humanities and Sciences
BA Writing and Literature
- Layia Nyasha Bolden
- Katy Britton
- Salem Condello
CCA’s 116th Commencement celebrates students who completed their degree requirements in fall 2022, as well as students anticipated to complete their degrees in spring and summer 2023. Degrees will officially be conferred upon successful completion of all degree requirements.