![]() He excelled in his Chinese courses and went on to study the language further through Indiana University Bloomington with a Department of Defense scholarship in the summer of 2020 and then in Taiwan with a Project Global Officers Scholarship in the summer of 2021. Fascinated by foreign languages, culture and history, he graduates with a command of Mandarin Chinese and Arabic and knowledge of Korean. ![]() He ranks among the top 10 percent of Army ROTC cadets in the nation and was designated a Distinguished Military Graduate. An ROTC standout throughout his four years at UMass Amherst, Glanz was named the Navy Federal Credit Union ROTC All-American Student of the Year, earning $5,000 for UMass ROTC. Zachary James Glanz of Sharon majored in Middle Eastern Studies with a secondary major in Chinese Language and Literature. Upon graduation, she will remain at UMass Amherst to complete her master’s degree in public policy and hopes to work on renewable energy at the state level. She held on-campus jobs and made the dean’s list each semester. Fox was also active in UMass Women into Leadership, serving on the group’s board. Combining several of her interests, her environmental science honors thesis investigated the effect of statewide policy incentives on solar energy adoption in environmental justice communities. Her projects involved stormwater infrastructure management, a 360-degree photo viewer, and hazardous materials tracking. Fox used the expertise she gained through advanced coursework in geographic information system mapping (GIS) to create time-saving tools for the Department of Environmental Health and Safety. ![]() Her achievements included providing education on antisemitism and conflict resolution and working to ensure that established student organizations continued to operate during the pandemic. As speaker of the Student Government Association, Fox balanced the priorities of many groups and ensured space for dialogue in times of disagreement and during the disruptions of COVID-19. Julia Stone Fox of Southwick, a Commonwealth Honors College student, graduates with dual degrees in political science and environmental science. She plans to continue her research focused on disability and ableism and earn a doctorate in psychology. In her work with the UMass Alliance Against Ableism, she sought to increase equity for disabled people on campus, which included helping organize a speaker series in which panelists shared their experiences with disability activism at UMass Amherst. Carel held leadership positions in campus disability activism and culture groups, including Access UMass. One of her two honors theses related to disability and stigma won an outstanding thesis award from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Carel was selected to be a teaching assistant for five psychology courses. She persevered and made her mark as a scholar as well as a student leader as she began her quest to increase access and destigmatize disability. A disabled student who uses a wheelchair, Carel at first had difficulty navigating campus. She will pursue a master’s degree in biomedical engineering and continue her research in tissue engineering.Įlodie Carel of Wayland is a Commonwealth Honors College student who earned a degree in psychology and a Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration in disability studies. In fall 2021, she helped organize an impactful Safe Space event for Black students that led to enhanced efforts by campus administrators to improve equity and inclusion. Bogle also served as the vice president of the Black Student Union, an engineer peer mentor, and a member of the National Society of Black Engineers and the campus Black Advisory Council. Bogle spent two academic years and one summer as a research assistant in the lab of Professor of Biomedical Engineering Seth Donahue, contributing to five research projects concerning novel bone regeneration therapies, and presented at the 2022 conference of the Orthopaedic Research Society. She earned a degree in biomedical engineering. Jasmine Bogle spent her early childhood in Springfield before moving to Queen Creek, Ariz. Ten Outstanding Graduates to be Honored as 21st Century Leaders at UMass Amherst Commencement
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