2025 Spring Commencement
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
May 10, 2025 — 3 p.m.
Barnhill Arena
Graduates will be recognized in a ceremony led by the deans and department heads that
will also be live-streamed on the university’s official YouTube channel. For more details, visit the Commencement website.
View a digital version of the 2025 Commencement Ceremony program here. Or scan the QR code below with your phone camera to view the program. 
Commencement Speaker
David Fitts
A Fort Smith, Arkansas, native, David Fitts began his studies at the University of Arkansas in electrical engineering. Four years later, he decided a career change was in order, and he enrolled in the university’s School of Architecture. Graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1980, Fitts worked as an independent designer in the region, mostly on historic restoration and renovation projects.
Smitten with the fledgling personal computer revolution in 1981, Fitts learned home computing hardware and software. Given the promise of the Digital Revolution, he enrolled in an electrical engineering graduate program. Shortly after, however, an opportunity arose to apply as a support contractor to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He was hired and two years later became a NASA civil servant in the Space Shuttle Program Office. A 27-year career at NASA ensued.
Always walking a line between engineering and architecture, in 1994, Fitts decided to engage with a group at the Johnson Space Center that specialized in Habitability — the art and science of ensuring accommodations for extreme environments are not only safe and functional, but also provide for quality of life during long-duration missions. Other specialties in this team included Human Factors (the study of man-machine interfaces), bio-mechanical form and fit, volume management, and food provisioning. By 2003, Fitts became manager of the Johnson Space Center’s Habitability and Human Factors Office, a position he held for 10 years.
In his final years at NASA, Fitts focused on promoting an agency-wide emphasis and approach to Human-Centered Design. Known as “Human Systems Integration,” he worked with the Department of Defense and other NASA centers. He was ultimately successful in integrating Human-Centered Design into NASA’s primary design instruction, the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook. In this way, his work in Human Systems Integration lives on.
Having had the good fortune to have worked at the heart of the three major human spaceflight programs in his day — Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and Constellation — Fitts retired at the beginning of 2015. He has since focused on his many hobbies and traveled around the world with his husband, Bert Magh, who he met at NASA 37 years ago.
Parking
Free parking is available in any unrestricted parking lot on campus. Download a map of all parking areas.
Pictures
A professional photographer will be taking pictures during the awarding of diplomas and will contact you later to arrange for prints.
2025 Candidates for Graduation
Bachelor of Architecture
Reagan Nora Allen
Pedro Arredondo
Bradley Baker
Jonathan Brett Banister
Emily Belin Summa Cum Laude
Avery Boland Magna Cum Laude
Jenna Bourgeois Highest Distinction
Abigail Lauren Breathitt
Jack Chennault
Gavin Clark Distinction
Shelbe Bronwyn Clark
Jake Bowers Cocke
Sophia Crownover
Seth Cutlip Magna Cum Laude
Julia Elaine David High Distinction
David Nicolas Davis
Catherine Eshelbrenner
Carson Ewing
Andrea Gutierrez Flores
Jampiere Luna Flores
Gabriel John Halderman
Connor Halferty Distinction
Casey Hanauer Magna Cum Laude
Madison Harper Summa Cum Laude
Madden Soren Isabella Herring
Artemis Hogue Distinction
Alexander Thomas Hood Distinction
Emma Elise Hopkins Distinction
Joseph Hull
Adrianna Leigh Jarrett
Carson Jenkins
Tao Jiang Distinction
Lukas Johnson
Medy Nora Kepnga
Jacob Alan Key Cum Laude
Emily Kloostra Summa Cum Laude
Christopher Korff
Avery Lake Summa Cum Laude
Glennon Langston Distinction
Nikki Lin Distinction
Campbell Lindsay Martin Distinction
Rebecca McMaster
Gabriella Kristina Meith Distinction
Kelsey Nicole Miller
Thomas Miskin Distinction
Prudence Mok
Daniel Montes
Maria Morales
Katie Greer Mulloy
Sarah Myane Summa Cum Laude
Omar Ochoa
Zairis Padilla Magna Cum Laude
Thomas Rohrbach Distinction
Eric M. Rosales Leal
Rodrigo Sanchez Tenorio High Distinction
Keegan Schock
Devin Charles Smith Highest Distinction
Madison Margaret Smith Distinction
Joseph Sundquist
Ethan Thomas Distinction
Lauren Paige Young
Israel Edgar Zamorano
Bachelor of Interior Architecture and Design
Lauren Elizabeth Acree Distinction
Lydia Claire Alpert
Elizabeth Anderson Cum Laude
Hannah Anderson
Justin Allen Anderson
Alyssa Noelle Baker
Ann-Wesley Banks High Distinction
Parisa Beladi
Alexandra Bowers
Laura Boylan
Allison Nicole Cain Magna Cum Laude
Ashley Brooke Campbell
Sara Wallace Carpenter
Anne Marie Carter Distinction
Emily Chastain
Carlee Cole High Distinction
Julie Mei DePetris High Distinction
Kendall Dedrick
Olivia Marlene Everett Highest Distinction
Julianna Ferguson Cum Laude
Devyn Ann Finkelstein
Itzel Garcia Dominguez Distinction
Drew Michelle Gobbi Magna Cum Laude
Emily Hays Gibe
Kyndal Hazlewood Distinction
Grace Heard Distinction
Sofia Hickey
Adi Maya Ickowicz Distinction
Karli Rae Johnson Cum Laude
Jessica Marie Krueger High Distinction
Madison Kyle
Katherine Loring Lallier Distinction
Tobie Lowe
Emilie Luce High Distinction
Ellie Mason
Lydia Meharg Distinction
Eugenio Mendoza Jr Magna Cum Laude
Amanda Jane Milnor
Adrienne Sheffield Ofria
Anna Ildiko Orosz Distinction
Ella Grace Penney Cum Laude
John Taylor Raabe Distinction
Isabel Renee Ramirez Distinction
Brooke Noel Rehfeld High Distinction
Summer Reidy
Cassie Roberts
Lauren Rolfe High Distinction
Peyton Ross
Juan Daniel Salas
Emily Belen Sanchez
Madelynn Rose Schmidt
Carson Simmons
Sydney Slaughter High Distinction
Lauren Kate Smith Distinction
Mikayla Breanne Spillman Distinction
Mattingly Stiefvater High Distinction
Zoe Savannah Stratman High Distinction
Kennedy Marie Telles Distinction
Haden Reid Vancil Distinction
Martha MacNamara Wait High Distinction
Lorelei Walker
Avery Brynne Walls Distinction
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Klayton Bowen
Chad Chamberlain
Elizabeth Ann Corbitt Summa Cum Laude
Kaiden Couffer Distinction
Catherine Forrest
Jay Michael Henning Distinction
Sunny Jones
Matthew King
Ava Noel McMoran Distinction
Oliver Right Distinction
Fiorella Sibaja Distinction
Kara Simmons Distinction
Hannah Soechting
Kelsey Vogel
Elijah Willis Distinction
Billy Isaiah Wright
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
Brianna Castorena
Takoya Marks
Jennifer Martinez
Mica Schafer
Tristan Alexander Stringer
Eric Uffelman
Master of Design Studies
Matthew Pierce Findlay
Mengji Gai
Esta Hasa
Lori Ann Hart
Tania Salgueiro Ponce de Leon
Stephanie Selakovich
Jae Jang Young
