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HLS Class of 2019: The Trailblazers

The 164 undergraduate and graduate members of the Hamilton Lugar School's class of 2019 are trailblazers.

They chose this school and university because of its dedication to global and international studies at a time when many universities were moving in the other direction.

In coming to HLS, they dedicated themselves to look beyond our borders, when the temptation, not just in this country but seemingly everywhere on the planet, has been to turn inward.

Showing a path and a way

Nearly every graduate has studied overseas. They have mastered new alphabets and learned verbs of motion. They have structured realists and universally declared human rights. They have studied Daoist scriptures and the Meiji Revolution.

On May 4, Hamilton Lugar School Dean Lee Feinstein nominated Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to the UN, for an honorary degree from Indiana University. Ambassador Power gave the undergraduate commencement speech.

The class also blazed a path for new ideas. It is the first to graduate a major in our new degree in International Law and Institutions. It has also brought academic disciplines together in new ways with double majors in East Asian Studies and Human Biology and International Studies and Neuroscience.

The next step

The class of 2019's trailblazing ways is leading to great outcomes. One graduate will cover the presidential campaigns as an associate producer for NHK, the sole public broadcaster of Japan. Two will join post-graduate internship positions at the United Nations. Another won our university's 2019 Building Bridges award, which honored an undergraduate who captured Martin Luther King Jr's vision, spirit, and leadership. And several will continue or go on to serve in the armed forces.

The class of 2019 made a good bet on the Hamilton Lugar School. We can't wait to see what they do next.

Bachelor of Arts | Bachelor of Science | Integrated Bachelor & Master of Arts | Philosophiae Doctor | Master of Arts

There's no handbook for life. You can't google map your way through it. Even if you could, I wouldn't listen to the directions.
Carrington Houser, BA/MA, International Studies

Foster Allenbach

International Studies

Jeremy Amason

International Studies

Parker Angelos

International Studies, Spanish

Amar Arora

International Studies, Slavic and Eastern European Languages & Cultures

Mariama Bah

International Studies

Edward Bailey

International Studies

Yiyu Bao

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Isabelle Baumgarten

International Studies

Emma Beer

International Studies, Spanish

Zahra Bhoy

International Studies, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Daniel Bishop

International Studies, Political Science

Maria Bluck

International Studies

Mark Bond

International Studies, Spanish, Economics

Alexandria Bougher

International Studies

Daryl Bradley

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Lucy Brown

International Studies, Spanish

Madison Brown

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, Spanish

Jordan Cartee

International Studies

Madelyn Chassay

International Studies

Nikki Chau

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Haley Conklin

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Linguistics

Norman Conley

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Clarice Cross

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Journalism

Joseph Cullather

International Studies, Economics

Samuel Day

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Germanic Studies

Charles Decesaris

International Studies

Andrew Donaldson

International Studies

Chase Duncan

International Studies, Germanic Studies

La Erh

International Studies

Elizabeth Evans

International Studies

Brittani Fall

International Studies

Morgan Farrell

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, Linguistics

Yassmin Fashir

International Studies, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Emily Ficko

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Elizabeth Flanagan

International Studies, Spanish, Environmental & Sustainable Studies

Alexandra Fleming

International Studies, Spanish

Paola Flores

International Studies

Andrew Fluegel

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Margaret Ganey

International Studies

Jessa Gearhart

International Studies

Emily Gibson

International Studies, East Asian Languages & Cultures

Abigail Gipson

International Studies

Sienna Gonzalez

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Biology

Jacob Goodman

International Studies

Adam Goot

International Studies

Ciara Grierson

International Studies

Brooke Heap

International Studies

Matthew Hernandez

International Studies

Michael Holmberg

International Studies

Cassandra Holtel

International Studies

Margaret Jackson

International Studies, Spanish

Madison Kautsky

International Studies

Rebecca Keane

International Law & Institutions

Luma Khabbaz

International Studies, Journalism

Ru Kim

International Studies, Political Science

Samantha Kinney

International Studies, French

Taylor Lawrence

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Jessica Layous

International Studies

Katye Lester

International Studies, Spanish

Micah Littlefield

East Asian Studies

Gabrielle Long

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Human Biology

Xiwen Lu

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Phoebe Lytle

International Studies, Spanish

Brianna Mahnke

International Studies, Spanish

Iman Mahoui

International Studies, Neuroscience

Rebecca Martin

Central Eurasian Studies

Sierra McGinness

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Kyler McVoy

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Political Science

Robert Miller

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Lilly Miranda

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Political Science

Alexis Moore

International Studies, Spanish

Ivy Moore

International Studies, Spanish

Alexandria Moran

East Asian Studies

Mickayla Mundy

East Asian Studies, International Studies

Gurdip Nahal

International Studies

Matthew Neuman

International Studies

Maria Ney

International Studies

Christabella Oriji

International Studies

Isabel Owens

International Studies

Meryem Ozel

International Studies, Art History

Hyeonkyeong Park

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Economics

Erin Patterson

International Studies, Slavic and Eastern European Languages & Cultures

William Patterson

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Elizabeth Perez

International Studies

Dylan Peterson

International Studies

Nicholas Petry

International Studies, French

Courtney Pope

International Studies

Caroline Reardon

International Studies

Maxwell Rosen

International Studies

Kathryn Ross

East Asian Studies, Media

Emma Russell

International Studies, Germanic Studies

Adriahna Rutland

International Studies

Yusra Sahnouni

International Studies, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Hannah Schwartz

International Studies, Political Science

Noel Scott

International Studies

Abigail Scripka

International Studies, Slavic and Eastern European Languages & Cultures

Yemisi Serrano

International Studies

Idalius Shephard

International Studies

Alyssa Smith

International Studies, Spanish

Kristen Sonderegger

International Studies, French

Marlyatou Sow

International Studies

Brittney Springstun

International Studies

Micah Strain-Riggs

International Studies

Margaret Suh

International Studies, Political Science

Emily Sung

International Studies

Janine Tang

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Biology

Aaron Teater

International Studies, Spanish

Kathryn Vandrey

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Andrea Vega Yudico

International Studies, Journalism

Michael Vivier

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Kieran Webb

International Studies

Benjamin Wilkin

International Studies

Evangeline Wolanski

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Mathematics, Physics

Juer Yilihamu

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, Political Science

Tyler Yozze

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Inez Yu

East Asian Languages & Cultures, Neuroscience

Nora Zeng

East Asian Languages & Cultures, International Studies

Yusong Zhou

International Studies

Sarah Zia

International Studies

Abigail Zumbrun

East Asian Languages & Cultures, International Studies

Lydia Zumbrun

East Asian Languages & Cultures, International Studies

Katharine Adams

International Studies
BA, French

Katherine Hudgins

International Studies

Nivedha Meyyappan

International Studies, Human Biology

Emily Plunkett

International Studies, Environmental & Sustainability Science

Tania Ramos

International Studies
BA, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Hannah Sakaluk

International Studies, Mathematics

Richard Solomon

International Studies
BA, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Nicholas Wernert

International Studies
BA, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Alexa Blanton

International Studies

Mitchell Etchason

International Studies

Carrington Houser

International Studies
BA, Spanish

Mia Robertson

International Studies
BA, Anthropology

Allison Saffel

International Studies
BA, East Asian Languages & Cultures

Ellen Soyka

International Studies

It's taken a lot of very hard work, dedication, and resilience for each of us to get where we are today... Remember: There is nothing you can't do.
Aziza Shazanarova, PhD, Central Eurasian Studies

Yasir Alasiri

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Alfaisal

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Khalaf Naif Alharbi

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Lubna Alshanquitiy

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Elise Anderson

Central Eurasian Studies, Folklore

Christopher Baker

Central Eurasian Studies

Shadi Bayadsky

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Matthew David Niemi

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Aziza Shanazarova

Central Eurasian Studies, Religious Studies

Clarissa Angeroth Franks

Russian & East European Studies

Ezgi Benli Garcia Guerrero

Central Eurasian Studies

Alyse Camus

Russian & East European Studies, Library Science

Matthew Cesnik

Latin American Studies

Nurullah Hergul

Near Eastern History

Nozomi Imai

Japanese Pedagogy

Nicholas Jackson

Russian & East European Studies

Xiaomeng Li

Chinese Pedagogy

Kayla MacDavitt

Russian & East European Studies

Madeline McCann

Russian & East European Studies

Shafiq Mubarak

Central Eurasian Studies

Hayley Pangle

Central Eurasian Studies

Nikola Parlic

Russian & East European Studies

Stephanie Porrata

Latin American Studies

Morgan Richardson

Russian & East European Studies

Michelle Schulte

Russian & East European Studies

Matei Tichindelean

Egyptology

Imren Turner

Central Eurasian Studies

Austin Wilson

Russian & East European Studies

Xiaofan Zhao

Egyptology

Hamilton Lugar School
of Global and International Studies

Commencement

HLS Class of 2019: The Trailblazers

Showing a path and a way

The next step

Baccalaureate DegreesBachelor of Arts

Baccalaureate DegreesBachelor of Science

Graduate DegreesIntegrated Bachelor & Master of Arts

Graduate DegreesPhilosophiae Doctor

Graduate DegreesMaster of Arts

Commencement

HLS Class of 2019: The Trailblazers

Showing a path and a way

The next step

Baccalaureate DegreesBachelor of Arts

Baccalaureate DegreesBachelor of Science

Graduate DegreesIntegrated Bachelor & Master of Arts

Graduate DegreesPhilosophiae Doctor

Graduate DegreesMaster of Arts

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