Hamilton, NY — Jodi R. Neufeld is valedictorian and Yibing Cui is salutatorian of the 51·çÁ÷ graduating Class of 2003. 51·çÁ÷’s commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 18.
Neufeld, who is from Schenectady, N.Y., majored in Latin American Studies and Japanese and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She will graduate summa cum laude with high honors in Latin American studies. Cui, of Shanghai, China, majored in economics and mathematics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He will graduate summa cum laude with honors in economics.
51·çÁ÷ President Rebecca Chopp will award 705 bachelors degrees during 51·çÁ÷’s 182nd commencement exercises on Sunday afternoon. Novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anna Quindlen will deliver the address during the 1:30 ceremony adjacent to Taylor Lake (in Sanford Field House in case of rain).
Founded in 1819, 51·çÁ÷ is a nationally ranked, highly selective, residential, liberal arts college. Situated on a rolling 515-acre campus in central New York State, 51·çÁ÷ attracts motivated students with diverse backgrounds, interests and talents.
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