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Spring 2025 Wizard Hat Ceremony

This spring, our department celebrated the graduation of 22 Chemistry Bachelors students and 4 Masters students at our Wizard Hat Ceremony and annual Ice Cream Social. Each graduate received their wizard hat after reciting the oath to culminate the end of their “Wizard Journey.”

We handed out awards for excellence in our classes, congratulated scholarship and fellowship recipients, presented a special award from the university to our chemistry club, and recognized one undergraduate as our “Outstanding Graduating Senior.”

Chemistry graduates standing in front of a chemistry backdrop and orange and blue balloons
Chemistry graduate students Hudson Jones, Fernando Cariello and Jannalee Dunyon holding their Excellence in General Chemistry award.
Two chemistry graduates standing in front of a chemistry backdrop by blue and orange balloons
Sheamus Hammond with Professor Bevin Daglen
Excellence in Analytical Chemistry certificate for a Samantha Jamison, styled with illustrations
Samantha Jamison won the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry.
Two photos: each shows the same graduate next to a different professor before a chemistry backdrop
Left: Jasmine Baclig winning the Excellence in BioChemistry award and Professor Rajesh Nagarajan and Right: Jasmine Baclig Excellence in Inorganic Chemistry award and Professor Henry Charlier.
A graduate student and a professor stand before a chemistry backdrop with blue and orange balloons
Tess Sprague with Professor Brian McClain.
A graduate student and a professor stand before a chemistry backdrop with blue and orange balloons
Beckett Sebolt with Professor Mike Callahan
A graduate student and a professor stand before a chemistry backdrop with blue and orange balloons
Christopher Orizaba with Professor Oliviero Andreussi
A graduate student and a professor stand before a chemistry backdrop with blue and orange balloons
Lindsey Jenkins with her professor
Five Chemistry graduates holding their fellowship certificates
Department and INBRE Undergraduate Fellowship recipients; INBRE fellowship recipients: Razmira Hamidovic, Haley Betterton, and Christina VanRenselaar. SURF Recipients: Tessa Sprague, Joe Martinez and Dinh Tran.
A Chemistry student scholarship recipient holding their certificate next to their professor
Chemistry Department scholarship recipients: Kahlan Carpenter, Alison Geyer, Lauren Gold, George Harrentsian, Lilah Johnson, Marlon Villatoro and Hassan Mohamed.
Poster listing awards won by chemistry students
City of Trees Chemistry Club members pose before a chemistry backdrop with blue and orange balloons
The City of Trees Chemistry Club receiving and holding their 2025 Boise State Commitment to Community Award
Four graduates with wizard hats stand before a chemistry backdrop with blue and orange balloons
Four chemistry graduates: Kenzie Ballinger, Devon Harrington, Matthew Lorentz, and Ashley Williams
22 Spring 2025 chemistry graduates wear wizard hats and stand in front of a chemistry backdrop
22 Spring 2025 chemistry graduates
A student and her girlfriend standing in front of a chemistry backdrop by blue and orange balloons
Erykah Foss and her girlfriend

Congratulations to all of our award winners and good luck to all of our graduates as they move on to their next journey!