Cum Laude Society welcomes 25 seniors

Twenty-five students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society on Thursday, September 29. The keynote speaker was Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Sports Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Ashley Rowatt Karpinos, MD, also a USN parent.
By Sierra Smith, Communications Specialist
 
A national organization begun in 1906, the Cum Laude Society recognizes students who have distinguished themselves for academic excellence. The society makes clear academic excellence does not refer only to superior scholarly achievement but also to the qualities of dignity and honor in pursuit of those achievements. The Cum Laude Society’s motto, “Areté, Diké, Timé,” means “excellence, justice, and honor.”
 
Class of 2023 honorees are:
Owen David Block 
Jonathan Sung Lee Chung-Bruehl
Edward Gabriel Crane 
Sarah Katherine Esquivel
Collin Andrew France 
Geofrey Alexander Friedman 
Abigail Rae Green
Kara Grace Hess 
Joshua David Jacobs 
Olivia Hope Jelsma
Lorelei Nicole Jobe 
Walker Townes Lindsey 
Samuel David Lustig 
Frances Ward McKay
Leala Nakagawa 
Riya Narayan
Simon Abram Rosenblum
Jacob Cameron Rothman 
Frederick Michael Rudolph 
Els Leiden Shepard 
Nicholas Yong In Tesauro 
Zoe Beatrice Volanakis 
Gabrielle Elise White 
Eva Elisabeth Wuerth
Sheerea Xiran Yu
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