Posted by Greta on Friday, May 16, 2014 in News.

This past Saturday, May 10, 2014, the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt held its fourth commencement exercises. Together with their families, friends, and community members, 23 graduates from four MNPS high schools celebrated completion of the four-year, honors program. Cheryl Mayes, chair of the Metro Nashville Public School Board, was a distinguished guest and speaker. In addition, Doug Christiansen, Ph.D. and Vanderbilt’s vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions gave the commencement address posed the question to the graduates, “What will you choose?”

Below are the list of graduates with their high schools and intended colleges and universities:

Reeta Bandyopadhyay	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Rhodes College
Nathan Beeten	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Emma Bilbrey	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Wellesley College
Colleen Cochrane	McGavock High School  Rhodes College
Angelica Coleman	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Simmons College
Ryan James Dunaway	Hillsboro High School  University of Tennessee—Knoxville
Robert Edwards	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Clemson University
Jackson Boyd Ferrell	Hillsboro High School  Furman University
Jansen Gibson	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  Vanderbilt University
Qiaozhi Guo	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Yale University
Michael Kessler	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  University of Wisconsin—Madison
Young-Hun Kim	Hume-Fogg Magnet  University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Yu Li	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michelle Chen-Woei Lu	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  Dartmouth College
Thomas Metke	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  Vanderbilt University
Natalie Anne O’Dell	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Barnard College
Ogechukwu Chinwendu Onuh	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  Mercer University
Jennifer Lankford Peek	Hume-Fogg Magnet  College of William & Mary
Brennan Allan Steele	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  Duke University
Cristian Gabriel Vera	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  Tennessee Technological University
Katherine J. Watson	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Virginia Military Institute
Shu Zhang	Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet  University of Chicago
Tiannan Zhou	Hume-Fogg Magnet  Yale University

The School for Science and Math (SSMV) at Vanderbilt is a joint venture between Vanderbilt University and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. The SSMV offers high school students a four-year, interdisciplinary, research-centered learning experience at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, where internationally recognized faculty are leading the way in diverse fields of scientific study.

The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt is supported in part by a National Institutes of Health NCRR Science Education Partnership Award, by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and by the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.

For more information, please visit http://theschool.vanderbilt.edu.