Class of 2023

Graduation isn’t the end of a tough journey; it's the beginning of a beautiful one

Every year, our Honors College graduates never fail to make us proud. With their perseverance and commitment to their academic success, the day has finally come to graduate from IUPUI with honors. These graduates put in the hard work during their time here, and we all get to witness the payoff. We could not be more honored to have such a wonderful group of students. Learning every day is the key to success. Don’t ever stop learning, dreaming and achieving—congratulations, graduates!

Sahar Abdullah
Mumina Abdurakhmonova
Haneen Abu Mayyaleh
Rebekah Addison
Sahil Manish Agarwal
Zahra Al Zara
Tess Allman
Lydia Amos
Jakobi Anderson
Judy Arab
Oluwafunto Ayeni
Jacob Bailey
Lyra Bailey
Sarah Bailey
Courtney Baker
Faith Barnes-Taylor
Ethan Basile
Ishita Bhedi
Karen Bonilla
Anna Boone
Nora Boyle
Sierra Braun
William Broshears
Olivia Brown
Anita Buhendwa
Ellie Buntin
Jasper Burden
Kevin Burke
Alejandra Carrillo
Sophie Carrison
Holly Carver
Emma Cato
Corin Chapman
Austin Chirgwin
Logan Clark
Elizabeth Click
Morgan Clouse
Dillon Cloyd
Dominique Colantuono
Kaitlyn Colglazier
Grace Collinge
Anna Comer
Sydney Cook
Brooke Crisler
Emily Crump
Jordan Crump
Alston D Souza
David Dalby
Ken Dang
Tristan Deaton
Peter DeLee
Luke Dennison
Nicholas Dibley
Esther Dillon
Ashlyn Dollar
Kelechi Echeumuna
Ginny Edwards
Ginny Edwards
Olivia Ellenwood
Elliott Falk
Meagan Farmer
Payton Flynn
Neha Garugu
Jaison George
Yanoula Georgiadis
Nickolas Gerber
Zion Goldman
Lauren Grater
Halee Griffey
Kartikay Gulia
Croix Gyurek
Hassan Hailat
Megan Hampshire
Victoria Hanshew
Andrew Harrell
Courtney Harting
Leigh Harting
Areeba Hasan
Jorah Heitz
Olivia Hendzel
Grace Higgins
Elaine Hilton
Emily Hine
Sarah Hinton
Noah Holliday
Brevin Horvath
Bryce Hull
Zoey Hunsinger
Emaan Hussain
Sydney Hylton
Ria Jain
Xinyao Jiang
Garret Jochem
Adam Johnson
Madilyn Johnson
Naga Sai Adithya Kandru
Kristine Karaivanova
Veronica Kassab
Prabhsharan Kaur
Jaron Kempson
Rhea Khatra
Faith Kiehl
Haylee King
Kelyn Kitchens
Myra Kivett
Nicole Klee
Sophia Koesterer
Sanika Kotnis
Bailee Krakowski
Marta Krakowski
Thomas Krienke
Daniel Kruze
Shannon Kucaj
Medha Vijay Kulkarni
Jeremiah Lakstins
Jasmeen Lally
Blaine Ledbetter
Fnu Litika
Alexandra Ludolph
Aayush Mailarpwar
Ashwin Manoj
Gabrielle Martin
Lilia Martin
Kyra Mattice
Alejandra Maury Cruz Meyer
James McCammon
Brenna McCarty
Emily McClear
Elainy Mccoy
Alex McGuire
Brady McWhorter
Simone Meadows
Claire Mehling
Jadon Mehringer
Joshua Meister
Kalendi Men
Ethan Miller
Scott Miller
Kaneise Mitchell-Casey
Layla Mitiche
Rakshita Modugu
Abigail Montalvo
Abby Moore
Cameron Moore
Lucas Morefield
Ashlynn Morelock
Teryn Morgan
Unnathi Nayak
Molly Neary
Tram Nguyen
Jenna Nicodemus
Khaled Omar
Hnin Oo
Rujuta Parekar
Vivek Patel
Cala Patterson
Lauren Patterson
Cory Pettit
Ian Pingel
Jalen Pollard
Kaylynn Popp
Katherine Prendergast
Calvin Rasmussen
Aditi Ravikumar
Brianna Reagan
Olivia Reul
Nicholas Richardson
Rebecca Richardson
Adam Richey
Clarisa Rodriguez Reyes
Cade Ryan
Mark Saad
Raihan Saifuddin
Cameron Saulmon
Nicole Scheive
Alana Schepers
Carmen Schirmer Rutkowski
Victoria Schuck
Zachary Seidenman
Catherine Sellmer
Bryce Selman
Alison Severs
Dhriti Shah
Mariam Sheikh
Zachary Sheley
Benjamin Shoemaker
Carson Shrader
Daniel Simeonov
Monica Simmons
Caleb Skelton
Isaac Smith
Cody Smitley
Jade St.Pierre
Jillian Stafford
Adison Stone
Roman Strobel
Keion Taylor
Melissa Thomas
Adeline Thompson
Lauren Thompson
Rashi Tyagi
Kallakuru Vara
Ria Vavhal
Mariana Villasenor
Danielle Watkins
Molly Watson
Seth Weir
Sydney Welch
Benjamin Werlein
Peyton Whitehouse
Dru Wilkerson
Madeleine Wisler
Emily Witt
Emily Wysong
Mikey Zajac
Elizabeth Zarrinnegar
Cooper Zuranski

Top 100 Students

Each year, the IUPUI Office of Alumni Relations honors 100 outstanding undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in three areas: academic excellence, campus leadership, and community engagement. This year, 70 of those students are Honors College scholars.

To be eligible, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 and have completed at least 56 credit hours applicable to their degree program.

A huge congratulations to our Top 100 Honors College scholars!

A photo from the 2023 IUPUI Top 100 event

Mumina Abdurakhmonova

Rebekah Addison

Ishita Bhedi

Lauren Brady

Olivia Brown

Ellie Buntin

Kaitlyn Colglazier

Luke Dennison

Nicholas Dibley

Kelechi Echeumuna

Neha Garugu

Kartikay Gulia

Olivia Hendzel

Grace Higgins

Elaine Hilton

Emily Hine

Naga Sai Adithya Kandru

Prabhsharan Kaur

Faith Kiehl

Sophia Koesterer

Hope Leonard

Aayush Mailarpwar

Ashwin Manoj

Jadon Mehringer

Rakshita Modugu

Unnati Nayak

Jenna Nicodemus

Rujuta Parekar

Brianna Reagan

Nicholas Richardson

Catherine Sellmer

Dhriti Shah

Melissa Thomas

Ria Vavhal

2023's Top 10 Students of IUPUI with their awards

2023 graduates in Top 10

We want to congratulate our honors graduates that were also recognized as IUPUI's Top 10 Students. Out of the 10 students this year, 8 were honors students!

  • Ishita Bhedi
  • Olivia Hendzel
  • Sophia Koesterer
  • Dhriti Shah
  • Ria Vavhal

And a special congratulations to Rebekah Addison for being recognized as the Most Outstanding Student of 2023.

Graduate spotlight

Myra Kivett

Meet Myra Kivett, IUPUI's 2023 undergraduate student commencement speaker. Myra was a Bepko Scholar and earned her degree from the School of Liberal Arts.

Read Myra's story

Kelechi Echeumuna

Meet Kelechi Echeumuna, an IUPUI 2023 Chancellor's Scholar and the 2023 Honors College graduation student speaker. Kelechi was a Bepko Scholar and earned her degree from the School of Science.

Read Kelechi's story