On March 25th, UConn Public Policy held their annual Pi Pi Alpha Induction Ceremony. This year’s virtual event included the nomination of the new Pi Pi Alpha Board alongside the induction of 62 Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Public Policy (MPP) students.
Festivities began with a welcome from Pi Pi Alpha President and MPA’16 graduate Douglas Shipman and congratulatory remarks from Pi Pi Alpha Faculty Advisor Nina Brooks. Doug will continue to serve as President, with Paula Norato as Vice President, Jessica Seabrook as Secretary and Beverne Cordner as Treasurer for the UConn Chapter. Professor Mark D. Robbins served as the Keynote Speaker. Mark served as Faculty Advisor for many years and will be retiring at the end of this academic year.
This year’s inductees include: Angela Aisevbonaye • Christopher Amaya • Nana Amos • Taijah Anderson • Megan Andrews • Laura Bedoya • Alyssa Benoit • Sylvia Boucher • Malachi Bridges • Emily Burnett • Ryan Chester • Paul Clep • Samantha Cocchiola • Beverne Cordner • Alexis Cortes • Ethan Couillard • Rebecca Dahl • Jake De Francesco • Carly DeLuca • Rita Elkhoury • Lucy Feeney • Norell Ferguson • Janice Floyd • David Grant • Jude Hage • Ian Hall • Thomas Heuschkel • Claire Hill • Jessica Hinman • Kathleen Holgerson • Katya Hunt • John Kelly • Jordan Kubik • Devin Lickollari • Joshua Marcus • Nicole Marino • Marcella Micillo • Jorge Monroy-Palacio • Paula Norato • Jase Olavarria • Katherine Pasutto • Anna Pratt • Jacqueline Riberdy • Jonathan Richter • Natalie Roach • Pamela Rochette • Yasmeen Saeed • Ryan Scala • Ben Schutz • Caylee Short • ana Shgrue • Shaun Simoneau • Logan Singerman • Nicholas Tatro • Jody Terranova • Camille Thomas • Emily Tomanelli • Caesar Valentin • Dorthy Venditto • Codi Wayton • Christopher Wilson • Daniel Zeidan •