The AEL was well represented at commencement with 8 undergraduates and 3 graduate students all graduating at the May 4 ceremony.

Undergraduates

• Michael Begines was an undergraduate technician on various Bruckerhoff Lab projects, and he will continue to work with Meredith Bennett in her field collections in Oklahoma this summer
• Paige Dalrymple was an undergraduate volunteer with Kylee Wilson
• Emma Ficorilli also completed her undergraduate thesis, Understanding the influence of early life growth on subsequent growth and body size in juvenile Lake Erie Yellow Perch, with Stu Ludsin
• Ava Lovell, Gerrit Meine, and Hannah Gill were all undergraduate research technicians on the LEPAS Project
• Nieko Mancini was an undergraduate volunteer with Jacob Bentley
• Joel Steinbicker completed an undergraduate thesis with Casey Pennock

Graduate Students

• Justin Furby, advised by Casey Pennock, will stay on as a technician this summer, working on a smallmouth bass project with Lindsey Bruckerhoff
• Abby Shake, advised by Lindsey Bruckerhoff, has taken a job in the private sector
• Madeline Schumacher, advised by Lindsey Bruckerhoff, will stay on as a technician this year, working on various projects with the Bruckerhoff Lab