Celebrating the Fall 2025 GSO graduates

December 10, 2025
GSO Interim Dean Steve D’Hondt, Kathrine E. Thompson, M.S .’25, Anna Schrecengost, Ph.D. ’25, Rachel C. Marshall, Ph.D. ’25, GSO Professor Roxanne A. Beinart and Associate Dean of Academic & Student Affairs Rob Pockalny, Ph.D. ’91

Congratulations to the Fall Class of 2025! The University of Rhode Island celebrated the accomplishments of more than 550 undergraduate and graduate students at the 2025 Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. at the Ryan Center on the Kingston Campus.

Fall 2025 GSO graduates  & their major advisors: 

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography:

  • Angelos Papandreou, Ph.D. (Isaac Ginis)
  • Erica M. Ewton, Ph.D. (Menden-Deuer)
  • Joshua Pi, Ph.D. (McMahon)
  • Jarod Snook, Ph.D. (Lohmann)
  • Asta Z Habtemichael, Ph.D. (Lohmann)
  • Rachel C. Marshall, Ph.D. (Collie)
  • Anna Schrecengost, Ph.D. (Beinart)
  • Melissa Z Woodward, Ph.D. (Lohmann)

Master of Science in Oceanography:

  • Pranav Sai, M.S. (Isaac Ginis, Tetsu Hara)
  • Katherine Thompson, M.S. (Lewis)