![Laura Sykes ’98]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712668097/colbysawyeredu/n8o7htqdwhwph91jpwpj/distinguished-service-2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712668097/colbysawyeredu/n8o7htqdwhwph91jpwpj/distinguished-service-2023.jpg","width":400}])
Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty Laura Sykes '98 will receive the Susan Colgate Cleveland Medal for Distinguished Service at the 2023 Commencement ceremony.
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Commencement 2023
Colby-Sawyer College celebrated its 185th Commencement on Saturday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m. on the college quad. The 2023 graduates were awarded degrees and outstanding students and other individuals were honored for academic excellence, contributions to society and service to the college and community.
2023 Awards
![Eve Burton]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712668404/colbysawyeredu/kdbfzssdmwmi5p8aw8q3/honorary-doctor-2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712668404/colbysawyeredu/kdbfzssdmwmi5p8aw8q3/honorary-doctor-2023.jpg","width":400}])
Eve Burton, executive vice president and chief legal officer at Hearst and president of the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Colby-Sawyer's 2023 Commencement ceremony.
![Randy S. Hanson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712664867/colbysawyeredu/f27lzv9vvp5umm4e1jrc/jensen-2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712664867/colbysawyeredu/f27lzv9vvp5umm4e1jrc/jensen-2023.jpg","width":400}])
As recipient of the college’s highest teaching award, the Jack Jensen Award for Excellence in Teaching, Professor Randy Hanson will give the 2023 Commencement address.
![Isabelle Silva ’23]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712668561/colbysawyeredu/sah9m8q0m0xdc5sbkyvw/colby-sawyer-award-2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712668561/colbysawyeredu/sah9m8q0m0xdc5sbkyvw/colby-sawyer-award-2023.jpg","width":400}])
Isabelle Silva, a crime and legal studies major and psychology minor from Danvers, Mass., is a quick learner and critical thinker who serves as an impressive mentor for other students. A dean’s list student with an outstanding academic record,
![Jenna Guilmain ’23]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712676604/colbysawyeredu/izbhraaf1l1pw6lcm1fz/winton-award-2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712676604/colbysawyeredu/izbhraaf1l1pw6lcm1fz/winton-award-2023.jpg","width":400}])
Jenna Guilmain has distinguished herself as an exceptional nurse and scholar. Jenna will be a second-generation Colby-Sawyer nurse, following in the footsteps of her mother, who also earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the college.
![Caleigh Dirks ’23]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712676298/colbysawyeredu/mnjhnz6aylaem15ohjim/commencement-speaker-2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712676298/colbysawyeredu/mnjhnz6aylaem15ohjim/commencement-speaker-2023.jpg","width":400}])
Nursing major Caleigh Dirks came to Colby-Sawyer for its outstanding nursing program, small class sizes and family-like environment, as well as the opportunity to play lacrosse while pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse.