At Ithaca College, the position of marshal for degree candidates is one of the highest honors bestowed on graduating seniors. These marshals are selected in February for the Commencement ceremony in May. The registrar prepares a list of eligible candidates based on the criteria below, and one student is selected by the dean of each school. Student marshals must be senior undergraduates who have earned at least 60 course credits at Ithaca College, maintain a current cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher, and are expected to graduate in May (or December for performance/music education majors). Selected students are, with a few exceptions, the undergraduates who have maintained the highest GPA in their respective schools.
Congratulations to our 2025 Student Marshals
School of Business - Carley Kaiser
Carley Kaiser is proud to be the 2025 Student Marshal for the School of Business alongside Annika Michel. She is a Business Administration major with a minor in Environmental Studies. In addition to her role as Ithaca College’s senior class president, Carley Kaiser also holds many other leadership roles on campus. She is the president of the Ithaca College chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, an International Business Honor Society, a Student Leadership Consultant in the Office of Student Engagement, a Leadership Scholar, and a Peer Leader in the Ithaca First-Year Seminar Program. She has also served as the treasurer for the Ithaca College Bureau of Concerts, the president of the Business School Peer Advisors Organization, and a Peer Success Coach in the Center for Student Success. Carley is entrepreneurial, focused, and accountable, with passions including environmental studies, social justice, sunsets, and music.
School of Business - Annika Michel
Annika Michel is honored to be named the 2025 School of Business Class Marshal alongside Carley Kaiser. During her time at Ithaca College, she has competed as a member of the Varsity Women’s Golf Team, volunteered as a Leadership Scholar, and contributed to the Ithaca Pre-Law Society and Beta Gamma Sigma as an executive board member. Starting next fall Annika will be pursuing a J.D. at Cornell Law School. She would like to extend her heartfelt gratitude to her family, friends, coaches, professors, and all those who have supported her throughout her time at IC.
Roy H. Park School of Communications - Ryan Williams-Abrams
Ryan Williams-Abrams is a Cinema and Photography student from Ellicott City, MD. In his time at IC, Ryan has participated in the Leadership Scholar Program in addition to working as the student manager of Park Portable Equipment Center and Services (PPECS). Ryan is most proud of his contributions as a co-creator of Film Students United, an organization dedicated to supporting the betterment of the IC film program. He would like to thank his family and friends for the support, love, and encouragement he received towards his projects and academics over the last four years. Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance - Ethan Gray
I am honored and grateful to be the 2025 Class Marshal of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. Although this is an individual honor, my journey at Ithaca College has been anything but individual. I would like to shine light on some of the extraordinary people that I have had the privilege of spending the past four years with: Sylvia Albro, Rachel Brunner, Seth Cohen, Kailee Leung, Preston Tompkins, Henry Wickliffe, Henry Suzuki, Kaiden Jones, and most of all Evan Lockwood. Without their support, time, and guidance, I would not be one of your class Marshals. They are a testament to the strength, intellect, and unity of Ithaca College. Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
School of Humanities and Sciences - Amy Shapiro
Amy Shapiro will be graduating with degrees in Race Power and Resistance and Theatre Studies. She is from Skokie, illinois and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
School of Music, Theatre, & Dance - Kathrynn Meuser
Kathrynn Meuser is graduating with a double major in Theatre Studies and Race, Power, Resistance. In her theater degree, she has focused on directing and dramaturgy and is especially passionate about new play development. And in her race, power, resistance degree she has learned about systems of oppression that exist in western culture and how to dismantle them. In the fall, Kathrynn will be attending Birkbeck University in London to earn her graduate degree in theatre and plans to continue combining theater and social justice in her professional life.