The Department of Viticulture and Enology (V&E) had an outdoor graduation celebration for our students receiving their B.S. or M.S. in Viticulture and Enology on Friday, June 13, 2025. Miguel Luna, V&E alumnus (B.S., 2014) delivered an inspirational graduation speech, and Department Chair, Dr. Ben Montpetit, and graduate and undergraduate advisor, Liz Price, presented the 2025 graduates and citation recipients. Last year’s DEVO president & vice president, Sydney Rogers and Vincent Powell, announced the 2025 Departmental Teaching Award, which was given to Dr. Hildegarde Heymann, Distinguished Professor of Viticulture & Enology. Thank you to everyone who helped put this celebration together and congratulations to the Class of 2025!

Congratulations to the following students who graduated in June 2025:

B.S. Viticulture & Enology

• Salome Burdiladze

• Jorge Delgado-Rincon

• Charles Felix

• Jessie Garcia

• Ebi Hadi

• Naomi Morales

• Brenda Munoz

• Wolfgang Peterson

• Caius Pittman

• Sundara Rincon

• Yujie Shi

• Isabella St. Dennis

• Jack Tsang

• Fiona Yu

M.S. Viticulture & Enology

• Mirjam Fischer

• Donna Kato

• Nikita Kodjak

• Vincent Powell

• Sydney Rogers

• Rachel Smith

Awards and Citations 

The Outstanding Senior award for academic achievement and contributions to the department was awarded to Ebi Hadi.

The following students received Departmental Citations:

• Naomi Morales

• Wolfgang Peterson