At USI, the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society awards diplomas to 67 students

The graduation ceremony of USI Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society was held on Monday, 16 May 2022, in the Aula Magna of the West Campus Lugano, with the awarding of PhD, Bachelor's and Master's degrees to a total of 67 students of nine different nationalities.  

The ceremony opened with a welcome address by USI Deputy Rector Lorenzo Cantoni, followed by a speech by the Dean of the Faculty Prof. Luca M. Visconti and Vice Deans Prof. Katharina Lobinger and Sara Greco and by the PhD coordinator Prof. Matthew Hibberd. 

The first diplomas to be conferred were the PhDs (4). Before the proclamation of the Master's degrees, the head of the USI Alumni Service, Silvia Invrea, spoke, followed by the presentations of a USI Alumna and a Bachelor's student.

The ceremony continued with 34 Master's degrees and 29 Bachelor's degrees conferred.

The Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Visconti, closed the ceremony.

Below is the list of recent graduates with their nationality and degree awarded.

BACHELOR

Bachelor in Lingua, letteratura e civiltà italiana - www.usi.ch/bllci

1. Luigi Bolognesi, Switzerland
2. Elia Bosco, Switzerland
3. Giulia Drudi, Switzerland
4. Martina Florio, Italy
5. Chiara Franzi, Italy
6. Alessandro Garmaise, Switzerland
7. Michele Marchioni, Switzerland
8. Yassin Ndiaye, Switzerland
9. Francesca Rossetti, Italy
10. Letizia Travaini, Switzerland

Bachelor in Scienze della comunicazione - www.usi.ch/bcom 

1. Sabina Balinzo, Switzerland
2. Emma Battaglia, Switzerland
3. Francesco Bernasconi, Switzerland
4. Natalia Bordogna, Switzerland
5. Susanna Cadei, Switzerland
6. Ilaria D'amico, Italy
7. Mariana Escalera Martinez, Mexico
8. Federica Esposito, Switzerland
9. Carlotta Diana Franceschini, Italy
10. Paolo Giordano, Italy
11. Céline Jordan, Switzerland
12. Valentina Juric, Switzerland
13. Giovanna Malerba, Switzerland
14. Manuel Marasco, Switzerland
15. Sarah Ozzola, Italy
16. Tea Polgar, Italy
17. Virginia Eleonora Romano, Italy
18. Luca Stabile, Switzerland
19. Nao Magdalena Watanabe, Germany

MASTER

Master of Arts

Master in Lingua, letteratura e civiltà italiana - www.usi.ch/mllci

1. Marina Basic, Switzerland
2. Costanza Ceroni, Italy
3. Lorenzo Foglia Manzillo, Italy
4. Baran Gökpinar, Switzerland, Turkey
5. Giorgia Ortelli, Switzerland
6. Lucia Rossi, Italy
7. Benedetta Scotto Di Santolo, Italy

Master in Philosophy - www.usi.ch/map

1. Elisa Malnati, Italy

Master in Communication 

Master in Communication, Management & Health - www.usi.ch/mcmh

1. Qianfeng Lu, China

Master in Digital Fashion Communication - www.usi.ch/mdfc

1. Tess Stenzel, Germany
2. Catherine Valencia, USA
3. Luna Van De Walle, Belgium
4. Grgo Žonja, Croatia

Master in Media Management - www.usi.ch/mmm

1. Antonio Bello, Switzerland
2. Francesca Melcarne, Italy
3. Valentina Tosi, Italy

Master in Communication and Economics

Master in Corporate Communication - www.usi.ch/mcc

1. Tommaso Cantoni, Italy
2. Alessio Castorino, Italy
3. Vincenzo Galvano, USA

Master in Marketing and Transformative Economy - www.usi.ch/mmte

1. Emanuele Brenna, Italy
2. Silvia Dal Molin, Italy
3. Giulia De Vecchi, Switzerland
4. Maria Funghini, Italy
5. Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland
6. Indra Ida Louise Mazzola, Switzerland
7. Gianluca Mercuri, Italy
8. Alice Odorizzi, Italy
9. Ludovico Picci, Italy
10. Silvia Quadrio, Italy
11. Vittoria Quartieri, Italy
12. Noemi Martha Semeria, Switzerland
13. Mirko Sorlini, Switzerland
14. Greta Tafi, Italy
15. Simone Vanzolini, Italy

PHD

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Sciences

1. Leandro Bitetti, Switzerland
2. Gian-Louis Hernandez, USA
3. Rebecca Venema, Germany
4. Marlies Whitehouse, Switzerland