Three Computer Science Terps Honored as Senior Marshals

Three graduating seniors from the University of Maryland's Department of Computer Science were selected to serve as senior marshals. The students, who have demonstrated the highest levels of scholarship, service to the campus community, extracurricular involvement and personal growth, will lead the procession of graduates into the main commencement ceremony on May 22, holding special banners with their schools’ and colleges’ names.

The students will be joined by Marsha Guenzler-Stevens, director of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, and Robert Infantino, CMNS associate dean, who oversee the marshals program.

Benjamin-Nicolas Enwesi (major: computer science; minor: advanced cybersecurity experience for students) of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was a Presidential Scholar who was dedicated to diversifying STEM and making it more accessible to underrepresented populations. Enwesi served as president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, vice president of Kappa Alpha Psi, tech lead for Hack4Impact, and peer research mentor for FIRE, while serving as a mentor through College Bound. He was a teaching assistant for CompSciConnect and information systems courses in the Robert H. Smith School of Business, and held software engineering internships at Google and Intuit/Credit Karma.

Wren Poremba (major: computer science; minor in philosophy) served as president for Lean on Me College Park, executive director for Hack4Impact-UMD and percussion section leader for UMD's Gamer Symphony Orchestra. Poremba interned for Inovalon, working on health care data analysis as a software engineer and presented research on how to make virtual reality accessible to blind and low-vision users.

Shashank Singh (major: computer science; minor: technology entrepreneurship), originally of Lucknow, India, served as co-president of the International Student Advisory Board, board member of the CMNS Inclusive Excellence Advisory Board and vice president of Student Affairs' Student Advisory Council, He was a teaching assistant for computer science courses and a community assistant. Singh was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society and received the Community Assistant of the Year Award.

—Story by CMNS