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UConn's CLAS Graduation Marks End of a Journey for Middletown Students [VIDEO]
Commencement for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the largest college at UConn, was divided into two ceremonies Sunday at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, and 40 Middletown residents received diplomas.
Thousands of family and friends watched on Sunday afternoon as nearly 2,700 students from the ’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) became UConn graduates during commencement ceremonies at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.
Representing 55 different majors from 23 departments, students received their diplomas in dual ceremonies Sunday in disciplines ranging from journalism, psychology and political science to communications, human development and family studies.
Students were addressed by Cindy Luo, a graduating senior from Madison, a dual-degree student with majors in linguistics and philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and English. UConn President Susan Herbst delivered the keynote address.
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"College is only the first step, a place where our budding interests are nurtured and developed," Luo said. "Keep on learning. Be flexible. Try something new. But remember yourselves: remember what makes you happy – keeps you going," she said.
Herbst praised students for their hard work, and urged them to define their own lives.
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"I hope you will be able to look back at this brief, precious time spent here at the University of Connecticut as among the best and most rewarding years of your life," Herbst said. "Don’t forget no matter how old you are, you will always be Huskies."
Here are the 40 students from Middletown who received degrees this weekend:
- Mae Elise Bergan, Bachelor of Arts
- Kevin Henry Brostek, Bachelor of Arts
- Izabela Bukowski, Bachelor of Science
- Michael Neil Chupka, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Alexander Adrian Cintron, Bachelor of Arts
- Jordan Lynn Cooney, Bachelor of Science
- Jessie Marie Daniels, Bachelor of Arts
- Chris Jeffrey Deck, Bachelor of Arts
- Chris Jeffrey Deck, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Bassey E. Ekpenyong, Bachelor of General Studies
- Alexander Adam Fiuk, Bachelor of Arts
- Alexander Adam Fiuk, Bachelor of Science
- Leaya Mariam George, Bachelor of Science
- Lisa M. Gilbert, Bachelor of General Studies
- R. Miroslav Grajewski, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Chi Un Hong, Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Spencer Lau, Bachelor of Science
- Joyce Kathryn Levis, Bachelor of Science
- Chelsea Miranda Martin, Bachelor of Arts
- Maritza Montanez, Bachelor of Science
- Gina Elaine Mozzicato, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Mallory Rose Nielsen, Bachelor of Science
- Rineicha Otero Santos, Bachelor of Science
- Anthony Joseph Pandolfe, Bachelor of Arts
- Anthony Joseph Pandolfe, Bachelor of Science
- Hansol Justin Park, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Caitlin Marie Penepent, Bachelor of Arts
- Jacob Edward Peterson, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Alex William Rapp, Bachelor of Science
- Melissa Katherine Rogalski, Bachelor of Science
- Jenna Rossi, Bachelor of Arts
- Stephany Santos, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Robert Louis Shew, Bachelor of Science
- Pamela Shieh, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Kristina Maria Simmons, Bachelor of Science
- Stephanie Marie Spignesi, Bachelor of Science
- Nicole Cynthia Stewart, Bachelor of Science
- John Robert Varkonda, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Chelsea A. Walsh, Bachelor of Science
- Sheikh Zeeshan Ahmed, Bachelor of Science
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