47 Stratford Students Among UConn Grads [Video]

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.

"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.

"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 47 students who received degrees this weekend:

• Cassandre Sophia Aman, Bachelor of Science
• Arianna Marie Aquilino, Bachelor of Science
• Afua Asare-Kwakye, Bachelor of Science
• Sean E. Bell, Bachelor of General Studies
• Ana Sofia Carmelo, Bachelor of Science
• Natalia Teresa Chaber, Bachelor of Science
• Matthew Lee Darling, Bachelor of Arts
• Andrew Rory DeCoster, Bachelor of Science
• Ricardo A. De Souza, Bachelor of Arts
• Stephanie Jean Dolph, Bachelor of Arts
• Jeffrey Thomas Farrell, Bachelor of Science
• Robert Ernest Folchi, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• James William Gates, Bachelor of Arts
• Mario Guerrero, Bachelor of Science
• Adam Michael Habansky, Bachelor of Science
• Adam Eric Hamilton, Bachelor of Science
• Maryanna Gale Harrington, Bachelor of Arts
• Zachary Keith Hasbrouck, Bachelor of Arts
• Samantha Saphaire Higgins, Bachelor of Arts
• Tina Thi Hoang, Bachelor of Science
• Corrie Ann Hughes, Bachelor of Arts
• Brian Andrew Ingmanson, Bachelor of Science
• Kristina Dolores Irwin, Bachelor of Arts
• Jennifer Lynn Jaekle, Bachelor of Arts
• Sasia-Marie Tifon Jones, Bachelor of Science
• Wallace Peter Kerrigan, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• Colin Thomas Leary, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• Chelsea Anne Lepus, Bachelor of Science
• April N. Lewis, Bachelor of Science
• Timothy J. Martin, Bachelor of Arts
• Yolanda Denise Morgan, Bachelor of Arts
• Joanna Patricia Morgan, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• Erick Patterson Nass, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• Sarah Drew O'Brien, Bachelor of Arts
• Colleen Mary O'Day, Bachelor of Arts
• Stefanos Papadosifos, Bachelor of Arts
• Isaias Luis Pedraza, Bachelor of Arts
• Mary Veronica Rooney, Bachelor of Arts
• Victoria Rose Serrano, Bachelor of Arts
• Matthew Charles Stebbins, Bachelor of Arts
• Kevin Arthur Stengel, Bachelor of Science
• Neal Trevor Stewart, Bachelor of Arts
• John Rooney Sulzicki, Bachelor of Arts
• Mark Rudolph Swagerty, Bachelor of General Studies
• Jessica M. Tumio, Bachelor of Arts
• Leana Patricia Varvella, Bachelor of Science
• Luke Adam Wojenski Jr., Bachelor of Science

Did you have a loved one who graduated from UConn Sunday? Give them a shout-out in the comments, and upload your photos to add them to this gallery!