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UConn's CLAS Graduation Marks End of a Journey for Vernon 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 58 of the graduates were from Vernon.
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 58 students from Vernon who received degrees this weekend:
- Mobolaji Larry Adio, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Jennifer Lee Almonte, Bachelor of Science
- Shamsul Arif, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Gideon Asemnor, Bachelor of Art
- Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Bachelor of Science
- Taylor Paige Boudle, Bachelor of Science
- Alison Amy Branciforte, Bachelor of Arts
- Michael Jeremy Bugbee, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- John Jeffrey Carlson, Bachelor of Arts
- Edward Chang, Bachelor of General Studies
- Jaime A. Chavez, Bachelor of General Studies
- Kelsie Marie Colpitts, Bachelor of Arts
- Jennifer Lynn Cribben, Bachelor of Arts
- Jilissa Marie Crosby, Bachelor of Arts
- Ashley Shay Dawson, Bachelor of Science
- Jeanne Marie Donegan, Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Robert M. Drozd, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Lindsey Louise Dunlap, Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Ruth Mei Flaherty, Bachelor of Arts
- Cori-Anne Frankovitch, Bachelor of Science
- Christine Corey Gastler, Bachelor of Arts
- Ryan Matthew Gorecki, Bachelor of Arts
- Kevin Thomas Haines, Bachelor of Arts
- Heather Catherine Jordan, Associate of Applied Science
- Ashley Elizabeth Kalinauskas, Bachelor of Science
- Jerrid M. Kidd, Bachelor of Science
- Melissa Jean Kracke, Bachelor of Science
- Ashley LeMay, Bachelor of Arts
- Katherine Caldwell Lonsdale, Bachelor of Arts
- Rebecca Isabelle Mears, Bachelor of Science
- Robin Moiseff, Bachelor of Science
- Thuan Van Nguyen, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Alena Aleksandrovna Nixon, Bachelor of Science
- James Jinwon Noe, Bachelor of Science
- Manushi Nareshbhai Patel, Bachelor of Science
- Milan Mahendra Patel, Bachelor of Science
- Tyler Scott Phelps, Bachelor of Science
- Monica Beverly Plucker, Bachelor of Science
- Rebecca Nicole Powers, Bachelor of Science
- Elise Kathryn Prairie, Bachelor of Science
- Kevin Andrew Quinn, Bachelor of Science
- Cristina Elizabeth Raymond, Associate of Applied Science
- Jocelyn Marie Schmidt, Bachelor of Arts
- Daniel William Stambovsky, Bachelor of Science
- Danielle Cheri Tilley, Bachelor of Arts
- Kelsea Barbara Tomko, Bachelor of Arts
- Katlin Susan Tyrol, Bachelor of General Studies
- Brittany Kaye Weiss, Bachelor of Science
- Sarah Elizabeth Wiley, Bachelor of Arts
- Jacob James Wilson, Bachelor of Arts
- Marissa Jean Wnuk, Bachelor of Science
- Kyle Tomas Woodruff, Bachelor of Science
- Wei Yu, Bachelor of Arts
- Wei Yu, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Christopher Michael Zielinski, Bachelor of Science
- Elizabeth Maude Aheart, Bachelor of Science
- Quy P. Vinh, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Ryan Christopher Berent, Bachelor of Arts
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