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UConn's CLAS Graduation Marks End of a Journey for 2,700 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.

 

Thousands of family and friends watched Sunday afternoon as nearly 2,700 students from the ’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) became 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.

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Cindy Luo, a graduating senior from Madison, a dual-degree student with majors in linguistics and philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and English, addressed her peers and 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.

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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's the students who live in Hamden who received degrees this weekend:

  • Nkemdilim Chineye Anako, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Casey Anthony Anton, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Hamden
  • Brittany Lynn Balog, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Katherine Barbara Berlepsch, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Fabian Dario Betancourt, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Hamden
  • Sangye Dekyi Bhutia, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Trevor Biggs, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Kristin Elizabeth Breda, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Annabelle Alicia Brown, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Julie Catherine Bruhn, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Dante Durrell Burns-Capuano, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Elizabeth Frances Carroll, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Malik Rodney Cody, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Scott James Colleran, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Steph√ün Watt Darden, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Kayla Patricia Dayle, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Courtney Yvon Dinnan, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Frank Vincent Esposito, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • John Richard Esposito, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Nayear Sameh Fam, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Hamden
  • Francesca Quinn Howard, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Tashida Whitney Jacobs, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Patricia Jimenez, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Laura Suzanne Joseph, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Kate Lisa Kantrow, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Rebecca Julia Kaplan, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hamden
  • Divya R. Keerthy, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Melissa Lynne Lavorgna, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Janice I. Lewis, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Colin Joseph McDonough, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Matthew James McDonough, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Colleen Elizabeth McElroy, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Stephanie Lynn McLaughlin, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Kunihiro Muto, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Hamden
  • Tara Anne O'Neill, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Christopher Arthur O'Rourke, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Cecily Pacheco, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Gabrielle Shawna Reynolds, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Greg Leonard Rogoz, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Michael Joseph Sanca, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Hamden
  • Karin Elizabeth Surdykowski, Bachelor of Science, Hamden
  • Alexander Johann Velazquez, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Alexander Johann Velazquez, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Hamden
  • Alycia Taylor Washington, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Alexander Hayes Welch, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Daryl Flynn Wells, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden
  • Victor Xingwang Zhang, Bachelor of Arts, Hamden

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!


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