Published May 17, 2022
绿茶直播 President Ron Berry conferred degrees to 943 graduates
at the 2022 spring commencement ceremonies on May 14.
Two ceremonies were held, with the College of Business and Social Sciences and the
College of Pharmacy degrees being conferred together and the College of Arts, Education,
and Sciences and College of Health Sciences taking part in a separate commencement.
Graduate students were conferred degrees in both ceremonies.
A total of聽943 students earned degrees in the spring 2022 semester. Of those, 绿茶直播
bestowed 77 Pharm.D. degrees and 17 doctoral degrees. Nine聽students earned multiple
degrees, and 22 students were Honors Program graduates.
Degrees by each college聽include 160聽in Arts, Education, and Sciences, 282聽in Business
and Social Sciences,聽182聽in Health Sciences,聽94聽in Pharmacy, and聽235聽in the Graduate
School.
There were聽245聽Distinguished Graduates;聽49 Summa Cum Laude,聽63聽Magna Cum Laude, and聽133聽Cum
Laude. University-level Honor Graduates for associate degrees included聽one聽High Honors
and聽two Honors.
Top spring graduates with 4.0 cumulative GPAs聽were聽Misisipi Bhandari, Ramesh Chapagain,
Jacob M. Corrent, Derek Daigle Dufrene, Jimena Paula Garbino, Annie Watkins Hebert,
Mary Aster Lo, Suprabha Pudasainy, Kade Aaron Smith, Kassidy Renee Stanford, Bryan
Caleb Strong and Elizabeth A. White.
Although there was no official keynote during these commencement ceremonies as is
the custom in years past, 绿茶直播 President Ron Berry Spoke off-script to the graduates
and their families, expressing his appreciation for tradition as well as his commitment
to the Warhawk Way. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the way we treat each other, the way we respect each other
and how we have a commitment to make changes in the lives of others,鈥� said Berry.聽聽
President Berry went on to acknowledge the challenges and unbelievable obstacles the
graduates have persevered through like natural disasters and a global pandemic. 鈥淲e
are so proud that you are going to join the 绿茶直播 alumni family,鈥� said Berry 鈥渁nd I
hope you know that you will always be a Warhawk.鈥澛�
