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UConn's CLAS Graduation Marks End of a Journey for Manchester 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 77 of the graduates are from Manchester.
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 77 students from Manchester who received degrees this weekend:
- Vanessa Adu-Baffour, Bachelor of Arts
- Yaw Boateng Agyapong, Bachelor of Science
- James Robert Anderson, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Muhammad Ali Arif, Bachelor of Science
- Laura Jean Benigni, Bachelor of Arts
- Matthew Vincent Bertolino, Bachelor of Arts
- Casandra Verlene Bonds, Bachelor of Science
- Denace Jacob Boyington, Bachelor of Arts
- Anirudh Yadav Byragani, Bachelor of Arts
- Jonathan Thomas Caranfa, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Kristen Casasanta, Bachelor of Arts
- Wayne Chen, Bachelor of Science
- Winnie Szu Yun Chin, Bachelor of Science
- Benjamin Patrick Collin, Bachelor of Science
- Amanda Joy Cook, Bachelor of Arts
- Matthew Aren Cruff, Bachelor of General Studies
- Ashley Nicole Curran, Bachelor of Arts
- Damien Michael Cusanelli, Bachelor of Arts
- Thomas Cwikla, Bachelor of Science
- Jonathan Redondo De Arcos, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Daniel Charles Githinji, Bachelor of Science
- Sarah Danielle Goodwin, Bachelor of General Studies
- William Christopher Guinan, Bachelor of Arts
- Sebastian David Guzera, Bachelor of Science
- Samuel Gyawu-Amoateng, Bachelor of Science
- Katlyn Lois Hagley, Bachelor of Science
- Katlyn Lois Hagley, Bachelor of Science
- Muhammad Hassan, Bachelor of Arts
- Katie Irish, Bachelor of Arts
- Lydia Raquel Johnson, Bachelor of Science
- Michael James Judd, Bachelor of Science
- Farah Khan, Bachelor of Science
- Brittney Therese Kilfeather, Bachelor of Arts
- Mi Hye Kim, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Matthew Woo Kim, Bachelor of Science
- Allison Michele Kovach, Bachelor of Arts
- Jennifer Marie Krawetzky, Bachelor of Science
- Ramonita Maldonado, Doctor of Pharmacy
- Zabihullah Mamun, Bachelor of Science
- Eric Mensinger, Bachelor of Arts
- Cassandra Patricia Messenger, Bachelor of Arts
- Paul Metheny, Bachelor of Science
- Bernadette Kathryn Morris, Bachelor of Arts
- Alexandru Mosteanu, Bachelor of Arts
- Samantha Erin Murphy, Bachelor of Science
- Nasreen Chamely Mustafa, Bachelor of Arts
- Khairul Nual, Bachelor of Arts
- Nana Akuoko Opoku, Bachelor of Arts
- Amy Janelle Pearl, Bachelor of Science
- Amy Janelle Pearl, Bachelor of Science
- Auralia Jeremie Perrica, Bachelor of Arts
- Emily Erin Petry, Bachelor of Arts
- Rachel I. Poutre, Bachelor of Arts
- Carin Mary Lee Powell, Bachelor of Music
- Anaise Jacqueline Prince, Bachelor of Arts
- Shauna Louise Robitaille, Bachelor of Arts
- Nicholas Russell Robitaille, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Stephanie Marie Rowan, Bachelor of Arts
- Michelle Emily Santos, Bachelor of Science
- Nicole Marie Sapienza, Bachelor of Science
- Priya Shah, Bachelor of Science
- Kirsten Emily Shanley, Bachelor of Arts
- Andre A. Silva, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Joseph Robert Skelding, Bachelor of Arts
- Natalie Rose Smith, Bachelor of Science
- Maica Lozano Umali, Bachelor of Science
- Yevgeniy Urusov, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
- Claudia Estela Valencia, Bachelor of Arts
- Noorin Sithara Vavanan, Bachelor of Science
- Jennifer Rose Vitkus, Bachelor of Arts
- Yaoyi Wang, Bachelor of Science
- Brittany Anne Webber, Bachelor of Arts
- Colleen Elizabeth Whitehouse, Bachelor of Science
- Jeffrey Charles Wolfenden, Bachelor of Arts
- Anthony Michael Yacavone, Bachelor of Arts
- Molly Zipkin, Bachelor of Science
- Kathryn Elizabeth Zurcher, Bachelor of Arts
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