The 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 Spring 2021 graduates might well be remembered as a class of record setters.
The 1,892 degrees they will collectively earn, for starters, are the second most ever awarded for a single semester.
Individual Commencement ceremonies for the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 eight academic colleges and Graduate School are being held Friday and Saturday at the Cajundome and Convention Center.
Ceremonies for the colleges of the Arts, Education, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, and Sciences were set for Friday. Ceremonies for the colleges of Business Administration and 小蝌蚪APP College, and the Graduate School are Saturday.
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The Spring 2021 class is also notable for diversity. It includes the largest number of graduates of Hispanic descent and the largest number of graduates of Asian descent. It also includes seven Black graduates who earned doctoral degrees, the most awarded in a single semester.
Graduates are from 54 Louisiana parishes, 34 states and U.S. territories, and 37 foreign countries.
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The Spring 2021 class also stands out for academic achievement.
Narges Firouzshahi is UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 Outstanding Master小蝌蚪APP檚 Graduate. She earned a master小蝌蚪APP檚 degree in speech language pathology from the .
Alex Zappi is the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 Outstanding Graduate. A chemical engineering major, he earned a bachelor小蝌蚪APP檚 degree from the .
Twenty-seven undergraduate students were recognized as summa cum laude graduates for achieving 4.0 GPAs. The group is the largest ever to earn perfect GPAs. Honorees, listed by college, are:
College of the Arts
- Kevin Hilbun, music
- Danielle Kemp, industrial design
- Isabella Mire, visual arts
B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration
- Britney Hatfield, accounting, finance
- Laura Landry, accounting
- Jordan Morse, finance
- Wanlin Zhang, accounting
College of Education
- Regan Robichaux, elementary education
College of Engineering
- Alyssa DeLattre, chemical engineering
- Eli Finnegan, mechanical engineering
- Alex Zappi, chemical engineering
College of Liberal Arts
- Angela Comeaux, English
- Josie Lamm, speech pathology and audiology
- Mackenzie McEntee, psychology
- Kendra Wilson, political science
- Jessica Zeringue, psychology
College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions
- Zaha Bush, nursing
Ray P. Authement College of Sciences
- Christopher Bayard, mathematics
- David Broussard, computer science
- Emma Domangue, biology
- Noelle Dunn, biology
- Alaina Guilbeau, biology
- Sabriah Haq, biology
- Maxwell Kane, mathematics
- Alexandra Nguyen, biology
- Diana Nguyen, computer science
- Te Anne Yap, computer science
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Spring 2021 Commencement ceremonies for each academic college and the Graduate School will be livestreamed via .
The individual ceremonies will also be livestreamed on the Facebook pages for seven academic colleges and the Graduate School. The ceremony for one academic college, 小蝌蚪APP College, will be livestreamed on the 小蝌蚪APP's main Facebook page. Links to each of those Facebook pages can be found .
Photo caption: The 小蝌蚪APP will award a total of 1,892 degrees to Spring 2021 graduates during individual Commencement ceremonies for the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 eight academic colleges and Graduate School. Ceremonies are being held Friday and Saturday at the Cajundome and Convention Center. Photo credit: Rachel Rafati / 小蝌蚪APP