The 小蝌蚪APP is celebrating its Fall 2021 graduates during Commencement ceremonies today and tomorrow, where a total of 1,303 degrees will be conferred.
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, Business Administration, Engineering, Graduate School and Nursing and Allied Health Professions were set for Friday. Ceremonies for the colleges of Education, Liberal Arts, Sciences and 小蝌蚪APP College are Saturday.
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Community leader, businessman and philanthropist James 小蝌蚪APP淛im小蝌蚪APP Devin Moncus was awarded an honorary doctorate of nursing practice posthumously during the ceremony. Moncus died earlier this year at age 81.
Taisiia Kolisnyk is UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 Outstanding Master小蝌蚪APP檚 Graduate. She earned a master of architecture from the School of Architecture and Design. Tyler Francis is the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 Outstanding Graduate. An accounting major, he earned a bachelor小蝌蚪APP檚 degree from the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration.
Eleven undergraduate students were recognized as summa cum laude graduates for achieving 4.0 GPAs. Honorees, listed by college, are:
College of the Arts
- Evan B. Gillis, visual arts
B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration
- Allison Joann Bourgeois, marketing
College of Engineering
- Charles Kreamer, electrical engineering
College of Liberal Arts
- Kylee P. Elkins, sociology
- Caitlyn Michelle Hesterman, psychology
- Cade H. Mataya, political science
- Mikayla Elizabeth Miller, psychology
Ray P. Authement College of Sciences
- Evan Jude Kidder, biology
- Maxwell David Lovig, mathematics
- Abby Jolie Miller, biology
- Chloe Kim St. Germain-Vermillion, biology
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Fall 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: UL Lafayette will award 1,303 degrees during individual Commencement ceremonies for its eight academic colleges and Graduate School on Friday and Saturday. During the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions' ceremony Friday, Dr. Joseph Savoie, 小蝌蚪APP president, presented an honorary doctorate of nursing practice to Ruth Moncus, who accepted it on behalf of her late husband, James 小蝌蚪APP淛im小蝌蚪APP Devin Moncus. (Photo credit: Rachel Rafati / 小蝌蚪APP)