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Branford Students Represent at UConn Graduation [VIDEO]
Twenty five residents join the 2012 graduating class of UConn's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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's the list of Branford graduates:
- Geoffrey Andrew Battista, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
- Brian Louis Beckerman, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
- Muna Bhandari, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
- Stephanie Lee Clark, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Courtney Ann DesJardins, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Tabitha D'Souza, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Jonathan Robert Grande, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Thomas George Hewitt, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Timothy Victor Jakubiak, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Branford
- Peter Francis Kosciuk, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Miles Louis Krischtschun, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Branford
- Alexis Lucia Monahan, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Branford
- Leah A. Nolan, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
- Megan Patnaude, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Duy Vu Pham, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Jason David Prosco, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Branford
- Kelsey Lowe Reutenauer, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Zachary Bernard Rubin, Bachelor of Science, Branford
- Stephen Cameron Temple, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
Peter John Tinari, Bachelor of Science, Branford - Eric Clayton Warner, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Branford
- Chandler Alexander Warren, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
- Jenna Lynn Weiss, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
- Christopher James Wood, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
- Molly Mae Zampano, Bachelor of Arts, Branford
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