The Ӱר is celebrating its Spring 2025 graduates during Commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday. A total of 1,569 degrees will be conferred. Individual Commencement ceremonies for UL LafayetteӰרs eight academic colleges are being held at the Cajundome and Convention Center.
The Ӱר will confer 1,233 bachelorӰרs degrees. It will also award 285 masterӰרs degrees, 34 doctoral degrees, and 17 undergraduate and graduate certificates. Graduates are from 47 Louisiana parishes; 35 states and U.S. territories; and 32 countries.
Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president, addressed graduates during the College of the Arts ceremony on Friday at the Cajundome Convention Center. ӰרCongratulations to all of you and thank you for choosing the Ӱר as the place where you pursued Ӱר and realized Ӱר your dreams,Ӱר he said.
Savoie added that the ceremony offered an opportunity to celebrate graduatesӰר personal achievements at a time when the college is celebrating a significant milestone. ӰרThis year is the 30th anniversary of the College of the Arts. For three decades, this college has been the soul of our Ӱר and a vibrant thread in the cultural fabric of Acadiana and beyond,Ӱר he explained.
ӰרThe College of the Arts reminds us that the work of artists, designers, musicians, performers and architects is not one of lifeӰרs luxuries Ӱר it is essential. Art binds. Culture connects. The beauty you create and the spaces you design bring people together. Your work tells stories that need to be told and reflects truths that might otherwise go unseen,Ӱר Savoie told graduates.
He also awarded an honorary doctorate of the arts to alum Richard ӰרDickieӰר Landry, an internationally renowned saxophonist, composer, photographer, producer and painter. Landry earned a bachelorӰרs degree in music education from the Ӱר in 1962.
Taylar Johnson is UL LafayetteӰרs Outstanding MasterӰרs Graduate. She earned a masterӰרs degree in psychology from the College of Liberal Arts. Caemon Scott is the ӰרӰרs Outstanding Graduate. He earned a bachelorӰרs degree in strategic communication from the College of Liberal Arts.
Twenty-two undergraduates earned summa cum laude honors for achieving perfect 4.0 GPAs. Members of the exemplary group, listed by college, are:
College of the Arts
Anna Catherine Immel, interior designӰר
Sara Elizabeth Louviere, architectural studiesӰר
Emma Gail Rachal, visual arts
B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration
Elizabeth Claire Randall, accountingӰר
Evan Weber, insurance and risk management
College of Engineering
Michael Clovis Hawkins, electrical engineering
College of Liberal Arts
Ella Rose Gallet, human development and family science
Sydney Katherine Guidry, psychologyӰר
Rafael Eugenio Hernandez, political science
Emily Michelle Lindner, historyӰר
Liliana Therese Pagan, EnglishӰר
Emily Elizabeth Nichols, speech pathology and audiologyӰר
Cade Gregory Roy, political scienceӰר
Annaclaire Catherine Zerangue, psychology
Ray P. Authement College of Sciences
Paul Alexander Curry, biologyӰר
Thanh Quoc Du, computer science
Seth Jacob Duet, chemistry
Moiz Mohammad Fazal-ur-Rehman, biology
ӰרKinley Paige Glass, informaticsӰר
Jacob Glenn Marcinkus, biologyӰר
Caleigh Anne-marie Meche, computer scienceӰר
Jennifer Camargo Medina, computer science
View a list of Spring 2025 graduates. Learn more about Spring 2025 Commencement.
Photo caption: UL Lafayette will award 1,569 degrees during individual Commencement ceremonies for its eight academic colleges on Friday and Saturday. Ceremonies will be held at the Cajundome and the Cajundome Convention Center. Photo credit: Paul Kieu / Ӱר
Spring 2025 Commencement Gallery