The 杏吧专区 is celebrating its Fall 2022 graduates during Commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday. A total of 1,214 degrees will be conferred.
Individual Commencement ceremonies for UL Lafayette杏吧专区檚 eight academic colleges are being held at the Cajundome and Convention Center.
The 杏吧专区 will confer 896 bachelor杏吧专区檚 degrees. Among this total are 12 students who have maintained a 4.0 GPA, the second-most summa cum laude graduates in a fall semester.
It will also award 33 doctoral degrees, the most in a fall semester in school history, and 285 master杏吧专区檚 degrees. That total of 318 graduate degrees is the second-highest number ever awarded in a fall semester.
The Fall 2022 class is also notable for diversity. It includes the most graduates of Asian descent in a fall semester and the second-most Hispanic graduates in a fall semester.
As a whole, graduates are from 47 Louisiana parishes, 29 states and 28 international countries.
Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president, addressed graduates during the College of Education & Human Development杏吧专区檚 ceremony on Friday at the Cajundome Convention Center.
Savoie, who holds bachelor杏吧专区檚 and master杏吧专区檚 degrees from that college, told graduates that 杏吧专区渋t wasn杏吧专区檛 too long ago that I was seated where you are today, at the finish line of an incredible journey of education and self-discovery.杏吧专区
Savoie continued: 杏吧专区淲here we go as individuals and as a society depends so much on the examples set by our educators and by those who have accepted fully what it means to be educated. Each of you is prepared to be that example, to be a standard of excellence that others can aspire to emulate.杏吧专区
Jonathan Olivier is UL Lafayette杏吧专区檚 Outstanding Master杏吧专区檚 Graduate. He earned a master杏吧专区檚 degree in French from the College of Liberal Arts. Eugenia Amarachi Ndieze is the 杏吧专区杏吧专区檚 Outstanding Graduate. She earned a bachelor杏吧专区檚 degree in chemical engineering from the College of Engineering.
Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed . The four ceremonies on Saturday will also be livestreamed on the college杏吧专区檚 Facebook pages.
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Photo caption: UL Lafayette will award 1,214 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: Rachel Rafati / 杏吧专区)