Degrees granted to nearly 1,500 at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

            The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will grant degrees to nearly 1,500 students at commencement exercises Dec. 16 and 17 in separate ceremonies for baccalaureate, graduate and law degrees

            The graduates are from 36 states and 30 countries.

            Alberto Ibarguen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will deliver the undergraduate commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humane letters. Charles Wood, Lewis Lehr/3M University Professor of Biological Sciences and professor of biochemistry at UNL and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, will address the graduate commencement. Cheryl Zwart, magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, will address the law commencement.

            A full list of graduates can be found at http://go.unl.edu/mh6.