Nearly 1,500 receive degrees at UNL commencement exercises

            Nearly 1,500 graduates will receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at ceremonies Dec. 19 and 20.

            Daniel G. Linzell, Voelte-Keegan Professor and Chair of the UNL Department of Civil Engineering, gave the address at the Dec. 19 graduate degree ceremony at Pinnacle Bank Arena; Pete Ricketts, governor-elect of Nebraska, will deliver the address at the bachelor's degrees ceremony on Dec. 20 at Pinnacle Bank Arena; and John M. Gerrard, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, will address law graduates Dec. 20 in a ceremony at the College of Law.

            The graduates are from 39 states and 27 countries. For a complete list of Dec. 19-20 graduates, go to http://go.unl.edu/of44.