Nearly 3,000 degrees to be awarded during UNL commencement exercises

Released on 05/06/2015, at 1:22 PM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb., May 6th, 2015 —

Editor's note: The list incorporates changes from the errata sheet issued Friday, May 8.

Lincoln, Neb., May 8, 2015 -- Nearly 3,000 degrees will be awarded during commencement exercises May 8 and 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Patricia Crews, Willa Cather Professor of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design and founding director of the International Quilt Student Center and Museum, gave the address at the May 8 graduate degree ceremony at Pinnacle Bank Arena, 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive; Barbara Hendricks, opera singer and UNL alumna, will deliver the address at the undergraduate ceremony May 9 at Pinnacle Bank Arena; and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., author and environmental attorney, will address law graduates May 9 in a ceremony at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St.

The graduates are from 39 states and 28 countries. For the complete list of May 8-9 graduates, go to http://go.unl.edu/6i8a.

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