Berlin Residents Will Graduate From UConn This Weekend

The University of Connecticut will award approximately 7,000 undergraduate and graduate diplomas during 12 separate commencement exercises taking place on the Storrs campus during the weekend of May 11-12, 2013. 

Separate ceremonies will be held on May 13 for the Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine, and on May 19 for the School of Law.

HONORARY DEGREES The university is awarding eight honorary degrees to individuals who have shown leadership in their chosen fields. They are: Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Corp. who will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters  degree and who will deliver the graduate ceremony commencement address;

Wally Lamb, author, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and  who will deliver the commencement address at the Neag School of Education;

Dr. Ferid Murad, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree and who will speak during the Health Center commencement,  and Jerry Adler, actor and director who will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree and who will deliver the commencement address at the School of Fine Arts.

Also, Charles Zwick, philanthropist and former director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget who will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and who will serve as keynote speaker at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources commencement, and Elizabeth Shanahan, executive director and CEO for the Society of Women Engineers who will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the School of Engineering where she will deliver the commencement address. Gary Bailey, internationally recognized leader in the field of social work, and Lyudmila Harutyunyan, known as the ‘mother of Armenian social work’ will each receive  honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees during a special ceremony sponsored by the School of Social Work on May 11.

Berlin: Courtney Bovee, Bachelor of Arts; Kelly Cantafi, Bachelor of Arts; Timothy Cote, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Rachel Dimattia, Bachelor of Science; Alexander Konefal, Bachelor of Science; Sarah Kwon, Doctor of Pharmacy; Lien La, Bachelor of Science; Bradley Lepak, Bachelor of Science; Nicholas Michaels, Bachelor of Arts; Katrina Nygren, Bachelor of Arts; Stanley Pajoriv, Bachelor of Science; Ruchi Patel, Bachelor of Science; Rina Patel, Bachelor of Science; Christie Petrossi, Bachelor of Science; Mari Rauseo, Bachelor of Science; Amar Shah, Bachelor of Arts; Nathaniel Talbot, Bachelor of Science; Emily Tamiso, Bachelor of Science; Arielle Viteri, Bachelor of Science; Jaimi Welch, Bachelor of Arts; Alisha Wojcik, Bachelor of Arts; Agnes Zak, Bachelor of Science.

East Berlin: Joanna Guziewicz, Bachelor of Arts.

Kensington: Shayne Anderson, Bachelor of Arts; Shayne Anderson, Bachelor of Science; Kelsey Hrubiec, Bachelor of Science; Eric Morholt, Bachelor of Arts; Christopher Neckermann, Bachelor of Science; Sonal Patel, Bachelor of Science; Jennifer Thomas, Bachelor of Science; Alyssa Yorski, Bachelor of Science.