The 51视频 at Lafayette is celebrating its Fall 2024 graduates during Commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday. A total of 1,052 degrees will be conferred. Individual Commencement ceremonies for UL Lafayette鈥檚 eight academic colleges are being held at the Cajundome and Convention Center.
The University will confer 758 bachelor鈥檚 degrees. It will also award 267 master鈥檚 degrees, 24 doctoral degrees, two graduate certificates and one undergraduate certificate.
As a whole, graduates are from 48 Louisiana parishes, 27 states and U.S. territories, and 24 international countries.
Dr. Joseph Savoie, UL Lafayette president, addressed graduates during the College of Education & Human Development鈥檚 ceremony on Friday at the Cajundome.
Savoie, who holds bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees from that college, told graduates that 鈥渋t wasn鈥檛 too long ago that I was seated where you are today, at the finish line of an incredible journey of education and self-discovery.鈥
Savoie continued: 鈥淵ou know, being an educator is perhaps our noblest profession because a good educator 鈥 and a solid education 鈥 opens doors to every other profession and every other pursuit. As educators, you have within your power the awesome opportunity, every day, to pass on the encouragement and inspiration you received on your own journey.鈥
Gabrielle LeBlanc is UL Lafayette鈥檚 Outstanding Master鈥檚 Graduate. She earned a master鈥檚 degree in architecture from the College of the Arts. Haley Anslem is the University鈥檚 Outstanding Graduate. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in nursing from the College of Nursing & Health Sciences.
Six undergraduate students were recognized as summa cum laude graduates for achieving 4.0 GPAs. Honorees, listed by college, are:
College of Liberal Arts
- Evan Michael Frederick, political science
- Kyla Nicole Clement, speech pathology and audiology
- Abigail Catherine Stillwell, speech pathology and audiology
- Emilee Ann LaSalle, psychology
College of Nursing & Health Sciences鈥
- Haley Anslem, nursing
Ray P. Authement College of Sciences
- Cera Jean Marie, biology and chemistry (double major)
Fall 2024 Commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed via links on the Cajundome鈥檚 website. The four ceremonies on Saturday will also be livestreamed on the college鈥檚 Facebook pages.
View a list of Fall 2024 graduates. Learn more about Fall 2024 Commencement.
Photo caption: UL Lafayette will award 1,052 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: Doug Dugas / 51视频 at Lafayette)