Cheshire Students Graduate from UConn on Sunday

Thousands of family and friends watched on Sunday afternoon as nearly 2,700 students from the ’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) became UConn graduates during commencement ceremonies at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.

Representing 55 different majors from 23 departments, students received their diplomas in two ceremonies Sunday in disciplines ranging from journalism, psychology and political science to communications, human development and family studies.

Students were addressed by Cindy Luo, a graduating senior from Madison, a dual-degree student with majors in linguistics and philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and English. UConn President Susan Herbst delivered the keynote address.

"College is only the first step, a place where our budding interests are nurtured and developed," Luo said. "Keep on learning. Be flexible. Try something new. But remember yourselves: remember what makes you happy – keeps you going," she said.

Herbst praised students for their hard work, and urged them to define their own lives.

"I hope you will be able to look back at this brief, precious time spent here at the University of Connecticut as among the best and most rewarding years of your life," Herbst said. "Don’t forget no matter how old you are, you will always be Huskies."

Here is a list of Cheshire students who received diplomas on Sunday:

• William L. Birks III, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Cheshire
• Alexander Charles Brittingham, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Kelsey Anne Connolly, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Nicholas William Constantino Jr., Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Christy Margaret Copes, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Michael David Croweak, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Melissa Erin DePaolo, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Matthew Patrick Diamond, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Aimee Lynn Dietle, Doctor of Pharmacy, Cheshire
• Taylor Ann Diglio, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cheshire
• William Ernesto Dunlop, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Daniel Blake Feldshon, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Patrick Allen Field, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Christopher F. Filek, Bachelor of General Studies, Cheshire
• Christopher Frascarelli, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Mateo Enrique Gonzalez, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Victoria Lynn Greenwood, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Brittany Glenn Grenus, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Cheshire
• Robert Kippen Janes III, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Robert Kippen Janes III, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Daniel Amir Kohan, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Joseph Maxwell Kopman-Fried, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Jenny Ly, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Devin Michael Mannion, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Curtis James McCauley, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Isma Arif Mian, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Paul Morgigno, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Mark Christian Morris, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Erin Nicole Mueller, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Amy Lynne Nelson, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Patrick Quin Notti, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Bryan William Pandajis, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Puja J. Parmar, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Nicole Alice Perine, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Emily Marie Roberge, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Elizabeth Ann Ruocco, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• James T. Sheehan, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• MaryJane Smith, Bachelor of General Studies, Cheshire
• Megan Marie Strobel, Bachelor of Science, Cheshire
• Nina Delores Sullivan, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Lisa Marie Tartaglia, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Katie Alyssa Visentin, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Justin Paul Vissat, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire
• Patricia Mary Wysoczanski, Bachelor of Arts, Cheshire

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