New Canaan Resident Graduates From University of Nebraska-Lincoln

From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Amanda Angela McKenzie of New Canaan was among more than 3,000 graduates who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during commencement exercises May 5-6.

McKenzie earned a Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Sciences from the College of Education and Human Sciences.

Helen Raikes, Willa Cather Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies at Nebraska, delivered the address at the graduate and professional degrees ceremony May 5. Ev Williams, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter and founder and CEO of Medium, gave the address at the undergraduate commencement May 6. Preeta Bansal, president of Social Emergence Corp. and lecturer in the MIT Media Lab, addressed the law graduates May 6.

The graduates are from 52 countries, 42 states and over 250 Nebraska communities. For the complete list of graduates, visit http://go.unl.edu/for6.

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