They Did It! East Lyme, Old Lyme, and Lyme Students Collect Diplomas At 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 this weekend. And there are a lot of familiar names on the list of graduates this year.

Congratulations to the following students: 

From East Lyme:
Eden Brevik, Bachelor of Science; Jillian Buonanno, Bachelor of Science; Jonathan Doty, Bachelor of Science; Kathryn England, Bachelor of Fine Arts; Paul Fogle, Bachelor of Science; Donald Karg, Bachelor of Arts; Donald Karg, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Jennifer Lee, Bachelor of Arts; Jacob Leeser, Bachelor of Science; Max Madore, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Ryan McKee, Bachelor of General Studies; Charles Modzelewski, Bachelor of Arts; Priya Ranade, Bachelor of Science; Surav Sakya, Bachelor of Science; Kevin Santamaria, Bachelor of Science; Kevin Santamaria, Bachelor of Science; Christopher Seery, Bachelor of Science; Hanfa Sultan, Bachelor of Science; Siyuan Xie, Bachelor of Science; Christina Yuschalk, Bachelor of Arts. 

From Niantic:
Brianna Ayers, Bachelor of Science; Jacqueline Blodgett, Bachelor of Science; Jeffrey Corbett, Bachelor of Science; Elaine Costick, Bachelor of Science; Matthew Coxe, Bachelor of Science; Kelly Duda, Bachelor of Science; Marc Gillig, Bachelor of Science; Kevin Johnson, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; James Lagrotteria, Bachelor of Science; Patrick Lazar, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Rebecca McKeown, Bachelor of Science; Patrick Murphy, Bachelor of Arts; Hadlai Neff, Bachelor of Arts; Amanda Pezzullo, Bachelor of Science; Justin Saunders, Bachelor of Arts; Mark Sheehan, Bachelor of Science; Maryelizabeth Taylor, Bachelor of Science.

From Old Lyme:
Jesse Coleman, Bachelor of Science; David Faenza, Bachelor of Arts; Jessica Hopper, Bachelor of Arts; Stephen Jablonowski, Bachelor of Arts; Maeve Mackey, Bachelor of Arts; Christine Nyberg, Bachelor of Arts; Matthew Thomas, Bachelor of Science; Despina Topalis, Bachelor of Science.

From Lyme:
Courtney Becher, Bachelor of Arts; Elizabeth Parsons, Bachelor of Arts; Corrie Pierce, Bachelor of Science.

From Salem:
Brian Ciezynski, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Audrey Corman, Bachelor of Science; Erin Cummings, Bachelor of Science; Stefanie Dubois, Bachelor of Science; Cathy Freiert, Bachelor of General Studies; Kathryn Gage, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Maura Lasky, Bachelor of Arts; Elizabeth Sistare, Bachelor of Arts; Elizabeth Sistare, Bachelor of Arts; Kelsey Subiono, Bachelor of Science; Shelby Thompson, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Preston Tischer, Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

Commencement Ceremony Schedule

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), which has approximately 2,500 graduates, will hold two ceremonies for graduates, one at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, and one at 5 p.m. later that afternoon. 

Graduates will attend either the first or second ceremony based on their major. Speaking at the first ceremony will be Dr. Frank Torti, Dean of the UConn School of Medicine. Addressing the afternoon gathering will be Conn. Secretary of the State, Denise Merrill ’88 (BGS). 

The following ceremonies will be held in Gampel Pavilion  

On Saturday, May 11: School of Engineering, 9:00 a.m.; Graduate School, 1:30 p.m., College of Agriculture & Natural Resources and Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, 6:00 p.m. 

On Sunday, May 12: School of Business, 9:00 a.m., College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS -Ceremony I), 12:30 p.m., College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS-Ceremony II), 5:00 p.m. 

For College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ceremonies: Contact CLAS Communications Director Christine Buckley at 860-486-0680 or Christine.buckley@uconn.edu for information. 

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.