On Friday, May 15th, Dean Antonio Cepeda-Benito welcomed the students, the department chairs and directors, and families to the CAS Awards Ceremony in Ira Allen Chapel. (picture 1). This year's guest speaker was Sean Field, Professor of History (picture 2).
Students who successfully defended their honors thesis were presented with certificates of recognition (pictures 3 and 4), and awards were handed out to students receiving departmental awards.
Along the way to a reception that immediately followed the proceedings, families and friends stopped to pose for photos (picture 5). Faculty, including sociology professor Tom Streeter (on left) and chemistry professors Christopher Landry and Matthias Brewer (on far right), talked to guests at the reception (picture 6). Faculty, students, families, and friends mingle at the reception in Billings. (picture 7)
A pdf of the program is available here.
Sunday, May 17th, found the sun peaking through the clouds and students lining up for the Main Ceremony behind the College of Arts and Sciences banner carried by this year's banner bearer, Marguerite Love. Faculty Marshals included (from left to right) Sondra Solomon, Lawrence Rudiger, Laura Webb, and Gretchen van Slyke.
This year students lined up by the Bailey-Howe/Davis Center green prior to processing to the University Green.
The College was pleased to announced two winners of the Hannah Howard Prize at this year's commencement ceremony. The Hannah Howard Prize is awarded annually to the student with the highest grade point average in the College while enrolled on a full-time basis. This year there was a tie and the recipients were Luke Dorfman and Michele Weinstein (pictured with College Marshal Abigail McGowan). Luke is from Shelburne, Vermont and graduated with a double major in English and Anthropology and a minor in Pure Mathematics. Michele is a December 2014 graduate from Annandale, New Jersey. She transferred to UVM in 2009 and majored in Biology with a minor in Nutrition. Read more about our recipients here.