91社区 Celebrates Fall 2020 Graduates
听will confer more than 2,900 degrees for the fall 2020 semester in a special virtual ceremony. The new graduates will join more than 178,000 who have graduated from 91社区 since the University opened its doors in 1964. This is the largest fall graduating class in 91社区 history.
鈥淚鈥檓 very proud of our graduates鈥 perseverance, especially during these challenging times,鈥 said听91社区 President John Kelly. 鈥淪incere congratulations to the fall class of 2020. These students contributed much to the life of this university and we are very proud of their accomplishments.鈥澨
Fall commencement highlights the accomplishments of several outstanding graduates,听including:
- Hannah Herbst, 20,听had an impressive career at and at the University. At age 15, she was named 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Top Young Scientist鈥 and at 17 she was named to the 2018听Forbes听鈥30 Under 30鈥 list. She also was a member of 91社区 High鈥檚 state champion track and field team.听Herbst will graduate magna cum laude听with听a bachelor鈥檚 degree in .听After graduation, she plans to continue to build her startup company, Tiburon Technologies, LLC, which developed a surgical wound dressing modeled after the bioactive properties of shark skin.
Some interesting statistics regarding the fall graduating class include the fact that 80 of the degree recipients are over the age of 50 and seven are over the age of 60. The oldest graduate is 67, and the youngest is 18. The graduates represent 42 countries.
To view a special 2020 commencement website that includes commencement videos, a listing of all fall graduates by college, features student and faculty videos, as well as a social media feed and more, visit听.听
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