The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will confer more than 600 degrees during commencement exercises Aug. 13 and 14 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Among those will be 11 students from the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Doctor of Plant Health.
The arena, 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive, will host a ceremony for students earning graduate and professional degrees at 3 p.m. Aug. 13 and one for those earning bachelor’s degrees at 9 a.m. Aug. 14. Doors open to the public at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 13 and 7:30 a.m. Aug. 14.
In addition, the Class of 2020 will be celebrated during the ceremonies. All 2020 graduates were invited back to participate in the commencement exercises, and more than 700 are expected to do so. These graduates must have signed up to attend.
Walter “Ted” Carter Jr., president of the University of Nebraska system, will deliver the undergraduate commencement address. Daniel Linzell, associate dean for graduate and international programs in the College of Engineering and Leslie D. Martin Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will speak to the graduate and professional degree earners.
The ceremonies were streamed and broadcast live on Spectrum channel 1303, Allo channel 23 and Kinetic channel 1080.
A department graduation reception was held Aug. 13 in the Goodding Learning Center, 280 Plant Sciences Hall, to celebrate. Each graduate received a small gift from the department.
Congratulations to all of our graduates! Thank you for your talent and commitment, and for enriching the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. Best wishes on your future endeavors.
See congratulatory video and list of graduates below.
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy
Zayne Heckenlively
Doctor of Plant Health
Lindsey Overmyer
Doctoral Degree in Agronomy
Jaspreet Sandhu
Elnazsadat Hosseinighdam
Dinesh Panday
Master of Science in Agronomy
Ely Anderson
Joseph Foral
Kaitlyn Fraser
Kailon Lang
Jasmine Mausbach
Shawn McDonald
Nebraska Today and the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture contributed to this report.
