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Summer commencement marks end of 2005-2006
academic year By Office of University
Relations 381-2741
Posted 8/19/2006
The University
of Texas-Pan American bid farewell to its last group
of graduates for the 2005-2006 academic year Saturday,
Aug. 19 at the UTPA Fieldhouse, during its first summer
commencement ceremonies in more than 14 years.
The 9 a.m. and noon ceremonies featured more than 600
prospective graduates who walked across the stage to
cheers and tears from an excited audience of family
members and friends to receive their degrees.
This
marked the first time in the University’s
history that summer ceremonies were held in one
academic year along with the earlier spring and
fall ceremonies.
“We are making history today because this
is the first time we’ve held fall, spring
and summer ceremonies. That is a reflection of how
the University is growing and how the Valley is
growing and most of all how our hunger for an education
in our families is growing,” Dr. Blandina
Cárdenas, UTPA president, said.
Edith
Hernandez, a graduate from the College of Arts
and Humanities, receives a tearful hug from her
grandmother, Valeria Davila of Edinburg, at the
end of the noon ceremony.
Cárdenas said more
than 3,000 degrees were awarded during 2005-2006 ceremonies.
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Edith
Hernandez, a graduate from the College of Arts
and Humanities, receives a tearful hug from her
grandmother, Valeria Davila of Edinburg, at the
end of the noon ceremony.
