UConn Graduates 20 Suffield Residents; Awards 7,000 Degrees

A total of 16 Suffield and four West Suffield residents earned their degrees this weekend, according to a press release from UConn, with honors ranging from a bachelor’s degree through complete doctorates. To see who earned which degrees, see our complete list below.

Honorary Degrees

The university awarded eight honorary degrees to individuals who have shown leadership in their chosen fields.

They are: Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Corp., received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and delivered the graduate ceremony commencement address; Wally Lamb, author, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and delivered the commencement address at the Neag School of Education; Dr. Ferid Murad, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree and spoke during the Health Center commencement, and Jerry Adler, actor and director, received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree and delivered the commencement address at the School of Fine Arts.

Also, Charles Zwick, philanthropist and former director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and served as keynote speaker at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources commencement, and Elizabeth Shanahan, executive director and CEO for the Society of Women Engineers, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the School of Engineering where she delivered the commencement address.

Gary Bailey, internationally recognized leader in the field of social work, and Lyudmila Harutyunyan, known as the ‘mother of Armenian social work’ each received honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees during a special ceremony sponsored by the School of Social Work on May 11.
The following Suffield residents earned their degree this weekend:

• Christopher Benson, Bachelor of Arts;
  
• Amanda Emery, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Jessica Fall, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Michael Haines, Bachelor of Arts;
  
• Victoria Heyse, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Michelle Kula, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Joshua Leadbeater, Bachelor of Arts;
  
• Silvana Luongo, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Matthew Magda, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Kevin Mannino, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Christopher Oprica, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Rachel Packard, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Justin Pierce, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Kelly Walsh, Bachelor of Arts;
  
• Shannon Wilson, Bachelor of Science; and
• Vesselin Zlatev, Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

• Eliot Corbin, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Cassandra Devney, Bachelor of Science;
  
• Ian Shulman, Bachelor of Science; and 
• Laura Vallance, Bachelor of Arts.