About 1,300 graduates will receive diplomas from the University of Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ at Lafayette during Fall 2014 Commencement ceremonies.
Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees will be conferred on Friday, Dec. 19, at the Cajundome and Convention Center.
The University’s General Assembly will take place at 11 a.m. Doctoral candidates will be hooded and will have their doctorates conferred at this session, which will be attended by all graduating seniors and faculty members wearing full academic regalia.
Dr. Darrell Bourque, a former Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ poet laureate and Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Lafayette professor emeritus of English, will be the Commencement speaker at the General Assembly.
The General Assembly will be broadcast on the Internet via a livestream at .
Master’s and bachelor’s degrees will be conferred at ceremonies for each academic college. A schedule and locations are below.
Cajundome
• 8 a.m. College of Education
• 1:30 p.m. B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration
• 4 p.m. College of Liberal Arts
Cajundome Convention Center - Exhibit Hall B (1st floor)
• 8 a.m. College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions
• 1:30 p.m. College of General Studies
• 4 p.m. College of Engineering
Cajundome Convention Center - Festival Ballroom (2nd floor)
• 8 a.m. College of the Arts
• 1:30 p.m. Ray P. Authement College of Sciences
A total of eight students will be honored as the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Lafayette Alumni Association’s Outstanding Graduates.
Each semester, deans from the eight academic colleges nominate a student as an Outstanding Graduate based on leadership, scholarship and service. A selection committee with the Alumni Association interviews each candidate and selects one for the overall award. That person will be recognized during the General Assembly as the overall Outstanding Graduate.
This semester’s Outstanding Graduates are:
• College of the Arts, Nicholas Lott
• B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration, Alexandra Dardar
• College of Education, April Begnaud
• College of Engineering, Austen Catlin
• College of General Studies, Emma Trahan
• College of Liberal Arts, Taylor McCaulley
• College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, Garrett Darbonne
• Ray P. Authement College of Sciences, Merlin Dartez Jr.
Parking for the general public will be available at Cajun Field; motorists are encouraged to enter through Gate 4 on West Congress Street.
Security measures will be in place at the Cajundome and Convention Center. University Police officers will examine the contents of purses, bags, and packages of attendees. Extremely large bags or oversized packages won’t be permitted inside the Commencement venues.
Social media posts tagged with the #ragingrads14 hashtag will be displayed on screens throughout the Cajundome starting at 8 a.m. Find the University’s page dedicated to the hashtag at .
To learn more about Fall 2014 Commencement, visit .