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BURLINGTON, VT (07/14/2023)-- UVM President Suresh Garimella conferred degrees on an estimated 3,383 graduates at the university's 222nd Commencement ceremony. Speaking on the spirit of excellence, the Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, delivered the keynote address.

The following local students earned bachelor's degrees from UVM:

Alexandra Kettyle of Wall Township graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Business Administration.

Joseph Abate of Burlington graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in History.

Elizabeth Brown of Laurel Springs graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Environmental Sciences.

Eliza Frankenthaler of Haddonfield graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Environmental Studies.

Olivia Qualls of Haddonfield graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Environmental Sciences.

Lydia Sander of Haddonfield graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Annika Ringen of Medford Lakes graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in English and Film and Television Studies.

Julia Kropiewnicki of Mullica Hill graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Exercise Science.

Daniella Paterno of Mullica Hill graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Public Communication.

Anthony Lasalle of Sewell graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Environmental Studies.

Isabella Pillows of Southampton graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Environmental Studies.

Claire Leahy of Pilesgrove graduated Cum Laude from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering.

Taylor Dalzell of Linwood graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Ella Weigel of Woodbine graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Environmental Sciences.

Ashley Pearson of Franklinville graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Ecological Agriculture.

Copper Sutphen of Bordentown graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Sociology.

Audrey Lavin of Wrightstown graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's in Elementary Education: K-6.

This year's commencement was marked by a spirit of resilience and triumph. The world was a much different place when the Class of 2023 entered UVM in the fall of 2019, and with the advent of a pandemic in the spring of their first year, they learned to adjust to unique challenges and contribute to UVM's successful response to the crisis.

The ceremony was especially meaningful for UVM President Suresh Garimella, who began his tenure at UVM in 2019 as the class of 2023 was beginning their first year. Garimella invoked words of writer Vladamir Nabokov to encourage graduates forward: "The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible," he read. He urged students to follow the same spirit. "Go forth and write your next chapter in bold strokes. Go dauntlessly wherever your stories take you."

About UVM

Since 1791, the University of Vermont has worked to move humankind forward. Committed to both research and teaching, UVM professors-world-class researchers, scholars, and artists-bring their discoveries into the classroom and their students into the field. Located in Burlington, Vermont, one of the nation's most vibrant small cities and top college towns, UVM is a top 100 national research university educating over 14,000 undergraduate students, graduate students, certificate and non-degree students, and M.D. students in the Larner College of Medicine.

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