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Jose Luis Puerta, a doctoral candidate in the UA's Bolton Guitar program and May graduate, practices up to seven hours a day amid a hectic schedule of classes, teaching and conducting.
Margaret Richardson was honored by UA President Ann Weaver Hart with a Humane Letters Honorary Degree from the College of Medicine.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, financial innovator James Muzzy and Czech parasitologist and biochemist Libor Grubhoffer will be honored at Commencement with honorary degrees, along with business executive Olden Lee, who will receive the Alumni Achievement Award.
Seven graduating seniors will be honored during the UA's 152nd Commencement ceremony for their outstanding achievements and contributions.
Following the untimely death of Jeffry A. Jahn, who served as head of the Arizona Repertory Singers for 25 years, Thomas E. Lerew stepped in to serve as interim director of the organization.
UA President Ann Weaver Hart will confer degrees upon about 6,000 eligible graduates during the UA's Commencement ceremony, to be held May 13.
As millennials enter the job market, they must navigate an era of unprecedented change in the needs of employers while simultaneously redefining the core tenets of professional life.
Despite the growth and evolution of university commencement ceremonies over the years, they remain highly traditional events that are rich with personal significance, according to UA folklorist Maribel Alvarez.
Sites at UA North Valley and UA South at Arizona Western College and programs such as the Department of Mexican American Studies will be sending off their first graduates.
Travis Baldwin of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Anto de Murelle Boubeka-Mbondzi of Phoenix are among the first UA Online students to graduate, having earned their degrees from expanded access to a UA education.
