More than 2,700 Texas Tech students, including 150 from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, received diplomas at the university's commencement ceremonies on Saturday (Dec. 16) at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock.

During the event outstanding students carried banners representing their respective colleges. William Dodge, a plant and soil science major from Lubbock, represented CASNR. Administrators selected the banner bearers based on all-around achievement. The highest-ranking fall graduates from CASNR were Dodge and Brooklyn Pettigrew, an animal science major from Columbia City, Indiana.

Graduation recipients from the individual departments and majors included:
• Agribusiness, 3
• Agricultural & Applied Economics, 24
• Agricultural & Applied Economics/General Business, 1
• Agricultural Communications, 18
• Animal Science, 43
• Conservation Law Enforcement, 2
• Interdisciplinary Agriculture, 15
• Natural Resources Management, 26
• Plant and Soil Science, 18

CONTACT: Steven Fraze, Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or steven.fraze@ttu.edu

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