More than 4,100 students Texas Tech students, including 219 from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, received diplomas at the university's commencement ceremonies on Saturday (May 19) at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock.

During the event, outstanding students carried banners representing their respective colleges. Kaden Hicks, an agricultural and applied economics major from Hereford, represented CASNR. Administrators selected the banner bearers based on all-around achievement.

Separately, the highest-ranking spring graduates from CASNR were recognized. They included Hicks, along with

• Jacy Cabler, an agricultural communications major from Spur
• Paisley Cooper, an agricultural communications major from Lamesa
• Brooke Johnson, an agricultural and applied economics major from Fairfield
• Cole Perkins, an animal science major from Llano
• Garrett Scitern, an interdisciplinary agriculture major from Anson

Graduation recipients from the individual departments and majors included:
• Agribusiness - 7
• Agricultural & Applied Economics - 38
• Agricultural & Applied Economics/General Business - 2
• Agricultural Communications - 31
• Animal Science - 59
• Animal Science/Food Science - 1
• Conservation Law Enforcement - 2
• Food Science - 5
• Interdisciplinary Agriculture - 25
• Landscape Architecture - 9
• Natural Resources Management - 26
• Natural Resources Management/Chemical Engineering - 1
• Plant & Soil Science - 13

CONTACT: William Brown, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or william.f.brown@ttu.edu

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