More than 140 students from Texas Tech's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources received diplomas at the university's fall commencement ceremonies in December. This semester the academic celebration took place in the form of both an in-person ceremony on Saturday (Dec. 12), followed by a virtual ceremony a week later.

All December graduates, including those who attend an in-person commencement, were included in the virtual commencement ceremony on Dec. 19. In addition, if circumstances allow, Texas Tech officials plan to have in-person ceremonies for May and August 2020 graduates sometime in 2021.

Separately, Texas Tech officials recognized CASNR highest-ranking fall graduates. They included:
• Sophie Dirks-Martin, an animal science major from Capitan, New Mexico
• Nathan Holtman, an agricultural and applied economics major from Ropesville, Texas
• Jessica Marsh, an animal science major from Liberty Hill, Texas
• Brianne Swailes, a plant and soil science major from Pleasanton, California
• Hannah Van Der Schans, an agricultural communications major from Frisco, Texas
• Campbell Williams, an agricultural communications major from Lindsay, Texas

Graduation undergraduate recipients from individual departments and majors included:
• Agribusiness, 5
• Agricultural & Applied Economics, 28
• Agricultural Communications, 8
• Agricultural Education, 3
• Animal Science, 63
• Conservation Law Enforcement, 1
• Food Science, 2
• Natural Resources Management, 19
• Plant and 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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