Resilience and adaptability were on full display at Texas Tech University's spring commencement ceremonies last month, not only in the message to the class of 2021, which endured and overcame a global pandemic, but also in the university's determination to take a purposeful step forward in its aftermath.

Graduation undergraduate recipients from individual departments and majors included:

• Agribusiness, 10
• Agricultural & Applied Economics, 38
• Agricultural Communications, 33
• Agricultural Education, 20
• Animal Science, 96
• Conservation Law Enforcement, 3
• Food Science, 4
• Landscape Architecture, 10
• Natural Resources Management, 31
• Plant and Soil Science, 19

Separately, Texas Tech officials recognized CASNR highest-ranking fall graduates. They included:

• Grace Avalon Baxter, an animal science major from Dripping Springs, Texas
• Matthew Lane Blalock, an agribusiness major from Quitman, Texas
• Megan Catherine Dunn, an agricultural communications major from  Center, Texas
• Chase Harris Gibson, an agribusiness major from Haskell, Texas
• Devin Edward Gonzales, an animal science major from Hondo, Texas
• Jansen Christopher Ivie, a natural resources management major from Weatherford, Texas
• Alexandra Mary Lee, a plant and soil science major from Lubbock, Texas
• Timothy Martin Lilly, an agricultural and applied economics major from Knott, Texas
• Morgan Elizabeth Miller, an agricultural communications major from Hotchkiss, Colorado
• Allison Grace Morgan, an agricultural and applied economics major from Sherman, Texas
• Avery Lynn Price, an agricultural communications major from Fluvanna, Texas
• Sherrie Loise Ray, an agricultural communications and Agricultural Education major from Albert, NM
• Creigh Alice Rourke, an agricultural communications major from Iowa City, Iowa
• Taylor Beth Schertz, an animal science major from Denton, Texas
• Madison Raye Schumacher, an agricultural education major from Greenfield, Ohio
• Kamlynn Christina Thomas, an animal science major from Jacksboro, Texas
• Tatum Anne Whitewood, an animal science major from Sanger, Texas

CONTACT: Cindy Akers, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or cindy.akers@ttu.edu

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