More than 5,580 Texas Tech students, the university’s largest spring graduating class, received their diplomas in mid-May during commencement ceremonies at the United Supermarkets Arena, marking the culmination of years of study for graduates across the institution’s academic colleges.
Among them were 357 undergraduates from the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, reflecting the breadth of programs in agriculture, natural resources, and environmental science that form one of the university’s core academic efforts.
During the ceremony, outstanding students carried ceremonial banners representing their respective colleges. GraceAnn Streit, a senior animal science major from Lubbock, Texas represented Davis College, according to Megan Biggs, Davis College’s Program Manager for Academic Student Programs.
The Davis College graduating class included students across six departments and nine majors. The number of undergraduate degrees conferred in each program was:
- Agricultural & Applied Economics: 71 (42 Agriculture & Applied Economics & 29 Agribusiness)
- Agricultural Education & Communications: 59 (26 Agricultural Education & 33 Agricultural Communications)
- Animal & Food Science: 164 (161 Animal Science & 3 Food Science)
- Landscape Architecture: 19
- Natural Resources Management: 25
- Plant & Soil Science: 19
Davis College officials noted that this year’s graduates enter a rapidly evolving agricultural and natural resources sector, where demand for skilled professionals continues to rise.
According to a Texas Tech press release, the graduating class comprises 4,085 undergraduates and 1,499 graduate students, including the School of Law and the School of Veterinary Medicine. The class is representative of 49 U.S. states and 60 countries, while the oldest graduate is 68 and the youngest graduate is 18.
The School of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 80 students is the second graduating class of the program. The class’s oldest graduate is 41 and the youngest is 25. Of those graduating, more than 90 percent will begin their career in a rural, regional or large-animal practice, and 26 percent of the class are first-generation students. More than 200,000 animals were seen throughout the class’s clinical year.
CONTACT: Megan Biggs, Program Manager for Academic Student Programs, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 834-1535 or megan.biggs@ttu.edu
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