{"id":9809,"date":"2024-12-20T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T22:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=9809"},"modified":"2024-12-20T16:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T22:37:49","slug":"nicholls-awarded-502-degrees-at-115th-commencement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/20\/nicholls-awarded-502-degrees-at-115th-commencement-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholls Awarded 502 Degrees at 115th Commencement Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9809 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/20\/nicholls-awarded-502-degrees-at-115th-commencement-ceremony\/s2-libarts-cjfci\/'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S2.LibArts.CJFCI_-scaled-e1734733635630.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S2.LibArts.CJFCI_-scaled-e1734733635630.jpeg 1018w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S2.LibArts.CJFCI_-scaled-e1734733635630-300x270.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S2.LibArts.CJFCI_-scaled-e1734733635630-768x690.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/20\/nicholls-awarded-502-degrees-at-115th-commencement-ceremony\/s3-bus-nurse\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1065\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S3.Bus_.Nurse_-scaled-e1734733788534.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S3.Bus_.Nurse_-scaled-e1734733788534.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S3.Bus_.Nurse_-scaled-e1734733788534-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S3.Bus_.Nurse_-scaled-e1734733788534-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/12\/S3.Bus_.Nurse_-scaled-e1734733788534-768x699.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1170px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1170\/1065;\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 Nicholls State University awarded 502 degrees during its fall commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. Of the degrees awarded, 22 were summa cum laude graduates, 29 were magna cum laude graduates, 36 were cum laude graduates and 53 were graduate students who earned their masters degrees with 4.0 GPAs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undergraduates who completed their degree with a perfect 4.0 GPA received the President\u2019s Medal of Honor. Those six students are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madison Beier, Health Sciences \u2013 Communicative Disorders, St. James Parish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tamiyah Gross, Accounting &amp; Finance, St. John Parish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madeline Albritton, Elementary Education, St. Mary Parish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kaitlyn Marcotte, Psychology, St. Mary Parish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meghan Cenac, Culinary Arts \u2013 P\u00e2tisserie, Terrebonne Parish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philip Brown, English \u2013 Writing and Rhetoric, Terrebonne Parish<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lists of summer and fall 2024 students who graduated with honors can be found <a style=\"font-size: 16px;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/academic-affairs\/honors-list-fall-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A full list of summer and fall 2024 graduates can be found <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/academic-affairs\/fall-2024-graduates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, December 20, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA CONTACT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Payton Suire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Media Relations &amp; Publications Coordinator,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">985.448.4141<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:payton.suire@nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">payton.suire@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 Nicholls State University awarded 502 degrees during its fall commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. 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