More than 1,100 students earned bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the Dec, 14 commencement ceremony, which featured remarks by highly regarded Carolina chemistry professor Valerie Ashby, Ph.D.
More than 1,100 students earned bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the Dec, 14 commencement ceremony, which featured remarks by highly regarded Carolina chemistry professor Valerie Ashby, Ph.D.
Out of 1,102 students who received a degree, 580 earned a bachelor’s, 402 earned a master’s, 98 earned a doctoral degree and 22 earned a professional degree.
In addition, 6,925 Carolina students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement through their selection for the Dean’s List for Fall 2008.
Students are eligible for the list if they earn at least a 3.2 grade-point-average on a 4.0 scale while taking 15 or more letter-grade credit hours. They are also eligible if they earn a 3.5 grade-point-average while taking at least 12 letter-grade credit hours. Students must have no grades lower than a “C.” On a 4.0 scale, “A” equals 4, “B” equals 3 and “C” equals 2.
Note: For Editors – How to Use the Web Page Site
* Go to: https://www-s8.its.unc.edu/si/newsservicecan.html
To search for those students in your circulation area:
* For the Semester/Year, choose “Fall 2008.”
* For “ALL STUDENTS” choose “Yes” OR
* For “North Carolina County,” select your county OR
* For “State” select your state.
* Choose option 1 (Dean’s List) or option 2 (Degree Recipients). Note: You must choose a field. The browser does not default to a value.
* Choose an output type – Adobe PDF is the default but other options include MS Excel or HTML formats.
* Click “Submit” – the results will be displayed in a browser window.
Related links:
Speech transcript: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/students/valerie-ashby-commencement-speech.html
Commencement news release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/uncs-ashby-to-deliver-december-commencement-address.html
News Services contact: Crystal Beal, (919) 962-2091, news@unc.edu