LINCOLN, NE (05/12/2015)(readMedia)-- Nearly 3,000 degrees were awarded during commencement exercises May 8 and 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Patricia Crews, Willa Cather Professor of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design and founding director of the International Quilt Student Center and Museum, gave the address at the May 8 graduate degree ceremony at Pinnacle Bank Arena, 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive; Barbara Hendricks, opera singer and UNL alumna, delivered the address at the undergraduate ceremony May 9 at Pinnacle Bank Arena; and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., author and environmental attorney, addressed law graduates May 9 in a ceremony at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St.

The graduates were from 39 states and 28 countries. For a complete list of graduates, go to http://go.unl.edu/6i8a.

Geneseo: Garrett Philip Donaldson , College of Arts and Sciences, bachelor of sciencewith distinction

Rock Island: Laura Ann Zangori , Graduate Studies, doctor of philosophy

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