- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
They received their degrees at an afternoon ceremony on Sunday, June 16 in The Pavilion, sharing the ceremony with other graduating students from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES). CA&ES held two commencement ceremonies; one in the morning at 9 and one in the afternoon at 2.
Dean Helene Dillard and Chancellor Gary May both delivered speeches. It was a day "filled with commencement regalia, beaming smiles and other memories that will last a lifetime," May recalled on a UC Davis website.
The entomology graduates (UC Davis does not offer a major in nematology but does offer a minor) are:
- Darian Buckman
- Abram Estrada
- Lohitashwa Garikipati
- Rayanh Gutierrez
- Jo Hsuan Kao
- Eliza Litsey
- Jessica Nguyen
- Dingyuan Peng
- Jesus Martinez Rodriguez
- Matthew Salvador
- Michelle Tam
- Seiji Yokota
CA&ES was the only college or school holding two ceremonies to accommodate the graduating students. The others ceremonies:
- School of Medicine — 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, Mondavi Center
- School of Law — 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, Mondavi Center
- School of Veterinary Medicine — 3:30 p.m Friday, May 24, Mondavi Center
- School of Education — 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, Mondavi Center
- Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing — 10 a.m. Thursday, June 13, Mondavi Center
- Graduate Studies — 3 p.m. Thursday, June 13, The Pavilion
- College of Biological Sciences — 9 a.m. Friday, June 14, The Pavilion
- College of Engineering — 2 p.m. Friday, June 14, The Pavilion
- College of Letters and Science — 9 a.m., and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 15, The Pavilion
- Graduate School of Management — 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15, Mondavi Center