Actor, Writer and Producer Deric Augustine to Serve as º£½ÇÉçÇø's Fall 2025 Commencement Speaker
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º£½ÇÉçÇøalumnus Deric Augustine (’12) will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s Fall 2025 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. at the Lakefront Arena.
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While finding the proverbial needle in a haystack might be difficult, º£½ÇÉçÇøearth and environmental sciences professor Mark Kulp and his research team have enlisted technology to help them with an equally daunting task—tracking grains of sand. Read more