{"id":6782,"date":"2018-05-25T17:10:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T22:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2018-05-25T17:10:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T22:10:12","slug":"nicholls-awards-744-degrees-at-102nd-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/25\/nicholls-awards-744-degrees-at-102nd-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ awards 744 degrees at 102nd Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. &#8212; ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ awarded 744 degrees to students during its spring commencement ceremony on May 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Megan Boudreaux, Katelyn Cortez, Derek Daigle and Tricia Martin received the President\u2019s Medal of Honor for graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Boudreaux graduated with a degree in biology, Cortez with degrees in finance and accounting, Daigle in chemistry and Martin in accounting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to those four students, 21 students graduated summa cum laude for graduating with a 3.9 GPA or higher. Summa cum laude is the highest academic honor a student can achieve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those students are Jill Knight, psychology; Kayla Wayne, management and accounting; Michael Funkhouser, secondary education; Ria Ledet, biology; Taylor Boudreaux, finance and accounting; Natalie LeBlanc, dietetics; Peyton Montet, management; Austin Ledet, accounting; Tammy Szanyi, petroleum services; Anna Cazenave, communicative disorders; Sarah LeBouef, health sciences; Jordan Aucoin, petroleum services; Gregory Bergeron, biology; Adele Broussard, health sciences; Heather Bond, elementary education; Chelsea Robichaux, elementary education; Katelyn Granger, accounting; Emily Sauce, biology; Brooke Lagarde, biology; Abby Eschete, accounting; and Kyle Foret, communicative disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 25, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jacob Batte, Media Relations and Publications Coordinator, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">985.448.4141<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">jacob.batte@www.nicholls.edu<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX, La. &#8212; ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ awarded 744 degrees to students during its spring commencement ceremony on May 19. 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