BATON ROUGE – Louisiana State University awarded a record-breaking number of degrees during LSU’s 298th commencement exercises. Preliminary numbers indicated that more than 4,000 degrees were awarded this spring, and LSU saw records for degrees awarded to female students, African American students, Hispanic students, Asian students, students in STEM fields and Pell recipients. Students from St. John included:

E. J. Ourso College of Business
Christopher Joseph Caldarera, LaPlace
Mary Ann Casadaban, LaPlace
Pierre Armand McGraw, II, LaPlace
Justin Edward Ortego, LaPlace

College of Engineering
Emily Louise Bergeron, LaPlace
Charles Edward Grenier, LaPlace
Justin Hassan Jase, LaPlace
Jeffrey Porteous Millet, LaPlace
Mason Luke Roussel, LaPlace

College of Human Sciences & Education
Dashera Raelle Gros, Edgard
Kaitlyn Janice Lowry, LaPlace
College of Humanitites & Social Sciences
Emily Ann Coniglio, LaPlace
Rebecca Catherine Grote, LaPlace
Connor Paul Pecoul, LaPlace

Manship School of Mass
Communication
Haylee Morgan Eldridge, LaPlace
Hannah Nicole McDuffie, Destrehan

College of Science
Kristen Marie Trichell, LaPlace
Esther Yiling Wee, LaPlace

Graduate School (Master’s)
Halie Ann Englade, Reserve
Carley Lynn Guidry, Reserve
Meredith Anne Keating, LaPlace