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All Smiles as All Degree Levels Conferred at UC Summer Commencement
Associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree recipients shared the glory together at the University of Cincinnati's Summer Commencement ceremony for the first time in 35 years.
The class of August 2014, which earned more than 2,000 degrees, was celebrated at the Aug. 9 ceremony at Fifth Third Arena. It was the first Summer Commencement since 1979 to include associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral graduates accepting their degrees at the same ceremony.
In UC President Santa J. Onos remarks, he suggested that these students were graduating with an education of the mind and of the heart. He asked them to search within themselves for the courage to take action against injustice. And he implored the entire audience to choose to be instruments for goodness in the world.
As many of these graduates step off campus and into their careers, their new UC degree will likely be a big help. Data collected by UCs
in its
spring 2013
Destination Report for bachelors degree students graduating at that time showed that UC graduates transition well into the workforce.
- UC bachelor's degree graduates had average starting salary was $45,511.
- 79 percent accepted a position related to their field of study.
- 62 percent participated in a co-op or internship before graduating.
- 75 percent who participated in a co-op or internship have full-time jobs after graduating.
- 80 Fortune 500 companies hired UC graduates.
The close of UC's August 2014 commencement
COMMENCEMENT BY THE NUMBERS
Take
at UCs class of August 2014 online.
GRADUATE PROFILES
Read in-depth about some of this year's graduates:
UC Blue Ash Nursing Student Earns Degree to Honor her Late Husband
Nursing Grad Had 'Amazing Journey' Not Without Struggle
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- College of Nursing
- Blue Ash College
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