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June 10, 2009New Orleans, LA (Grassroots Newswire) May 29, 2009 – Tulane University in New Orleans awarded degrees this month to approximately 2,200 graduates. Among those graduated from Tulane as a member of the historic “Katrina Class,” those undergraduates who were at Tulane for only a few hours when they had to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, were the following local students:
* Mary Nguyen of Amelia (70340)
* Curtis Bashkiharatee of Houma (70360)
* Katherine Champagne of Houma (70360)
* Laura Guidry of Houma (70360)
Tulane’s Unified Commencement was held on May 16, 2009 in the Louisiana Superdome. The ceremony featured keynote speaker Ellen DeGeneres, honorary degree recipients Harry Connick Jr., HIV co-discoverer and Nobel Prize winner Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, health care advocate Jessie Gruman and architect William McDonough.
“Katrina Class” members were honored at the ceremony, which included all the pomp and circumstance of a traditional commencement but with a New Orleans twist, including bagpipes, herald trumpets and a second-line jazz procession. Entertainment was provided by Dr. Michael White’s Original Liberty Jazz Band and jazz singer Wanda Rouzan.
Tulane University is one of the nation’s leading educational and research institutions. Founded in 1834 in New Orleans, Tulane has ten schools and colleges offering degrees in architecture, business, law, liberal arts, medicine, public health and tropical medicine, the sciences and engineering, and social work.
