===> Press Release for Omaha World Herald--Commencement Students

UNL GRADUATION LIST

800 to receive degrees at Aug. 11 commencement exercises

ATTENTION: News, Education Editors

CONTACT: Tom Simons, University Communications, (402) 472-8514 ()

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800 TO RECEIVE DEGREES AT AUG. 11 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11, 2006 -- Approximately 800 students are scheduled to receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in commencement exercises beginning at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 11 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremonies. Lilian R. Furst, a noted scholar and teacher at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill will deliver the address and receive an honorary doctor of letters degree.

The graduates hail from 33 states and 46 countries.

A list of students who will graduate with honors follows.

NOTE: replace "--" with dashes ("-" are used as hyphens in names).

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<Nebraska -- Hastings -- Derek Peterson; Lincoln -- Lindsay Vanier; Omaha -- Lyle McConaughy II; Waterbury -- Andrea Swetnam;

<Elsewhere -- Watertown, S.D. -- Nancy Ann Puthoff;

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<Nebraska -- Columbus -- Lyndsay Bonwell; Davey -- Lee Martin; Firth -- Andrew Moseman; Harvard -- Paul Alexander; Lincoln -- DeAnn Cudly; Cynthia Tedore; Rachel Williams; Louisville -- Stephanie Pankonin; Omaha -- Anne Swanda; York -- Rebecca Holthe;

<Elsewhere -- Winner, S.D. -- Nichole Lea Brockhoft;

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<Nebraska -- Alliance -- Melissa Ackerman; Bellevue -- Brenton Stanfield; Chadron -- Grace Helton; Cozad -- Natalie Hart; Deshler -- Trevor Meyer; Fordyce -- Bill Jansen; Lincoln -- Kristin Ford; Debaleena Mukherjee; Jennifer Mullenax; Danielle Singleton; Michael Wilmot; Omaha -- Cindy Lee; Neil Legband; Springfield -- Roseann Masek;

<Elsewhere -- Urbandale, Iowa -- Jessica Ginther; Thief River Falls, Minn. -- Francis Mann; Hiroshima, Japan -- Rieko Fujita; Nairobi, Kenya -- Christine Ngaruiya;

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