2018 Graduation

See the video of Convocation speaker and Colorado University School of Education Professor Valerie Otero UNM BS Physics '91's speech.

Convocation program, first and last pages Convocation details at Regener Hall. The reception preceding the convocation for parents, friends, faculty, staff, and graduates was very well attended A happy day for proud graduates, their families, and faculty A last chance to get everyone together Graduating undergraduates, masters, and doctoral students at the reception prior to the convocation Newly-minted Physics PhD Xiaodong Qi with Professor Ivan Deutsch 2018 undergraduate and graduate students line up prior to the Convocation Graduate PhD students from the Physics and Optics programs Department Chair Wolfgang Rudolph and Distinguished Professor Carlton M. Caves chat with Convocation speaker and Colorado University School of Education Professor Valerie Otero UNM BS Physics '91 UNM Physics staffer Alisa Gibson with Physics and Astronomy professors waiting for the convocation Faculty of the University of New Mexico line up for Convocation. From left to right, Professors Dunlap, Gold, Deutsch, Seidel, Morgan-Tracy, Sheik-Bahae, Becerra-Chavez, Busani, Manjavacas, and Mafi Faculty line up for Convocation. From left to right, Professors Sheik-Bahae, Becerra-Chavez, Busani, Manjavacas, Mafi, Miyake, Otero, Rudolph, and Rand Undergraduates file in as faculty applaud Department Chair Wolfgang Rudolph congratulates Senior Lecturer Mark Morgan-Tracy on winning the Department Excellence in Teaching Award — at Regener Hall. Department Chair Wolfgang Rudolph congratulates Austin K. Daniel on winning the William G. Larsen, Ph.D., Memorial Award for Best Teaching Assistant — at Regener Hall. Department Chair Wolfgang Rudolph congratulates Karthik R. Chinni on winning the William G. Larsen, Ph.D., Memorial Award for Best Teaching Assistant Undergraduates receive their awards — at Regener Hall. Department Chair Wolfgang Rudolph congratulates Benjamin L. Reichelt, winner of the Feynman Award for Best Student in Contemporary Physics. He won a complete set of the Feynman Lectures on Physics University of Colorado, Boulder Professor Valerie K. Otero delivers the Convocation address Julian Antolin Camarena gets hooded by dissertation director Sudhakar Prasad Dissertation Director Carlton Caves hoods Jonathan Gross Dissertation Director Ivan Deutsch hoods Xiaodong Qi Dissertation Director Tito Busani hoods Mahmoud Behzadirad Brian Kamer receives his hood from Department Chair Wolfgang Rudolph in lieu of Dissertation Director Jean-Claude Diels — at Regener Hall. Professor Arash Mafi hoods Zahra Taghipour in lieu of her dissertation director Ganesh Balakrishnan Congratulations to all 2018 graduates! Your hard work has paid off. Best wishes for your future.