Local students get diplomas at LSU

LSU awarded 4,094 degrees during the university’s 304th commencement exercises Friday and Saturday at various ceremonies held across campus.
LSU’s May 2021 graduating class represents 58 Louisiana parishes, 49 U.S. states and 48 foreign countries. Women made up 57.96% of the class, and men made up 42.04%. The oldest graduate is 69, and the youngest is 17.Baton Rouge native Faith Corinna Smith, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, is the second youngest student ever to be awarded an undergraduate degree at LSU.
The 4,094 total graduates are made up of 3,055 students who received bachelor’s degrees; 741 who received master’s degrees; 68 who received education specialist or graduate certificates; 99 who received a Ph.D.; five who received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree; and 84 who received Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; one who received a Doctor of Design and 41 who received a post-bachelorette certificate. Also, 44 degrees were awarded to LSU employees this spring.
The students from this area who earned degrees:

College of
Agriculture
Connor Lee Ourso, Napoleonville
College of Art
& Design
Madison Taylor White, Pierre Part
College of
Engineering
Luke Gerard Bourgeois, Pierre Part
Jacob Samuel LaGrange, Belle Rose
Chandler Louis Landry, Pierre Part
Cole Joseph Rodrigue, Labadieville
Ian Michael Simoneaux, Napoleonville
College of Human
Sciences &
Education
Trae Michael Simoneaux, Pierre Part
College of
Humanities & Social
Sciences
Alex Joseph Perera, Pierre Part
Manship School of
Mass
Communication
Whitney Claire Hicks, Napoleonville
College of Science
Angelle Eve Alleman, Pierre Part
Grant Wayne Lambert, Pierre Part
Graduate School
Master's
Jessica Anne Simoneaux, Belle Rose
St. Martin
E. J. Ourso
College of Business
Dylan Terrell Calais, Cecilia
Bralyn Alycee Jacob, St. Martinville
Matthew John Montesano, Breaux Bridge
College of
Engineering
Justin David Blanchard Jr., Breaux Bridge
William Homer Daniels, III, Breaux Bridge
Ethan McKenna Thibodeaux, St. Martinville
College of
Humanities &
Social Sciences
Tayonni Marie Jean-Batiste, St. Martinville
Helen Thi Pham, Breaux Bridge
Breigh Victoria Rodriguez, St. Martinville
College of Science
Thomas Davis Curry, Broussard
Graduate School
Master's
Amelie Kramer Byrom, St. Martinville
Oanh Hoang Lam, Breaux Bridge
St. Mary
College of
Agriculture
Seth Thomas Chapman, Berwick
Trace Anthony Reed Presley, Franklin
College of
Art & Design
Madalyn Claire Campbell, Berwick
E. J. Ourso
College of Business
Noel P. Baker, Franklin
Paige Marie Landry, Morgan City
College of
Engineering
Zantavia Quantelle Hamilton Bogan, Franklin
Jamekia Colbert, Franklin
Leo Luca Grizzaffi, Morgan City
Connor Joseph Laiche, Berwick
Jake William LeBlanc, Berwick
College of Human
Sciences &
Education
Caroline Elizabeth Nini, Berwick
Bailey Angelle Stovall, Franklin
College of
Humanities &
Social Sciences
Trice D'Angelo Brown, Morgan City
Caroline Marie Osburn, Berwick
Manship School
of Mass
Communication
Emma Levert Aucoin, Morgan City
Lauren Nichole Cheramie, Morgan City
Caylee Elizabeth Deshotel, Morgan City
Breeze Marie Simoneaux, Charenton
College of Science
Cassie Kay Aloisio, Morgan City
Olivia Kate Orlando, Berwick
Cody Paul Roberie, Berwick
Graduate School
Master's
Madeleine Margaret Hover, Berwick
Loreal Michelle Johnson, Patterson
Ashton Claire Landry, Franklin
Spencer James Landry, Berwick