Twenty-nine Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources students joined the ranks of program and university alumni, receiving their respective degrees as part of December 2022 commencement ceremonies in Elliot Hall of Music on campus.
Nineteen undergraduate students and 10 graduate students were among the 2,957 students, including 1,679 undergraduates and 946 master’s, 326 doctor of philosophy and six professional program candidates, eligible for December commencement.
Photos of featured graduates, including more information on their post-graduation plans and favorite FNR memories are available in this Facebook gallery.
Wildlife Majors
Paul Chambon
Emily Craig
Noah Ehmen 
Sonja Georgiefski-Rios 
Connor O’Hara 
Kendra Payton 
Timothy Radtke 
Chloe Westmoreland
 Kaitlyn Young
Forestry Majors
Cole Flatt 
Andrew O’Connor 
Forestry/Wildlife Double Majors
Lauren Laux 
Jonathan Waterman
Aquatic Sciences Majors
Madeline Murphy 
Audree Neely 
Chase Spaw 
Jonah Switzer
Interdisciplinary Agriculture Majors
Savannah Barrier 
Kierra Richards 
Maria Surman
Graduate Degree Recipients
Francis Asare (MS) 
Dhruba Burlakoti (MS) 
Aziz Ebrahimi (PhD) 
Camille Griffith (PhD) 
Laura Jessup (PhD) 
Richard Sample (PhD) 
David Savage (PhD) 
Tawn Speetjens (MS) 
Patricia Stutz (MS) 
Recep Yildiz (MS)
 
                        Several FNR affiliated individuals garnered national attention for their research, teaching and...
 
                        An armored mammal, once limited to the swamps and forests of the Deep South, is now burrowing its...
 
                        Austin Grant, a senior majoring in aquatic sciences with a minor in military science and...
 
                        More than 1.6 million square miles of forests have disappeared since 1990, according to the Food...
 
                        Sophia DeMoss, a senior forestry major with a concentration in forest management, got hands-on...
 
                        The Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources has added a number of new faces to its...