UConn's CLAS Graduation Marks End of a Journey for 2,700 Students [VIDEO]

Thousands of family and friends watched on Sunday afternoon as nearly 2,700 students from the ’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) became UConn graduates during commencement ceremonies at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs.

Representing 55 different majors from 23 departments, students received their diplomas in dual ceremonies Sunday in disciplines ranging from journalism, psychology and political science to communications, human development and family studies. Forty of the new graduates call Ellington or Somers home.

Students were addressed by Cindy Luo, a graduating senior from Madison, a dual-degree student with majors in linguistics and philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and English. UConn President Susan Herbst delivered the keynote address.

"College is only the first step, a place where our budding interests are nurtured and developed," Luo said. "Keep on learning. Be flexible. Try something new. But remember yourselves: remember what makes you happy – keeps you going," she said.

Herbst praised students for their hard work, and urged them to define their own lives.

"I hope you will be able to look back at this brief, precious time spent here at the University of Connecticut as among the best and most rewarding years of your life," Herbst said. "Don’t forget no matter how old you are, you will always be Huskies."

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Here's the students who live in Ellington or Somers who received degrees this weekend:

• Stephanie Rachel Blovish, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Shannon Bostiga, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• David Thomas Correia, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Ashley Elizabeth Dorman, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Sara Ashley Ewing, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ellington
• Frank Anthony Gaetano, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Jonathan Eugene Gresh, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Ellington
• Thomas Steven Gworek, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Kyle Robert Herold, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Jillian Leigh Kuraska, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Sarah Margaret Levick, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Matthew James McBride, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Brian Paul Meyer, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Matthew Francis Mowel, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Dylan Robert Pincince, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• James Stewart Porteus, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Ellington
• Cheryl A. Povilonis, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• David Benjamin Robitaille, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Ellington
• Sara Sarwar, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Cassandra Lorraine Setzler, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Precious Benewaa Smith, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Joseph Paul Stein, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Amanda Pegeen Sullivan, Bachelor of Science, Ellington
• Colleen Sara Sullivan, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Rebekah Viens, Bachelor of Arts, Ellington
• Joseph Daniel Wambolt, Bachelor of Science, Ellington

• Alexandra Madsen Altieri, Bachelor of Arts, Somers
• Cameron James Bastarache, Bachelor of Science, Somers
• Kaylin Marie Belskie, Bachelor of Science, Somers
• Anthony David Brzozowski, Bachelor of Arts, Somers
• Derek James Burd, Bachelor of Science, Somers
• Brian Robert Coughlin, Bachelor of Arts, Somers
• Thomas Paul Farnham, Bachelor of Science, Somers
• Amanda Lee Grady, Bachelor of Science, Somers
• Ryan Thomas Joseph, Bachelor of Science, Somers
• Andrew Lawrence Lariviere, Bachelor of Science, Somers
• Nicole Elizabeth Prince, Bachelor of Arts, Somers
• Nicholas Mark Scavotto, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Somers
• Samuel Johnson Thomas, Bachelor of Arts, Somers
• John Michael Tschummi, Bachelor of General Studies, Somers

Did you have a loved one who graduated from UConn Sunday? Give them a shout-out in the comments, and upload your photos to add them to this gallery!