作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2023年5月16日

博彩平台将在5月19日至21日的2023年毕业典礼上授予数千个学位，并以前所未有的方式纪念两位年轻人，一位在毕业前遇害，另一位的生活发生了悲惨的改变。

Biology student Aaron Nevin Rehman, killed in 2013 when a car struck his motorcycle, will be honored posthumously, his family accepting an honorary bachelor’s degree.

2018年，历史系学生斯蒂芬·古古安（Stephen Googooian）驾驶的车辆被一名醉酒司机驾驶的另一辆车撞到，严重受伤，结束了他的学术生涯。 Googooian and his family will attend to accept an honorary bachelor’s.

• 完成2023年开工时间表

荣誉学士学位将是Sac州立大学授予的第一个。 Googooian将于5月19日在艺术与文学学院的仪式上获得荣誉学位。 拉赫曼将于5月21日在自然科学与数学学院举行追授仪式。

这些令人心酸的时刻将成为为期三天七天的毕业典礼的一部分，届时将有创纪录的9574名毕业生跨过G1C的舞台。 Graduates include seven Deans’ Award winners 他们被选为各自学院的优秀学生。 Two of those honorees, Norma Sanchez and Aylaliya Birru, also will receive President’s Awards as the University’s top scholars.

This year’s 毕业典礼 will be the final one for President Robert S. Nelsen, who will retire in July after eight years at the University.

“I am excited to celebrate graduation with our students and their families and friends at this incredible venue one last time,” Nelsen said in a message to the campus community.

Two honorary doctorates and two President’s Medals for Distinguished Service 将颁发给四名在造福人类、科罗拉多州立大学校园、州、民族和/或世界的领域表现卓越的个人。

On May 21, Aaron Rehman’s parents will accept his degree on his behalf. 他的两个兄弟姐妹，泽维尔和珍妮特，也将获得生物学学位。 数十名家庭成员和朋友预计将出席。

“We feel so honored that this is happening,” said Aaron’s father, Shakeel. “It’s not exactly what I had envisioned for Aaron’s graduation, but it’s special and very emotional.”

亚伦·拉赫曼（Aaron Rehman）是一名喜欢足球和户外探险的优秀学生。 2013年圣诞节前几天，一辆汽车在费尔奥克斯大道（Fair Oaks Boulevard）撞上了他的摩托车，导致他死亡。 The car’s driver, an 88-year-old man, was deemed responsible for the crash and was ordered to surrender his driver’s license.

沙基尔·拉赫曼形容他的儿子体贴、安静、聪明。 “Without even trying, he was an achiever,” he said. “It seemed that everything he touched turned to gold.”

亚伦从小就梦想成为一名医生。

“Aaron wanted to complete everything he started,” his father said. “So, it’s a bit of closure for him to get the honorary degree.”

Aaron’s legacy includes an annual soccer tournament in his name at 囊状态, and a school for needy children in an impoverished village in Peshawar, Pakistan. Shakeel Rehman founded the school in his son’s memory. 它为250多名年轻学生提供课程、服装、食物和其他必需品。

2018年8月，一名醉酒司机撞上了斯蒂芬·古古安的车，造成了严重的伤害和持久的影响，当时他距离获得历史学位还有一年左右的时间。 他的母亲Linda Googooian说，Stephen每天都在努力工作，以恢复他以前的生活。

“It’s a true miracle that Stephen is alive,” Linda Googooian said.

Although he is “independent in many ways,” she said, Stephen’s head injury robbed him of his dream to become a college history professor. 他昏迷了好几个月，不得不重新学习走路和说话。 他的母亲说，他仍然有严重的失忆和一些身体上的挑战，但能够兼职工作。

The drunk driver who plowed into Stephen’s car was convicted of multiple felonies and imprisoned.

“Stephen is very determined and strong-willed,” Linda Googooian said. “He has always been goal oriented and a model citizen. He always wanted to be the best, to earn that A-plus.”

在5月21日的颁奖典礼上，他将自豪地走上舞台。

“He’s excited and elated to receive his honorary degree,” Linda Googooian said. “We’re all so pleased about it. It’s a blessing.”

毕业典礼将标志着这所大学及其学生多事的学年的结束。

囊状态 continued to maintain a stable enrollment – going against state and national trends in higher education – and rising four-year graduation rates. The University’s four-year graduation rate is approaching 30%, far higher than in 2016 when the University started a concerted effort as part of CSU’s Graduation 2025 initiative.

2023届毕业生和他们的家人将于上午8点开始参加毕业典礼。 5月19日，文学院的毕业典礼将开始，商学院的毕业典礼将于下午1:30举行，教育学院的毕业典礼将于下午7点举行。

健康与人类服务学院的第一届典礼于上午8点开始。 5月20日。 第二组来自该学院的学生将于下午1:30加入社会科学与跨学科研究学院的毕业生。 第二次SSIS仪式将于晚上7点开始。

5月21日上午8点，工程与计算机科学学院和自然科学与数学学院的毕业生将接受毕业证书。

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