Celebrate the Class of 2023 at the CAPLA Convocation Showcase

May 16, 2023
Who
CAPLA Class of 2023
What
CAPLA Convocation Showcase
Where
Centennial Hall and Online
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CAPLA Class of 2023 graduates with CAPLA red foam letters

  

On May 13, 2023, 162 Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Landscape ArchitectureBachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments, Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Real Estate Development and Master of Science in Urban Planning students became University of Arizona alumni, and we couldn't be more delighted or honored to have shared our time with these exceptional students.

Please join us in celebrating the Class of 2023 at the CAPLA Convocation Showcase:

caplashowcase.arizona.edu

Here you can meet our outstanding graduates, view their project showcases and leave a congratulatory note on their pages; view student awards; watch as student organizations bid their students farewell; enjoy a gallery of photos submitted by graduating students; and view messages from the dean and school directors.

At the CAPLA Convocation Showcase you may also watch the CAPLA Spring 2023 Convocation via recorded livestream for the ceremony that took place at Centennial Hall on the UArizona campus.

In addition to recognition of our graduations, the CAPLA Convocation featured a welcome by Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand, keynote address by Senior Lecturer in Architecture and AIA Arizona President Damon Leverett and student speeches by Keegan Thomas '23 MLA and Bodin Lay '23 B.Arch. The event's emcee was Laura Hollengreen, associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of architecture.

Congratulations, Class of 2023!

  

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