Ian Anderson of Vineland earns degree from the University of Vermont

BURLINGTON, VT (06/28/2013)(readMedia)-- Ian A. Anderson of Vineland received a Master of Science degree during commencement ceremonies at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont in May. Anderson was a Civil and Environmental Engineering major in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.

The university conferred degrees this year on an estimated 3,258 graduates, including 2,577 bachelor's, 439 master's, 122 doctoral, and 106 M.D. degree recipients, in addition to 14 post-baccalaureate certificates. Among degree recipients were students from 44 states and 17 countries.

Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first college or university in the United States that did not give preference to a religious sect in its charter and the first to allow women to join Phi Beta Kappa. UVM now has nearly 10,459 undergraduates in eight schools and colleges, 1,540 graduate students and 449 medical students. As a small, comprehensive university, it blends the academic heritage of a private university with services missions in the land-grant tradition.

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