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Rutgers-Camden confers nearly 2,000 degrees

In four commencement ceremonies across two days, Rutgers-Camden conferred nearly 2,000 degrees. Ceremonies began with the nursing school Wednesday and continued with the business school Thursday morning, Rutgers Law School Thursday afternoon, and Rutgers-Camden Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the evening.

Rutgers-Camden Law School graduate Deirdre Laws, of Sicklerville, N.J., decorated her cap to honor her mother who died of cancer.
Rutgers-Camden Law School graduate Deirdre Laws, of Sicklerville, N.J., decorated her cap to honor her mother who died of cancer.Read moreDavid Maialetti/Staff Photographer
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In four commencement ceremonies across two days, Rutgers-Camden conferred nearly 2,000 degrees. Ceremonies began with the nursing school Wednesday and continued with the business school Thursday morning, Rutgers Law School Thursday afternoon, and Rutgers-Camden Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the evening.

Thursday's honorary degree recipients included Raymond Ackerman, a South African entrepreneur and equal rights activist, and Sister Mary Scullion, cofounder of Philadelphia-based homelessness nonprofit Project HOME. Faustino Fernandez-Vina, an associate justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court, returned to his law school alma mater as a featured speaker Thursday.

Lisa Ciaranca Kaplan, principal of South Philadelphia's Andrew Jackson Elementary School and winner of the 2015 Escalante-Gradillas Prize for Best in Education, was the speaker for the arts and sciences ceremony.