CAS professor selected to speak at Convocation
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When Professor Carmen Lugo-Lugo addresses incoming students at the University Convocation this year, she will tell students about receiving her degree from the University of Puerto Rico and facing a future filled with questions.
“I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” Lugo-Lugo says of her post-graduation plans. “I want to help students understand that I know for many of them, being here is scary. But the process of going through college and gaining knowledge is going to allow them to understand what they want to do, and more importantly, who they want to be as a person.” » More …
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