Lucas Thallas of Council Bluffs receives UNL degree

2015 May 11

Lucas Matthew Thallas of Council Bluffs was among about 2,900 graduates who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in ceremonies May 8 and 9.

Thallas earned a bachelor of music in education with high distinction from the College of Fine and Performing Arts.

Patricia Crews, Willa Cather Professor of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design and founding director of the International Quilt Student Center and Museum, gave the address at the May 8 graduate degree ceremony at Pinnacle Bank Arena, 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive; Barbara Hendricks, opera singer and UNL alumna, delivered the address at the undergraduate ceremony May 9 at Pinnacle Bank Arena; and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., author and environmental attorney, addressed law graduates May 9 in a ceremony at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St.

The graduates were from 39 states and 28 countries. For a complete list of graduates, go to http://go.unl.edu/6i8a.