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Nasreen Karimi, about to receive her psychology degree from the University of North Texas, wears a graduation cap decorated
with LED lights Saturday while awaiting the start of summer commencement ceremonies at the UNT Coliseum.
Graduates point to their families in the crowd to thank them
Saturday at the UNT Coliseum.
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UNT
them,” he said.
The summer ceremonies are
categorized as being smaller and
a little warmer than the Decem-
ber and May graduations. Ste-
ven Cobb, associate dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences,
said he thinks students will be
excited to trade in the smaller
experience for a larger May cere-
mony.
“I think it’s something the
students won’t miss because if
we’re able to olfer a real specta-
cle in the spring, they will be
much more excited in partici-
pating in that,” Cobb said.
Provost Warren Burggren
said he too is excited to see how a
larger spring ceremony goes, but
once he gets on a roll attending
three or five ceremonies in a few
days, he isn’t quite ready for the
graduations to be over.
“Every one of these is nostal-
gic,” Burggren said. “I know ev-
ery time graduation is over —
maybe we’ve had three or five
ceremonies — I leave and say,
‘Let’s do another one.’”
This summer’s ceremonies
combined some of the colleges
together since the group was
small, and divided summer
grads into three ceremonies.
The first on Friday graduated
master’s and doctoral candi-
dates and set a university record
for the most Ph.D.s given out in
a ceremony — 230, Smatresk
said.
The two ceremonies on Sat-
urday, at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., divid-
ed the groups of undergraduate
students.
With the move to the discon-
tinue summer ceremonies, UNT
joins neighbor Texas Woman’s
University, which stopped hold-
ing summer ceremonies in
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Cobb, who has worked for
UNT since 1989, said the 1 p.m.
ceremony was a bit sad since it
could be his last summer cere-
mony, but he’s ready to start new
traditions at commencement.
“It’s sad, but it’s exciting at the
same time,” he said. “For all the
years that I’ve been here, the
summer ceremony has been a
tradition, but what we’re talking
about for a much bigger spring
ceremony is really something
exciting that we’re all looking
forward to.”
JENNA DUNCAN can be
reached at 940-566-6889 and
via Twitter at @JennaF
Duncan.
Graduates slip on their stoles before Saturday’s summer
commencement ceremony at UNT.
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Accident
Lee was hospitalized with in-
juries that were not deemed life-
threatening.
Zoey and Miles Miller, who
were Dixon’s half-siblings, were
set to start school Aug. 25 in Ar-
gyie.
Zoey, who would have en-
tered sixth grade, was involved
in band, volleyball and cheer-
leading, Dixon said. Miles would
have started second grade.
LeAnn Miller was also in-
volved in the schools, where she
regularly volunteered and did
fundraisers for the district, said
Dixon, who graduated from Ar-
gyle High School in 2008.
“She fulfilled her purpose on
Earth and what she was sup-
posed to do,” Dixon said of his
mother. “She was a great mom
and a great role model for me,
my brother and sister.”
Michael Miller helped out
Miles in Cub Scout activities,
while LeAnn Miller helped Zoey
participate in Girl Scouts.
The family was also passion-
ate about animals, Dixon said.
At their Argyle home, there are
two horses, three dogs, two cats,
rabbits and hermit crabs.
“It’s what their passion was
— to take care of other things
and other people,” Dixon said.
Dixon had recently moved
back to Argyle after graduating
from the University of New Or-
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His stepfather, Michael Mill-
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in 2013, and LeAnn Miller also
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ture, engineering, real estate and
construction positions. Michael
Miller previously served as a vice
president at Gillham, Golbeck &
Associates in Dallas for nine
years.
Cory Dixon is
shown with
his mother,
LeAnn Miller.
Dixon’s moth-
er, stepfather
and two
younger sib-
lings died
Friday in a
New Mexico
collision,
shown above.
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A candlelight vigil is planned
for 5 p.m. today at Argyle United
Methodist Church, 9033 Fort
Worth Drive.
Guidance counselor Michael
Ball planned to be at Hilltop El-
ementary School to assist chil-
dren between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Monday.
JENNA DUNCAN can be
reached at 940-566-6889 and
via Twitter at @JennaF
Duncan.
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