CAMPUS NEWS: DECEMBER 11, 2023

FALL COMMENCEMENT 2023

Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin To UNO Grads: ‘I’m living my dream because I went to this school’

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Acclaimed novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who earned two degrees from the University of New Orleans, gave the commencement address Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

Acclaimed novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who earned two degrees from the University of New Orleans, gave the commencement address Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

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