Darien Lee Matlock - UH Hilo Spring 2022 Commencement Celebration Graduate

Congratulations on your hard-earned accomplishments and to all of our graduates!

Bachelor of Science in Marine Science
Graduated with honors.

Darien smiling alongside her coworker Spencer and her professor Dr. Colbert. Behind them is a painful of hands holding the ocean with a whale jumping Water quality buoy team on their last day of class together

Darien walking while holding a baby bird in her hands. She is whistle to the baby bird My first day on the UH Hilo campus : skipped orientation to take care of a sick baby bird

Darien and her lab partner on a beach digging holes in the sand Senior research field work collecting sediments to analyze microplastic content

Darien standing and smiling between two rock structures. Behind her are palm trees and a campus building Last day of classes as a UH Hilo marine science student

Darien sitting and smiling in a field of grass A day of belly aching laughter

“Every spirit builds itself a house;
and beyond its house, a world;
and beyond its world a heaven.
Know then, that the world exists for you:
build, therefore, your own world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

A lot of my success I owe to the ones who gave me my wings to fly. To my beautiful family for their unconditional love and support, my friends for the endless amount of laughter and motivation, my animals for the long nights by my side, and myself for the future I have built. UH Hilo you have my heart. Thank you for giving me a home.

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The list of degree candidates are tentative and based upon the successful completion of work undertaken. Degree conferral can only be verified by receipt of a diploma or official transcript noting degree completion; inclusion in the Commencement Program or participation in the Commencement Ceremony does not imply degree conferral. The official registry for conferral of degrees is with the UH Hilo Registrar.