NEW ORLEANS — Six New Iberia residents were among more than 3,000 graduates awarded degrees by Tulane University on May 18 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

The ceremony’s keynote speaker was Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cook also received an honorary degree along with New York Times executive editor and New Orleans native Dean Baquet, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Blythe Danner and civil rights activist U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

New Iberia residents receiving degrees were Jillian Provost, who earned a Bachelor of Arts from the School of Liberal Arts; Monica Mixon, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the School of Science & Engineering; Rene Simon, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Management from the A. B. Freeman School of Business; Nicholas Bonin, who earned a Bachelor of Arts from the School of Liberal Arts; Anne Caffery, who earned a Bachelor of Science from the School of Science & Engineering; and Bria Landry, who earned a Master of Science from the School of Science & Engineering.

The students were honored at the ceremony, which included all the pomp and circumstance of a traditional commencement but with a New Orleans twist, including herald trumpets and a second-line jazz procession, according to a prepared statement from Tulane University. Music was provided by Dr. Michael White’s Original Liberty Jazz Band, and jazz singer Topsy Chapman performed the classic “Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans.”

Tulane University is one of the nation’s leading educational and research institutions. Founded in 1834 in New Orleans, Tulane has ten schools and colleges offering degrees in architecture, business, law, liberal arts, medicine, public health and tropical medicine, the sciences and engineering, and social work.