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An orange tabby cat named Suki became the first honorary feline graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. According to FOX 7, UT student Francesca Bourdier spent most of her college career at home like any other college student, on Zoom with her cat by her side.

Bourduer said Suki attended every class she had online so she knew she had to include the one-and-a-half-year-old cat when graduation came around.

Through a quick search online, Bourdier was even able to buy Suki her own cap and gown.

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[–] plantmoretrees@lemm.ee 68 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Imagine being 40 and still paying off your dead cats student loans

[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I support this

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Grim, but relatable.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Whoops, wrong spot for reply.

[–] Randomocity@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Was this an expedited degree? The cat is only a year and a half old. I think this might be fraud.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It only attended lectures, but did no tests or quizzes? Even if it negotiated pass/fail grades on attendance and not exams, the degree should probably have stipulations requiring some number of credits be from letter grades.

At best, this cat was auditing classes. I do not believe it earned this degree and I would not hire it in the field based on it.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I find these statements discriminatory and have decided it's best we make sure they vote this cat to be Governor of Texas.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Cat's overqualified for that position.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It seems the owner is selling fashion on Instagram and training to be a Pilates teacher. Maybe the degree wasn't that expansive.

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

A cat teaching Pilates? I thought it was an MBA or something, but this no longer sounds believable.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

How did that cat even get through admissions?! I smell a bribery scandal.

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe an Associate degree?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gets college degree, remains an unemployed leech.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Unemployed by choice I guess

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 22 points 1 month ago

That cat refused to wear that cap lol

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

oh that's where all the braincells went

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember the lawyer who said he wasn't a cat?

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We had a black lab graduate yesterday!

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why you got to bring race into it

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Another DEI graduate 🙄

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

OMG I hate these fake headlines. The cat can't graduate. She only audited the classes.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, it's true! The cat's already got recruiters putting job offers in her inbox.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Her inbox is also her outbox, though

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plot twist: the cat did most of the actual work.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It was all in ventinary science and mouse psychology

[–] chelatna@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

What a smart kitten

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"University" of "Texas" (derogatory)

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Doctor of Divinity degree

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, can you graduate from uni just by turning up? No exams?

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cats have pretty privilege in levels humanity can't reach.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 1 month ago

Aw what an adorable way to get easy publicity.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

I support this.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm unable to get the jokes about orange cats and low braincell count. My orange cat is a genius.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I've met both, but they often tend to towards the idiot side of the spectrum.

Have a Russian blue who probably has a novel solution to fermats last theorem though.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't get that either - is it a blond thing?

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think so. Probably a trend that started from some biased material that went viral.

[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Suki will be the least annoying UT Austin grad ever

[–] laserm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Imagine applying for a job and having a cat get the job instead of you

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Better temperament than me by far I’d wager

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

That erudite-looking sonofabitch!

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Funny if the cat was called Desmond.

Not sure if it's the same across the pond but in the UK a 'Desmond' is the score 2.2

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wait until his student loans come due

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

'graduates' is how they wrote it. I hope they honoured a bunch of students for their actual accomplishments.