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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 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I support this

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Grim, but relatable.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Whoops, wrong spot for reply.

[–] Randomocity@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Cat's overqualified for that position.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe an Associate degree?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gets college degree, remains an unemployed leech.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Unemployed by choice I guess

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 22 points 2 weeks ago

That cat refused to wear that cap lol

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

oh that's where all the braincells went

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We had a black lab graduate yesterday!

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why you got to bring race into it

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Another DEI graduate 🙄

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 17 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Her inbox is also her outbox, though

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It was all in ventinary science and mouse psychology

[–] chelatna@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

What a smart kitten

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"University" of "Texas" (derogatory)

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Doctor of Divinity degree

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

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

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

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

I support this.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 2 weeks ago

Aw what an adorable way to get easy publicity.

[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Suki will be the least annoying UT Austin grad ever

[–] laserm@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Better temperament than me by far I’d wager

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

That erudite-looking sonofabitch!

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Wait until his student loans come due

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

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