PSU Spring Commencement May 19-20

About 1,000 students are eligible to participate in Pittsburg State University's 102nd spring commencement exercises, which are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, in the John Lance Arena of the Weede Physical Education Building. Students in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business will graduate at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Students in the College of Education and College of Technology will graduate at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

The university will honor its Meritorious Achievement Awards winners at the exercises. This year's honorees are Ronald E. Longstaff, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa; Charles Richard "Dick" Webb, founder and chairman of Watco Companies in Pittsburg, Kan.; and the late Joan K. Bowman, a former educator in Shawnee Mission, Kan., and former mayor of Lenexa, Kan.

In keeping with tradition, this year's Outstanding Senior Man and Woman award winners will address their fellow students. The Outstanding Senior Man and Woman for 2006 are Andrew Johnson, an electronics engineering technology major from Wellsville, Kan.; and Kellie Borders, a finance major from Sterling, Kan.

Commencement activities begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday with the Nursing Department Pinning Ceremony, which will be held in Pittsburg's Memorial Auditorium. At 10 a.m. on Friday, May 19, the Department of Military Science will sponsor a Commissioning Ceremony for graduates who are being commissioned into the U.S. Army. The ceremony will be held in the Veterans Memorial at Rouse and Ford Streets.

The 2006 Commencement Schedule follows. For additional information, including details of specific events, and information about academic regalia, photos, and handicapped accessibility, please visit www.pittstate.edu/registrar, visit the Registrar’s office in 103 Russ Hall or call 620-235-4206.

Thursday, May 18
7 p.m. - Nursing Department Pinning Ceremony, Memorial Auditorium

Friday, May 19
10 a.m. – U.S. Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Veterans Memorial on Rouse Street (Rain location: Crimson and Gold Ballroom, Overman Student Center)

6-7 p.m. – President’s Reception for all College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Business graduating students and their families, (Light refreshments served.) tent northwest of Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building.

6:30-7:15 p.m. - Graduates Obtain Name Cards, Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building

7:15 p.m. - Processional Line-Up

7:30 p.m. - Processional Begins

Saturday, May 20
8:30-9:30 a.m. – President’s Reception for all College of Education and the College of Technology graduating students and their families, (Light refreshments served.) tent northwest of Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building.

9-9:45 a.m. - Graduates Obtain Name Cards, Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building

9:45 a.m. - Processional Line-Up

10 a.m. - Processional Begins

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