Spring Commencement May 16-17

Pittsburg State University will hold its 104th spring commencement exercises on Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, in the John Lance Arena of the Weede Physical Education Building. Students in the College of Education and the College of Technology will graduate at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Students in the College of Arts & Sciences and College of Business 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 David R. Carpenter, president and CEO of North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City, Mo; Billie Jo Drake, building principal for Eugene Ware Elementary School in Fort Scott, Kan.; and Jacqueline A. Vietti, president of Butler Community College in El Dorado, 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 2008 are Nick Dellasega, an accounting and finance major; and Ashley Lopez, a communication major. Both are from Pittsburg.

Commencement activities begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 16, when 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 2008 Commencement Schedule follows. For additional information, including details of specific events, and information about academic regalia, photos, and handicapped accessibility, please visit
http://www.pittstate.edu/registrar/commencement.html#CommencementInformation
visit the Registrar’s office in 103 Russ Hall or call 620-235-4206.

Friday, May 16
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 Education and College of Technology graduating students and their families, (Light refreshments served.) tent northwest of Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building.
6-7 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 17
8:30-9:30 a.m. – President’s Reception for all College of Arts & Sciences and College of Business graduating students and their families, (Light refreshments served.) tent northwest of Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building.
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Graduates Obtain Name Cards, Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building
9:45 a.m. - Processional Line-Up
10 a.m. - Processional Begins

Nurse Pinning Ceremony
2 p.m. – Nursing Pinning Ceremony for Nursing Graduates and their guests, Memorial Auditorium.

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