Commencement Ceremonies
Commencement recognizes and celebrates students' successful completion of their academic programs. Many students, as well as their families and friends, participate in the ceremony as a rite of passage that commemorates the admirable achievement of attaining a college or graduate-level degree.
Undergraduate Commencement - Saturday, May 11, 2013
Graduate Commencement -
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Commencement Highlights
Past Commencement Speakers
2012 Terry Waite
2011 Elizabeth Lindsey
2010 Roméo A. Dallaire
2009 Samantha Nutt
2008 Joseph Wilson
2007 Antonia Novello
2006 Salman Rushdie
2005 Paul Hersey
2004 Douglas Brinkley
2003 William Lee Proctor
2002 Roger Wilkins
2001 Charlie Crist
2000 Stanley Williams
1999 Sarah Weddington
1998 John Clemens
1997 David Lawrence, Jr.
1996 Millard Fuller
1995 William Schulz
1994 John B. Anderson
1993 Stephen Feldman
1992 Maya Angelou
1991 William L. Smith
1990 Robert Graham