MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES TO AWARD 4,663 DEGREES IN DECEMBER
11/17/2017 - Jackson, Miss.
Mississippi Public Universities will confer 4,663 degrees in December, representing an increase of 235 more degrees than were awarded in December 2016. December graduates include 3,519 undergraduates and 1,144 graduate students. The Board of Trustees approved awarding the degrees, providing each candidate has met all requirements for the degree, at its meeting held yesterday in Jackson.
2017 DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT SCHEDULES
Alcorn State University
Time/Date: 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 8, 2017
Location: Davey L. Whitney Health and Physical Education Complex
Speaker: Dr. Caleph B. Wilson, Field Application Scientist, Miltenyi Biotec
Delta State University
Graduate Commencement Exercises
Time/Date: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 9, 2017
Location: Bologna Performing Arts
Speaker: Dr. Ronald G. Koehler, Chair Emeritus for the Department of Art and Professor Emeritus of Art; 2017 Recipient of S.E. Kossman Outstanding Teacher Award, Delta State University
Undergraduate Commencement ExercisesTime/Date: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 9, 2017
Location: Bologna Performing Arts
Speaker: Dr. Ronald G. Koehler, Chair Emeritus for the Department of Art and Professor Emeritus of Art; 2017 Recipient of S.E. Kossman Outstanding Teacher Award, Delta State University
Jackson State University
Undergraduate/Graduate Commencement Exercises
Time/Date: 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 8, 2017
Location: Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Murriel, Senior Pastor, Cascade United Methodist Church
Mississippi State University
Meridian Campus
Time/Date: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 7, 2017
Location: Kahlmus Auditorium, College Park Campus, MSU-Meridian
Speaker: Eddie Kelley, Meridian Division Manager, Mississippi Power
Starkville Campus, College of Architecture, Art and Design, College of Arts and Sciences, College of EducationTime/Date: 9:30 a.m., Friday, December 8, 2017
Location: Humphrey Coliseum
Speaker: Dr. Allen K. Sills, Jr., Chief Medical Officer, National Football League
Bagley College of Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Business, College of Forest Resources, College of Veterinary Medicine,Time/Date: 4:00 p.m., Friday, December 8, 2017
Location: Humphrey Coliseum
Speaker: Dr. John D. Davis, IV, Neurosurgeon, NewSouth NeuroSpine
Mississippi University for Women
Time/Date: 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 15, 2017
Location: Rent Auditorium, Whitfield Hall
Speaker: Mr. Joey Barnes, WCBI News
The University of Southern Mississippi
Time/Date: 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Friday, December 8, 2017
Location: Bernard Reed Green Coliseum
Speaker: TBD
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The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning governs the public universities in Mississippi, including Alcorn State University; Delta State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi State University including the Mississippi State University Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine; Mississippi University for Women; Mississippi Valley State University; the University of Mississippi including the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and the University of Southern Mississippi.
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