Oklahoma State University to recognize graduates Friday, Saturday

Thursday, December 12, 2013

About 1,600 students are expected to receive diplomas as graduates of Oklahoma State University during commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater.

The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives T.W. Shannon will offer words of encouragement at Saturday’s 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. undergraduate ceremonies. Shannon became Oklahoma’s first African-American leader of the house earlier this year. The Graduate College Commencement Ceremony is set for Friday at 7 p.m. at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

The OSU Pipe Band will lead the processionals into Gallagher-Iba Arena, where candidates will be seated by college.

On Saturday, the 10:30 a.m. commencement ceremony will recognize graduates from the College of Human Sciences, College of Engineering, Architecture & Technology, and Spears School of Business. The 1:30 p.m. ceremony will recognize graduates from the College of Education, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, and College of Arts & Sciences. 

OSU began holding fall commencement ceremonies in 2004. For more information on OSU’s commencementceremonies, go to http://commencement.okstate.edu/.