2,375 new Blue Raider graduates will walk across the Murphy Center stage in three separate ceremonies. Doctoral candidates graduate at 3:00 o'clock Friday afternoon (5/6/2016), along with Saturday (5/7/2016) commencements at 9:00AM and 3:00PM.
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Friday (May 6, 2016) 3:00PM
Tennessee State Historian Carroll Van West, a longtime MTSU professor and director of the university's Center for Historic Preservation, will address the university's first separate ceremony for students earning their doctorate, master's and education specialist degrees. The College of Graduate Studies event is scheduled for 3:00 o'clock Friday afternoon, May 6th in Murphy Center.
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Saturday (May 7, 2016) 9:00AM
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, who is the first woman and the first Metro Council member elected Nashville mayor, addresses the university's Saturday (5/7/2016) morning at 9:00 o'clock.
Students from the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, the Jones College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Media and Entertainment will receive their degrees in the May 7th morning ceremony.
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Saturday (May 7, 2016) 3:00PM
Home Box Office Network Division President Kary Antholis will speak at Saturday (5/7/2016) afternoon's 3:00 o'clock undergraduate ceremony in the Murphy Center.
Students in the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, and the University College will receive their degrees in the May 7 afternoon event. |
Graduation Facts
MTSU's Registrar's Office reported this week that 2,030 of the 2,375 students set to receive their degrees May 7 are undergraduates, while 345 students will be presented with graduate degrees May 6, including 312 master's candidates, 16 education-specialist degree recipients and 17 doctoral candidates. Three graduate students also will receive graduate certificates. MTSU's Graduation Committee noted that all graduating students must stay for their entire commencement ceremony. Each ceremony may last up to two hours.
The live commencement coverage over the internet will begin about 15 minutes before each ceremony is scheduled to begin. Watch the internet stream at http://ow.ly/rwxOz.
Guests attending each ceremony are being asked to arrive early to ease traffic congestion around Murphy Center and to help ensure comfortable seating for everyone inside Hale Arena.
Motorists should avoid Middle Tennessee Boulevard because of ongoing construction; route suggestions are available at http://www.mtsunews.com/
