Commencement set for May 16-17

Nearly 1,100 students will be eligible to participate in Pittsburg State University’s 104th spring commencement May 16-17 in John Lance Arena. 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 and Sciences and the College of Business will graduate at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

During commencement activities, PSU will honor three of its alumni with its Meritorious Achievement Awards. 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 Registrar’s Office maintains a Web site with additional commencement details.

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