Kansas State University commencement ceremonies will be Friday, Dec. 12, on the Salina and Manhattan campuses, and Saturday, Dec. 13, on the Manhattan campus.
The university will award more than 1,350 bachelor’s degrees, nearly 400 master’s degrees, nearly 60 doctorates and 12 associate degrees. More than 200 students are earning their degree through K-State Global Campus distance education programs.
Commencement ceremonies Dec. 12 include the Graduate School at 1 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Wayne Freeman, member of the Barwale Foundation board of directors, will be the commencement speaker and receive an honorary doctorate from the university. Representing the Kansas Board of Regents at the Graduate School ceremony will be Regent Shane Bangerter, Dodge City. The commencement ceremony on the Salina campus will be at 7 p.m. in the Student Life Center. Larry Farmer, professor emeritus at K-State Salina and a university alumnus, will be the commencement speaker.
Commencement ceremonies Dec. 13 will all take place on the Manhattan campus. The schedule and speakers include:
• College of Agriculture, 1 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Randall Phebus, professor of animal sciences and industry, will give the commencement address.
• College of Arts & Sciences, 8:30 a.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Greg Eiselein, professor of English and 2013 CASE/Carnegie Kansas Professor of the Year, will give the commencement address.
• College of Business Administration, 11:30 a.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Stephen M. Lacy, chair and CEO of Meredith Corp., will provide the commencement remarks.
• College of Education, 10 a.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Julie Ford, superintendent of the Topeka Public Schools, USD 501, will give the commencement address.
• College of Engineering, 4 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Cindy Wallis-Lage, president of Global Water Business, Black & Veatch, will give the commencement address.
• College of Human Ecology, 2:30 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum. Colin Noble, president and CEO of Noble Hospitality, will give the commencement address.
A webcast of the commencement ceremonies will be streamed live at http://www.k-state.edu/
A virtual commencement ceremony is available at http://global.k-state.edu/
DVDs of the ceremony may be ordered through the K-State Student Union Bookstore at 800-KSU-CATS or 785-532-6583. The DVDs are $19.99.
Also, Kansas State University’s Army and Air Force ROTC units will have commissioning ceremonies at 10 a.m. Dec. 12 in the K-State Student Union’s Forum Hall. The Army ROTC will commission five officers and the Air Force ROTC will commission one officer.
Several students will speak, sing or play musical instruments for their classmates, families and administrators as part of Kansas State University’s commencement ceremonies Friday, Dec. 12, and Saturday, Dec. 13.
The following students will be vocalists, musicians or speakers at commencement ceremonies:
• Alexander Perkins, senior in music education, Derby, will perform the processional and recessional as part of a brass quintet for the College of Engineering ceremony.
• Miranda Burns, senior in entrepreneurship, Dodge City, will sing the national anthem and the university’s alma mater at the College of Business Administration commencement ceremony.
• Christopher Miertschin Jr., senior in music education, Hutchinson, will perform the processional and recessional as part of a brass quintet for the College of Engineering ceremony.
• Alex Spence, bachelor’s degree candidate in applied music-vocal performance and music education, Hutchinson, will sing the national anthem and the university’s alma mater at the College of Arts & Sciences commencement ceremony.
• Stephen Kucera, senior in applied music and accounting, Kansas City, will perform the processional and the recessional at the College of Agriculture, College of Human Ecology, College of Business Administration and College of Education commencement ceremonies.
• Andrew Scherer, senior in music education, Kechi, will perform the processional and recessional as part of a brass quintet for the College of Engineering ceremony.
• Christian Maude, bachelor’s degree candidate in social studies education, Kingman, will present the student commencement address at the College of Education ceremony.
• Paul Meissbach, senior in applied music, Lawrence, will sing the national anthem and the university’s alma mater for the Graduate School ceremony.
• Emily Jackson, bachelor’s degree candidate in bakery science and management, Liberal, will be a student speaker at the College of Agriculture commencement ceremony.
• Austin Calhoun, junior in engineering technology and vice president of the K-State Salina Student Governing Association, Lyons, will perform the processional and be the student speaker and student marshal at the K-State Salina commencement ceremony.
• Cassandra Sims, bachelor’s degree candidate in agricultural economics, Maize, will sing the national anthem at the College of Agriculture commencement ceremony.
• Rachel Hunt, junior in applied music, Manhattan, will sing the national anthem at the College of Education ceremony and the national anthem and the university’s alma mater at the College of Human Ecology ceremony.
• Alex Potuzak, bachelor’s degree candidate in mechanical engineering, Narka, will be the student speaker at the College of Engineering commencement ceremony.
• Jennifer Ann Morris, bachelor’s degree candidate in dietetics, Ogden, will be the student speaker at the College of Human Ecology commencement ceremony.
• Tyler Dill, bachelor’s degree candidate in electrical engineering, Overland Park, will sing the national anthem and the university’s alma mater at the College of Engineering commencement ceremony.
• Katrina Sudbeck, bachelor’s degree candidate in agronomy, Seneca, will be a student speaker at the College of Agriculture commencement ceremony.
• Jake Pritchard, bachelor’s degree candidate in finance, Valley Center, will be the student speaker at the College of Business Administration commencement ceremony.
• Aaron Fisher, junior in applied music, Wichita, will perform the processional and recessional as part of a brass quintet for the College of Engineering ceremony.
• Deborah Caldwell, graduate student in music, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, will perform the processional and recessional as part of a brass quintet for the College of Engineering ceremony.
• Vincent Carlisle, doctoral student in educational leadership, Parkville, Missouri, will be the reader at the Graduate School ceremony.
• Amanda Fairbanks, doctoral student in counseling and student development and president of the Graduate Student Council, San Antonio, Texas, will speak at the Graduate School ceremony.
