Nearly 700 Southwestern College students will be eligible to participate in commencement ceremonies set for May 10 in Winfield. During the ceremony, winners of the Fran Jabara Leadership Award, and the Charles H. and Verda R. Kopke Award for Distinguished Teaching will be announced.
The graduation ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. at Sonner Stadium. In case of rain, Stewart Field House will host the event and the ceremony will be televised through closed circuit to three locations on campus.
Baccalaureate services will be held in Richardson Auditorium of the Christy Administration Building. The service will begin at 10:30 a.m.
SC’s Honors Convocation will be Saturday, May 9, at 4 p.m., in Richardson Auditorium. Although this is a traditional main campus program, professional studies learners who qualified for the Dean’s Honor Roll for fall 2008 will be recognized on the printed program.
Inductees to the Order of the Mound will be announced on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Cole Mound Plaza. In case of rain, Messenger Recital Hall in the Darbeth Fine Arts Center will host the ceremony.? ??
The Order of the Mound recognizes students graduating in the top 10 percent of the class.
Commencement activities will be broadcast live on channel 20 in Winfield as well as through closed circuit television on the Southwestern campus.?
Viewing locations include the dining hall in the Roy L. Smith Student Center, the campus life lounge in the lower level of the Roy L. Smith student center, and Richardson Auditorium.?
