Washington State University Spokane to Award 430 Degrees at May 6 Commencement
4/27/2011
Contact:
Becki Meehan, WSU Spokane/WSU News Service, 509-358-7528, rmeehan@wsu.edu
Becki Meehan, WSU Spokane/WSU News Service, 509-358-7528, rmeehan@wsu.edu
SPOKANE, Wash.— Approximately 430 students from Washington State University Spokane will be the first in the Spokane area to celebrate their successful degree completion during the 2011 Commencement celebration at 2 p.m. Friday, May 6.
Chancellor Brian Pitcher will preside over the formal commencement ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. in the INB Performing Arts Center at 334 W Spokane Falls Blvd. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. All family, friends, and faculty are invited to attend. Tickets are not required for this event.
Background on the Class of 2011
The graduating class of 2011 is represented by 111 doctoral candidates in the areas of design, education, nursing and pharmacy. Included is the first graduate of the doctor of design program in the WSU Interdisciplinary Design Institute, six graduates for both the doctor of education and the doctor of philosophy in nursing and 98 pharmacy graduates.
The 95 master’s candidates will be receiving degrees in the areas of architecture; criminal justice; education; health policy and administration; human nutrition, interior design; landscape architecture; nursing; and communication disorders/speech and hearing sciences—a joint EWU/WSU program.
The 221 bachelor’s candidates will receive degrees in the areas of business administration; humanities; interior design; nursing; nutrition and exercise physiology; and communication disorders/speech and hearing sciences—a joint EWU/WSU program.
The nursing baccalaureates total 143 students who will receive their degrees from the WSU College of Nursing and its consortium partners Eastern Washington University and Whitworth University. All baccalaureate nursing graduates receive joint degrees from WSU and from the institution at which they did their first two years of study.
The Student Spotlight
The following students will be highlighted during the ceremony:
Susan Fleming, College of Nursing
Caitlin P. Hawks, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Aleksandr A. Lyakhov, College of Nursing
Gregory A. Susinger, College of Pharmacy
Highlight Students for WSU Spokane
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