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Commencements report from PC(USA) colleges and seminaries.

195-09-9.jpgWhen is your alma mater holding its graduation ceremonies? Who will be speaking?

 

The following Commencement (C) and Baccalaureate (B) information was submitted by Presbyterian-related colleges and seminaries. Speaker (S) listed, if reported.

 

Commencement information submitted from colleges:

 

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.

C: Sat., May 11, 9:30-11:30 a.m. B: Friday, May 10, 4:30 p.m.

 

Alma College, Alma, Mich.

C: Sat., Apr. 20, 2 p.m. B: same day, 10:30 a.m. S: John Dau, a genocide survivor.

 

Arcadia University, Glenside, Pa.

Undergraduate C: Fri., May 17, 10:15 a.m. Graduate C: Thurs., May 16, 5 p.m. 

 

Austin College, Sherman, Texas

C: Sun., May 19, 8:30 a.m. B: Sat., May 18, 7 p.m. S: Carolyn Hessler-Radelet, acting director of the Peace Corps.

 

Belhaven University, Jackson, Miss.

C: Sat., Apr. 27 Traditional undergrads 9:30 a.m. Adult studies/graduate/online students 2:30 p.m. 

 

Belhaven, Houston Campus

C: Fri., Apr. 19, 7 p.m. S:. Jonathan L. Burnham, pastor of St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Houston. bit.ly/belhoustongrads

 

Belhaven, Memphis Campus

C: Thurs., Apr. 25, 2013, 7 p.m. S: Ed Horrell, author and founder of The Kindness Revolution.

 

Blackburn College, Carlinville, Ill.

C: Fri., May 17, 7:30 p.m. B: Sat., May 18, 9:30 a.m. S: President Miriam Pride.

 

Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, N.J.

C: Fri., May 23, 9:30 a.m. B: Sat. May 22, 4:30 p.m.

 

Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa

C: Sat., May 25, 2:30 p.m. B: same day, 10:30 a.m.

 

Carroll University, Waukesha, Wis.

C: Sat., May 18, 10 a.m. B: Fri., May 17, 6 p.m.

 

Centre College, Danville, Ky.

C: Sun., May 19, 3 p.m. B: same day, 11 a.m. S: Martha Raddatz, ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of the 2012 vice presidential debate at Centre.

 

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

C: Sun., May 12, 10 a.m.

 

Davidson College, Davidson, N.C.

C: Sun., May 19, 9:50 a.m. B: Sat., May 18, 4:45 p.m.

 

Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, W.Va.

C: Sat., May 18.

 

University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa

C: Sat. May 18, 1 p.m. B: Friday, May 17, 5 p.m.

 

Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fla.

C: Sun., May 19, 8 a.m. S: Bill McKibben, environmentalist and author.

 

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Grove City College, Grove City, Pa.

C: Sat., May 18, 10 a.m. S: John A. Sparks,’66, faculty member, attorney, retiring dean.

 

Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, Va.

C: Sun. May 12, 10 a.m. B: Sat., May 11, 5 p.m.

 

Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.

C: Sat., May 25, 1:30 p.m. B: same day, 10 a.m.

 

Hastings College, Hastings, Neb.

C: Sat., May 18, 10 a.m. B: Fri., May 17, 6 p.m.

 

The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho

C: Sat., May 18, 10 a.m. S: Alan Dershowitz, author, attorney and professor, Harvard Law School.

 

Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill.

C: Sun., May 12, 3 p.m. B: same day, 10:30 a.m. S: Axel D. Steuer, 13th president of Illinois College.

 

Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C.

C: Sun., May 19, 9 a.m.

 

King College, Bristol, Tenn.

C: Sat., May 11, 10 a.m. B: Fri., May 10, 6:30 p.m.

 

Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.

C: Sat., May 25, 2:30 p.m. B: same day, 10:30 a.m. S: Anne-Marie Slaughter, former State Department director of policy planning.

 

Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill.

C: Sat., May 11, 10:45 a.m.

 

Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, N.C.

C: Sat., May 11, 11 a.m. B: Fri., May 10, 7 p.m.

 

Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Mo.

C: Sat., May 18, 10 a.m. B: Friday, May 17, 7 p.m.

 

Lyon College, Batesville, Ark.

C: Sat., May 4, 10 a.m. B: Fri., May 3, 7:30 p.m.

 

Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn.

C: Sat., May 18, 1:30 p.m. B: same day, 9:30 a.m. S: Jeffrey Toobin, senior legal analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker. 

 

Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Va.

C: Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m. S: Pamela Shell Baskervill, judge, 11th Judicial Circuit.

 

Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn.

C: Sun., May 19, 6 p.m. B: same day, 2 p.m. S: John C. Thornton, founder and CEO of Thunder Enterprises.

 

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Millikin University, Decatur, Ill.

MBA/PACE C: Sat., May 18, 7 p.m. Undergrad C: Sun., May 19, 2 p.m.

 

Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Mo.

C: Sat., May 4, 2 p.m.

 

Monmouth College, Monmouth, Ill.

C: Sun., May 12, noon B: Sat., May 11, 3 p.m. S: Bob Graham, former Florida governor and senator.

 

Montreat College, Montreat, N.C.

C: May 11, 2 p.m.

 

Muskingum University, New Concord, Ohio

Graduate programs C: Thur., May 9, 7 p.m. S: Tom McCalmont (’76). Undergraduate C: Sat., May 11, 1:30 p.m. S: Wiley Souba (’75). B: same day, 10 a.m. S: Myron E. Moorehead (’58)

 

College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo.

C: Sun., May 12, 2 p.m. B: same day, 11 a.m.

 

University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Ark.

C: Saturday, May 11, 10:30 a.m. S: Rick Niece, retiring president of the university.

 

Peace University, Raleigh, N.C.

C: Sat., May 11, 10 a.m. B: Fri., May 10, 6 p.m.

 

University of Pikeville, Pikeville, Ky.

C: Sat. May 18, 2- 4 p.m.

 

Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C.

C: Sat. May 11, 10 a.m. B: Fri., May 10, 7 p.m.

 

Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, N.C.

Presbyterian School of Nursing associate degree C: Thurs., May 2, 3 p.m. Graduate & Hayworth College C: Fri., May 3, 7 p.m. B: Fri., May 3, 4 p.m. 

 

Rhodes College, Memphis, Tenn.

C: Sat., May 11, 9:30 a.m. B: Fri., May 10, 3:30 p.m.

 

Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Mont.

C: Sat., May 4, 1 p.m. B: Fri., May 3, 7 p.m.

 

Saint Andrews University, Laurinburg, N.C.

C: Sat., May 4, 9 a.m. S: Joseph Bathanti, N.C. poet laureate. B: Friday, May 3, 4 p.m. S: Edward A. McLeod Jr., pastor, First Church, Raleigh, N.C.

 

Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas

C: Sat., May 11, 1:30 p.m. S: Joey King, exec. dir., National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education. B: same day, 10:30 a.m. S: Ana Rosales Salazar (’04).

 

Sterling College, Sterling, Kan.

C: Sat., May 18, 9:45 a.m. B: Fri., May 17, 7:30 p.m.

 

Trinity University, San Antonio

C: Sat., May 18, 10:30 a.m. B: Fri., May 17, 5 p.m.

 

Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tenn.

C: Sat., May 11, 10 a.m.

 

Warren Wilson College, Asheville, N.C.

C: Sat, May 18, 10 a.m. S: Joseph Bathanti, N.C. poet laureate, alumnus of WWC’s MFA program

 

Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, Pa.

C: Sun., May 19, 2 p.m. S: R. Bruce Bickel.

 

Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.

C: Sat., May 11, 2 p.m. B: same day, 10:30 a.m. S: Donald Tomnitz, vice chairman, president and CEO of D.R. Horton, Inc.

 

Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.

C: Sat., May 18.

 

Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah

C: Sat., June 1, 1:45 p.m.

 

Whitworth University, Spokane, Wash.

C: Sun., May 19, 3 p.m. B: same day, 10 a.m.

 

Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa.

C: Sun., May 19, 1:30 p.m. S: Sylvia A. Earl, oceanographer, explorer, environmentalist and author.

 

College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

C: Mon., May 13, 10 a.m. B: Sun., May 12, 2013, 10a.m.

 

 

Commencement information submitted from seminaries:

 

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas

C: Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m. S: Trey H. Little, pastor, First Church, San Antonio. 

 

Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga.

C: Sat., May 18, 10 a.m. B: Fri., May 17, 6:30 p.m. S: David Bartlett, distinguished professor of New Testament emeritus.

 

Dubuque University Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa

C: Sat., May 18, 9:30 a.m. S: Hunter Farrell, director of world mission, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

 

Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif.

C: Sat. June 15, 10 a.m. B: Wed., June 5, 10 a.m. NW campus, C: June 8. N. Calif. campus, C: June 15. SW campus, C: June 15. Colorado campus, TBA.

 

Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga.

C: Sat,. May 11 B: Thur., May 9.

 

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.

C: Sun., May 19, 3:30 p.m. S: Barbara Brown Taylor, Butman Professor of Religion at Piedmont College, Ga. B: May 19, 10:30 a.m.

 

McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago

C: Sat., May 11, 1:30 p.m. S: The Rev. Ozzie Smith Jr., pastor, Covenant United Church of Christ, South Holland, Ill.

 

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh

C: Fri., May 31, 7 p.m S: Leanne Van Dyk, vice president of academic affairs and professor of reformed theology, Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Mich. B: Thur., May 30, 6 p.m.

 

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Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.

C: Sat., May 18, 4 p.m. S: M. Craig Barnes, president.

 

San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, Calif.

C: Sat., May 25, 9:30 a.m. B: Fri., May 24, 4 p.m.

 

Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Va., and Charlotte, N.C.

Charlotte C: Sat., Apr. 27, 10 a.m. Richmond C: Sat., May 25, 10 a.m. S at both: Edna Banes, chaplain and dean of students.

 

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Union Theological Seminary/Auburn Seminary,

New York, N.Y.

C: Fri., May 17, 4 p.m.




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