PULLMAN, Wash. – About 3,040 students are expected to participate in Washington State University Pullman commencement ceremonies at 8 and 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in Beasley Coliseum.
An honorary degree will be presented posthumously to former president Elson S. Floyd and will be accepted by Carmento Floyd during the 3 p.m. ceremony.
WSU Interim President Daniel Bernardo will confer degrees at all three ceremonies, which are free to the public; tickets are not required. Phyllis J. Campbell, WSU alumna and Pacific Northwest chair for JPMorgan Chase & Co., will speak at all the ceremonies. Learn more about her at https://commencement.wsu.edu/spring/speaker/.
Ceremonies will be videostreamed for live viewing online at https://www.experience.wsu.edu. The videostream will be archived for viewing afterward at the same Web address.
Find information about commencement parking, and a link to a parking map, at https://transportation.wsu.edu/Commencement.html. Follow commencement updates on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WSUGraduation and Twitter at https://twitter.com/WSUCommencement.
Other WSU graduation ceremonies will include:
College of Pharmacy: 1 p.m. Thursday, May 5, Martin Woldson Theater at the FOX, Spokane, Wash. See https://www.pharmacy.wsu.edu/commencement/index.html.
WSU Spokane: 2 p.m. Friday, May 6, Spokane Convention Center. See https://spokane.wsu.edu/studentaffairs/commencement/ and https://news.wsu.edu/2016/04/21/may-6-swedish-health-ceo-commencement-speaker/.
Multicultural Graduation: 6 p.m. Friday, May 6, CUB senior ballroom. See https://www.mss.wsu.edu/ and https://news.wsu.edu/2016/05/03/may-6-wsu-multicultural-graduation-celebration/.
Lavender Graduation for LGBT and ally students: 7 p.m. Friday, May 6, Banyans on the Ridge at the WSU Palouse Ridge Golf Club.
WSU Tri-Cities: 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Toyota Center, Kennewick, Wash. See https://tricities.wsu.edu/commencement/.
WSU Vancouver: 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Sunlight Supply Amphitheater, Ridgefield, Wash. See https://studentaffairs.vancouver.wsu.edu/registrars-office/commencement and https://news.wsu.edu/2016/04/27/wsu-vancouver-graduate-975-may-7-commencement/.
WSU North Puget Sound at Everett: 7 p.m. Sunday, May 15, Future of Flight, Mukilteo, Wash. See https://everett.wsu.edu/commencement/.
Contact:
Teri Hansen, WSU commencement coordinator, 509-335-2531, teri.hansen@wsu.edu
