Spring 2013 commencements kick off this weekend and culminate in early June. Below are schedules, commencement speakers, and links for commencement stories for our member colleges and universities. This post will be updated throughout commencement season as additional details become available.
Alice Lloyd College
Saturday, May 4
Grady Nutt Athletic Complex
Baccaulaureate: 10:30 AM
Speaker: Reverend Lawrence Baldridge
Commencement: 12:15 PM
Speaker: Dr. Henry Webb
Asbury University
Saturday, May 4
Luce Center
Baccalaureate: May 3, 7:30 PM, Hughes Auditorium
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Friedeman
Graduate and Degree-Completion Commencement: May 4, 10 AM
Speaker: Dr. Debra McKenna Blews
Traditional Undergraduate Commencement: May 4, 2 PM
Speaker: Dr. Edward Blews
Honorary Degrees: TBA
Story with speaker bios on Asbury.edu
Bellarmine University
Saturday, May 11
Noon
Knights Hall
Speaker: Lt. Col. Kenny Lynn Harryman
Honorary Degrees: Lt. Col. Kenny Lynn Harryman, Joe and Carol Ferguson
Berea College
Sunday, May 5
2 PM
Seabury Center
Speaker: Peter J. O’Connor, longtime civil rights activist
Honorary Degree: Peter J. O’Connor, honorary Doctor of Laws
Event details with speaker bio on Berea.edu
232 Seniors Graduate from Berea College (BC Now)
Brescia University
Saturday, May 11
10 AM (CDT)
RiverPark Center, Owensboro
Speaker: Sr. Diana Stano, OSU, Ph.D., President of Ursuline College (OH)
Honorary Degree: Sr. Diana Stano, Doctor of Education
Commencement story with speaker bio on brescia.edu
Campbellsville University
Graduate Commencement:
Friday, May 3
7 PM
Ransdell Chapel
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Early Sr., vice president for academic affairs emeritus at the University of the Cumberlands
Undergraduate Commencement:
Saturday, May 4
9 AM
Powell Athletic Center
Speaker:
Dr. Joseph Owens, chair of the CU Board of Trustees and pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky.
Story and speaker bios on Campbellsville.edu
CU graduates largest class ever with 647 students (Cambpellsville.edu)
Centre College
Sunday, May 19
3 PM
Newlin Hall, Norton Center for the Arts
Speaker: Martha Raddatz, ABC News
Commencement page on Centre.edu
Georgetown College
Saturday, May 11
10 AM
Giddings Lawn (Inclement Weather location: Davis-Reid Alumni Gymnasium)
Speaker: Dr. William H. Crouch, Jr.
Commencement site on georgetowncollege.edu
Kentucky Christian University
Saturday, May 11
10 AM
Lusby Center – Gymnasium
Speaker: President Jeff Metcalf
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Saturday, May 11
10 AM (CDT)
Hocker-Hall Grove (Inclement Weather: Woodward Health & Recreation Center gymnasium)
Speaker: TBA
Lindsey Wilson College
Saturday, May 11
10 AM (CDT)
Biggers Sports Center
Speaker: Dr. Roger Drake, LWC vice president of administration and finance since 2004; president-elect of Central Methodist (Mo.) University
Honorary Degrees: Roger Drake and Carol Marra of Louisville, Ky., educator and 26-year member of the LWC Board of Trustees
Largest class in LWC history to be capped off May 11 at spring commencement (lindsey.edu)
Mid-Continent University
Saturday, May 11
3 PM
Graves County High School
Event page on midcontinent.edu
Midway College
Saturday, May 11
11 AM
Graves Amphitheater
Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Baskin, entrepreneur and owner of Blue Heaven Farm
St. Catharine College
Saturday, May 11
11 AM
Lourdes Hall Gymnasium
Speaker: Dustan E. McCoy, chairman and chief executive officer of Brunswick Corporation in Chicago
Spalding University
Saturday, June 1
10 AM
Canaan Christian Church
Speaker: President Tori Murden McClure
Thomas More College
Saturday, May 11
1:30 PM
Front lawn near the bell tower (Inclement Weather: Connor Convocation Center)
Speaker: Outgoing President Sr. Margaret Stallmeyer, C.D.P.
Honorary Degree: Ernest B. Hillenmeyer, Jr. of Maysville, Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa
Transylvania University
Saturday, May 25
9:30 AM
Lawn of Old Morrison
Speaker: Steve Zahn
Honorary Degree: Nikky Finney, National Book Award-winning poet, Doctor of Humane Letters
Union College
Saturday, May 4
10:30 AM
Robsion Arena
Speaker: William “Bill” Starnes, Ph.D., Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus at the College of William and Mary and renowned plastics expert
Honorary Degrees: Bill Starnes, Doctor of Science, honoris causa, and his wife, Sofia M. Starnes, will be presented with a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa.
University of the Cumberlands
Saturday, May 4
10 AM
O. Wayne Rollins Center
University of Pikeville
University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine Commencement
Saturday, May 18
9:30 AM
East Kentucky Expo Center
Speaker: Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., MBA, U.S. Surgeon General
Honorary Degree: Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., MBA, U.S. Surgeon General, Honorary Doctor of Science
College of Arts & Sciences Commencement
Saturday, May 18
2 PM
East Kentucky Expo Center
Speaker: Dr. T. Pearse Lyons, Founder and President of Alltech
Honorary Degrees: Dr. T. Pearse Lyons, Honorary Doctor of Public Service and Deirdre Lyons, Co-Founder of Alltech, Director of Corporate Image and Design, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters