[225]MTSU ANNOUNCES GRADUATES FOR FALL 2008

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MTSU ANNOUNCES GRADUATES FOR FALL 2008
County-by-County Listing of Fall 2008 Graduates Available Online Dec. 8

(MURFREESBORO)—Beginning Monday, Dec. 8, Middle Tennessee State University released the names and hometowns of those students who graduated during the fall 2008 commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13, in Murphy Center on the MTSU campus.
Of the 1,613 set to graduate during the 97th fall commencement, 1,400 were undergraduates and 213 were graduate students.
The dual-commencement event featured Darrell Freeman, who serves president and CEO of information-technology provider Zycron Inc. and chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, as the guest speaker for the 9 a.m. ceremony.
Dr. Charles Manning, who has served as chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents system since April 2000, was the featured speaker for the 1 p.m. commencement ceremony. Prior to joining the TBR, Manning served as chancellor of West Virginia’s university system. During his eight-year tenure with TBR, Manning—who earned a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Maryland—is credited with improving innovation, efficiency and responsiveness regarding the needs of Tennessee college students, with an emphasis on collaboration among TBR institutions.
Following the ceremonies’ respective guest speakers, degree candidates from the College of Graduate Studies, Jennings A. Jones College of Business, and College of Education and Behavioral Science will be conferred with their degrees in the morning ceremony, while degree candidates in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, College of Mass Communication, and the College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning, will be conferred during the afternoon event.

 HOW TO OBTAIN YOUR COUNTY’S STUDENT LIST: To obtain a list for editorial use of those students from your county who graduated during MTSU’s fall 2008 commencement, please access this information on the News and Public Affairs (NPA) Web site at www.mtsunews.com and click on the “MTSU Graduation Lists” link on the upper, left-hand side of the page.
Next, click on the “Fall 2008” link, which will include an alphabetical, county-by-county listing of those MTSU students who graduate on Dec. 13, 2008.
***Please note that this Web page also contains directions on how to download and save your county’s list for editorial use in your publication.

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ATTENTION, MEDIA: If you encounter any problems downloading and saving your county’s dean’s list, please contact the Office of News and Public Affairs at MTSU at 615-898-2919 for assistance.