[451] Saturday's MTSU Commencement Ceremonies Available Via Webcast

May 4, 2011
Contact: Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919


SATURDAY’S MTSU COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES AVAILABLE VIA WEBCAST

MURFREESBORO—The MTSU Spring Commencement will be held this Saturday, May 7, with ceremonies at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Both ceremonies will be available via Webcast for those people unable to attend in person and who have access to the Internet. The following steps will provide the Webcast link:

1. Go to the university home page: www.mtsu.edu
2. Click on the “Spring Commencement” window top left
3. Click on “Learn More” in the lower right corner of the photo
4. Click on “Graduation Info” on the left and follow directions.
5. Go to: Click here for live streaming video on Commencement Day!

Viewers will need Windows Media Player or may follow the directions provided to access the Webcast. Please note that on the day of commencement, the link will not be active until approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of each commencement ceremony.


Graduation Summary:

More than 2,420 degree candidates are expected to graduate during MTSU’s 100th spring commencement ceremonies. Of the 2,420 set to graduate during the event, 1,974 are undergraduates and 446 are graduate students, including 365 master’s candidates, 70 education- specialist recipients and 9 doctoral candidates. Two graduate students also will be receiving graduate certificates.
Candidates from the College of Graduate Studies, Jennings A. Jones College of Business and the College of Education and College of Mass Communication will receive their degrees in the morning ceremony. That afternoon, degrees will be conferred on candidates in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences and the University College.
Director Mark Gwyn of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, an MTSU alumnus, will serve as the guest speaker for the 9 a.m. ceremony.
Dr. Hershel “Pat” Wall, special assistant to the president of the University of Tennessee since October 2009, will speak to the graduates at the 1 p.m. ceremony. MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee will preside.

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