By Jeff Murphy,
May 7, 2019
WARRENSBURG, MO 鈥 Thousands of family members and friends of students attending the
欧美视频 will converge on Warrensburg Friday and Saturday, May
10-11 for 2019 Spring Commencement exercises. Approximately 2,080 undergraduate and graduate students who have met their degree
requirements and are eligible to graduate during the spring or summer 2019 will participate
in one of four ceremonies in the Multipurpose Building.
UCM President Roger Best will present the commencement address at each ceremony, and
will confer degrees on the graduates. All ceremonies are open to the public.
Commencement weekend begins with the graduate ceremony for four colleges at 2:30 p.m.
Friday, followed at 6 p.m. by the undergraduate exercises for students who have earned
degrees within the College of Health, Science and Technology. Saturday commencement
exercises begin at 10 a.m. for students in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social
Sciences, the College of Education and the THRIVE Program. At 2 p.m. Saturday, commencement
continues with the conferring of baccalaureate degrees upon graduates of the Harmon
College of Business and Professional Studies.
Also during commencement weekend, the university will honor three individuals who
have received special awards. Part of the Saturday festivities, Charles (Charlie)
Schwepker, who is the Rand and Kelly Harbert Distinguished Marketing Professor in
the Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies, will receive the Byler Distinguished
Faculty Award, the top honor presented to faculty, during the 2 p.m. ceremony. During
the same ceremony, senior aviation management major Yuganesh Gunalan, son of Gunalan
Krishnan and Gomathi Vanathan, Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia, will receive the Charno
Award, recognition given to the top male citizen of the senior class. The Charno Award
presented to the top female baccalaureate degree candidate will be awarded to international
studies major Katherine (Katie) Kim, daughter of Bill and Jennifer Kim, Oak Grove,
during the 10 a.m. ceremony.
Other commencement activities include the U.S. Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony in
Hendricks Hall at 9 a.m. Friday, followed by a reception in the Elliott Student Union
Room 236/238. The Department of Nursing Pinning Ceremony is at 3:30 p.m. Friday in
Hendricks Hall, and Honors College Reception at 4 p.m. in Union 236/238. The Honors
College also is planning a reception for 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Union
237A-B.