Graduation is a time of celebration for graduates and their families, a commemoration of a hard job well done.
On the main campus of Columbia College in Columbia, Mo., commencement is marked by special events and two ceremonies. Here is a snapshot of graduation 2011:
- Total number of graduates: 534
- Bachelor’s degrees: 423
- Associate degrees: 54
- Master’s degrees: 57
- Commencement speaker: Susan Wilson Solovic '80, best-selling business author, entrepreneur, attorney, Miss Missouri 1979, TV business commentator
- Commencement ceremonies
- Noon, Southwell Complex , master's and associates candidates and Day Campus baccalaureate candidates
- 3:30 p.m., Southwell Complex, Nationwide, Online and Evening campus baccalaureate candidates
- Ivy Chain ceremony, Bass Commons, 9:30 a.m. During Ivy Chain, one of the oldest commencement ceremonies in America, graduating seniors process onto Bass Commons where they are draped with a continuous chain of ivy. The ivy is then cut and each graduate retains a piece of ivy as a reminder of alma mater.
- Nurses' Pinning Ceremony, Launer Auditorium, 2 p.m. Nursing graduates are pinned in a ceremony revived by Florence Nightingale; its roots date from the Middle Ages.
- Number of Columbia College campuses represented: 16
- Kansas City, Mo. – 12 graduates
- Lemoore, Calif. – 2 graduates
- Aurora, Colo. – 1 graduate
- Online Campus – 97 graduates
- Fort Stewart, Ga. – 1 graduate
- Lake County, Ill. – 11 graduates
- Crystal Lake, Ill. – 2 graduates
- Jefferson City, Mo. – 53 graduates
- Christian County, Mo. – 7 graduates
- Moberly, Mo. – 7 graduates
- Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. – 25 graduates
- St. Louis, Mo. – 31 graduates
- Hancock Field, N.Y. – 1 graduate
- Rolla, Mo. – 4 graduates
- Whidbey Island, Wash. – 1 graduate
- Columbia’s Evening Campus – 171 graduates
- Columbia’s Day Campus – 108 graduates
Congratulations to all graduates and their families that made it possible!
4 comments:
Twas a blessed day and I thank God for bringing me this far to experience the commencement. I love Columbia College. I am proud to say I've earned my BSBA with major in Financial Services!!!
The guest speaker was very inspirational and the gentlemen that sung the National Anthem was phenomenal! Awesome experience.
I second that. The day was awesome and the singer was terrific! Thank you Columbia College for a great college experience!
I actually attended the commencement . . . I was on business for my company Infinity Tungsten and was on campus with nothing to do so I wandered in. Funny how things like that work. It was a beautiful ceremony.
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