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Nov. 19, 2008

MUW’s December Graduates’ Recognition Ceremony set for Dec. 5

By Jill D. O’Bryant

COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Mississippi University for Women will hold its sixth annual December Graduates’ Recognition Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. in Rent Auditorium of Whitfield Hall.

Students who participate will receive a long-stemmed red rose and a certificate of participation. Diplomas will be mailed to the students after grades are final.

Participants who wish to do so will have the opportunity to thank those who were particularly helpful during their college years. Those students will be limited to one minute at the microphone.

“This is a very special ceremony for our students,” said Dr. Claudia A. Limbert, MUW president. “It gives the students a sense of closure since many of them are not able to come back to campus in May to participate in commencement. We have found they enjoy the December ceremony so much that they often don’t feel the need to participate in the May ceremony too.”

Dr. Suzanne Bean, professor emerita of education, will be the keynote speaker. A faculty member at MUW from 1989 to 2008 and former director of the Roger Wicker Center for Creative Learning, she was chosen to receive the 2008 Kossen Faculty Award of Excellence at the May commencement exercises.

Bean earned her bachelor’s degree from Delta State University and master’s and doctorate from the University of Southern Mississippi.
A reception will be held in the lobby of Whitfield immediately following the ceremony.