Students prepare for next step with graduation

The University will award degrees to 1,101 students during fall commencement exercises this weekend (Dec. 17 and 18).

The graduating class includes 24 candidates for Ph.D.s, four candidates for doctor of education degrees, one candidate for the specialist in education degree, 247 master’s degree candidates and 825 candidates for bachelor’s degrees.

Commencement for students in the Graduate College will be held at 7 p.m. Friday (Dec. 17). Students in the undergraduate colleges will receive degrees at 10 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 18). Both ceremonies will be held at Anderson Arena.

Among the bachelor’s degree recipients are 138 candidates for honors. Twenty-two students are expected to graduate summa cum laude for maintaining grade point averages between 3.9 and 4.0 on a 4.0 scale. Forty students are candidates for magna cum laude recognition for having academic averages between 3.76 and 3.9, and 76 students are candidates for cum laude recognition, which is given to those who have grade point averages of 3.5 to 3.75.

BGSU's 2003 Master Teacher, Michael French, Division of Teaching and Learning, will give the commencement address at each of the two ceremonies. President Sidney A. Ribeau will preside.

Members of the fall graduating class represent 58 Ohio counties, 31 states and 17 countries.