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Commencement season officially began this past weekend, with Union College and University of the Cumberlands both holding ceremonies on Saturday, May 3. Congratulations to all of this year’s graduates!

Alice Lloyd College
Baccalaureate: Saturday, May 10, 10:30 a.m., Grady Nutt Athletic Center
Bacc. Speaker: Lawrence Baldridge, pastor of Caney Baptist Church in Pippa Passes, KY since 1964.

Commencement: Saturday, May 10, 12:15 p.m., Grady Nutt Athletic Center
Commencement Speaker: Dr. Marylee James, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Alice Lloyd College

Asbury College
Baccalaureate: Sunday, May 11, 9 a.m., Hughes Memorial Auditorium
Bacc. Speaker: Dr. Donald Adams, superintendent of the United Methodist Church

Commencement: Sunday, May 11, 3 p.m. (doors open at 2:30), Luce Physical Activities Center
Commencement Speaker: Dr. Lloyd J. Ogilvie, former U.S. Senate Chaplain
Honorary degree: Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie

Bellarmine University
Baccalaureate: Saturday, May 10 at 9 a.m. at St. Agnes

Commencement: Saturday May 10 at noon in Knights Hall
Commencement Speaker: Curt Tofteland, founder and director of Shakespeare Behind Bars and producing director of the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival.
Honorary degree: Curt Tofteland, Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters

Berea College
Baccalaureate: Saturday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m., Phelps Stokes Chapel
Bacc. Speaker: Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews, rector emeritus, Trinity Church Wall Street, New York City

Commencement: Sunday, May 25 at 2 p.m. in Seabury Center
Commencement Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery and professor, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md.
Honorary degree: Dr. Benjamin Carson, Honorary Doctor of Science

Brescia University
Baccalaureate: Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Speaker: President Larry Hostetter

Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. at the RiverPark Center
Speaker: Kentucky Secretary of Education Helen W. Mountjoy
Honorary degree: Sec. Helen W. Mountjoy, Doctor of Humane Letters

Campbellsville University
Baccalaureate: None

Graduate School Commencement: Friday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Ransdell Chapel
Grad Commencement Speaker: Dr. Dwayne Howell, associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Campbellsville University

Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 10:00 a.m. at Houchens Insurance Group (HIG) Field
Commencement Speaker: General James T. Conway, commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Honorary degree: Gen. James T. Conway, Honorary Doctorate of Public Service

Centre College
Baccalaureate: Sunday, May 18 at 11:00 a.m. in Newlin Hall in Centre’s Norton Center for the Arts
Bacc. Speaker: Dr. Rick Axtell, college chaplain and association professor of religion

Commencement: Sunday, May 18 at 3:00 p.m. in Newlin Hall in Centre’s Norton Center for the Arts
Commencement Speaker: Leland Melvin, NASA Astronaut and co-manager of NASA’s Educator Astronaut Program, who flew his first shuttle mission on the Atlantis in February 2008
Honorary degree: Leland Melvin, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

Georgetown College
Baccalaureate: Friday, May 9, 7:30 p.m., John L. Hill Chapel
Bacc. Speaker: Dr. Paul Redditt, Georgetown College Professor of Religion and former chair of the department for 19 of his 22 years at the college

Commencement: Saturday, May at 10 a.m., Giddings Lawn
Commencment Speaker: Dr. Pearse Lyons, CEO and founder of Alltech Inc., title sponsor of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010
Honorary Degrees:

Dr. Gwen Cranfill Curry, Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Georgetown College alumna and retired chair of the English department
Sylvia Watson Jaegers, Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa, civic leader and founding member of the Georgetown College Foundation Board

Kentucky Christian University
Baccalaureate: Friday, May 9 at 3 p.m. in the Nash Chapel
Bacc. Speaker: Phil Martin (KCU ‘85), father of graduating senior Kyle Martin

Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. in the Dick Damron Hall of Champions in Lusby Center.
Commencement Speaker: Cam Huxford, President of the 2008 North American Christian Convention

Kentucky Wesleyan College
Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. in Hocker-Hall Grove
Commencement Speaker: Kentucky Supreme Court Justice John D. Minton, Jr.

Lindsey Wilson College
Baccalaureate:
Speaker: Rev. Darrell Lyons of Leitchfield, KY

Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m.
Commencement Speaker: Dr. Alice Brown, retiring President of the Appalachian College Association

Honorary degrees:

Dr. Alice Brown
Rev. Paul Fryman of Bowling Green
Rev. Howard Olds of Brentwood, TN
R. Vince Fanelli of Louisville

Mid-Continent University
Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 3:00 p.m. at Graves County High School

Midway College
Baccalaureate: None

Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 5p.m. in Graves Amphitheater (rain location: Marshall Gymnasium)
Commencement Speaker: Chris McCarron, retired hall of fame jockey and founder of the North American Racing Academy

Pikeville College
Undergraduate Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m., East Kentucky Expo Center
Commencement Speaker: Gen. Robert H. (Doc) Foglesong, retired four-star U.S. Air Force general and president of Mississippi State University
Honorary Degrees:

General Robert Foglesong
Norman A. Chrisman, Jr., retired architect
Stephen N. Frazier, former chief circuit judge in the mountain circuits

Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine
Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at East Kentucky Expo Center
Speaker: Steve Davis, M.D., Department of Public Health, Frankfort, KY
Honorary Degrees:

Steve Davis, M.D.
Raymond Wells, M.D., physician from Inez, KY

St. Catharine College
Baccalaureate: Friday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. in St. Catharine Hall

Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 11:00 a.m. in Lourdes Hall
Commencement Speaker: Stan Curtis, founder of Kentucky Harvest and USA Harvest

Spalding University
Commencement: Saturday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. at Canaan Christian Church
Speaker: TBA

Thomas More College
Baccalaureate: Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. at Cathedral Basilica (Covington)
Bacc. Speaker: Reverend Michael Due, Vicar General, Diocese of Covington

Commencement: Saturday, May 10 at 1:30 p.m. on the lawn outside of the Holbrook Student Center (rain location: Connor Convocation Center)
Commencement Speaker: State Representative Addia K Wuchner
Honorary degrees:

State Representative Addia K. Wuchner
Mr. Paul F. Michels, founder of Paul Michels & Sons, Inc.

St. Thomas More Medallion: Mr. Frank Al Schleper, founder of Pilot Contracting Company

Transylvania University
Baccalaureate: None

Commencement: Saturday, May 24, 10:00 a.m., front steps and lawn of historic Old Morrison (rain location: Clive M. Beck Athletic and Recreation Center)
Speaker: John Churchill, Secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society
Honorary degrees: None

Union College
Baccalaureate: Saturday, May 3 at 9:00 a.m., Conway Boatman Chapel
Bacc. Speaker: Dr. Joel Allen, Methodist pastor, elder in the Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church, and professor of biblical studies.

Commencement: Saturday, May 3 at 11:00 a.m. in Robsion Arena
Speakers (both will also receive honorary degrees):

Jean Ruth Ritchie, a performer, songwriter, musician and Perry County native who has been called the mother of folk for her role in the American Folk Revival
Dr. Virginia Grady Carter, Executive Director, Kentucky Humanities Council

University of the Cumberlands
Commencement was held Saturday, May 3, 2008