Kent State to confer over 2,500 degrees at fall commencement
Kent State will confer 2,544 degrees at this year’s fall semester commencement ceremonies. Set for this Friday and Saturday, the ceremonies will take place at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center on the university’s main campus.
Over the two-day period, 1,773 will be bachelor degrees, 715 master’s degrees, 55 doctoral degrees, and one education specialist degrees.
Friday’s ceremony for advanced degrees from all colleges begins at 6 p.m.
A second ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. for the Colleges of Architecture and Environmental Design,The Arts Arts and Sciences, Nursing and Public Health.
This year’s keynote speaker for the ceremonies will be Douglas Steidl, the former dean of the university’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design from 2010-16.
For more information on the ceremonies, visit kent.edu/commencement. To watch the live stream footage of the ceremonies, visit http://www.kent.edu/commencement/webcast.