Fall 2016 Commencement
Dec. 16, 2016 at Great Southern Bank Arena
10 a.m.
- College of Business
- College of Education
1:30 p.m.
- College of Arts and Letters
- College of Health and Human Services
- College of Humanities and Public Affairs
- College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- William H. Darr School of Agriculture
- Global Studies majors
Featured speakers and award recipients
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Dr. Michael T. Nietzel, former MSU president and current senior policy advisor to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, will receive the Governmental Excellence Award and speak at the 10 a.m. ceremony.
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Missouri State President Clif Smart will be the featured speaker for the 1:30 p.m. ceremony.
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Longtime MSU friend and donor Bobby Allison will receive the Bronze Bear Award at the 1:30 p.m. ceremony.
Student speaker
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Dion Hallmark, an entrepreneurship major from Andover, Kansas, is the student speaker at the 10 a.m. ceremony.
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Marissa Kyser, an instrumental music education major from Troy, Missouri, is the student speaker at the 1:30 p.m. ceremony.