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
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.
Missouri State President Clif Smart will be the featured speaker for the 1:30 p.m. ceremony.
Longtime MSU friend and donor Bobby Allison will receive the Bronze Bear Award at the 1:30 p.m. ceremony.
Student speaker
Dion Hallmark, an entrepreneurship major from Andover, Kansas, is the student speaker at the 10 a.m. ceremony.
Marissa Kyser, an instrumental music education major from Troy, Missouri, is the student speaker at the 1:30 p.m. ceremony.