147th Spring Commencement

THE UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM SATURDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO NINE & ELEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING & ONE O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON PRELUDE Selections by The Concord University Band..................................................................... Dr. David Ball, B.A., M.M., D.M.A Selections by The Concord University ConChords..................................................Dr. Kelly Hudson, B.A., M.M., D.M.A. (The audience is requested to rise for the Processional and to remain standing until the Grand Marshal directs the audience to be seated.) PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar.......................................................................The Concord University Band Dr. David Ball

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ................................................................................................................... Led by Dr. Susan Robinett

STAR-SPANGLED BANNER ...............................................................................................The Concord University ConChords Dr. Kelly Hudson

WELCOME Kendra Boggess, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. ......................................................................................... President of Concord University

CONFERRING OF THE DEGREES IN COURSE The candidates will be presented to the President by Edward Huffstetler, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

9:00am PRESENTATION OF THE DIPLOMAS .......................................................Department of Fine Arts & Communications Department of Social Sciences

Department of Humanities Interdisciplinary Studies Regents Bachelor of Arts

11:00am CONFERRING OF THE HONORARY DEGREE AND HOODING CEREMONY

Dr. Joe Ellington........................................................................................Honorary Doctorate of Humanities, honoris causa PRESENTATION OF THE DIPLOMAS ............................................................Department of Social Work and Sociology Department of Biology Department of Health Sciences Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences

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