Baylor University To Confer Degrees On Summer Graduates

August 13, 2004

by Lori Scott Fogleman

Baylor University will confer degrees on more than 460 graduates during summer commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, in the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus.
Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. will give the traditional commencement address, while the university presents diplomas to more than 351 undergraduates and 114 graduate, seminary and doctoral students. Wes Bailey, a member of Baylor's Board of Regents, will bring greetings to the graduates. Patricia Howard, lecturer in English, will act as bearer of the mace. Additionally, the Baylor Alumni Association will present the Abner V. McCall Humanitarian Award to Gil A. Stricklin, the founder, president and CEO of Marketplace Ministries Inc.
Following the ceremony, the Baylor Alumni Association will hold its traditional graduation celebration under the tent outside the Ferrell Center. Graduates can visit with professors and join the Alumni Association at a special rate.
Baylor will hold several activities Friday night for graduates and their families. Doctoral students, their spouses, department chairs and mentors are invited to a dinner hosted by the Graduate School at 7 p.m. in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center. Reservations are required.
From 8:30 to 9 p.m., as graduates and their families gather for the annual "Split" party, they will be serenaded by the bells of the McLane Carillon, located in the tower of Pat Neff Hall. Ice cream will be served at no cost beginning at 9 p.m. on the first floor of the Bill Daniel Student Center.
For more information about Baylor commencement, contact Lois Ferguson, facility allocation and event manager, at 710-8534.