Graduation Set For Dec. 16 At Ferrell Center

December 12, 2000

by Lori Scott Fogleman

Baylor University will confer degrees on approximately 800 students during commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Ferrell Center.
Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. will give the traditional charge to students and present diplomas to undergraduates from the College of Arts and Sciences, Hankamer School of Business, School of Education, School of Engineering and Computer Science, School of Music, School of Nursing, George W. Truett Theological Seminary; and the Graduate School, in which more than 20 doctoral candidates will participate in the hooding ceremony.
Greetings will be brought by John G. Wilkerson Jr., chairman of the Baylor board of regents, and Dr. L. Gerald Fielder, emeritus professor of political science, will act as bearer of the mace.
Baylor officials expect overflow parking and a standing-room-only crowd at the Ferrell Center for Saturday's ceremony. Graduates and their families are encouraged to carpool and arrive early.
For more information, contact Lois Ferguson, assistant provost for academic services, at 710-3663.