The last group of students will receive a Lindsey Wilson College degree this weekend, and it will be a record number.
Lindsey Wilson College will award a total of 890 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees at its 121st commencement, which will be held in three ceremonies May 2-3 in Biggers Sports Center.
Lindsey Wilson College will become Lindsey Wilson University on July 1, making this the final group of graduates to earn a Lindsey Wilson College diploma.
The 6 p.m. ceremony Friday will honor graduates of Lindsey Wilson's hybrid graduate program; the 10 a.m. Saturday ceremony will honor graduates of the college's A.P. White Campus in Columbia; and the 2 p.m. Saturday ceremony will honor graduates of Lindsey Wilson's extended campuses and online programs.
This is the largest number of spring graduates in the college's 122-year history. Combined with 843 degrees awarded at last December's winter commencement, the Lindsey Wilson Class of 2024-25 will be a record 1,733 graduates.
Ujjwal Bhattarai of Nashville, Tenn., will speak at the Friday ceremony. A native of Nepal, Bhattarai will earn a master of science degree in information technology management. Bhattarai works for HCA Healthcare and hopes to one day start his own company focused on using technology to improve healthcare.
At the 10 a.m. Saturday ceremony, Anatoliy Voloshyn of Cherkasy, Ukraine, will give the student address.
Voloshyn, who will graduate with a bachelor of arts degree in business administration with a minor in political science, has been a member of the Lindsey Wilson tennis program and is co-founder of the Lindsey Wilson Ukraine Club. Voloshyn was a fall intern in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, N.Y.-3rd District, and he plans to pursue a career in public service to serve the people of Ukraine and the United States.
Erin Kershaw Guy of Hendersonville, Tenn., will give the student address at the 2 p.m. Saturday ceremony.
Guy, who will graduate with a master of education degree in counseling, has been serving at Serenity Counseling since her practicum experience and plans to continue her work there after graduation.
Spring commencement ceremonies will be shown on closed-circuit television in the Norma & Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship, 402 Helen Flatt Dr. The ceremonies will also be available via livestream on the Lindsey Wilson YouTube channel, youtube.com/lwcpublicrelations.
