280 Degrees Will Be Conferred at the 144th Annual Graduation Ceremony
Wilmington College will present its 144th annual Commencement exclusively online as President Jim Reynolds confers 273 degrees at the June 6 ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m.
The program and other Commencement information will be accessible at www.wilmington.edu/2020_commencement and will be archived for future viewing over the next few weeks.
Reynolds will preside at his ninth and final Commencement as the College's 18th president. He will present the keynote address after an introduction by graduating class member Kameron S. Rinehart, who served as Student Government Assn. president for 2019-20.
Student speakers also include Brandon S. Ford, Jr., and Emma C. Marks, who will present the introduction and welcome, respectively. The College selected Vanessa Cheyann McKee and Warren Owens to represent the main campus and Cincinnati Branch, respectively, is providing student remarks.
Handling the conferring of degrees will be Reynolds and Dr. Erika Goodwin, vice president for academic affairs and strategic initiatives/dean of the faculty, along with Registrar Sue Hutchens and Peggy J. Sturdivant, chair of the Board of Trustees.
The ceremony is Reynolds' final official act before he leaves to become president at Millikin University in his hometown, Decatur, Ill. Goodwin, who will become interim president, will offer closing remarks at the ceremony.
Music will be presented by a brass quintet assembled by Stephen Wadsack, director of athletic bands and assistant professor of music. It will feature Wadsack's arrangements of Beehoven's "Ode to Joy" from Symphony No. 9 and "Sonata" from Die Bankelsangerlieder, along with the "Wilmington College Alma Mater." Other members of the quintet are Preston Light, Austin Motley, Emily Toth and Jenna Veverke.
