ALL Michigan State University degree candidates who attend the commencement ceremony are recognized individually for their academic achievement. Many degree candidates and their families and friends participate. Commencement is a joyous occasion. Please join us.

December Speakers

 Advanced Degrees, Friday, December 11, 7:00 p.m.
Robert Tjian, president of Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Md. Tjian will speak at the advanced degree ceremony, where he will receive an honorary doctor of science degree.

Baccalaureate Degrees, Saturday, December 12, 10 a.m.
Edward Minskoff, president of Edward J. Minskoff Equities Inc., a New York-based real estate acquisition and development company. Minskoff will address undergraduates from James Madison College, the Eli Broad College of Business and the colleges of Arts and Letters, Education, Music and Social Science. He will receive an honorary doctor of business degree and also holds an economics degree from MSU.

Baccalaureate Degrees, Saturday, December 12, 2:00 p.m.
Regarded as a leader of the global breast cancer movement, Nancy G. Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will address undergraduates from the colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Communication Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Natural Science, Nursing and Lyman Briggs College, and receive an honorary doctor of humanities.

All Spring 2009 commencement ceremonies are available for viewing at wmsu.org.