May 2019 Kansas State University commencement ceremonies will be Saturday, May 11, at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina and Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, on the Manhattan campus.
The class of 2019 is the 152nd to graduate from Kansas State University. In all, more than 3,250 students are candidates for graduation. To be awarded will be more than 2,300 bachelor’s degees, nearly 100 doctoral degrees, nearly 700 master’s degrees, and more than 100 students willreceive a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
A live webcast of the ceremonies will be available at k-state.edu/graduation/. A virtual commencement ceremony for the nearly 360 students earning their degrees through distance educatiuon is available at dce.k-state.edu/students/
Commencement ceremonies kick off at 10:30 a.m. May 11 in the Student Life Center on the Kansas State Polytechnic Campus. Robert Wood, chief operating officer of the Hearts for Hearing Foundation, will serve as commencement speaker. The nonprofit foundation works with children and adults with hearing loss.
The graduate school commencement ceremony is on Friday, May 17 at 1 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum on the Manhattan campus, and the undergraduate commencement ceremonies are spread through the day on Saturday, May 18 on the Manhattan campus beginning with the College of Arts and Sciences ceremony at 8:30 a.m. in Bramlage Coliseum.
The College of Archiecture, Planning & Design is scheduled at 10 a.m. in McCain Auditorium, College of Education at 11 a.m., College of Business Administration at 12:30 p.m., College of Human Ecology at 4:30 p.m. and The Carl R. Ice College of Engineering at 6:30 p.m., all in Bramlage Coliseum.
Commissioning ceremonies for the university’s graduating Air Force and Army ROTC cadets will both be May 17 in the K-State Student Union. The Army ROTC ceremony will be at 10 a.m. in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union and the Air Force ROTC ceremony will be at 11 a.m. in the Main Ballroom at the Union.