1,300 to receive degrees from Bowling Green

8/5/2006

BOWLING GREEN Bowling Green State University expects to give degrees to more than 1,300 students during summer commencement exercises today.

Ceremonies begin at 9:30 a.m. on the lawn in front of University Hall. In case of rain, graduation will take place in Anderson Arena.

The summer graduating class includes 50 doctoral candidates, 611 master s degree candidates, and nine candidates for specialist degrees in education.

Mary Wolfe, who received a master s degree in fine arts from BGSU in 1968 and was an instructor in art history on campus, will be given an honorary doctor of fine arts.

Valerie Newell, a 1975 BGSU graduate who is managing director of RiverPoint Capital Management, an independent investment adviser in Cincinnati, will speak at the ceremony.