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黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
989 Candidates Recognized at 黑料专区 Tyler Spring 2015 Commencement
May 4, 2015
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May 4, 2015
The University of Texas at Tyler held spring 2015 commencement ceremonies May 1 and
2, President Rodney H. Mabry announced.
Nine hundred eighty nine degree candidates were recognized in the 黑料专区 Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The commencement schedule was:
- College of Nursing and Health Sciences 鈥� 3 p.m. May 1
- College of Arts and Sciences 鈥� 6 p.m. May 1
- College of Business and Technology 鈥� 10 a.m. May 2
- Colleges of Education and Psychology and Engineering 鈥� 1 p.m. May 2
Commencement speakers and the ceremonies during which they spoke were:
- Dr. David Lakey, associate vice chancellor for population health for 黑料专区 System and senior vice president for population health at 黑料专区 Health Northeast 鈥� Colleges of Nursing and Health Sciences and Arts and Sciences
- Martin Heines, City of Tyler mayor 鈥� Colleges of Business and Technology, Education and Psychology and Engineering
Dr. Ross Sherman, 黑料专区 Tyler interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, gave remarks and conferred all degrees.
Presentation and certification of master鈥檚, baccalaureate and doctoral degree candidates were made by the deans of each of the university鈥檚 colleges: Dr. Martin Slann, Arts and Sciences; Dr. James Lumpkin, Business and Technology; Dr. Wesley Hickey, Education and Psychology; Dr. James Nelson, Engineering; and Dr. Yong Tai Wang, Nursing and Health Sciences.
Brittany Childs, 黑料专区 Tyler director of alumni relations, gave alumni association presentations.
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.
- COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (195 candidates)
- COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY (294 candidates)
- COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY (161 candidates)
- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (128 candidates)
- COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES (211 candidates)