Published on December 8, 2006 by William Nunnelley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ will graduate around 314 seniors during fall commencement Saturday, Dec. 16. The program is scheduled for Wright Center Concert Hall at 10 a.m.

Dr. Chuck Sands, chair of the Â鶹¹û¶³ exercise science and sports medicine department and winner of this year's John H. Buchanan Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching at Â鶹¹û¶³, will deliver the address. His speech will begin a tradition of having the Buchanan Award winner speak at fall commencement.

The president's reception for seniors and their families will follow commencement in the main dining room of Beeson University Center.

Other Â鶹¹û¶³ commencement activities will include:

Friday, Dec. 15-Pinning ceremony for Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing graduates, Hodges Chapel, 1 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 16-Hooding ceremony for School of Business MBA graduates, Brock Forum, 7:30 a.m.; closing reception for the graduating senior art show, Swearingen Hall Art Gallery, immediately following commencement; Air Force ROTC commissioning ceremony, Hodges Chapel, 2 p.m., followed by a reception in the Student Commons.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.