Published on December 12, 2010 at 6 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ will graduate about 200 seniors during fall commencement Saturday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. in Wright Center Concert Hall.

W. Clark Watson, chairman of the Â鶹¹û¶³ board of trustees, will speak. An attorney, Watson is a partner in the Birmingham firm of Balch & Bingham, LLP. He is a 1981 graduate of Â鶹¹û¶³’s Cumberland School of Law. A reception will follow commencement in the cafeteria of Beeson University Center.

On Friday, Dec. 17, Â鶹¹û¶³’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing will hold its pinning ceremony at 1 p.m. in Reid Chapel, and the University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment will hold its commissioning ceremony at 2 p.m. in Hodges Chapel.

Also on Saturday, Dec, 18, Â鶹¹û¶³’s Brock School of Business will have its hooding ceremony at 8 a.m. in Brock Forum. Neal Wade, senior vice president for economic development, St. Joe Co. and a 1969 Â鶹¹û¶³ graduate, will speak. The graduating senior art show is on exhibit in the Â鶹¹û¶³ Art Gallery Dec. 13-18. A reception will be held in the gallery following commencement.

 
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.