Commencement Spring Activities: �鶹��Ʒ, Greater Cincinnati Region

Spring Commencement Activities

Five in-person ceremonies at BB&T Arena May 7-9.

May 6, 2021 — �鶹��Ʒ celebrates one of the greatest joys each year with its Commencement exercises from May 7 through 9 at BB&T Arena. �鶹��Ʒ will uplift more than 5,000 graduates and remember their hard work and determination with five in-person ceremonies for the first time since December 2019.

Friday, May 7 at 5 p.m. | Chase College of Law

Number of graduates: 233
Speakers: The Honorable Justice Michelle Keller (’90) and the Honorable Justice Robert Conley (‘84), with the Supreme Court of Kentucky
Student Speaker: Brendan Sullivan, Class of 2021 valedictorian
Salmon P. Chase Award Recipients: Megan Smiddie (2020), Holly McCabe (2021)

Saturday, May 8 at 10 a.m. | College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education

Number of graduates: 630
Speaker: Andrá Ward (’86), �鶹��Ʒ Board of Regents’ Chair
Student Speaker: Hannah Burns, representing the College of Education

Saturday, May 8 at 3 p.m. | Haile/US Bank College of Business, College of Informatics

Number of graduates: 514
Speaker: Normand Desmarais, �鶹��Ʒ Board of Regents’ Vice Chair
Student Speaker: Nicholas Elleman, representing the College of Informatics

Sunday, May 9 at 10 a.m. | College of Health and Human Services

Number of graduates: 579
Speaker: Normand Desmarais, �鶹��Ʒ Board of Regents’ Vice Chair
Student Speaker: Amanda Woll, representing the College of Health and Human Services

Sunday, May 9 at 3 p.m. | 2020 Graduates from All Colleges

Number of graduates: 3,275
Speaker: Andrá Ward (’86), �鶹��Ʒ Board of Regents’ Chair
Student Speaker: Hannah Edelen, Former Student Body President

All ceremonies will be held at BB&T Arena on �鶹��Ʒ’s campus. Due to state capacity regulations, please note that all guests—including children, regardless of age—must have a ticket to enter the venue. Parking is free of charge in all surface lots and garages, and doors will open one hour prior to each ceremony.

�鶹��Ʒ will live stream each ceremony for graduates or guests who are not able to attend in person. Videos of the ceremonies will also be available for on-demand viewing on �鶹��Ʒ’s channel. Visit �鶹��Ʒ’s Commencement webpage for more details on the ceremonies.

About �鶹��Ʒ: Founded in 1968, �鶹��Ʒ is an entrepreneurial state university of over 16,000 students served by more than 2,000 faculty and staff on a thriving suburban campus nestled between Highland Heights, Kentucky and bustling downtown Cincinnati. We are a regionally engaged university committed to empowering our students to have fulfilling careers and meaningful lives. While we are one of the fastest-growing universities in Kentucky, our professors still know our students' names. For more information, visit .

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Contact

Atley Smedley
smedleyj1@nku.edu
(606) 923-0013

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