The University of Central Arkansas will hold fall commencement Friday, Dec. 11 and Saturday, Dec. 12 in the Farris Center on campus. The graduate ceremonies will be held at 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday; the undergraduate ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Saturday.
Fall commencement ceremonies are ticketed events that are not open to the general public. Graduates will each be given a specified number of tickets that they may share with friends and family. Entry will not be allowed without a ticket. All tickets are general admission; seats will not be assigned. However, social distancing and face coverings will be strictly enforced.
Those not in attendance can watch a live-streamed version of commencement here.
The university will confer 554 undergraduate degrees and 240 graduate degrees from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; College of Business; College of Education; College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; and College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
UCA President Houston Davis will address the graduates. Jamaal Lockings, 2020-21 executive vice president of the Student Government Association, will deliver a pre-recorded greeting from students. Jen Talbot, 2020-21 Faculty Senate president, and Steven Shook, 2020-21 Staff Senate president, will speak to graduates in pre-recorded messages on behalf of faculty and staff, respectively, and UCA Alumni Association representative Aaron Knight will speak in a pre-recorded message on behalf of alumni. Michelle Buchanan and Dierdre Henley will deliver a pre-recorded message on behalf of graduate students. Both will be conferred the Doctor of Philosophy in leadership studies during commencement.
For more commencement information, visit http://uca.edu/commencement/.
