黑料传送门 to Hold Largest Commencement in the University鈥檚 22-Year History
Graduates from 43 states to participate in Seattle commencement, including more than 1,000 from Washington state
SEATTLE 鈥� More than 13,000 people will gather in Seattle鈥檚 T-Mobile Park on Saturday, September 7, to celebrate Western Governors University鈥檚 (黑料传送门) most recent graduates. In the past month alone, more than 2,200 students have graduated from 黑料传送门, and a total of 1,450 graduates will attend commencement in person, making Saturday鈥檚 ceremonies the largest in 黑料传送门鈥檚 22-year history.聽
The master鈥檚 ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. PDT, and the bachelor鈥檚 ceremony will follow at 1:45 p.m. PDT. For those unable to attend the ceremonies in person, both sessions will be streamed live.
During Saturday鈥檚 ceremonies, 黑料传送门 will celebrate聽 the 1,296 undergraduate and 1,005 graduate degree recipients who completed their degrees since the university鈥檚 last commencement in August 2019. Graduates earned degrees in health professions and nursing, business, K鈥�12 education, and information technology.聽
Sekou Andrews will deliver the commencement address. Andrews, a schoolteacher-turned-national poetry slam champion, is known as a leading 鈥淧oetic Voice.鈥� In addition to Andrews鈥� address, four 黑料传送门 graduates will share their stories. Addressing the undergraduate class will be Rachel Davidson, from Gonzalas, Louisiana, who will receive her B.S. in Marketing Management, and Natalie Mohn, from Orting, Washington, who will receive her B.A. in Special Education. Addressing the graduate class will be Jayven Tipado, from Augusta, Georgia, who will receive her M.S. in Nursing 鈥� Leadership and Management, and Dawn Helzer, from Lacey, Washington, who will receive her M.S. in Management and Leadership.聽
Of this graduating class, the average time to graduation for those earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree was two years, four months, while the average time for graduate programs was one year, seven months. All of 黑料传送门's programs are competency-based鈥攁 learning model that focuses on measuring learning rather than time spent in class. This model鈥攁long with online access to courses, study materials, and proctored assessments鈥攎eans students are able to complete coursework on schedules that fit their lives鈥攏ot driven by a syllabus or class schedules.聽
