Posted on 05/04/2015 12:57:14 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
On May 9, Liberty University will celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2015 during its 42nd annual Commencement Exercises. More than 17,500 degrees will be awarded. The university is preparing for an expected 34,000 guests at the main ceremony at Williams Stadium.
More than 7,700 master’s degrees and over 500 doctoral degrees will be awarded, including 60 degrees from Liberty University School of Law. Liberty will recognize over 5,400 graduates who are active military, veterans, or spouses of service members.
Commencement will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 9. This year’s keynote Commencement speaker will be former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Baccalaureate is slated for 6 p.m. on Friday, May 8, in the Vines Center with O.S. Hawkins, president and CEO of the world’s largest Christian-based mutual fund, delivering the main address. Special ceremonies are also scheduled to honor graduates who are in the military, veterans, and spouses of service members.
Many graduates were able to fulfill their dream of earning a degree thanks to Liberty’s online education programs. The average age of this year’s graduating class is 36, and 86 percent of graduates earned their degree online.
The top states represented at this year’s Commencement are Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, California, Ohio, and Maryland. The Class of 2015 represents a diverse range of backgrounds: the top countries represented (after the U.S.) are Canada, Korea, Nigeria, Japan, China, Germany, Ghana, and the United Kingdom.
This year, there are 4,800 graduates receiving honors distinction, with over 1,000 graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Top majors for the class of 2015...
Resident, undergraduate:
Business
Psychology
Nursing
Communication Studies
Criminal Justice
Online, undergraduate:
Psychology
Interdisciplinary Studies
Religion
Business
Criminal Justice
Resident, graduate:
M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Master in Public Health
M.A. Human Services
Master of Business Administration
Master of Divinity
Online, graduate:
M.A. Human Services
Master of Business Administration
M.A. Professional Counseling
Master of Education
Master of Arts Management & Leadership
Jeb: Gracias por invitarme hoy .
The Master Baits people into getting checkups!!! Get it!!!
I should be kicked off just for bad jokes alone
Jeb Bush will tell the graduates that Mexicans can do your job better and cheaper and it was a waste of money for you to go to school.
Sounds like a real snoozeroo.
Well from a Mormon to a Catholic.. is there no Born again Christian available?
Hey, they probably don't know Bush is a Catholic. The GOP has never nominated a Catholic for President.
I saw a “Liberal Catholic Church” sign once. I’m not sure what they preach. A Lutheran candidate might be doable - have we had one ever as president? I was talked into going to a mega church once by a girl I liked - not sure if that is born again - but it struck me as cultish because it seemed to admonish previous religious ties to family and promised that their approach lead to better sex. Ted Cruz’s crutch will be a media focus on his father’s “Radical” preaching - they’ll say Ted is intollerant. Would Newt be a born again? He wasn’t always a Catholic. I wonder though with 50% of America trending to pro-life recently if we we’re better off with a bible thumper? I would bet folks of Mexican descent are pro-life? I ramble.
Ohhh they know.. but they have become a political University more than a Christian one
Liberty university has jumped the shark.
Well this isn’t the best idea on Jeb’s part... Trying to compete with Cruz by speeching in the same place, is only going to highlight how much worse Bush is than Cruz.
Personally I think the Falwells have stars in their eyes. They've become addicted to getting big names for their graduations, etc.
We were considering going to their church a few years ago. But after Romney gave his approval of queer adoption and the Falwells STILL had him speak at graduation, we decided against it.
It's going to be high comedy, watching Jeb fumble around, trying to hit notes he thinks will resonate with Evangelicals.
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