FACTS ON WINTER COMMENCEMENT - 03/21/05

FACTS ON WINTER COMMENCEMENT
The Ohio State University
Sunday, March 20, 2005
2 p.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate 39
Bachelor’s 1,385
Master’s250
Doctoral 95
Professional 2
Certificates 4
Total: 1,775

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 4.0 by Cassandra Kelsey of Columbus, B.A. in Psychology.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President Karen A. Holbrook

WELCOMING REMARKS: Richard A. Hollingsworth, associate vice president for Student Affairs

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education.

HONORARY DEGREES: Honorary doctorates will be presented to Honorary doctorates will be presented to Gerald Brown, one of the world’s leading theoretical nuclear physicists; and Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education and commencement speaker.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to Yvette McGee Brown, president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy and former judge in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas; and Raymond Miller, alumni coordinator and former dean of student services for the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Kenneth Lowther, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Mark Morrison, College of the Arts, Class of 2005.
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