WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Dec. 6, 2016 — West Liberty University will graduate 138 students at Fall Commencement 2016, to be held 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex (ASRC).
Wheeling resident and WLU Alumna Dr. Christina Greer will be the Commencement speaker. President Dr. Stephen Greiner will preside at the ceremony and will present Greer with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
Greer will discuss the topic of triumphing over adversity in her talk entitled: “The Winding Road to Your Future.”
Senior Cindi Truax Greathouse, also of Wheeling, will be the graduating student speaker, an honor she received based upon her grade point average. She is an elementary education major and plans to teach and earn her master’s degree after graduation.
Other graduating seniors, with the highest grade point average in each respective college, carry their college banner and include:
- College of Arts & Communication, Rosalie A. Haizlett, Bethany, W.Va.
- College of Education, Jessica L. Zeigler, Rayland, Ohio
- College of Liberal Arts, Katelyn M. Harris, Clendenin, W.Va.
- College of Sciences, Emily Sloat, Follansbee, W.Va.
- West College of Business, Danielle E. Seckman, Alma, W.Va.
- School of Professional Studies, Brandi N. Alderman, Valley Grove, W.Va.
The Commencement Ceremony will be televised live on WLU-TV 14 (Comcast Channel 14 and online at wltvonline.com.
Doors will open for seating at 9:30 a.m. and tickets are not required for Fall Commencement. Parking will be available for guests behind the ASRC. A reception for graduates, guests and families will be held in the College Union immediately following the ceremony.
West Liberty University is a forward-looking, four-year public university steeped in a rich heritage as West Virginia’s oldest institution of higher education and offering nearly 70 undergraduate majors and 30 programs. Graduate programs include the Master of Arts in Education, the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies, the Master of Professional Studies, the Master of Science in Criminology and the online MBA degrees. For more information on WLU, please call 1.866.WESTLIB or visit westliberty.edu.