University announces details for Winter Commencement  

Pittsburg State University will recognize the accomplishments of 540 graduating students when degrees are conferred in Winter Commencement ceremonies in John Lance Arena inside the Weede Building on Friday, Dec. 13.   

Of those, 235 will be students earning graduate degrees and 305 will be earning undergraduate degrees. 

Ceremony times and details are as follows:   

4 p.m. - College of Technology (Schools of Automotive & Engineering Technology and Construction, School of Technology & Workforce Learning) 

6 p.m. - College of Education (Department of Teaching & Leadership, Department of Health, Human Performance & Recreation; Psychology & Counseling) 

8 p.m. - College of Arts and Sciences (Art, Communication, English and Modern Languages, Integrated Studies, Math and Physics, Music, General Studies, School of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences, Biology and Chemistry, Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing) 

8 p.m. - Kelce College of Business (Accounting, Business Studies, Economics, Data Science, Finance, Management, Marketing, and MBA) 

Additionally, about 40 student teachers in the College of Education on track to earn their degrees this semester will be celebrated in the Student Teacher Recognition ceremony at 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 in the Bickell Family Center for the Arts.  

Also being recognized at that time will be award recipients including Teachers of Promise and Distinguished Educators. 

Commencement

Check-in 

All graduates and guests are to check-in at the Robert W. Plaster Center, 1701 S. Homer, 15 minutes prior to each ceremony.  

Graduates and ticketed guests will start in the Plaster Center and then proceed to John Lance Arena. Non-ticketed guests will be directed to the arena upon check-in.   

Parking is available in the lot between the Weede Building and the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, across the street from the Weede to the west, and adjacent to the Plaster Center’s south doors. 

Livestream broadcast   

Pitt State will webcast the commencement ceremonies via livestream at pittstate.tv    

The webcast will start shortly before each ceremony. An archived copy of the ceremonies will be available online at pittstate.tv via the "video on demand” option.