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Show Second largest graduating class to be honored at commencement CEDAR CITY - The second largest graduating class in Southern Utah State College history will be honored at commencement com-mencement exercises May 29. Bachelors degrees will be awarded to 305 graduates in ceremonies scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on the upper campus quadrangle. The largest graduating class 306 students received diplomas in 1973, according ac-cording to Ward S. Robb, SUSC Registrar. In addition to the bachelors degrees, another 24 students will receive masters degrees through the SUSC-Utah State University Masters Programs in Education. Spencer F. Eccles, chief executive for First Security Bank, will deliver the commencement com-mencement address and will receive an honorary doctoral degree from SUSC. A second honorary degree will be conferred upon Dr. R. Gaurth Hansen, provost and distinguished professor of nutrition, food sciences and biochemistry at Utah State Univeristy. Also addressing the SUSC graduates will be Gina Marie Hall, an elementary education major with a 3.97 grade point average, SUSC's 1981-82 valedictorian. Hall, from St. George, is the distinguished scholar from the SUSC School of Education. Anne Hatch, Cedar City, will give the commencement com-mencement invocation. She and Melaney Shurtz Hardy, LaVerkin, are distinguished scholars from the SUSC School of Arts and Letters. Deloy Bareman, Colorado City, Ariz., the distinguished scholar from the SUSC School of Business, Technology and Communication, Com-munication, will give the benediction. He will receive a B.A. in industrial in-dustrial arts at commencement; com-mencement; Hatch and Hardy will both graduate with a B.A. in English. Baccalaureate services will be May 28 at 7 p.m., also on the upper campus quadrangle. Amanda Blake, philanthropist, actress and co-star of the television series "Gun-smoke," "Gun-smoke," will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. Michele Ann Mackay, Ogden, will give the baccalaureate invocation. in-vocation. The distinguished scholar from the SUSC School of Science, Mackay will receive a B.S. in zoology in commeacement exercises. The baccalaureate bac-calaureate benediction will be given by Crystal Lee Nebeker, South Jordan, a distinguished graduate from the School of Arts and Letters. She will receive a B.A. in history and political science. A. President's Reception, hosted by SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt, will be at his home, 331 West 200 South, prior to baccalaureate services. All graduates, their families and friends, the State Board of Regents, SUSC Institutional In-stitutional Council, faculty and staff, and friends of the college are invited to attend the 3 to 5 p.m. reception. A baccalaureate buffet will be conducted following the evening ceremony. Reservations for the buffet, which will be in the Student Center Large Ballroom, must be made no later than May 25 by contacting the SUSC Registrar's Office, Administration Ad-ministration Building. Tickets are $3 per person, and everyone is invited to attend. |