Excitement Builds for 2,440-Plus MTSU Prospective Graduates for May Commencements
Spring tradition includes three ceremonies over two days
Middle Tennessee State University is preparing to celebrate the 2,440-plus members of the first class of 2024 with a trio of commencement ceremonies set for Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4.
Graduate and undergraduate students in the university’s College of Behavioral and Health Sciences and College of Liberal Arts kick the festivities off with a 3 p.m. Central Friday, May 3, ceremony inside Murphy Center’s Hale/Earle Arena.
Those graduates will hear from Cary E. Holman, MTSU alumnus and director of the Franklin County School District. Previously Holman served as a middle school principal at two different schools in the Rutherford County School System for 17 years.
Then at 9 a.m. Central Saturday, May 4, students in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and University College will cross the stage at Murphy Center after hearing from alumnus Bob Freeman, president of real estate company Freeman Webb and Tennessee state representative for District 56.
Ceremonies conclude at 2 p.m. Central Saturday, May 4, when country/rock singer-songwriter and alumnus Michael Hardy, known professionally as HARDY, addresses students in the Jones College of Business, College of Education and College of Media and Entertainment.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee will briefly address each group of graduates after welcoming them and their guests.
All ceremonies will be open to the public. For those unable to attend in person, the ceremonies will all be airing live across town and the world both days on the university’s livestream channel, on True Blue TV and on the university’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
The spring 2024 ceremonies will celebrate an estimated 2,441 students set to graduate, according to the MTSU Registrar’s Office. Of those students, 2,037 are undergraduates and 404 are graduate students, including 366 master’s candidates, 21 education-specialist recipients and 17 doctoral candidates. In addition, 28 graduate students will be receiving graduate certificates.
