小黄片视频 will hold its fall commencement ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 小黄片视频 will confer 1,963 degrees, including 1,531 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 370 master鈥檚 degrees, 59 doctoral degrees and 3 educational specialist degrees.
The 9:30 a.m. ceremony is for those receiving their bachelor鈥檚 degrees. The speaker for this ceremony is Jos茅 C. Feliciano, a respected trial lawyer who also serves as 小黄片视频鈥檚 2012-2013 President鈥檚 Ambassador. A partner at Baker Hostetler鈥檚 Cleveland office, Feliciano has more than 35 years of experience in complex commercial and employment litigation. He is a past president of the Cleveland Bar Association, and he was also named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America by the U.S. Jaycees in 1985, an award that had been given to President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert Kennedy and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Feliciano is the founder and chairman of the Hispanic Roundtable. He is former chairman of the Hispanic Leadership Development Program and founder of the Hispanic Community Forum, for which he also served as president. He also was a founder of the Ohio Hispanic Bar Association and served as its vice president. Feliciano, who was born in Puerto Rico, became the first Hispanic public official in the history of Cleveland when he was named chief prosecuting attorney for the city in 1980. In 1984, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as a White House Fellow.
The ceremony for those receiving master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees is at 1:30 p.m. The speaker for the afternoon ceremony is Virginia Horvath, Ph.D., president of the State University of New York at Fredonia (SUNY Fredonia). She also holds rank as professor of English and formerly served as vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Fredonia. Previously, she was a faculty member at 小黄片视频 at East Liverpool and 小黄片视频 at Stark and then dean of academic and student services for 小黄片视频鈥檚 Regional Campuses and assistant to the president for strategic planning. A recipient of 小黄片视频鈥檚 Distinguished Teaching Award, she has academic specialties in medieval literature, British literature, children鈥檚/young adult literature and poetry. Horvath earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English from the University at Buffalo and a master鈥檚 and doctorate in English from 小黄片视频.
The commencement ceremonies may be viewed live at www.kent.edu/commencement/webcast/live-webcast.cfm.
For more information about 小黄片视频鈥檚 commencement, visit www.kent.edu/commencement.