Indiana University Kokomo Commencement Ceremony

Graduates, their friends and family members gathered May 14 for an outdoor Commencement ceremony on the IU Kokomo campus. IU President Myles Brand and IU Kokomo Chancellor Ruth Person addressed the audience; Ford Motor Co. executive Kathleen Ligocki and IUK Professor Emeritus Herbert Miller received honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees.

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• Commencement begins; National Anthem
  
• Invocation by Rev. Michael Carson
  
• Welcome and introductory remarks by Pres. Brand
  
• Welcome by IUK Chancellor Ruth Person
  
• Conferral of honorary degrees by Pres. Brand
  
• Pres. Brand awards honorary degree to Ms. Ligocki
  
• Pres. Brand awards honorary degree to Dr. Miller
  
• Graduates inducted into respective alumni associations
  
• Distinguished Alumni Award presented to Mr. Shockney
  
• IUK Chancellor Ruth Persons presents class
  
• Student body president, Mr. Sedberry, remarks
  
• Pres. Brand presents charge for future
  
• Conferral of degrees by individual schools begins
  
• Conferral of degrees by Purdue University
  
• Conferral of degrees by Indiana University
  
• Introduction of Purdue graduates
  
• Introduction of Indiana graduates
  
• All sing IU Alma Mater, Hail to Old IU