More than 6,000 students to receive degrees from MU this weekend
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The University of Missouri announced in a Monday press release that 6,019 students will graduate this weekend with 6,652 degrees.
Of the degrees awarded this weekend, 4,815 of them will be bachelor’s degrees, 1,137 will be master’s degrees and 272 will be doctorate degrees. There also will be 102 law degrees, 44 education specialist degrees, 116 veterinary medicine degrees, 107 medical degrees and 59 professional degrees awarded.
University officials also will honor Kristy L. Weber, an orthopedic surgeon, and Ed Rapp, a businessman and philanthropist.
Weber, who is among the most accomplished orthopaedic surgeons in the world and specializes in the treatment of children and adults with benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors as well as metastatic bone disease, will receive her honorary degree at the School of Medicine ceremony. Rapp, who worked for more than 37 years at Caterpillar Inc., where he was named group president and chief financial officer before he retired in 2015, will receive his honorary degree at the College of Engineering ceremony.
A full schedule of this weekend’s commencement ceremonies – provided by the University -- can be found below:
Friday, May 12
- Graduate School – Masters and Education Specialist Degrees
- 1 p.m. | Mizzou Arena
- Honors College
- 2 p.m. | Jesse Auditorium
- Graduate School – Doctoral Degrees
- 4 p.m. | Mizzou Arena
- Sinclair School of Nursing
- 6 p.m. | Jesse Auditorium
- Robert J. Trulaske College of Business
- 7 p.m. | Mizzou Arena
- Speaker: Ed Rapp, retired executive from Caterpillar Inc., and Honorary Degree recipient
Saturday, May 13
- College of Arts & Science
- Ceremony 1 -- 8:30 a.m. | Mizzou Arena
- Ceremony 2 -- Noon | Mizzou Arena
- School of Medicine
- 11 a.m. - Jesse Auditorium
- Speaker: Ben “Doc” Schmidt, a gastroenterologist based in St. Louis.
- School of Law
- 2:30 p.m. | Jesse Auditorium
- Speaker: W. Brent Powell, judge with the Missouri Supreme Court and Mizzou Law alumnus
- School of Health Professions
- 3:30 p.m. | Mizzou Arena
- Speaker: Vivek H. Murthy, the 21st Surgeon General of the United States
- College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
- 6:30 p.m. | Mizzou Arena
Sunday, May 14
- Missouri School of Journalism
- 9 a.m. | Mizzou Arena
- Speaker: Nikhil “Nik” Deogun, CEO of the Americas/U.S. senior partner for Brunswick Group, an international communications advisory firm, and former managing editor of CNBC
- College of Engineering
- Noon | Mizzou Arena
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- 1 p.m. | Jesse Auditorium
- Speaker: Ashley Bourgeois, veterinarian, board-certified veterinary dermatologist, podcaster and alumni of MU College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Education & Human Development
- 3 p.m. | Mizzou Arena
ROTC Commissioning of Officers
- Air Force ROTC
- Saturday, May 13
- 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Busch Auditorium, Cornell Hall
- Army ROTC
- Sunday, May 14
- 10-11 a.m. | Francis Quadrangle
- Speaker: Col. Darrell L. Green, class of 1992 and 2022 member of the MU Army ROTC Hall of Fame
- Naval/Marine ROTC
- Sunday, May 14
- 9-10 a.m. | Traditions Plaza
