Spring commencement exercises at Northwestern Oklahoma State University will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at Ranger Field. Roland Pederson, 1972 Northwestern graduate and Oklahoma state senator from Burlington elected in 2016, will be speaking at the commencement. In case of inclement weather the spring commencement exercises will be held in Percefull Field-house. Music will be provided by the Ranger symphonic band under the direction of Michael Seth Cudd. A reception honoring the graduates will immediately follow the ceremony and be held in the Student Center Ballroom. A total of 249 candidates will receive bachelor’s degrees, 35 of those receiving bachelor’s degrees will graduate with honors. Students with cumulative grade point averages between 3.70 and 3.79 are designated cum laude, those with GPAs between 3.80-3.89 are magna cum laude and those above 3.90 are summa cum laude. Twenty-eight candidates will receive master degrees, 18 will receive master of education degrees, eight will receive master of counseling psychology degrees, and two will receive master of science in general psychology degrees. Local graduates, their degrees and their hometowns are as follows:  

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Hennessey – Eli Vaverka, Bachelor of Business Administration in business administration

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ›

Hennessey – Edgar Fierro, criminal justice-law enforcement option Kingfisher – Docker Haub, mass communication; Terra Henderson, psychology Okarche – Hunter Frisby, health and sports science education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

Hennessey – Heather Russell, early childhood education