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Tennessee State University Commencement Remains Scheduled for Saturday, May 8

Archived on 04 May 2010.


Tennessee State University will celebrate its 2010 Spring Commencement Exercises with alumnus Dwight Lewis, editorial page editor and award-winning columnist of  The Tennessean newspaper, delivering the commencement address at the morning and afternoon ceremonies on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the Gentry Center Complex.

Candidates in the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Public Service and Urban Affairs will participate in the 9 a.m. ceremony. Candidates in the College of Business, College Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science, College of Health Sciences, School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, School of Nursing will participate in the 2 p.m. ceremony.

The 2010 Spring Commencement at TSU marks the institution’s 98th year. Approximately 400 to 500 students will participate in both ceremonies.  A web-cast of the commencement exercises will be available at www.tnstate.edu

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