Methodist University to Celebrate 44th Annual Spring Commencement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 26, 2007
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS

FAYETTEVILLE, NC—Methodist University will celebrate its 44th Annual Spring Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 2 p.m. in the March F. Riddle Center. There are 151 candidates for graduation.

The day’s events will begin with a baccalaureate service at 10:30 a.m. in Reeves Auditorium. The Rev. Carol W. Goehring, superintendent of the Fayetteville district of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. In 2006, she was elected to serve on the Methodist University Board of Trustees.

This year’s commencement speaker is Dr. Philip O. Geier, executive director of the Davis United World College (UWC) Scholars Program. Dr. Geier has more than 33 years of experience as an educator and administrator, and his teaching career includes positions at Syracuse University in New York, Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, and the University of Paris.

Four R.O.T.C. cadets will be commissioned during the graduation ceremony.

Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with over 2,100 students from 41 states and 30 countries. Methodist University offers over 70 majors and concentrations, three master’s degree programs, and 19 NCAA III intercollegiate sports. For more information contact the Office of University Relations at (910) 630-7043/7114.