Tricky last name? ISU’s commencement readers are ready

ISU grad celebrates

About a week before commencement, Laura Kennedy ’86 paces up and down the hallways of WGLT going over hundreds of names. Brown and Palmer are a breeze. Czuczor, Duong and LeSueur, not so much. That’s why the commencement reader rehearses, even reading through her spreadsheet of 200 names in a corner of the women’s locker

Commencement set for May 6–7

Larry Dietz congratulates a graduate

Illinois State University’s 157th spring commencement will take place on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7, with each college holding a ceremony.

Second annual Lavender Graduation April 13

Image of attendees of the 2015 Lavender Graduation.

The second annual Lavender Graduation Ceremony will be at 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University.