Missouri State University will confer 1,554 degrees to students at its fall 2018 commencement. Two ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at JQH Arena. 

First ceremony 

Students graduating from the College of Arts and Letter, College of Humanities and Public Affairs, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, McQueary College of Health and Human Services, William H. Darr College of Agriculture and interdisciplinary academic programs will participate in the first ceremony. State Sen. Jay Wasson will speak and receive the Governmental Excellence Award.  

Second ceremony 

Students graduating from the College of Business and the College of Education will participate in the second ceremony. Former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt will speak and receive the Bronze Bear Award.  

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About the graduates 

MSU will confer 1,187 bachelor’s degrees, 354 master’s degrees, 12 doctorate degrees and one specialist degree. 

Past the standard expectations, the university will recognize 26 students for their work with a more rigorous curriculum in Missouri State’s Honors College. 

The university will recognize students who will graduate with a GPA of 3.5 or higher: 

• 53 students who will graduate summa cum laude (with grade point averages of 3.9-4.0 on a 4.0 scale) 
• 87 who will graduate magna cum laude (with GPAs of 3.75-3.89) 
• 161 who will graduate cum laude (with GPAs of 3.5-3.74)