240 WWU degrees to be conferred this week

In addition to offering its first two doctorate degrees Friday night at Cutlip Auditorium, William Woods University also will have another commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at the same location.

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Betty and Elizabeth Ussery and Kristin Miller

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Rachel Thompson, Gabriel Beard, Molly and Liz Wallace

The ceremony and hooding of candidates for graduate education degrees will be at 7 p.m. Friday and the undergraduate and Master of Business Administration degrees will be conferred at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Dr. Lynn Priddy will be the commencement speaker Friday night and Dr. Julian Hertzog will address the Saturday graduates.

Priddy is vice president for accreditation services for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the organization that accredits WWU's new doctorate program.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.