SWU December Graduation Dec. 14 and 15

The December 2012 graduation exercises of Southern Wesleyan University will be held in Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center on the university’s campus, located on Wesleyan Drive in Central.

The university expects to confer 321 degrees, according to Registrar Rock McCaskill.

Students graduating from the university’s traditional program will participate in the ceremony on Friday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m.

There will be two separate graduation ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 15, for students graduating from the university’s Adult Evening programs.

The 10 a.m. ceremony on Dec. 15 is for students earning associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees from the Central, Greenville, Greenwood and Spartanburg locations.

The 3 p.m. ceremony on Dec. 15 is for students earning associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees from the Columbia, Charleston and North Augusta locations.

Other end-of-semester events at Southern Wesleyan University include Baccalaureate Chapel, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center.

For details, call Southern Wesleyan University’s Academic Records Department at (864) 644-5530. Tickets, issued through the university, are required for those attending the ceremonies on Dec. 15. For guests without tickets, overflow seating is available, which will allow guests without tickets to view the ceremony via a closed circuit broadcast. Details are available at http://www.swu.edu/academics/academic-records/

Parking is available in the gravel parking lot across from Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center. A volunteer on campus will direct you to available parking.