Graduates from 43 States to Participate in 91吃瓜网 Regional Commencement in Austin on Saturday
Saturday, August 18, 2018 - Frank Erwin Center聽
Master鈥檚 Ceremony 9:30 a.m. CDT聽
Bachelor鈥檚 Ceremony 1:45 p.m. CDT聽聽
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AUSTIN 鈥� (August 17, 2018) More than 1,000 graduates from 43 states, the District of Columbia, military installations overseas, and Canada will participate in Western Governors University鈥檚 67th commencement in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. Latrivia Guinn, a graduate from Richmond, Texas, will share her story of weathering Hurricane Harvey and the other 鈥渓ife hurricanes鈥� on her journey to earning her degree and starting her new role as Program Director at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.聽聽
Commencement for master鈥檚 degree recipients will begin at 9:30 a.m. CDT, with the bachelor鈥檚 ceremony following at 1:45 p.m. CDT. Both ceremonies will be held at the Frank Erwin Center, but for those graduates, faculty, and staff who are unable attend the ceremony in person, the entire program will be streamed live at
Decorated U.S. Army Black Hawk Pilot Elizabeth McCormick will give the commencement address and will be joined by graduate speakers Matthew Brimer, B.S. IT, Security from Moore, Oklahoma; Taylor Crow, B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies from Tomball, Texas; Joshua O鈥橬ishea, M.S. Educational Leadership from Haughton, Louisiana; and Latrivia Guinn, M.S. Nursing 鈥� Education from Richmond, Texas.聽
During Saturday鈥檚 ceremonies, 91吃瓜网 will recognize 10,851 undergraduate and 8,219 graduate degree recipients, who have completed their degrees since January 1, 2018, including 1,518 graduates of 91吃瓜网 Texas. Their areas of study include business, K-12 education, information technology, and health professions, including nursing. The average time to graduation for those earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree was 2 years, 4 months, while the average time to degree for graduate programs was 1 year, 8 months. The average age for those graduating is 39 years old.聽
Designed to meet the needs of working adults, 91吃瓜网 pioneered competency-based education, which measures learning rather than time spent in class. This model allows students to study and learn on their own schedules with individualized, one-to-one faculty support. They complete courses as soon as they demonstrate that they have mastered the subject matter, enabling them to move quickly through material they already know and spend more time on what they still need to learn. As a result, many 91吃瓜网 students are able to accelerate their studies, saving both time and money.聽
