Honors College hosts commencement ceremony for 96 seniors

2015 graduates of the Honors College celebrate by tossing their caps in the air.

(May 13, 2016) -- This evening, 96 graduates of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Honors College will cross the stage of the Convocation Center on the UTSA Main Campus in a special ceremony honoring the students’ commitment to academic achievement.

During the ceremony, each student will receive a special Honors College stole to wear the following weekend to UTSA’s commencement ceremonies at the Alamodome, where a total of 117 students will graduate from the Honors College. The stole is an important part of the ceremony, bestowed on the students by their thesis advisors as a way to recognize the faculty’s support to Honors graduates during their academic careers at UTSA. Students who are graduating with honors but did not do a thesis project receive their stole from the Associate Dean of the Honors College or, in the case of students graduating with Business Honors, from the Associate Dean of the College of Business.

The UTSA Honors College serves undergraduate students from all academic disciplines who want to pursue a rigorous academic program that allows them to graduate from two colleges: the college of their major as well as the Honors College. Students may graduation with four honors distinctions.

Highest Honors requires the completion of an honors thesis project. Leadership Honors provides students with the opportunity to expand their leadership capabilities. General Honors offers a broad interdisciplinary experience, and Business Honors allows accomplished business students to work closely with business faculty.

Students who master a foreign language at the sophomore level or pursue study abroad for a semester or longer receive International Distinction in addition to their Honors distinction.

The event begins at 4 p.m. and will be followed by a reception in the H-E-B University Center Ballroom.

-- Rebecca Luther
Director of Communications, Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

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Events

Friday, May 3, 11:30 a.m.

McNair Scholars' Spring Celebration

This event will acknowledge graduating seniors from the McNair Scholars program at UTSA before inducting the new cohort of scholars into the program.

North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140), Main Campus

Wednesday, May 15, 6:00 p.m.

Doctoral Conferral Ceremony

At this memorable celebration, UTSA graduates will be introduced one-by-one to cross the stage and accept their doctoral degrees.

Arts Building Recital Hall, Main Campus

Thursday, May 16, 3:00 p.m.

Roadrunner Walk

Roadrunner Walk is an event for graduating students to have a memorable walk on campus to celebrate an important milestone and their achievements. Graduates will walk along the Paseo while being celebrated by the UTSA community, friends, and family members.

Student Union Paseo, Main Campus

Friday, May 17, 10:00 a.m.

Commencement: Ceremony One

Celebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.

Alamodome, 100 Montana St.

Friday, May 17, 4:30 p.m.

Commencement: Ceremony Two

Celebrate the accomplishments of Alvarez College of Business, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.

Alamodome, 100 Montana St.

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