UTSA Fall Commencement is Dec. 19-20 at Gonzalez Convention Center

UTSA Commencement

By Tim Brownlee
Associate Director of Internal Communications

(Dec. 11, 2014) -- UTSA is ready for more than 3,800 graduation candidates to walk across the stage Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20 as the university celebrates Commencement ceremonies at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio.

UTSA President Ricardo Romo will be the keynote speaker at the three ceremonies.

A total of 3,863 degree candidates are eligible to participate including 2,986 bachelor’s students, 791 master’s students and 86 doctoral students.

The first of the Commencement ceremonies will begin at 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 19, when degree candidates from the College of Engineering, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and University College will walk the platform.

Ceremonies will continue Saturday, Dec. 20 with two Commencement exercises. At 10 a.m., graduation candidates from the College of Education and Human Development and College of Sciences will participate in the ceremony. The second ceremony of the day will be at 4 p.m. with students from the College of Architecture, Construction and Planning, College of Business and College of Public Policy.

After the ceremonies, UTSA will have nearly 104,000 alumni, who take with them an education from an emerging Tier One institution that serves society, creates knowledge and offers students a top-tier education.

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UTSA Fall 2014 Commencement preliminary statistics
(Number of students eligible to participate in ceremonies; statistics may change when finalized in January 2015)

College	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorates	Total
Architecture, Construction and Planning	122	22	0	145
Business	762	107	8	877
Education and Human Development	452	320	21	793
Engineering	151	76	19	246
Liberal and Fine Arts	787	66	2	855
Public Policy	201	117	1	319
Sciences	352	82	35	469
University College	159	0	0	159
Total	2,986	791	86	3,863

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Read profiles on the UTSA Commencement website of students from all of the nine UTSA colleges.

Later, watch the UTSA Commencement ceremonies.

For more information, visit the UTSA Commencement website.

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UTSA’s Mission

The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.

UTSA’s Vision

To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.

UTSA’s Core Values

We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.

UTSA’S Destinations

UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education .

Our Commitment to Inclusivity

The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to promoting access for all. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.