Happy grads! University of Puget Sound photo by Ross Mulhausen.
More happy graduates will take the walk this weekend when three Independent Colleges of Washington members hold commencement ceremonies: Gonzaga University Law School, Whitworth University, and University of Puget Sound.
Every year ICW members confer about 25 percent of the baccalaureate and higher degrees earned in Washington; there will be about 8,500 graduates this year. Small class sizes and personal attention help students complete our rigorous academic programs “on time”; nearly 80 percent of our graduates earn their degrees in four years.
About 181 new graduates will participate in the law school ceremony at Gonzaga Saturday, where the undergraduate and graduate commencements were held last weekend. Law grads will hear a keynote address from Hon. Richard Jones, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
This weekend’s will be the last commencement ceremonies at Whitworth University for President Bill Robinson, who retires from his leadership post this summer. Robinson will shake the hands of 112 graduate degree recipients on Saturday and 480 undergraduate degree earners at Sunday’s ceremony. He’ll keynote both.
University of Puget Sound will hand diplomas to 727 graduates Sunday. Scott Jackson, a 1980 alumnus of Puget Sound and vice president of PATH, an international nonprofit that works on global health, will be the keynote speaker.
Congratulations to all of the graduates, and proud parents, too!
