UW Winter Commencement Dec. 14

The University of Wyoming will accord degrees to more than 750 students during a combined winter commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Arena-Auditorium.

The new graduates include 511 undergraduate students, 242 graduate students and five College of Law students.

Speakers for winter commencement include primary speaker Greg Dyekman, a Long, Reimer, Winegar LLP attorney in Cheyenne, who holds two degrees from UW in accounting (1977) and a Juris Doctor (1980). Dyekman has served on numerous community and regional boards, including current service on four boards at UW: the UW Foundation, College of Business, College of Law and College of Arts and Sciences.

The student speaker is Garrett Ricks, from Brigham City, Utah. He earned an associate degree in health sciences from Western Wyoming Community College, where he also was a two-time All-American and won an individual national championship for Western's wrestling team. Ricks has been a member of UW's wrestling team, and he is completing a bachelor's degree in human nutrition and foods. Following graduation, he plans to attend physician's assistant school.

Attendees are encouraged to be seated inside the Arena-Auditorium by 9:45 a.m., and tickets are not required for attendees. The ceremony will be livestreamed via YouTube and WyoCast. Livestream links will be posted at www.uwyo.edu/commencement.

Undergraduate and doctoral students participating in commencement need to gather at War Memorial Fieldhouse at 8:45 a.m.

New this semester, master's degree students will be hooded in the Fieldhouse before the procession and not on stage in the Arena-Auditorium. Master's students are asked to arrive at the Fieldhouse by 8 a.m. for formal hooding and photographs from 8:15-9:15 a.m. Students will wear their hoods when they receive their diplomas in the formal Arena-Auditorium ceremony.

Complete details about winter commencement, including maps and shuttle and parking information, are available at www.uwyo.edu/commencement.