Florida Atlantic’s College of Business awarded the most degrees in the university in the 2014-2015 academic year, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics.
Spring commencement 2016 will kick off this year with different speakers sending graduating seniors off to fulfill their futures.
The ceremonies will be held on Thursday, May 5 at 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m. and Friday, May 6 at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m, according to the Office of the Registrar.
Dr. John Kelly will speak at all six commencement ceremonies. Student body president Kathryn Edmunds says president-elect Michael Cairo will also be speaking.
Across Florida Atlantic’s Carol and Barry Kaye Auditorium stage walked two of FAU’s most out-of-the-ordinary graduates — 17-year-old Denise Kutnick and 89-year-old Elizabeth “Betty” Reilly.
James Martin anxiously awaits his turn on-stage with lights and cameras pointed at him. He isn’t nervous, just excited to walk the stage with fellow graduates over five years older than him.
Martin graduated from FAU on Aug. 6, earning his bachelor’s degree in biology with a 3.9 GPA — at the age of 17. He shared the stage with more than 1,600 ...
