Commencement exercises in Arkansas

Arkansas Baptist College at Little Rock • May 12, 1 p.m. Statehouse Convention Center Speaker: Nic Brathwaite, Founding Partner of Riverwood Capital in California. Arkansas State University at Jonesboro Arkansas Tech University at Russellville • May 11, 7 p.m. (Graduate College) Tucker Coliseum • May 12, 10 a.m. (college of Applied Science and College of Arts and Humanities) and 2 p.m. (College of Business, College of Education, College of Natural and Health Sciences, College of Professional Studies and Community Outreach, and all associates degrees). Central Baptist College at Conway • May 5, 10:30 a.m. (Professional Adult College Education) and 1

p.m. (traditional students), Burgess Auditorium. Speaker: Jeff D. Standridge, vice president of Business Operations for Acxiom Corp. (10:30 a.m.) and Bro. Ed Stephenson, senior pastor of Springhill Baptist Church, Greenbrier (1 p.m.). Harding University at Searcy John Brown University at Siloam Springs • May 5, 10 a.m. (undergraduate students) and 2 p.m. (graduate and degree-completion students), Bill George Arena. Speaker: Rollin L. Ford, Wal-mart executive vice president and chief administrative officer.

Lyon College at Batesville Ouachita Baptist University at Arkadelphia Philander Smith College at Little Rock • May 5, 10 a.m., Statehouse Convention Center. Speaker: Jeff Johnson, a Washington, D.c.-based, journalist, social activist and political commentator. Southern Arkansas University at Magnolia University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service at Little Rock • May 12, 2 p.m., Statehouse Convention Center. Speaker. David Pryor, former U.S. senator and former Arkansas governor. Pryor, the first dean of the Clinton School, is a member of the University of Arkansas board of trustees. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville • May 12, 8:45 a.m., Bud Walton Arena. Speaker: Alice Walton. College and school ceremonies follow all-university University of Arkansas at Fort Smith • May 5, 10 a.m. (College of Health Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and 3 p.m. (College of Applied Science and Technology, College of Business, College of Education, and College of Languages and Communication), Stubblefield Center. University of Arkansas at Little Rock • May 19, 9:30 a.m. (College of Art, Humanities and Social University of Arkansas at Little Rock W.H. Bowen School of Law • May 19, 12:30 p.m., Statehouse Convention Center. Speaker: Attorney General Dustin Mcdaniel. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences • May 19, 3 p.m., Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. University of Arkansas at Monticello • May 11, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Steelman Fieldhouse. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff • May 12, 3 p.m., Pine Bluff Convention Center. Speaker: Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. surgeon general and former director of the Arkansas Department of Health. University of Central Arkansas at Conway • May 5, 10 a.m. (College of Education, College of Liberal Arts, and College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics), 1:30 p.m. (College of Business Administration, College of Fine Arts and Communication and University College) and 5 p.m. (college of Health and Behavioral Sciences). University of the Ozarks at Clarksville • May 12, 10:30 a.m., Campus Mall. Speaker: R. Brent Thomas, professor of biology at Emporia State University and a University of the Ozarks alumnus (1991). Williams Baptist College at Walnut Ridge • May 5, 10 a.m., Southerland-mabee Center. Speaker: William Steeger, former pastor of Paragould First Baptist Church. Colleges and universities will hold commencement exercises in Arkansas in May. Here is a list of times and places for each public and private four-year campus, as well as some of the speakers. • May 12, 10 a.m. (College of Agriculture, College of Business, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, College of Nursing and Health Professions, and College of Sciences and Mathematics) and

2:30 p.m. (College of Communications, College of Education, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and University College), Convocation Center. Speaker: Arkansas Attorney General Dustin Mcdaniel. • May 5, 9 a.m. (Colleges of Bible, Business, Education, Arts and Humanities and Honors). Speaker: Michael Claxton, associate professor of English.) 1 p.m. (Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health and Sciences), Benson Auditorium. Speaker: Hewitt W. Matthews, dean of the Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Atlanta. Henderson State University at Arkadelphia • May 11, 3 p.m. (School of Business and Teachers College) and 6 p.m. (Ellis College of Arts and Sciences), Wells Gymnasium. Hendrix College at Conway • May 12, 9 a.m., Wellness and Athletics Center. Speaker: Hendrix College graduate and Arkansan Doug Blackmon, a journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize. • May 5, 10 a.m., Couch Garden. (In case of rain, commencement will be in Becknell Gymnasium.) • May 12, 9:30 a.m., the front lawn of Cone-bottoms Hall. • May 4, 2 p.m. (Department of Nursing), Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center. Speaker: Pat Williams, former chairman of the Department of Nursing at SAU. 4

p.m. (School of Graduate Studies), Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center. Speaker is Ben Johnson, professor of history at SAU. 7 p.m. (undergraduates), University Mall. Speaker: Former state Rep. Bruce Maloch. commencement: • College of Education and Health Professions, 4 p.m., Bud Walton Arena. • College of Engineering, 3:30

p.m., Barnhill Arena. • Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, 6:30 p.m., Barnhill Arena. • Fay Jones School of Architecture,

1 p.m., Arkansas Union Ballroom. • J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, 1 p.m., Bud Walton Arena. • Sam M. Walton College of Business, 12:30 p.m., Barnhill Arena.

• University of Arkansas School of Law, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Town Center. Sciences, College of Education and College of Professional Studies) and 3 p.m. (College of Business, College of Science and Mathematics, and the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology), Jack Stephens Center.

David Pryor will speak at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.