IWU: Graduations set for Saturday, December 16, 2006

A total of 1,505 Indiana Wesleyan University students, most of them enrolled in adult education programs, will receive diplomas during three graduation ceremonies Saturday at Luckey Gym, 41st and Nebraska streets.

The graduations will be at:

·  10 a.m. for undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences on IWU’s Marion campus and for students receiving associate’s degrees and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from the College of Adult and Professional Studies.

·  2 p.m. for students receiving bachelor’s degrees from the College of Adult and Professional Studies.

·  6 p.m. for all students receiving graduate degrees.

The Rev. Kerry Kind, general director of education and the ministry for The Wesleyan Church, will speak at the ceremonies.

He has served as a Wesleyan pastor and a missionary to Africa where he was the principal of Sierra Leone Bible College.

Kind is a graduate of Marion High School. He has degrees from Purdue University and Asbury Theological Seminary.