Graduating Class from Virginia Gathers Saturday for Commencement
May 19, 2011
Nearly 700 Virginians will receive degrees from Saint Leo
University during a Saturday morning commencement ceremony to be
held at Hampton University.
Saint Leo University
President Arthur F. Kirk, Jr., will greet the degree candidates and
present them with their diplomas. Joseph DeFilippo, Ph.D.
(pictured), director of academic affairs and planning for the State
Council of Higher Education for Virginia, will deliver the
commencement address. A member of the class of 2011, Allen W.
Nelson, who has earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice,
will speak on behalf of the graduating students.
Saint Leo University students graduating Saturday are coming
together from a variety of continuing education centers in
Virginia, located at U.S. Army bases at Fort Eustis and Fort Lee,
at Langley Air Force Base, and at Naval Station South Hampton
Roads. Students in several programs also have the option of
studying online.
Ten different categories of academic degrees will be conferred, at
both the undergraduate and graduate level. The undergraduate
degrees are: the Associate of Arts, the Bachelor of Arts, the
Bachelor of Science, and the Bachelor of Social Work. At the
graduate level, the degrees include: the Master of Business
Administration, the Master of Arts in theology, the Master of
Education; the Master of Science in criminal justice; the Master of
Science in critical incident management; and the Master of Science
in instructional design.
