APSU is celebrating its graduates with three commencements Friday

Kenya Anderson, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle

Austin Peay State University is gearing up to host its three commencement ceremonies this Friday.

APSU has approximately 1,100 in its Spring 2023 graduating class between undergraduate and graduate students.

The first two ceremonies, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. will be for students receiving their Bachelor's and the third one for grad students receiving their Master's.

Here's a breakdown of the ceremonies.

President Michael Licari hands out degrees to students graduating during the 2023 Austin Peay University commencement ceremony at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tenn. on May. 5, 2023.
President Michael Licari hands out degrees to students graduating during the 2023 Austin Peay University commencement ceremony at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tenn. on May. 5, 2023.

Undergraduates

Austin Peay will begin the commencement ceremonies for undergraduate students at 9 a.m. for students in the following colleges:

  • The College of Arts and Letters

  • The College of Behavioral and Health Sciences

The 1 p.m. commencement will be for undergrads who are in the following colleges:

  • The College of Business

  • The Eriksson College of Education

  • The College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

  • University Colllege

Graduates

The last commencement ceremony will be held for graduate students at 4 p.m. for:

  • College of Graduate Studies

Graduates could reserve up to eight tickets and all remaining tickets became available to the public on Monday. Tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Tickets are available to the public through Eventbrite on the Austin Peay website.

Those unable to attend can watch the graduation on APSU's YouTube channel.

Kenya Anderson is a reporter for The Leaf-Chronicle. She can be contacted at kanderson@gannett.com or on X at kenyaanderson32. Sign up for the Leaf-Chronicle to support local journalism at www.theleafchronicle.com.

This article originally appeared on Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle: APSU is celebrating its graduates with three commencements Friday

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