The December graduation ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Dec. 12 in the Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium.
Kesha Cogdel, a December graduate, said, ” I am very excited to have accomplished this major goal in my life. My next goal is to become a social worker and attend graduate school in 2005.”
Dawn Casterlow, another graduate, is glad that WSSU holds the December ceremony. Not all universities have ceremonies other than the traditional one held in the spring.
“I am glad that WSSU offers a December graduation ceremony. I know of other schools that don’t give students the option of graduating in the fall; students at other schools have to wait until spring semester graduation if they do not meet graduation requirements.”
December graduates typically fall into one of three categories: They have excelled in their studies and are graduating early. They are transfer students who’ve met their required hours before the spring ceremony. Or, they are students who needed an extra semester to complete their graduation requirements.
“I am looking forward to life after graduation,” said Riquita Quick, who is also scheduled to graduate during this month’s ceremony. But, she added, “I know that I will definitely miss WSSU.”